Solution to “No AMD graphics driver installed or is not functioning properly. Please install the AMD driver appropriate for your AMD software” error.
One of the primary reasons for this error is outdated Drivers. To resolve this error, you can go to the AMD website and download the latest Drivers for your Sapphire HD 7770 graphics card. If you cannot find the required Drivers, you could download a driver update tool and run a free Drivers Scan to check if this is indeed the problem.
If updating the Drivers does not solve your problem, you may be required to disable “Digital Signature Requirement” forced on all systems running 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. Follow the steps below to disable “Digital Signature Requirement” in Windows.
- Click Start
- Go to All Programs -> Accessories
- Right-click Command Prompt and select “Run as administrator”
Type the following lines and press Enter after typing each line
- bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
- bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING ON
- Restart your computer.
The above mentioned commands will disable Digital Signature Requirement and Windows OS will load the available Drivers for your graphics card.
Solution for Error – STOP: 0x000000116 blue screen (BSOD) error
STOP: 0x000000116 error is generally related to your video card Drivers or problems with your video card. The first step towards resolving this error is updating Drivers for your graphics card. You can visit the AMD website and download Drives for your graphics card and then follow the steps given below. Again, if you cannot find the required Drivers you can use a driver update tool and run a free Drivers Scan to check if this is indeed the problem (you can then skip the steps below as the Drivers will automatically install and update)
- Go to Start -> Control Panel
- Go to Hardware and Sound
- Under Device and Printers, click Device Manager
- In Device Manager, click “+” to expand Display Adapters. You will see an entry for Sapphire HD 7770 graphics card.
- Right Click on your graphics card and select Update driver.
Windows system will initiate the driver update wizard and give you different options to update the device Drivers
- Choose “Browse my computer for driver software “
- Click “Next”
- Browse to the folder which has the latest Drivers for your graphics card and let windows install the Drivers.
- Restart the computer
If updating device drivers doesn’t solve the problem, uninstall all devices under “Display Adapters” in Device Manager. If you are unable to boot into windows, try going into Safe Mode and uninstall all devices and drivers related to Display Adapters. Uninstalling all devices under Displays Adapter forces Windows to detect and reinstall the video card.
- Go to Start -> Control Panel– > Hardware and Sound
- Under Device and Printers, click “Device Manager”
- In Device Manager Window, click “+” to expand Display Adapters. You will see an entry for Sapphire HD 7770 graphics card
- Right Click your graphics card and select Uninstall
- Restart the system
Windows will now detect the Sapphire HD 7770 as new hardware and initiate the new hardware installation wizard. When prompted for device drivers, select the manual option that lets you point towards the folder which has the latest Drivers.
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