I want a refund.... ares ii I hate you

[Vampora]

Seriously what is the reasoning behind me not being able to update drivers >.> I am getting so mad at this thing I seriously almost just ripped it out to smash it. I demand NEW bios!!!!

Asus: "Just install the old outdated drivers, its not like you bought this for performance or anything"

.......... Really, Really, Irritated right now. Just have to vent a little.

[Menthol]

Nice case you have your system in.

[Vampora]

Thanx 🙂 lol. Unfortunately I feel that is the only thing decent to it right now >.> I just don't understand why it won't let me upgrade the drivers I go round and round with this problem every time I feel the urge to try to update them. I figured hey being two 7970's it would just assume thats what I had installed.... I guess not ?

[leighquigg]

That's strange, I can update drivers, what happens when you try to update? The ares 2 is a dodgy card and never should have seen the light of day, and asus wont even acknowledge it has massive problems. ( or asus just don't give a **** ). And yes we do need a new BIOS, this has been proven with the 2d clock fix for jumping.

[Vampora]

Here is the report at the end if you can make sense of it. It just says fails to install. If it doesn't totally crash.... I even tried so far as a fresh windows installation on a different hdd.... same thing


Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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AMD Radeon Graphics Processor
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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AMD Radeon Graphics Processor
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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ATI Integrated SATA Support
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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ATI Integrated SMBus Support
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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AMD Catalyst Install Manager

8.0.915.0
20


HDMI Audio Driver

8.0.0.8811
1


AMD SATA AHCI Driver

1.3.001.0050
1


AMD Accelerated Video Transcoding

13.10.100.30604
3


AMD Catalyst Control Center

2013.0604.1838.31590
150




AMD Catalyst Install Manager
Succeed
8.0.915.0
20


Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x86)
Succeed
10.0.30319
9


AMD Display Driver
Fail
13.101.0.0000
90


HDMI Audio Driver
Succeed
8.0.0.8811
1


Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x64)
Succeed
10.0.30319
9







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Packages for install
Packages for uninstall
Other detected devices
Error messages
Name
Manufacturer
Chip type
Device ID
Other hardware
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Success
Fail
Vendor ID
Class Code
Revision ID
Subsystem ID
Subsystem vendor ID
Catalyst™ Install Manager
Installation Report
Final Status:
Version of Item:
Size:
Mbytes

Driver Install: the installation failed Driver Install: the installation failed

[leighquigg]

Sorry mate, I haven't a clue, Fresh install of windows was going to be my suggestion. @ the moment im using a 8150 cpu to. And the ares hates it overclocked. Putting mine on stock settings stoped bsod and freezing.

can you install drivers with any other amd gpu on that system?

[Vampora]

mines really stable for benching and gaming just cant update the drivers and its really really making me mad.....

[Vampora]

Ok so I figured out the driver issue was related to win 8 not the card. I couldn't install drivers for my old 5970 either. I grabbed an extra hdd and threw a fresh install of win 8 on it and the driver installed right away without a hitch. I contacted Microsoft and they told me to contact AMD about it. I don't know I think it is more of a win 8 issue myself..... could be AMD though i guess. I did however get 13.4 to install after a lot of monkeying around. Still can't install beta 13.6 though on the old boot.

I'm thinking its a registry thing......

[northern_sun]

either way; u know what that means .. asus+win8=fail, sorry couldnt resist heheh ....

[Vampora]

eh either way ares 2 is still fail win 8 or not unfortunately. really wish they would own up to their mistake and at least post on some of our issues. Even a "sorry we are fixing it" would give me a ray of hope