Can't update AMD graphics card drivers in Macbook Pro 15" 2011

Yeah, it's a common issue, for Apple users and non-Apple. If the hardware vendor doesn't allow it, you can't update with generic drivers, without "Modding" your INF. And from what I understand, modding switchable graphics is difficult or impossible.

On the other hand, look at this thread:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3440215?start=0&tstart=0

I had the exact same problem. After hours of searching I found the solution. The problem wasn't that you own a mac , just the interface on the AMD site is a bit wrong. After hours of searching i found this file , 11-9_mobility_vista_win7_64_dd_ccc_ocl.exe ( 97MB) and that was the driver i needed to install.

For your information i deleted the apple drivers first and used driver sweeper to clear it all.

After i installed the cataclyst mobility I installed the latest update: amd_catalyst_8.95_rc_vista_7_32-64.exe

I know this mobility exe file only works for 64 bit , which i installed , try searching for the 32 one of that and installing it. Cleaning your original drivers is a good idea to start.

Here's a site that offers all the files you could possibly need:

http://beqiraj.net/post/AMD-Catalyst-Mobility-11-9-erschienen.aspx

AMD recently released the 12.3 mobile Catalyst drivers located here:

http://www2.ati.com/DriVeRs/mobile/12-2_mobility_vista_win7_64_dd_ccc.exe

Don't worry about the filename 12.2, when it installs, CCC says it's actually 12.3. I wasn't able to upgrade my macbook's 6770m from 12.1 to 12.2 in bootcamp (got the same error messsage as you......no graphics adapter installed). But as soon as I tried installing this package, it worked fflawlessly.

Despite all of these helpful posts from the community, I'm still coming up short. I'm attempting to update my ATI Radeon HD 6770m driver on windows 7 64-bit. I've followed this guide:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3866652?start=0&tstart=0

(third post down) - I also use Drive Sweeper after using CCCleaner and device manager uninstall.

Every time I attempt to install the driver after rebooting, I receive an error message stating "Driver install: the INF file was not found" with a log stating that the driver failed to install upon completion.

When I attempt to use control panel>Device Manager>Display Adapters>Update Driver Software>Browse My Computer For Driver Software and then choose the appropriate file path (including subfolders) or by choosing from a list of device drivers and selecting one of the two inf files in c:/amd/support/12-2_mobility../packages/drivers/display/w76a_inf, I receive the following error message:

"Windows Encountered a problem installing the driver software for your device

Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install it.

AMD Radeon HD 6700m Series

There is no driver selected for the device information set or element.

If you know the manufacturer of your device, you can visit its website and check the support section for driver software."

I'm hitting nothing but dead ends here. I just want to play SWTOR with an updated driver!

Please provide a detailed, step-by-step solution (if you have one). It is not safe to assume that I have any experience regarding graphics drivers or running windows in bootcamp. Thanks in advance.

Sorry to bump an old thread, but for anyone searching for this on Google, the drivers linked above will also work on the mid-2011 iMac.

JonDiesel's link worked for me on my 17" MacBook Pro Early 2011 running Windows 7 x64 with a recent fresh install.

I also noticed I could change the 2 in the URL to a 6, and get the newer 12.6 mobile Catalyst drivers, which seemed to install and work just fine. I didn't do any kind of check to see if they ran any better or worse, and I just installed them over the 12.3 ones from JonDiesel's link.

http://www2.ati.com/DriVeRs/mobile/12-6_mobility_vista_win7_64_dd_ccc.exe

I did the same; started at 12-10 and worked back until I found a download. 12-6 seems to be the most current version. 🙂

13-1 is here:

http://www2.ati.com/DriverS/mobile/13-1_mobility_vista_win7_win8_64_dd_ccc_whql. exe

Thank you so much. I hope you have a great day.

Well, I downloaded the 13.4 drivers, they worked great, but it messed up my ability to have a 2nd monitor (runs the 1920x1080 monitor as 640x480 and calls it a generic non pnp monitor). Only way to fix it was to roll back to previous drivers, but I'd love to find a way that could fix up my monitor without having to go into the 12.x drivers.

Petman1325 wrote:

Well, I downloaded the 13.4 drivers, they worked great, but it messed up my ability to have a 2nd monitor (runs the 1920x1080 monitor as 640x480 and calls it a generic non pnp monitor). Only way to fix it was to roll back to previous drivers, but I'd love to find a way that could fix up my monitor without having to go into the 12.x drivers.

You'll have to download the drivers for your 2nd monitor. Had the same problem, but after downloading and installing the drivers it worked flawlessy.

Newest AMD Mobility Drivers 13-9:

http://www2.ati.com/DriverS/mobile/13-9_mobility_win7_win8_64_dd_ccc_whql.exe

Good source for updated direct links to recent Ati Mobility Drivers:

http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?f=46

Just to keep this alive, I went through the same thing with my late-11' MBP (6750). This was with the lastest Bootcamp drivers. The only reason I got into it was that CCC would throw an error on boot stating that v4 of .Net needed to be installed. v4.5 was in there. So I figured the AMD software didn't install properly.

In my case, I ended up having to use Drive Sweeper in Safe Mode. Once it was all out, especially the registry entries, I was able to reboot and install the latest mobility drivers. I tried a few times before, just using the AMD uninstall utility and it would always fail on subsequent install attempts.

Thx for posting this!