Retina 5K - AMD Boot Camp Driver failure

Update: Same issue as before - error 43. The author of bootcampdrivers.com indicates AMD says it's actually a problem with their driver. I see before that Loner T was trying to get me to install the M390 driver instead of the 290X driver. I'll see what I can do.

aliensporebomb wrote:

Update: Same issue as before - error 43. The author of bootcampdrivers.com indicates AMD says it's actually a problem with their driver. I see before that Loner T was trying to get me to install the M390 driver instead of the 290X driver. I'll see what I can do.

The AMD/Apple relationship has been a rocky one since the inception vis-a-vis BC/Windows. If matd2100 says it is an issue, I see a Windows desktop in your very near future.

Not so fast - and I can't believe I'm typing this.

I'm not quite sure how this happened after days of playing with it but according to what I see it is claiming the AMD Radeon R9 M290X (Bootcamp XG edition by bootcampdrivers.com) is functioning.

Driver Provider: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Driver Date: 1/13/2017

Driver Version: 21.19.411.0

Digital Signer: Bootcampdrivers.com

AMD software installer claims currently installed version is 16.50.2611 is installed.

Recommended driver is 16.12.2 (I'm not about to break what took eons to get working)

Optional driver is 17.1.2 but I also am not about to update that as well.

Now I have to test some things to actually see if it's really working.

matd2100 wrote:

Thanks to users like aliensporebomb I can confirm that all issues with the M290X, M390 and M290 are now resolved with the latest 17.2.1 drivers. No more error 43 for users! Hooray!

It took only ~3 years. 😎

Please see Boot Camp on iMac Retina 5K?

What version of Windows are you installing?

It is strange to see 8.1 failing. If you do not have a 3TB Fusion drive, you can try an EFI installation of W8.1 (instead of using BCA). You will need to remove the BCA partition via BCA first (do not use Disk Utility). Create a FreeSpace partition within the first 2.2Tb of you internal disk, use the ISO+USB built by BCA and select EFI Boot from the USB and use the FreeSpace as the destination for W8.1.

I have the iMac Retina 5K and the AMD R9 295X and have no problems with the stock drivers installed with BootCamp Assistant. I have not tried to upgrade/update the drivers from AMD's site (someone mentioned there might be beta drivers available).

Novelty I too have ran into the same issue since I picked up my iMac Retina a couple weeks ago. Some people might not find it a biggie to have the most recent drivers installed but I would like to take full advantage of my R9 295X.

I posted the below question in another thread to Y2KPC as he apparently states he "some how" managed to update to the latest drivers on his iMac Retina, however his screen shots of his Device Manager within Windows 8.1 shows Windows is registering his GPU as a R9 200 Series??? Not a R9 290/295X...Of course he hasn't responded to my questions regarding this very query... go figures!

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Y2KPC do you mind sharing with us how you managed to install AMD's beta drivers onto your windows 8.1 system? I've tried several times to install both AMD beta drivers as well as the latest update drivers 14.201.1008 for my R9 M295X on my iMac but it still showing my current drivers as 14.200.1002.1002.

I've tried using the boot camp assistant tool to create an updated USB with drivers, I've also tried downloading software from the AMD website and doing a device manager update in windows 8.1 but it fails during installation and I receive an error message after I've selected the "Have Disk" option and located the correct M295X drivers. I also tried using AMD CCC software update and although the installation is successful the new drivers aren't reflected against my GPU.

Name AMD RADEON R9 M295X

PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_6938&SUBSYS_013A106B&REV_00\4&104782D1&0&0008

Adapter Type AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x6938), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. compatible

Adapter Description AMD RADEON R9 M295X

Adapter RAM (1,048,576) bytes

Installed Drivers aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll, atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atit m m64.dll

Driver Version 14.200.1002.1002

INF File oem47.inf (ati2mtag_Tonga section)

Color Planes Not Available

Color Table Entries 4294967296

Resolution 3840 x 2160 x 60 hertz

Bits/Pixel 32

Memory Address 0x90000000-0xA01FFFFF

Memory Address 0xA0000000-0xA01FFFFF

I/O Port 0x00003000-0x00003FFF

Memory Address 0xB0900000-0xB09FFFFF

IRQ Channel IRQ 4294967280

Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\atikmpag.sys (8.14.1.6384, 541.50 KB (554,496 bytes), 11/6/2014 8:11 PM)

I also noticed that your CCC is showing your graphics chipset as having a R9 200 series and not a R9 M290/R9 M295X?

Novelty are you still using the stock boot camp drivers or have you managed to update to any other drivers?

Did you meanwhile find any solution for this problem?

From my perspective I tried everything to get this to work but nothing helped. I think I will then send my iMac back. 2500€ are too much money for a half working product 😠