Being new to the forum I don't think I replied to you in the right way last night. Anyway, I can see that I live in a much lower, more elementary computer world than you. I've never played a computer game; I've never overclocked; I've never tweaked any AMD factory settings, except to arrange the monitors. I only bought a second video card because I wanted a 4th monitor. I got my 4 monitors running, but when I finally figured out crossfire and hooked it up, it shut down three. That was too much for me. I didn't need crossfire. My interests are solving problems of mathematics and physics, and for me spending time away from that is time lost. You mention TDR error. I've never heard of it. How much background would I have to have to know of its significance?

I don't think anyone is going to be able to bail me out of this disaster except AMD. I just expect many others may be doing the same download in the coming days, and I take this time to report my experience hoping it will be helpful.

I appreciate very much your interest and willingness to help, but even if my problem was among those you list, I'd have to start a research project just to figure what you mean. Each of those statements requires a extensive education to understand, and I don't have that education.

William J. StockichI got my 4 monitors running, but when I finally figured out crossfire and hooked it up, it shut down three.

When running Crossfire, only the primary GPU can be used for display output. I learned this the hard way the very first time I used CFX back when I was using two 6870s.

Pill Monsterwhat type of developer are you? I assumed software so figured you'd know this stuff, prob better than me.... Are u doing web development?

Most of what I do interacts with web applications and I do have to do some web dev on occasion however, my current responsibility at work is a multi-threaded integration system that keeps multiple independent systems in sync based on events generated by a PostgreSQL server. As of right now, it can process anywhere between 30 to 300 database updates per second depending on the type of database event that occurred and if data needs to be written back to the database and as many as 100 RESTful API calls per second depending on the endpoint. It's also acting as en endpoint for a handful of incoming API calls.

Yeah, that's what I concluded too.

William J. StockichBeing new to the forum I don't think I replied to you in the right way last night. Anyway, I can see that I live in a much lower, more elementary computer world than you. I've never played a computer game; I've never overclocked; I've never tweaked any AMD factory settings, except to arrange the monitors. I only bought a second video card because I wanted a 4th monitor. I got my 4 monitors running, but when I finally figured out crossfire and hooked it up, it shut down three. That was too much for me. I didn't need crossfire. My interests are solving problems of mathematics and physics, and for me spending time away from that is time lost. You mention TDR error. I've never heard of it. How much background would I have to have to know of its significance?

Depends how deep you want to dive, knowing a bit about debugging would help, as well as having a good grasp of what goes on under the hood of Windows.
In basic terms a TDR means the GPU stopped responding, it was given job to do and it took too long to do it. In AMD's case many TDR's are caused by low voltage on the GPU core. It's not really a bug per se.

William J. StockichI don't think anyone is going to be able to bail me out of this disaster except AMD. I just expect many others may be doing the same download in the coming days, and I take this time to report my experience hoping it will be helpful.
I appreciate very much your interest and willingness to help, but even if my problem was among those you list, I'd have to start a research project just to figure what you mean. Each of those statements requires a extensive education to understand, and I don't have that education.

An extensive education isn't a prerequisite, however spending a lot of time on MSDN doesn't hurt.. :)

Bit of info here....
msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff570087(v=vs.85).aspx

Pro Tip: Don't believe everything you read, particularly when it comes from vendor reps or affiliated blogs....

AquinusMost of what I do interacts with web applications and I do have to do some web dev on occasion however, my current responsibility at work is a multi-threaded integration system that keeps multiple independent systems in sync based on events generated by a PostgreSQL server. As of right now, it can process anywhere between 30 to 300 database updates per second depending on the type of database event that occurred and if data needs to be written back to the database and as many as 100 RESTful API calls per second depending on the endpoint. It's also acting as en endpoint for a handful of incoming API calls.

I just double checked and yeah WHQL is mainly for OEM's, makes sense as we never use Beta drivers when imaging.

msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/gg463010.aspx

msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/jj128255.aspx




Update:
I found the MSDN blog on driver signing if you're interested.... I incorrectly said SDK cert, it's WDK.. but close enough..
blogs.msdn.com/b/windows_hardware_certification/archive/2015/04/01/driver-signing-changes-in-windows-10.aspx

Say your car breaks down on the freeway. How deep do you want to drive to fix its problems? Do you want to know how to debug or troubleshoot until you get the engine running again? It would help if you knew what went on under the hood of Toyota (or whatever). Or would such thing be so low on your priority list that you wouldn't know what to do in the first place?

I was trying to find out if this was a common problem, and if anyone had a solution. What I did learn is that AMD only announced this download on Nov 24. So, since I received mine on the 27th, I wondered if AMD just started sending these upgrades out on the 27th. So far, I have had one other person email me having had the same download bomb. And at any rate, if anyone else has had this problem, I feel it is far too early for anyone to have found a solution. By the way, I'm 76, and time is running out for me, so I have to choose what I do carefully. I admire your expertise and thanks very much for your interest

William J. StockichSay your car breaks down on the freeway. How deep do you want to drive to fix its problems? Do you want to know how to debug or troubleshoot until you get the engine running again? It would help if you knew what went on under the hood of Toyota (or whatever). Or would such thing be so low on your priority list that you wouldn't know what to do in the first place?

I was trying to find out if this was a common problem, and if anyone had a solution. What I did learn is that AMD only announced this download on Nov 24. So, since I received mine on the 27th, I wondered if AMD just started sending these upgrades out on the 27th. So far, I have had one other person email me having had the same download bomb. And at any rate, if anyone else has had this problem, I feel it is far too early for anyone to have found a solution. By the way, I'm 76, and time is running out for me, so I have to choose what I do carefully. I admire your expertise and thanks very much for your interest

Huh ?, if it's broken down it aint going any were.

All new software has bugs deal with it as it's a proven fact.

As for Toyota