Unable to update AMD Radeon drivers - Error 1603

[Misteryx96]

I needed to update my AMD Radeon graphics driver ver 17.5.1, and while doing so, installation finished, but I got Error 1603, which said that driver was not able to fully instal. I started googling and tried all that I could find. I installed all the newest win updates, I updated NetFramework, and I used AMD CleanupUtility, and I also used DDU. After all that steps I again tried to install it, but to no avail. No I am stuck with only windows-inlcuded graph driver, but it is not a permament solution. Any help with this?

Specs:
AMD Quad-Core A8-6410 2.0GHz
4GB RAM
AMD Radeon R7 M260 2GB DDR3L

[WAWood]

@Misteryx96

This is a fairly common problem with the AMD ReLive drivers.  I have received this quite often -- so I have developed a method of installing the new driver versions that works, as follows:

1) Download and run Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) to remove the existing drivers:  http://www.wagnardsoft.com/

NOTE: This must be run in SAFE mode to work properly.

2) Download and run the AMD Clean Utility to remove any final traces of the old AMD drivers:  http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMD-Clean-Uninstall-Utility.aspx

3) Install the new AMD driver version.

Also, you should note that the 1603 error has been a known problem with recent AMD drivers.

Good Luck

[Misteryx96]

I just tried the steps you provided, in exact same order. The problem is I got this same error again. This is driving me crazy!

[WAWood · Accepted solution]

Did you ensure you were in Safe Mode when you ran DDU?

Also, did you let DDU run until it rebooted the PC -- without any intervention from you?

IF so, I don't know what to tell you as I have done this over a dozen times and not had it fail, once.

[Misteryx96]

Yes, I was in safe mode and it ran until it rebooted. Thankfully I was able to find old drivers back from 2015, which kinda suck, but will work temporarily, until I reinstall Windows because of this problem...