Are you experiencing error code 182 while installing AMD driver updates? AMD Radeon Software Installer is a device driver and utility application for Windows. It enables you to install or update products, including AMD’s Radeon graphics cards and APUs. Users have reported getting the following error whenever they try to install or update an AMD product:
Error 182 – AMD Installer cannot properly identify the AMD graphics hardware.
Another error message associated with this error code is as follows:
Oops! Something went wrong.
Error 182 – Radeon Software install detected AMD graphics hardware in your system configuration that is not supported with this software installation.
This error could be caused if you try to update certain products not supported by AMD Software, like AMD GPUs older than 5 years, customized graphics cards, or embedded AMD GPUs. Besides that, if your display driver is corrupted or an associated driver module is infected, it might trigger this error. Another reason could be that you have integrated and dedicated GPUs installed on your system, which is causing the conflict and this error.
Before using these solutions, it is recommended that you update your Windows OS as well as your antivirus software. Also, make sure there are no third-party software conflicts on your computer.
Fix AMD Driver Error 182 on Windows PC
If you see error code 182 while updating the AMD driver software on Windows 11/10, you can use the following solutions:
- Try using the AMD driver selector tool.
- Install driver update via Windows Optional Updates.
- Uninstall, then reinstall the AMD graphics driver.
- Disable the integrated GPU card.
1] Try using the AMD driver selector tool
If you are trying to update a certain product not supported by AMD Software, you might experience error code 182.
The products that AMD Software doesn’t support include customized AMD graphics, legacy AMD graphics (older graphics cards), and embedded AMD graphics.
AMD Software won’t be able to update the driver if your graphics card falls into any of these categories. And as a result, you might get this error code when installing driver updates using AMD Software. However, in that case, you can use the AMD driver selector tool to download or update your driver.
You can visit the AMD driver selector web-based tool in a web browser. After that, scroll down on the page and choose your product (category, model, etc.) from the list. You can also manually search for your product by entering the exact AMD graphics card model. Next, press the Submit button and it will display the latest drivers and software for different versions of your OS. Simply select the driver and click on the Download button.
Once you have downloaded the suitable driver, run the installer file and follow the prompted steps to install the driver on your PC. If the problem remains the same, check out the next solution.
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2] Install driver update via Windows Optional Updates
You can also try updating AMD drivers using Windows Optional Updates. First, press the Win+I hotkey to open the Settings app and then move to the Windows Update tab.
Now, click the Advanced options > Optional updates option to see available driver updates for your AMD graphics card. Select the respective driver update checkbox and press the Download & install button. Once the display driver updates are downloaded, you can restart your PC to install the updates.
See: Error 173 No Graphics Hardware detected on AMD Radeon.
3] Uninstall, then reinstall the AMD graphics driver
You might also be dealing with an incompatible or corrupted driver installation which is why you keep getting error code 182 on AMD Software. Now, if the scenario is applicable, you can uninstall the AMD graphics driver and then reinstall a clean copy of its latest version on your PC.
To do that, press Win+X and click on Device Manager to open the app. Now, locate the Display adapters category, expand it, and right-click on the AMD Radeon driver. From the appeared context menu, select the Uninstall device option and follow the onscreen steps to complete the process. When done, we suggest you remove software leftovers associated with the AMD driver and reboot your computer. You can now use the AMD driver selected web tool we used in Fix (1) to install the correct driver.
Read: AMD Radeon software not opening in Windows.
4] Disable the integrated GPU card
It might be the case that the AMD Software is updating your integrated GPU installed of the dedicated one and that is why you are getting this issue. Hence, if the scenario is applicable, you can disable the integrated GPU in your Device Manager. Open Device Manager, expand the Display adapters section and right-click on your integrated GPU. After that, click on the Disable device option. If that doesn’t help, you can disable the integrated graphics card in your BIOS settings and check if the error is resolved.
How do I fix AMD driver error?
Depending upon the error code and error message, you can apply a suitable fix to resolve it. If you are experiencing AMD driver install errors and issues on Windows, you can try uninstalling your AMD graphics driver and then reinstalling them from AMD’s official website. You can also try resolving software conflicts on your computer, updating your antivirus, or running SFC and DISM scans. Apart from that, there are various free third-party driver update applications using which you can update your AMD drivers.
How to fix AMD software detected that the display driver has failed?
If the AMD display driver has failed to load on your system, make sure your drivers are up-to-date. On the other hand, if you have started experiencing this issue after updating your graphics driver, we recommend rolling back your graphics driver to a previous version and then checking if the problem is resolved. If that doesn’t help, uninstall your display driver and perform a clean install of your drivers.
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