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Dell Radeon HD 8850M driver issues and BSOD
I own an Inspiron 15R 5537 to which I just did a fresh format and installed Windows 10 1809. Got all the drivers from Dell using their SupportAssist software. The issue is: when connected to the power source, windows won't boot (gives me a black screen), if plugged after the computer is on, it will freeze after a few minutes and sometimes drop a BSOD with the error code DRIVER POWER STATE FAILURE. I've analyzed the crash log with WhoCrashed and it showed that the graphics card was responsible, so I retried the driver from Dell (which is an old version) with no luck, tried the most recent driver from AMD's website, but it freezes on install. I've ran the native diagnostics utility from the launch menu, all tests passed. Right now, I've managed a workaround by disabling the graphics card on Device Manager, but that is clearly no solution.
Is this driver related and should I try other driver versions or could this be Windows related or even a hardware failure that the diagnostics didn't get?
Thanks for all help