What is ‘Ryzen Master Driver not installed properly’ error in Windows 10/8/7?
If you are facing ‘AMD Ryzen Master Driver not installed properly’ error in your Windows 10/11 computer when trying to launch AMD Ryzen Master utility or while running high graphics games or other applications, then you are in right place for the solution. Here, you will be guided with easy steps/methods to resolve the issue. Let’s starts the discussion.
‘Ryzen Master Utility’: Ryzen Master Utility is software from AMD graphics card/processor manufacturer. This program is designed to improve your processor to full extent and monitors system processes via overlocking of processor and managing CPU usage. You will need to install Ryzen Master utility installed in order to access Ryzen Master Driver.
However, several users reported they faced ‘Ryzen Master Driver not installed properly’ error while they tried to launch and use Ryzen Master utility program or while they tried to run high-end graphics games or other programs on their Windows 10/11 computer. This issue indicates that there is Ryzen Master Driver problem in your computer that’s why you are unable to launch Ryzen Master Utility or high-end games in your computer.
The possible reason behind the issue is the corrupted/outdated or incompatible AMD Ryzen Master Driver installed in your computer or driver is missing in computer. Updating Ryzen Master Driver to latest & compatible version or reinstall the correct Ryzen Master Driver version in your computer can resolve the issue. So, Ryzen Master Driver update is necessary in this case.
Another possible reason behind the issue can be the interference of third-party antivirus/firewall program, interference of background services/applications. You can fix the issue by disabling your third-party antivirus/firewall temporarily in computer, closing all third-party background apps/services or uninstalling the conflicting programs. Let’s go for the solution.
How to fix Ryzen Master Driver not installed properly error in Windows 10/11?
Method 1: Fix ‘Ryzen Master Driver not installed properly’ error with ‘PC Repair Tool’
‘PC Repair Tool’ is easy & quick way to find and fix BSOD errors, DLL errors, EXE errors, problems with programs/applications, malware or viruses issues, system files or registry issues and other system issues with just few clicks.
Method 2: Perform Clean Boot operation
Performing Clean Boot operation will help you to close all third-party background services/startup items running your computer and might causes interference while running Ryzen Master software. So you can try this.
Step 1: Press ‘Windows + R’ keys on keyboard, type ‘msconfig’ in ‘Run’ window and hit ‘Ok’ button to open ‘System Configuration’
Step 2: Click ‘Services’ tab, select ‘Hide all Microsoft Services’ checkbox, and deselect the services relating to your system hardware manufacturer like Realkek, AMD, NVIDIA and Intel, and then hit ‘Disable All’ button
Step 3: Now, click ‘Startup’ tab, and click ‘Open Task Manager’, right-click on each startup item and select ‘Disable’ to disable them and then close Task Manager
Step 4: Finally, back to System Configuration window and click ‘Apply’ and ‘Ok’ button to save the changes and restart your computer, and check if the issue is resolved.
Method 3: Uninstall and reinstall Ryzen Master Driver utility
One possible way to fix the issue is to uninstall Ryzen Master Driver software from computer and then reinstall it.
Step 1: Open ‘Control Panel’ in Windows PC via Windows Search Box and go to ‘Uninstall a Program > Programs & Features’
Step 2: Find and right-click on ‘Ryzen Master software’, and select ‘Uninstall and Modify’ option and choose uninstall to uninstall it and after that, restart your computer
Step 3: After restart, open your browser and visit ‘https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/ryzen-master’ page and download & install latest version of Ryzen Master Software in your computer.
Step 4: Once installed, restart your computer and check if the issue is resolved.
Method 4: Remove ‘DriverV13’ folder via registry editor
Another possible way to fix the issue is to remove DriverV13 driver folder using registry editor from computer.
Step 1: Press ‘Windows + R’ keys on keyboard, type ‘regedit’ in ‘Run’ window and hit ‘Ok’ button to open ‘Registry Editor’ and navigate the following path in left pane
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Step 2: Now, find and delete ‘AMDRyzenMasterDriverV13’ folder. Once done, restart your computer and repeat above method to reinstall Ryzen Master utility again and check if it works.
Method 5: Fix Ryzen Master Driver not installed properly error in Windows 11 using Registry Editor
Step 1: Open ‘Registry Editor’ in Windows 10 using above method and navigate to following path
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEN\CONTROLSet001\Services\AMDRyzenMasterDriver
Step 2: Find and double-click on ‘Imagepath’ to edit Here you will find two sub-sections; ‘Value name’ and ‘Value data.’ You will find the code “\??\C:\Program Files\AMD\Performance Profile Client\AMDRyzenMasterDriver.sys.” and select “\??\” and delete it and finally, press OK button
Step 3: Restart your computer and check if the issue is resolved.
Method 6: Disable third-party antivirus/firewall temporarily
It might possible your third-party antivirus/firewall program is blocking Ryzen Master software for some reasons. You can disable your third-party antivirus/firewall in computer in order to fix the issue. If disabling antivirus/firewall didn’t work for you, then you can uninstall your third-party antivirus/firewall completely in order to fix the issue.
Method 7: Update Ryzen Master Driver Automatically
Updating Ryzen Master Driver to latest & compatible version can resolve the issue. You can get latest update for all Windows drivers including Ryzen Master Driver using Automatic Driver Update Tool. You can get this tool through button/link below.
Conclusion
I am sure this post helped you on How to fix Ryzen Master Driver not installed properly error in Windows 10/11 with several easy steps/methods. You can read & follow our instructions to do so. That’s all. For any suggestions or queries, please write on comment box below.
