R9 270X Gaming 2G, unable to use the latest drivers and Mantle

I just bought a R9 270X Gaming 2G S/N 602-V303-13SB1312109829-398
When I first got the R9 270X, I installed the latest AMD drivers with the full package.
Later I got the, what I found to be, notorious atimkdag.sys BSOD.
I recovered my system partition with Acronis from before I installed the GPU. And installed the drivers found on MSI website which are considerably older than those on AMD’s website. I have not had an atimkdag.sys BSOD since. In fact I think I am using Windows stock drivers as the driver version says 13.251.9001.0, and I think the MSI driver is 13.101.0.0. Not sure how that happened.
Now my understanding is that this GPU should be Mantle enabled, however using Star Swarm Stress Test, which includes Mantle testing, said it found no Mantle enabled GPU. Perhaps because I am using an older driver.
I read somewhere that atimkdag.sys BSOD is linked to AMD Catalyst Control Center. Since I never used that last time I had an AMD GPU, I have disabled it on start-up.
What do you guys think would be the best option here? How can I both enjoy the latest drivers and avoid the notorious atimkdag.sys BSOD. Or do you think I should just stick with the drivers I have, without Mantle enabled. I haven’t actually got any Mantle enabled games at the moment, but are planning to get it though.
It may or may not be important. But I upgraded from Windows 7 to Win 8 Pro then Win 8.1 Pro. Perhaps it is leftover sys files. I noticed in forums that the atimkdag.sys BSOD mostly hit Win 7 systems. Perhaps the reason I am not getting the BSOD now is simply that I am not using AMD Catalyst Control Center, as you would think that if it is left over from Win 7 it should affect both old and latest drivers, right.
Thanks

Please disregard my previous post asking for help.
This is also a message to other noobs like myself, read the F.A.Q. before you post anything in the forum. I read the F.A.Q. about how to update drivers, how to remove old driver fragments and followed it to the letter.
https://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/where-can-i-download-vga-drivers-and-how-do-i-install-t
Now Mantle works and as for the atikmdag.sys BSOD, hopefully I will not experience this now that I completely uninstalled all previous driver files, using Driver Sweeper in Safe Mode. I do not see why I should.
If against odds it happens, then I will come back and ask you guys for help.
Thanks

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