I posted this about a week ago and wanted to post it
again to see if I could get more help.

I am trying to install a ati all in one 9200 and when
the comp starts up, the hardware wizard automatically
states that the data is invalid. I had the leadtek ti
200 and have already tried the pnpreg -l command and
nothing happens. I've uninstalled all drivers and
EVERYTHING from the old card. PLEASE HELP! Thankyou in
advance

> I am trying to install a ati all in one 9200 and when
> the comp starts up, the hardware wizard automatically
> states that the data is invalid. I had the leadtek ti
> 200 and have already tried the pnpreg -l command and
> nothing happens. I've uninstalled all drivers and
> EVERYTHING from the old card. PLEASE HELP! Thankyou in
> advance
>
Often the old NVIDIA files cannot be uninstalled. Search for NFR and/or
Detonator Blaster to remove.
Some strange problems are fixed by installing latest motherboard chipset AGP
drivers. Look for newer BIOS for motherboard. Be sure to have latest DirectX
9b from Microsoft. Install latest drivers (4.2) from ATI.com.

For more help, look on forums at:
http://rage3d.com

-Kent

Thanks for the info.. unfortunately, I've already tried
all that. Updating my bios gave me some crazy problems..
which ended up being that my case fan was in aux plug and
the computer wouldnt post because it didnt see a fan a
guess.. who knows. I dont know what else to try though.
Everytime I startup it says data is invalid...
>>
>Often the old NVIDIA files cannot be uninstalled. Search
for NFR and/or
>Detonator Blaster to remove.
>Some strange problems are fixed by installing latest
motherboard chipset AGP
>drivers. Look for newer BIOS for motherboard. Be sure to
have latest DirectX
>9b from Microsoft. Install latest drivers (4.2) from
ATI.com.
>
>For more help, look on forums at:
>http://rage3d.com
>
>-Kent
>
>
>.
>

> Everytime I startup it says data is invalid...
>
Try Safe Mode, holding F8 at boot, and installing new ATI drivers. They are
in C:\ATI\Support\... directory.

It could be the card, you can RMA through ATI.

-Kent

I have tried that a zillion times. I dont think it's the
card, because SOMETIMES, the hardware wizard will see it,
but when you try to install from there, it just ends up
saying the data is invalid anyways. Also, as I stated a
while back on here, if I try to install using the
setup.exe from ati, it says i need to try setting up my
display with a standard vga, well, I cant because I dont
have that option, except for "enable vga mode" (pressing
f8 at setup). That does nothing either.

>Try Safe Mode, holding F8 at boot, and installing new
ATI drivers. They are
>in C:\ATI\Support\... directory.
>
>It could be the card, you can RMA through ATI.
>
>-Kent
>
>
>.
>

Hello

Why try a different vidoe card not sure if you have tried that
yet, try using an Nvidia card and see what you get

al


judd wrote:

> I have tried that a zillion times. I dont think it's the
> card, because SOMETIMES, the hardware wizard will see it,
> but when you try to install from there, it just ends up
> saying the data is invalid anyways. Also, as I stated a
> while back on here, if I try to install using the
> setup.exe from ati, it says i need to try setting up my
> display with a standard vga, well, I cant because I dont
> have that option, except for "enable vga mode" (pressing
> f8 at setup). That does nothing either.
>
> >Try Safe Mode, holding F8 at boot, and installing new
> ATI drivers. They are
> >in C:\ATI\Support\... directory.
> >
> >It could be the card, you can RMA through ATI.
> >
> >-Kent
> >
> >
> >.
> >

I got it to work... I opened regedit and made vga
controller's permissions to full control. Well, that
didnt quite cut it, so i said screw it, and made just
about everything that had to do with video set to full
control.. i restarted and somehow they installed.
*shrug* dunno, it worked. and I am so very happy!

> I got it to work... I opened regedit and made vga
> controller's permissions to full control. Well, that
> didnt quite cut it, so i said screw it, and made just
> about everything that had to do with video set to full
> control.. i restarted and somehow they installed.

What? Could you give more info or link explaining this fix. I would like to
know more.

TIA Kent

This was stated on rage3d.com .. i just took it a bit
further and gave full control to everything under "pci"


"This issue seems to occur when Windows XP detects
certain hardware changes and prevents further changes by
blocking registry access.

The following instructions should allow you to configure
the graphic card.

- Click Start and select the Run command
- Type regedit in the open field and click Ok
- Highlight My Computer, select File and click Export..
- Export the file to a common location like your Desktop

NOTE: if you should make a mistake editting the registry
then boot to Safe Mode and double the the *.reg file


- Click the (+) next to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"
- Click the (+) icon next to "SYSTEM"
- Click the (+) icon next to "CurrentControlSet"
- Click the (+) icon next to "Enum"
- Click the (+) icon next to "PCI"
- Under the "PCI" folder there will be several keys
similar to this:

VEN_1002&DEV_514C&SUBSYS_013A1002&REV_00

NOTE: VEN_1002 represents the ATI vendor code

Each of these keys represent a hardware device installed
in your system. You will need to locate the key that
belongs to the VGA Controller.


- Click on the (+) icon next to the first key and then a
subkey will appear below it like this:

3&27043229&0&0008

- Highlight the subkey and on the right side you will see
information appear
- locate the setting name "DEVICEDESC" and verify the Data
- You need to locate the folder with the "DEVICEDESC"
listed as "Video Controller (VGA Compatible)"
- Once you have located the correct "DEVICEDESC", right
click on it, and select "Permissions".
- Place a tick in the box under the word "Allow", next
to "Full Control".
- Click on "OK"
- Close the Registry Editor.

NOw you are ready to install the ATI driver.

- click Start, Settings, then click Control Panel
- Double-click System, select the Hardware tab, the press
Device Manager button
- Click the (+) icon beside Display Adapeters or Other
Devices, right click on "Video Controller (VGA
Compatible)" and select Update Driver
- Select Install from a list or specific location
(Advanced), click Next
- Select Don't search. I will choose the driver to
install, click Next
- Click the Have Disk button, select the Browse option
- Browse to the location of the INF file

x:\Install\R69X\ATIDRIVE - installing from CD

c:\ATI\Support\*\ATIDRIVE - installing downloaded ATI
driver

* represents the version of the driver you downloaded

- Select the INF folder located in ATIDRIVE, click Open
then click Ok
- select your Device and proceed with the installation"