Hello,

I have been having quite a few difficulties with installing a
Vista-compatible Radeon driver for a Radeon 9550 256MB AGP card.

I have tried the following:
1) default ATI Radeon 9550 driver (WDDM) -> code 43 (device reported problem)
2) Standard VGA driver -> code 10 (device cannot start)
3) ATI Radeon 9550 driver for Vista Beta 2 -> code 43 (device reported
problem)
4) ATI Radeon 9550 driver for Vista Beta 1 -> code 37 (driver could not be
initialised)
5) Catalyst 6.6 XP driver -> okay (but no Aero as it is not WDDM)

The Performance Rating and Tools section cannot detect the video card, nor
gaming graphics. However, the ratings are 2.0 and 3.2, respectively.

The motherboard is a ASUS P4S8X-X with a SiS 648 chipset. I have tried
replacing the default Vista AGP driver with a SiS XP driver, but it makes no
difference.

I have reinstalled Vista Beta 2 onto a clean, formatted parition before
installing each driver. I have also used the "Check for Solutions" utility,
but so far, no solution has been found.

I have searched the Vista newgroups and the Internet, but the few solutions
which I found did not work.

I realise this is a beta build, but it would be very nice to personally see
what Aero looks like as there has been a lot of fuss about it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jake.

This isn't going to be of any help. It's just an observation really.

I have the same graphics card and Vista 2 installed and recognised the card
without any problems.

My computer crashes every time I try to use Hibernate, yet others don't have
the same problem.

Strange.

Graham.

"Jake" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:8A07264A-EEF6-4A3F-8FC8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> I have been having quite a few difficulties with installing a
> Vista-compatible Radeon driver for a Radeon 9550 256MB AGP card.
>
> I have tried the following:
> 1) default ATI Radeon 9550 driver (WDDM) -> code 43 (device reported
> problem)
> 2) Standard VGA driver -> code 10 (device cannot start)
> 3) ATI Radeon 9550 driver for Vista Beta 2 -> code 43 (device reported
> problem)
> 4) ATI Radeon 9550 driver for Vista Beta 1 -> code 37 (driver could not be
> initialised)
> 5) Catalyst 6.6 XP driver -> okay (but no Aero as it is not WDDM)
>
> The Performance Rating and Tools section cannot detect the video card, nor
> gaming graphics. However, the ratings are 2.0 and 3.2, respectively.
>
> The motherboard is a ASUS P4S8X-X with a SiS 648 chipset. I have tried
> replacing the default Vista AGP driver with a SiS XP driver, but it makes
> no
> difference.
>
> I have reinstalled Vista Beta 2 onto a clean, formatted parition before
> installing each driver. I have also used the "Check for Solutions"
> utility,
> but so far, no solution has been found.
>
> I have searched the Vista newgroups and the Internet, but the few
> solutions
> which I found did not work.
>
> I realise this is a beta build, but it would be very nice to personally
> see
> what Aero looks like as there has been a lot of fuss about it.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Jake.

I know most people don't have extra monitors hanging around but if you did,
maybe try that. Is there a monitor installed in Device Manager during full
boot. Can you install the default driver in Safe Mode *with* Networking and
not get the error code. Uninstall the loaded driver first, then right click
PC name and select Scan for hardware changes, let Windows load the driver it
wants and see if it errors out there. You would not see the monitor loaded
in device manager in safe mode. In safe mode you get to the device manager
through Administrative Tools. If the driver settles in while in Safe Mode
without error and then crashes when booting full into Vista you probably
have a conflict with your monitor since you have the AGP drivers installed.
"Jake" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:8A07264A-EEF6-4A3F-8FC8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> I have been having quite a few difficulties with installing a
> Vista-compatible Radeon driver for a Radeon 9550 256MB AGP card.
>
> I have tried the following:
> 1) default ATI Radeon 9550 driver (WDDM) -> code 43 (device reported
> problem)
> 2) Standard VGA driver -> code 10 (device cannot start)
> 3) ATI Radeon 9550 driver for Vista Beta 2 -> code 43 (device reported
> problem)
> 4) ATI Radeon 9550 driver for Vista Beta 1 -> code 37 (driver could not be
> initialised)
> 5) Catalyst 6.6 XP driver -> okay (but no Aero as it is not WDDM)
>
> The Performance Rating and Tools section cannot detect the video card, nor
> gaming graphics. However, the ratings are 2.0 and 3.2, respectively.
>
> The motherboard is a ASUS P4S8X-X with a SiS 648 chipset. I have tried
> replacing the default Vista AGP driver with a SiS XP driver, but it makes
> no
> difference.
>
> I have reinstalled Vista Beta 2 onto a clean, formatted parition before
> installing each driver. I have also used the "Check for Solutions"
> utility,
> but so far, no solution has been found.
>
> I have searched the Vista newgroups and the Internet, but the few
> solutions
> which I found did not work.
>
> I realise this is a beta build, but it would be very nice to personally
> see
> what Aero looks like as there has been a lot of fuss about it.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Jake.

Did you try this one :

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/...ge&folderID=27

Woody

"Jake" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:8A07264A-EEF6-4A3F-8FC8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> I have been having quite a few difficulties with installing a
> Vista-compatible Radeon driver for a Radeon 9550 256MB AGP card.
>
> I have tried the following:
> 1) default ATI Radeon 9550 driver (WDDM) -> code 43 (device reported
> problem)
> 2) Standard VGA driver -> code 10 (device cannot start)
> 3) ATI Radeon 9550 driver for Vista Beta 2 -> code 43 (device reported
> problem)
> 4) ATI Radeon 9550 driver for Vista Beta 1 -> code 37 (driver could not be
> initialised)
> 5) Catalyst 6.6 XP driver -> okay (but no Aero as it is not WDDM)
>
> The Performance Rating and Tools section cannot detect the video card, nor
> gaming graphics. However, the ratings are 2.0 and 3.2, respectively.
>
> The motherboard is a ASUS P4S8X-X with a SiS 648 chipset. I have tried
> replacing the default Vista AGP driver with a SiS XP driver, but it makes
> no
> difference.
>
> I have reinstalled Vista Beta 2 onto a clean, formatted parition before
> installing each driver. I have also used the "Check for Solutions"
> utility,
> but so far, no solution has been found.
>
> I have searched the Vista newgroups and the Internet, but the few
> solutions
> which I found did not work.
>
> I realise this is a beta build, but it would be very nice to personally
> see
> what Aero looks like as there has been a lot of fuss about it.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Jake.

Thanks very much Bob for the tips.

I booted into safe mode with networking and uninstalled the ATI Radeon 9550
driver, and scanned for hardware changes. The same driver was automatically
reinstalled. Device Manager showed both ATI Radeon 9550 (WDDM) and ATI
Radeon 9550 Secondary (WDDM) with no errors. However, the reason both showed
no problems was probably because the status of the video card is not
reported in safe mode (I viewed the properties of each device and it said
the status was unavailable in safe mode).

When I booted into Vista again, the code 43 error was displayed, and only
ATI Radeon 9550 (WDDM) was shown in Device Manager (no secondary output was
detected). The display reverts to something called "VGA Save".

Also, unfortunately, I do not have another monitor handy, but I am curious
if it is possible to install a driver for a monitor in Vista. I have a Benq
LCD monitor which has an XP driver, but I cannot find anywhere in Vista
where the monitor driver can be installed. The "Add Hardware" wizard fails
to install the monitor driver from the INF file, and there is nowhere to
change monitor drivers in the Display Properties dialog (it's blanked out
and no monitor name is displayed).

Jake.

"Bob T." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I know most people don't have extra monitors hanging around but if you did,
>maybe try that. Is there a monitor installed in Device Manager during full
>boot. Can you install the default driver in Safe Mode *with* Networking
>and not get the error code. Uninstall the loaded driver first, then right
>click PC name and select Scan for hardware changes, let Windows load the
>driver it wants and see if it errors out there. You would not see the
>monitor loaded in device manager in safe mode. In safe mode you get to the
>device manager through Administrative Tools. If the driver settles in
>while in Safe Mode without error and then crashes when booting full into
>Vista you probably have a conflict with your monitor since you have the AGP
>drivers installed.
> "Jake" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:8A07264A-EEF6-4A3F-8FC8-(E-Mail Removed)...

Hi Woody,

I downloaded the official ATI drivers for Vista Beta 2 from the link which
you provided. I attempted to install the drivers using the setup application
included with the package, and from the INF files. Both methods install the
driver, but upon restarting, the code 43 error is displayed and the Radeon
driver is not initialised.

Jake.

"woody" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Did you try this one :
>
> https://support.ati.com/ics/support/...ge&folderID=27
>
> Woody
>
> "Jake" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:8A07264A-EEF6-4A3F-8FC8-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have been having quite a few difficulties with installing a
>> Vista-compatible Radeon driver for a Radeon 9550 256MB AGP card.
>>
>> I have tried the following:
>> 1) default ATI Radeon 9550 driver (WDDM) -> code 43 (device reported
>> problem)
>> 2) Standard VGA driver -> code 10 (device cannot start)
>> 3) ATI Radeon 9550 driver for Vista Beta 2 -> code 43 (device reported
>> problem)
>> 4) ATI Radeon 9550 driver for Vista Beta 1 -> code 37 (driver could not
>> be
>> initialised)
>> 5) Catalyst 6.6 XP driver -> okay (but no Aero as it is not WDDM)
>>
>> The Performance Rating and Tools section cannot detect the video card,
>> nor
>> gaming graphics. However, the ratings are 2.0 and 3.2, respectively.
>>
>> The motherboard is a ASUS P4S8X-X with a SiS 648 chipset. I have tried
>> replacing the default Vista AGP driver with a SiS XP driver, but it makes
>> no
>> difference.
>>
>> I have reinstalled Vista Beta 2 onto a clean, formatted parition before
>> installing each driver. I have also used the "Check for Solutions"
>> utility,
>> but so far, no solution has been found.
>>
>> I have searched the Vista newgroups and the Internet, but the few
>> solutions
>> which I found did not work.
>>
>> I realise this is a beta build, but it would be very nice to personally
>> see
>> what Aero looks like as there has been a lot of fuss about it.
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Jake.
>
>

Hi Graham,

The driver errors could be related to the chipset on the motherboard. I have
an ASUS motherboard with a SiS 648 chipset. May I ask which motherboard you
are using, and also, what monitor you are using? (Bob T. suggested the
monitor may be causing the driver problems)

Thanks,

Jake.

"Graham" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4FC8AD4E-0E92-4186-B4FD-(E-Mail Removed)...
> This isn't going to be of any help. It's just an observation really.
>
> I have the same graphics card and Vista 2 installed and recognised the
> card without any problems.
>
> My computer crashes every time I try to use Hibernate, yet others don't
> have the same problem.
>
> Strange.
>
> Graham.
>
> "Jake" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:8A07264A-EEF6-4A3F-8FC8-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have been having quite a few difficulties with installing a
>> Vista-compatible Radeon driver for a Radeon 9550 256MB AGP card.
>>
>> I have tried the following:
>> 1) default ATI Radeon 9550 driver (WDDM) -> code 43 (device reported
>> problem)
>> 2) Standard VGA driver -> code 10 (device cannot start)
>> 3) ATI Radeon 9550 driver for Vista Beta 2 -> code 43 (device reported
>> problem)
>> 4) ATI Radeon 9550 driver for Vista Beta 1 -> code 37 (driver could not
>> be
>> initialised)
>> 5) Catalyst 6.6 XP driver -> okay (but no Aero as it is not WDDM)
>>
>> The Performance Rating and Tools section cannot detect the video card,
>> nor
>> gaming graphics. However, the ratings are 2.0 and 3.2, respectively.
>>
>> The motherboard is a ASUS P4S8X-X with a SiS 648 chipset. I have tried
>> replacing the default Vista AGP driver with a SiS XP driver, but it makes
>> no
>> difference.
>>
>> I have reinstalled Vista Beta 2 onto a clean, formatted parition before
>> installing each driver. I have also used the "Check for Solutions"
>> utility,
>> but so far, no solution has been found.
>>
>> I have searched the Vista newgroups and the Internet, but the few
>> solutions
>> which I found did not work.
>>
>> I realise this is a beta build, but it would be very nice to personally
>> see
>> what Aero looks like as there has been a lot of fuss about it.
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Jake.
>

VGA Save is a failsafe MS driver to get you some video. A monitor driver is
not loading in the full OS for some reason. Your video driver is not
loading. A problem I was having was with a Nvidia Gforce FX 5200 card and
an incompatible monitor. Even though Vista had the monitor drivers. I
loaded a Nvidia 256 driver and was able to finally get out of VGA Save and
change a few things but was wrong config. Grabbed a monitor from the kid's
puter, hooked that up, uninstalled everything, booted (with the 5200
drivers, the computer wouldn't even boot) everything loaded and correctly.
So the kid gets my 19" monitor.
"Jake" <jake@nospam> wrote in message
news:2CAF8D61-9C2E-47CD-B655-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks very much Bob for the tips.
>
> I booted into safe mode with networking and uninstalled the ATI Radeon
> 9550 driver, and scanned for hardware changes. The same driver was
> automatically reinstalled. Device Manager showed both ATI Radeon 9550
> (WDDM) and ATI Radeon 9550 Secondary (WDDM) with no errors. However, the
> reason both showed no problems was probably because the status of the
> video card is not reported in safe mode (I viewed the properties of each
> device and it said the status was unavailable in safe mode).
>
> When I booted into Vista again, the code 43 error was displayed, and only
> ATI Radeon 9550 (WDDM) was shown in Device Manager (no secondary output
> was detected). The display reverts to something called "VGA Save".
>
> Also, unfortunately, I do not have another monitor handy, but I am curious
> if it is possible to install a driver for a monitor in Vista. I have a
> Benq LCD monitor which has an XP driver, but I cannot find anywhere in
> Vista where the monitor driver can be installed. The "Add Hardware" wizard
> fails to install the monitor driver from the INF file, and there is
> nowhere to change monitor drivers in the Display Properties dialog (it's
> blanked out and no monitor name is displayed).
>
> Jake.
>
> "Bob T." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I know most people don't have extra monitors hanging around but if you
>>did, maybe try that. Is there a monitor installed in Device Manager
>>during full boot. Can you install the default driver in Safe Mode *with*
>>Networking and not get the error code. Uninstall the loaded driver first,
>>then right click PC name and select Scan for hardware changes, let Windows
>>load the driver it wants and see if it errors out there. You would not
>>see the monitor loaded in device manager in safe mode. In safe mode you
>>get to the device manager through Administrative Tools. If the driver
>>settles in while in Safe Mode without error and then crashes when booting
>>full into Vista you probably have a conflict with your monitor since you
>>have the AGP drivers installed.
>> "Jake" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:8A07264A-EEF6-4A3F-8FC8-(E-Mail Removed)...
>

Hi Jake.

The motherboard is a Gigabyte 7VM400AM-RZ with a VIA KM400A chipset.

The monitor is a DELL 770S. Vista only reports it as a plug and play
monitor.

"Jake" <jake@nospam> wrote in message
news:2ADB3C2D-6574-4EEF-ACFC-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Graham,
>
> The driver errors could be related to the chipset on the motherboard. I
> have an ASUS motherboard with a SiS 648 chipset. May I ask which
> motherboard you are using, and also, what monitor you are using? (Bob T.
> suggested the monitor may be causing the driver problems)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jake.
>
> "Graham" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:4FC8AD4E-0E92-4186-B4FD-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> This isn't going to be of any help. It's just an observation really.
>>
>> I have the same graphics card and Vista 2 installed and recognised the
>> card without any problems.
>>
>> My computer crashes every time I try to use Hibernate, yet others don't
>> have the same problem.
>>
>> Strange.
>>
>> Graham.
>>
>> "Jake" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:8A07264A-EEF6-4A3F-8FC8-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have been having quite a few difficulties with installing a
>>> Vista-compatible Radeon driver for a Radeon 9550 256MB AGP card.
>>>
>>> I have tried the following:
>>> 1) default ATI Radeon 9550 driver (WDDM) -> code 43 (device reported
>>> problem)
>>> 2) Standard VGA driver -> code 10 (device cannot start)
>>> 3) ATI Radeon 9550 driver for Vista Beta 2 -> code 43 (device reported
>>> problem)
>>> 4) ATI Radeon 9550 driver for Vista Beta 1 -> code 37 (driver could not
>>> be
>>> initialised)
>>> 5) Catalyst 6.6 XP driver -> okay (but no Aero as it is not WDDM)
>>>
>>> The Performance Rating and Tools section cannot detect the video card,
>>> nor
>>> gaming graphics. However, the ratings are 2.0 and 3.2, respectively.
>>>
>>> The motherboard is a ASUS P4S8X-X with a SiS 648 chipset. I have tried
>>> replacing the default Vista AGP driver with a SiS XP driver, but it
>>> makes no
>>> difference.
>>>
>>> I have reinstalled Vista Beta 2 onto a clean, formatted parition before
>>> installing each driver. I have also used the "Check for Solutions"
>>> utility,
>>> but so far, no solution has been found.
>>>
>>> I have searched the Vista newgroups and the Internet, but the few
>>> solutions
>>> which I found did not work.
>>>
>>> I realise this is a beta build, but it would be very nice to personally
>>> see
>>> what Aero looks like as there has been a lot of fuss about it.
>>>
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Jake.
>>
>

Well, jake, i made the same post you did about this issue, tried the xp AGP
to PCI brigde of my motherboard and nothing, i have a Giga-Byte K8nsnxp-939
Nforce 3 250 chipset, i did everything i know and don't know but its the
same, the XP drivers works but no aero, i even downloaded the 5.26 (the
previous beta drivers from ati) and nothing... I really want to see aero

I guess we should wait for better drivers or someone find a solution, if i
found something i will post it

Pliqui

"Jake" <jake@nospam> wrote in message
news:A1AF4180-DFFE-4977-86C9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Woody,
>
> I downloaded the official ATI drivers for Vista Beta 2 from the link which
> you provided. I attempted to install the drivers using the setup
> application included with the package, and from the INF files. Both
> methods install the driver, but upon restarting, the code 43 error is
> displayed and the Radeon driver is not initialised.
>
> Jake.
>
> "woody" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Did you try this one :
>>
>> https://support.ati.com/ics/support/...ge&folderID=27
>>
>> Woody
>>
>> "Jake" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:8A07264A-EEF6-4A3F-8FC8-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have been having quite a few difficulties with installing a
>>> Vista-compatible Radeon driver for a Radeon 9550 256MB AGP card.
>>>
>>> I have tried the following:
>>> 1) default ATI Radeon 9550 driver (WDDM) -> code 43 (device reported
>>> problem)
>>> 2) Standard VGA driver -> code 10 (device cannot start)
>>> 3) ATI Radeon 9550 driver for Vista Beta 2 -> code 43 (device reported
>>> problem)
>>> 4) ATI Radeon 9550 driver for Vista Beta 1 -> code 37 (driver could not
>>> be
>>> initialised)
>>> 5) Catalyst 6.6 XP driver -> okay (but no Aero as it is not WDDM)
>>>
>>> The Performance Rating and Tools section cannot detect the video card,
>>> nor
>>> gaming graphics. However, the ratings are 2.0 and 3.2, respectively.
>>>
>>> The motherboard is a ASUS P4S8X-X with a SiS 648 chipset. I have tried
>>> replacing the default Vista AGP driver with a SiS XP driver, but it
>>> makes no
>>> difference.
>>>
>>> I have reinstalled Vista Beta 2 onto a clean, formatted parition before
>>> installing each driver. I have also used the "Check for Solutions"
>>> utility,
>>> but so far, no solution has been found.
>>>
>>> I have searched the Vista newgroups and the Internet, but the few
>>> solutions
>>> which I found did not work.
>>>
>>> I realise this is a beta build, but it would be very nice to personally
>>> see
>>> what Aero looks like as there has been a lot of fuss about it.
>>>
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Jake.
>>
>>
>