Need some help with Ati drivers pls

Mainly how to fully uninstall the previous Cats and install the new ones.

Things like...
Do I uninstall the driver or control panel first?
Do I do this in safe mode or not?
Do I use any 3rd party uninstallers after?
(I use WinXP btw)

Any help is great and thanks for your time.

Thanks but I was hoping to get some help here instead. Rage3d.com is not for
me...


"Tony Low" <tonylow.r-e-m-o-v-e.@bellnet.ca> wrote in message
news:n5ZJa.2324$Fe3.428621@news20.bellglobal.com...
> Check the forum at www.rage3d.com
>
> "Joe" <joe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ZASJa.2912$ZS3.517762@news2.telusplanet.net...
> > Mainly how to fully uninstall the previous Cats and install the new
ones.
> >
> > Things like...
> > Do I uninstall the driver or control panel first?
> > Do I do this in safe mode or not?
> > Do I use any 3rd party uninstallers after?
> > (I use WinXP btw)
> >
> > Any help is great and thanks for your time.
> >
> >
>
>

Why not for you? Sorry but I dont understand...anyway I will copy and paste
the instruction here for you.

1. Go into the Control Panel and under the ADD/REMOVE SOFTWARE icon
uninstall the ATI MultiMedia software and/or the ATI DVD software.

2. Uninstall the ATI drivers also found in the Add/Remove section. Once
removed, it will prompt you to reboot....do so.

3. When returning to windows, the NEW HARDWARE FOUND wizard will come up and
will tell you that it has found a new VGA card and will prompt you for
drivers. Hit CANCEL!

4. Now, go to START - SEARCH - FOR FILES OR FOLDERS and do a search for all
files and folders using the filename ati*.*
This search will normally give you 3 to 4 files found in your c:/windows
directory and subdirectories (including the Windows/System directory).
Select these files and erase them. Now go to your Recycle Bin and Empty your
bin.

5. Next...time to go to your Registry. Go to START -- RUN -- regedit

Here go to key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -- SYSTEM -- ControlSet001 -- Control --
Video . Here there should be 4 entries. 3 of them are default Windows XP
entries and the 4th one is put in by the ATI drivers. Expand each one by one
until you see ATI entries. Once found, erase the entire key.

Now repeat the same step above for the ControlSet002 key and the
CurrentControlSet Key. Normally, whenever you erase a key in the
ControlSet001, XP automatically deletes it in the CurrentControlSet section
too. So if the ATI key is not found in the CurrentControlSet section, don't
worry about it.
Once all keys are deleted, proceed to the next step.

6. While still in the registry, go to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -- SOFTWARE
section. Here you should find an ATI Technologies key. Select it and delete
it. In that same section, look for an Installed Options key. Expand it and
there you should find another ATI Technologies key. Select it and erase it.

7. Still in the registry, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER -- Software and there you
should find another ATI technologies key. Select it and erase it. Once all
this is done, close the registry. the registry is now clean.

8. Close all windows and reboot.

9. When in windows after the reboot the NEW HARDWARE FOUND WIZARD will pop
up again. Cancel that. Now find the new ATI drivers that you have downloaded
and extracted and run the SETUP file. Once complete, reboot and you are
done. You may want to reinstall your ATI MMC software and DVD software if
you use them. DONE!


For all those who do not like going into the registry and rather have an
easy to use program to do it for you, you can grab a nifty tool called
"RegCleaner" here and it will do it for you without getting your hands dirty
in the registry. Follow steps 1 through 4 as stated above, then run
RegCleaner to do the rest. Once completed, follow steps 8 and 9 and you are
DONE!

"Joe" <joe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:62_Ja.27751$Mc4.4387964@news0.telusplanet.net...
> Thanks but I was hoping to get some help here instead. Rage3d.com is not
for
> me...
>
>
> "Tony Low" <tonylow.r-e-m-o-v-e.@bellnet.ca> wrote in message
> news:n5ZJa.2324$Fe3.428621@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > Check the forum at www.rage3d.com
> >
> > "Joe" <joe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:ZASJa.2912$ZS3.517762@news2.telusplanet.net...
> > > Mainly how to fully uninstall the previous Cats and install the new
> ones.
> > >
> > > Things like...
> > > Do I uninstall the driver or control panel first?
> > > Do I do this in safe mode or not?
> > > Do I use any 3rd party uninstallers after?
> > > (I use WinXP btw)
> > >
> > > Any help is great and thanks for your time.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

I've always upgraded my drivers simply by installing the new ones over the
old and in the year I've had my 9700 Pro I've not experienced any problems.
I'd only do a full uninstall of previous drivers if I were moving to another
brand of card.

When I uninstalled the drivers for my previous GFX card, a Gainward Ti 4600,
I uninstalled the Nvidia drivers through the add/remove applet in control
panel and then tidied up by running regedit and removing all references to
the Nvidia Corporation from registry. This worked for me.

I'm tired of all the product bashing and trolling most forums bring these
days and that's all. Thanks for your help again...



"Tony Low" <tonylow.r-e-m-o-v-e.@bellnet.ca> wrote in message
news:621Ka.2793$Fe3.467409@news20.bellglobal.com...
> Why not for you? Sorry but I dont understand...anyway I will copy and
paste
> the instruction here for you.
>
> 1. Go into the Control Panel and under the ADD/REMOVE SOFTWARE icon
> uninstall the ATI MultiMedia software and/or the ATI DVD software.
>
> 2. Uninstall the ATI drivers also found in the Add/Remove section. Once
> removed, it will prompt you to reboot....do so.
>
> 3. When returning to windows, the NEW HARDWARE FOUND wizard will come up
and
> will tell you that it has found a new VGA card and will prompt you for
> drivers. Hit CANCEL!
>
> 4. Now, go to START - SEARCH - FOR FILES OR FOLDERS and do a search for
all
> files and folders using the filename ati*.*
> This search will normally give you 3 to 4 files found in your c:/windows
> directory and subdirectories (including the Windows/System directory).
> Select these files and erase them. Now go to your Recycle Bin and Empty
your
> bin.
>
> 5. Next...time to go to your Registry. Go to START -- RUN -- regedit
>
> Here go to key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -- SYSTEM -- ControlSet001 -- Control --
> Video . Here there should be 4 entries. 3 of them are default Windows XP
> entries and the 4th one is put in by the ATI drivers. Expand each one by
one
> until you see ATI entries. Once found, erase the entire key.
>
> Now repeat the same step above for the ControlSet002 key and the
> CurrentControlSet Key. Normally, whenever you erase a key in the
> ControlSet001, XP automatically deletes it in the CurrentControlSet
section
> too. So if the ATI key is not found in the CurrentControlSet section,
don't
> worry about it.
> Once all keys are deleted, proceed to the next step.
>
> 6. While still in the registry, go to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE --
SOFTWARE
> section. Here you should find an ATI Technologies key. Select it and
delete
> it. In that same section, look for an Installed Options key. Expand it and
> there you should find another ATI Technologies key. Select it and erase
it.
>
> 7. Still in the registry, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER -- Software and there
you
> should find another ATI technologies key. Select it and erase it. Once all
> this is done, close the registry. the registry is now clean.
>
> 8. Close all windows and reboot.
>
> 9. When in windows after the reboot the NEW HARDWARE FOUND WIZARD will pop
> up again. Cancel that. Now find the new ATI drivers that you have
downloaded
> and extracted and run the SETUP file. Once complete, reboot and you are
> done. You may want to reinstall your ATI MMC software and DVD software if
> you use them. DONE!
>
>
> For all those who do not like going into the registry and rather have an
> easy to use program to do it for you, you can grab a nifty tool called
> "RegCleaner" here and it will do it for you without getting your hands
dirty
> in the registry. Follow steps 1 through 4 as stated above, then run
> RegCleaner to do the rest. Once completed, follow steps 8 and 9 and you
are
> DONE!
>
> "Joe" <joe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:62_Ja.27751$Mc4.4387964@news0.telusplanet.net...
> > Thanks but I was hoping to get some help here instead. Rage3d.com is not
> for
> > me...
> >
> >
> > "Tony Low" <tonylow.r-e-m-o-v-e.@bellnet.ca> wrote in message
> > news:n5ZJa.2324$Fe3.428621@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > > Check the forum at www.rage3d.com
> > >
> > > "Joe" <joe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:ZASJa.2912$ZS3.517762@news2.telusplanet.net...
> > > > Mainly how to fully uninstall the previous Cats and install the new
> > ones.
> > > >
> > > > Things like...
> > > > Do I uninstall the driver or control panel first?
> > > > Do I do this in safe mode or not?
> > > > Do I use any 3rd party uninstallers after?
> > > > (I use WinXP btw)
> > > >
> > > > Any help is great and thanks for your time.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Hi Joe,
I understand what you are saying but that forum is monitored. In fact,
www.rage3d.com is an ATI products dedicated web page. Almost all ATI users
go there to get help or latest news. I would advise you to check it out.
Later.

"Joe" <joe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Vz2Ka.3519$ZS3.700410@news2.telusplanet.net...
> I'm tired of all the product bashing and trolling most forums bring these
> days and that's all. Thanks for your help again...
>
>
>
> "Tony Low" <tonylow.r-e-m-o-v-e.@bellnet.ca> wrote in message
> news:621Ka.2793$Fe3.467409@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > Why not for you? Sorry but I dont understand...anyway I will copy and
> paste
> > the instruction here for you.
> >
> > 1. Go into the Control Panel and under the ADD/REMOVE SOFTWARE icon
> > uninstall the ATI MultiMedia software and/or the ATI DVD software.
> >
> > 2. Uninstall the ATI drivers also found in the Add/Remove section. Once
> > removed, it will prompt you to reboot....do so.
> >
> > 3. When returning to windows, the NEW HARDWARE FOUND wizard will come up
> and
> > will tell you that it has found a new VGA card and will prompt you for
> > drivers. Hit CANCEL!
> >
> > 4. Now, go to START - SEARCH - FOR FILES OR FOLDERS and do a search for
> all
> > files and folders using the filename ati*.*
> > This search will normally give you 3 to 4 files found in your c:/windows
> > directory and subdirectories (including the Windows/System directory).
> > Select these files and erase them. Now go to your Recycle Bin and Empty
> your
> > bin.
> >
> > 5. Next...time to go to your Registry. Go to START -- RUN -- regedit
> >
> > Here go to key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -- SYSTEM -- ControlSet001 --
Control --
> > Video . Here there should be 4 entries. 3 of them are default Windows XP
> > entries and the 4th one is put in by the ATI drivers. Expand each one by
> one
> > until you see ATI entries. Once found, erase the entire key.
> >
> > Now repeat the same step above for the ControlSet002 key and the
> > CurrentControlSet Key. Normally, whenever you erase a key in the
> > ControlSet001, XP automatically deletes it in the CurrentControlSet
> section
> > too. So if the ATI key is not found in the CurrentControlSet section,
> don't
> > worry about it.
> > Once all keys are deleted, proceed to the next step.
> >
> > 6. While still in the registry, go to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE --
> SOFTWARE
> > section. Here you should find an ATI Technologies key. Select it and
> delete
> > it. In that same section, look for an Installed Options key. Expand it
and
> > there you should find another ATI Technologies key. Select it and erase
> it.
> >
> > 7. Still in the registry, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER -- Software and there
> you
> > should find another ATI technologies key. Select it and erase it. Once
all
> > this is done, close the registry. the registry is now clean.
> >
> > 8. Close all windows and reboot.
> >
> > 9. When in windows after the reboot the NEW HARDWARE FOUND WIZARD will
pop
> > up again. Cancel that. Now find the new ATI drivers that you have
> downloaded
> > and extracted and run the SETUP file. Once complete, reboot and you are
> > done. You may want to reinstall your ATI MMC software and DVD software
if
> > you use them. DONE!
> >
> >
> > For all those who do not like going into the registry and rather have an
> > easy to use program to do it for you, you can grab a nifty tool called
> > "RegCleaner" here and it will do it for you without getting your hands
> dirty
> > in the registry. Follow steps 1 through 4 as stated above, then run
> > RegCleaner to do the rest. Once completed, follow steps 8 and 9 and you
> are
> > DONE!
> >
> > "Joe" <joe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:62_Ja.27751$Mc4.4387964@news0.telusplanet.net...
> > > Thanks but I was hoping to get some help here instead. Rage3d.com is
not
> > for
> > > me...
> > >
> > >
> > > "Tony Low" <tonylow.r-e-m-o-v-e.@bellnet.ca> wrote in message
> > > news:n5ZJa.2324$Fe3.428621@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > > > Check the forum at www.rage3d.com
> > > >
> > > > "Joe" <joe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:ZASJa.2912$ZS3.517762@news2.telusplanet.net...
> > > > > Mainly how to fully uninstall the previous Cats and install the
new
> > > ones.
> > > > >
> > > > > Things like...
> > > > > Do I uninstall the driver or control panel first?
> > > > > Do I do this in safe mode or not?
> > > > > Do I use any 3rd party uninstallers after?
> > > > > (I use WinXP btw)
> > > > >
> > > > > Any help is great and thanks for your time.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>