Problem installing Radeon 9250 AGP 4X 128MB

[Guest]

I posted this yesterday in the general XP forum, but it probably belongs here.

Here's what I've done:
1. Uninstalled drivers for old video card
2. Uninstalled old device in Device Manager
3. Shut down, removed old video adapter, installed Radeon 9250, Restarted
4. Set BIOS to AGP, 128MB

When I attempt to install the drivers it appears to work until the end,
where it comes back with, "Cannot Install this hardware, An error
occurred..., The data is invalid."

Device Manager shows two entries under Other devices: Video Controller and
Video Controller (VGA Compatible). Both have yellow question marks and
indicate "This device is not configured correctly. (Code 1)". No other
devices in Device Manager indicate any problems.

The card does function to the extent that I can use the display.

Downloading updated drivers gives the same result. Radeon install program
says to install VGA driver first and retry. I tried to install a VGA driver
manually but was unsuccessful.

My system is a P4 2.4GHz WinXP Pro with all updates running on an Intel
D845PEBT2 motherboard with latest flash update.

I can reinstall the old video card without problems.

Any suggestions?

 

[Lil' Dave]

I posted this yesterday in the general XP forum, but it probably belongs
here.

Here's what I've done:
1. Uninstalled drivers for old video card
2. Uninstalled old device in Device Manager

Should not exist at that point due to step 1. Did you reboot after step 1?

3. Shut down, removed old video adapter, installed Radeon 9250, Restarted
4. Set BIOS to AGP, 128MB

Most bios have aperture size listed, not the memory size of the video card.
Two different animals.

 

[Guest]

Try power off,remove battery,locate the CMOS jumper pin, j6h2 (above the
board speaker),move from 1-2 to 2-3 position for .45 seconds or so,then back
to 1-2,replace battery,start pc.You'll need to reset basic BIOS settings,load
optimal defaults,then set BIOS for add-ons,set & save.The 845PEBT2 seems
to need this every so often for some reason.....

 

[Guest]

Should not exist at that point due to step 1. Did you reboot after step 1?

No. Does it make a difference? Won't the system just attempt to install a
driver after the reboot?

Most bios have aperture size listed, not the memory size of the video card.
Two different animals.

Yes, it is the aperture size. When it was set to 64MB the system would not
even attempt to install the driver, even though that is the default value
recommended by Intel. Probably just a coincidence but I haven't gone back
and reset it yet.

 

[DL]

You uninstall Radeon drivers via Add/Remove dialogue, then reboot.
If you get a found new hw wizard, simply cancel it. PC will boot into VGA
mode

 

[Jason Tsang]

What drivers are you trying to install.
The latest Catalyst drivers don't support the 9250

the last version that did is version Catalyst 6.5

It is available here
http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp/previous/radeon/radeonxip-cat65-xp.html

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[Guest]

Since the system has never installed any drivers for the card I've been in
VGA mode all along then.

 

[Lil' Dave]

No. Does it make a difference? Won't the system just attempt to install
a
driver after the reboot?


Yes, it is the aperture size. When it was set to 64MB the system would
not
even attempt to install the driver, even though that is the default value
recommended by Intel. Probably just a coincidence but I haven't gone back
and reset it yet.

XP should default to the default video adapter driver after the reboot, and
after you removed the driver of the previous video card (both have to
occur). Then, you install the proper Radeon driver for the XP operating
system. Then, you reboot after its finished.

Don't miss with aperture size unless the mfr of the video card says
otherwise.
Dave

 

[Guest]

I've tried the version that shipped with the card, the update that the
included install utility found, and the driver that you listed. All with the
same result.

Thx
L.

 

[Guest]

Tried this as well. No change in the results.

Thx
L.

 

[Paul]

I've tried the version that shipped with the card, the update that the
included install utility found, and the driver that you listed. All with the
same result.

Thx
L.

"You receive a "Cannot install this hardware" or "An error occurred during
the installation" error message when you try to install a PCI device"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841567/en-us

While it is probably not relevant in your case, it is possible for a
registry problem to give the "The data is invalid" error. I think
a few people have run into that, with Ethernet cards.

I take it you've already installed the chipset drivers. It takes
845 chipset drivers (to get the AGP slot declared right), the video
card driver, and some version of DirectX, to get accelerated
video. Some video card installer CD's will update DirectX for
you, as some video card drivers have a minimum DirectX
requirement.

Paul

 

[Guest]

That looked promising but didn't fix the problem. I can reinstall the older
AGP card without problems, so the chipset drivers are installed.

Thx

 

[Lil' Dave]

Sound like the installation software for the previous never announced in any
of your posts of what that mystery video card is, was never uninstalled.
The uninstall should remove the driver.
Dave