ATI Radeon 9600

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jason

hi all..i'v had Vista home premium installed for a week now & upgraded from
Xp pro,have PCI bus 1.Radeon 9600 SE,128M ram...processor:AMD Athlon 64 X2
Dual core 4200+ 2.20ghz. RAM: 1022 MB.my problem is the driver,the origional
driver on the CD wont run because its not compatible with (Vista) & the
driver that comes down with automatic updates dont work,it installs but on
restart Vista boots up then locks up! BTW i have pC plugged into a 50inch
flat screen TV. HELP ?
 
F

Frank

jason said:
hi all..i'v had Vista home premium installed for a week now & upgraded from
Xp pro,have PCI bus 1.Radeon 9600 SE,128M ram...processor:AMD Athlon 64 X2
Dual core 4200+ 2.20ghz. RAM: 1022 MB.my problem is the driver,the origional
driver on the CD wont run because its not compatible with (Vista) & the
driver that comes down with automatic updates dont work,it installs but on
restart Vista boots up then locks up! BTW i have pC plugged into a 50inch
flat screen TV. HELP ?

Have you tried the Vista driver for your video card from...www.ati.com
Frank
 
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gls858

jason said:
hi all..i'v had Vista home premium installed for a week now & upgraded from
Xp pro,have PCI bus 1.Radeon 9600 SE,128M ram...processor:AMD Athlon 64 X2
Dual core 4200+ 2.20ghz. RAM: 1022 MB.my problem is the driver,the origional
driver on the CD wont run because its not compatible with (Vista) & the
driver that comes down with automatic updates dont work,it installs but on
restart Vista boots up then locks up! BTW i have pC plugged into a 50inch
flat screen TV. HELP ?

You need to get the Vista driver for your video card from the mfg.
IS it the 9600 All-In- Wonder card?
You might check this link:
http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/catalyst_71_vista.html

gls858
 
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jason

gls858 said:
You need to get the Vista driver for your video card from the mfg.
IS it the 9600 All-In- Wonder card?
You might check this link:
http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/catalyst_71_vista.html

gls858
no its not the All In Wonder gls858 i wish..& Frank yes iv tried getting the drivers from ATI.with no luck & iv tried the Catalyst from ATI that just dosent load up @ all when i restart,my systems only 6 months old..can you recomend a new Vista compatable graphics card lol or cheaper solution,why cant they just make vista so it runs the instalation CD i have that works on XP!cant see a way around this i tried ATI's tech support with only automated responses,they did say something about my MSI motherboard drivers may need to be updated with new drivers to make the graphics card work,but automatic updates would have picked em up right ?
 
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Frank

jason said:
with no luck & iv tried the Catalyst from ATI that just dosent load up @
all when i restart,
my systems only 6 months old..can you recomend a new Vista compatable
graphics card
lol or cheaper solution,why cant they just make vista so it runs the
instalation
CD i have that works on XP!cant see a way around this i tried ATI's tech
support
with only automated responses,they did say something about my MSI
motherboard
drivers may need to be updated with new drivers to make the graphics
card work,but automatic updates would have picked em up right ?

Strange because we have one box running a 9600xt 256megs AGP using the
latest ATI drivers downloaded from their site with no problems at all.
It's even oc'ed but it is on a regular CRT monitor.
You said you're running a 50inch flat TV and that is may be your problem
as you more than likely you don't have the correct monitor profile file
for it.
Also is your card a PCI or AGP, is not all that clear in your original
message.
As for loading the CD drivers not a good idea cause they're proly not
for Vista.
Try clearing your temps and reloading the ATI web site file.
Let us know.
Frank
 
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Frank

Frank said:
jason wrote:
....cant see a way around this i tried ATI's tech
support
with only automated responses,they did say something about my MSI
motherboard
drivers may need to be updated with new drivers to make the graphics
card work,but automatic updates would have picked em up right ?

No, not necessarily. Have you tried the MSI site for updated drivers as
ATI suggested?
Frank
 
J

jason

yes Frank i'v also tried the MSI site for their DRivers & it downloaded some
software that checked my PC for missing driver,it DID find a Driver missing &
installed it,had to re-boot & on re-boot failed to start,same as the ATI
driver..the screen freezes up & there are little red dashes across the
welcome screen.it's not caused by the PC being plugged into the TV because iv
tried another monitor,with same result.
the card is PCI.
thanks for all your help,lol but i dont think this can be resolved without
buying a new card...strange because the same card work's on my other HD that
has XP Pro on it!
 
T

thetruthhurts

Have you tried the Vista driver for your video card from...www.ati.com
Frank


No that was real freaking helpful. If the guy can figure out how to
get to the usenet, he can problem find a manufacter's web site.
 
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Dave

No that was real freaking helpful. If the guy can figure out how to
get to the usenet, he can problem find a manufacter's web site.

As much as I love to stay out of Frank Vrs. the world, this attack was
totally uncalled for and I couldn't stay quiet.

Your comment to Frank about not being helpfull was in reality more helpful
then yours to the OP

Nowhere did Frank say or do anything to warrant this other then you guys
hate him so much you have to comment even if he makes a valid suggestion.

Yes the OP should try and download the newest drivers for his video card
from ATI and nowhere in his post did he state he tried that. It is an
assumption that the OP should know to check the Manufactures website if he
knows how to post in a newsgroup.

People I agree, argue until your blue in the face when someone especially
Frank makes a combative remark. But when someone attempts to be helpful and
not say anything negative, even if it is Frank..........you shouldn't say
things like this all it does is make any further comments you say less
likely to be taken serious even if it is a valid point your making.
 
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Frank

thetruthhurts said:
No that was real freaking helpful. If the guy can figure out how to
get to the usenet, he can problem find a manufacter's web site.

Never assume anything when trying to help someone with a technical problem.
Only a arrogantly stupid POS big mouth fool like you would do something
so ignorantly amateurish like that.
Too bad you're that dumb.
Frank
 
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jason

lol well why do i need to fix my driver problem to watch hi def films & play
hi def games when i can sit here reading you lot ranting & arguing with each
other lol,thanks for the help people & i have tried the drivers from Ati,Msi
& the catalyst dont work on my pC for some reason,mmmm scrachinz
 
J

jason

hmmmm...
: VPU Recover has reset your graphics accelerator as it was no longer
responding to graphics driver commands. got this error report whilst playing
'empire earth'! if it cant handle that game then ill hafta buy a new
card...PITA.
any recomendations @ new card ?
Frank,i tried MSI for updated drivers & did update them,but same thing
happend as when i updated drivers with ATI,booted up then froze on the
welcome screen,it freezes up & there are little red dotted lines accross the
screen ?
the card Is PCI.ty for the help Frank :D
 
F

Frank

jason said:
hmmmm...
: VPU Recover has reset your graphics accelerator as it was no longer
responding to graphics driver commands. got this error report whilst playing
'empire earth'! if it cant handle that game then ill hafta buy a new
card...PITA.
any recomendations @ new card ?
Frank,i tried MSI for updated drivers & did update them,but same thing
happend as when i updated drivers with ATI,booted up then froze on the
welcome screen,it freezes up & there are little red dotted lines accross the
screen ?
the card Is PCI.ty for the help Frank :D
Do you have any other vcards on hand that you could swap out to see if
they might work?
Do you have a dedicated video slot on your board...AGP or PCIe?
Frank
 
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Inick06

I've had similar problem when I upgraded to Vista last summer. Please note
that with ATI, you must remove the old driver/software before installing the
new ones.
Save the new driver to your desktop. Remove old software through your
Control Panel, Then to be sure, check and see if there are any leftovers in
Program files and delete. Restart then install the new driver.
There are many Video Cards made for Vista out there. nVidia removes its own
old software when installing a new one. Good luck

Nick
 
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jason

in device manager its saying its PCI...but iv just got the motherboard manual
out & the graphics card slot says AGP !..eer im confused,the card is AGP,can
i change it in device manager to AGP & would it then work ? or would ahammer
work better ?
 
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Alias

jason said:
in device manager its saying its PCI...but iv just got the motherboard manual
out & the graphics card slot says AGP !..eer im confused,the card is AGP,can
i change it in device manager to AGP & would it then work ? or would ahammer
work better ?

And is the card in the AGP slot?

Alias
 
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Frank

jason said:
in device manager its saying its PCI...but iv just got the motherboard manual
out & the graphics card slot says AGP !..eer im confused,the card is AGP,can
i change it in device manager to AGP & would it then work ? or would ahammer
work better ?

:

You need to open the computer and note where the video card is actually
installed.
Let us know.
Frank
 
J

jason

its slotted into the AGP slot above the 3 PCI slots,ffffffsssssssake im
taking it into the shop tmorrow! :mad:
 
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jason

i gave up on my old radeon 9600 & brought a Saphire ATI radeon 2600 XT,cost
me 65 quid & IS Vista compatible.ook me a week to get it running good enough
to play a Video without it sticking & i cant get it to run any games,its one
of the best gaming cards atm,well iv given up on Vista,maybe its only for now
but to me Vista is crap! anyone near wolverhampton thinks they can sort it &
wants to earn some cash mail me.
 

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