Catalyst 3.10 driver problem

[mcinoman]

I have noted a problem with this driver that I have never seen before
with the ATI drivers. I have upgraded to each version as it came out
(Radeon 9700 pro card). As soon as I installed cat. 3.10 my 2D screen
redraws became very slow. As I scrolled through web pages, the screen
would redraw bit by bit. As soon as I "rolled back" to driver 3.9 -
everything worked normally again. Has anyone else seen this??

Mike Cinoman

 

[Ben Pope]

I have noted a problem with this driver that I have never seen before
with the ATI drivers. I have upgraded to each version as it came out
(Radeon 9700 pro card). As soon as I installed cat. 3.10 my 2D screen
redraws became very slow. As I scrolled through web pages, the screen
would redraw bit by bit. As soon as I "rolled back" to driver 3.9 -
everything worked normally again. Has anyone else seen this??

The problem is related to the VPU recover feature and hence has been around
since Cat 3.8.

Just disable VPU recover.

Ben

 

[Gordon Scott]

I have noted a problem with this driver that I have never seen before
with the ATI drivers. I have upgraded to each version as it came out
(Radeon 9700 pro card). As soon as I installed cat. 3.10 my 2D screen
redraws became very slow. As I scrolled through web pages, the screen
would redraw bit by bit. As soon as I "rolled back" to driver 3.9 -
everything worked normally again. Has anyone else seen this??

Mike Cinoman

I saw this too, incredably slow redrawing of windows and such.
I reinstalled the cat 3.10's a few times to fix it. I dont recall if
disabling vpu recover was the final antidote.

Gordon

 

[John Hall]

Normally the 2D screen redraws slowly until the Cat drivers have tested your
system and then activate. What it looks like is that the system test never
took place and therefore the drivers did not initialize. Reinstalling the
drivers should fix that. Another problem I've run into is having both the
Omega driver and the new Cat drivers installed at the same time. If you go
into the control panel, add/remove programs, and go the the display drivers,
when you open it up you see both the ati and the omega driver installed.
Just tick the omega driver box to remove it and all will be well.

JK

 

[Tony DiMarzio]

I'm also experiencing issues with 3.10, although mine are a little more
disruptive:

Have been using 3.7 since its inception because I've consistently had
problems with later revs. Took the dive into 3.10 with high hopes and came
out with an infinitely rebooting PC! That's right! The system would just
reboot as if the reset button was pushed. It would not do this at XP login
screen, but as soon as I were to login to my account it would restart. I had
to go into safe mode to uninstall the drivers. Back to 3.7 and all is well
again.

----my config----
Windows XP (2600-Professional) w/ SP1
Tbird 1400@1470 [14x*105fsb] AYHJA
A7V133 1.05@1007 (Jumperless Mode)
Via 4-in-1-438a Final
Thermalright Ax-7, YS-Tech 80mm 3-pin 48.5 CFM, 3300 RPM, 37 dba(RPM and CFM
adjustable)
512mb (2 x (Performance Series Micro BGA- PC-166 (2/2/2) - 256))
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Catalyst 3.7) (C-378mhz / M-337.5mhz) OC to
(C-398.25mhz / M-351mhz) (411.75/357.75)
SbAudigy 5.1 (PCI-Slot 3)
Linksys LNE100TX v5 (PCI-Slot 2)

60gb IBM 60gxp primary/master
120gb Western Digital WD1200JB primary/slave
16x HI-VAL DVDrom (BDV316C) secondary/master
48x/24x/48x plextor (PX-W4824A) secondary/slave

 

[ThosJ]

The problem is related to the VPU recover feature and hence has been around
since Cat 3.8.

Just disable VPU recover.

Ben

Hmmm......not to sure about THAT. I had the problem (with Omega 3.10's).
Uninstalled, reinstalled Omega 3.9's. Problem gone. Removed 3.9's again,
reinstalled 3.10's, OK this time. So, I suggest it's something like the
post down thread mentions, something in the install not going correctly.