Removing Radeon X300 drivers

[GeneM]

After a PC crash on a town-promo DVD, Microsoft said I had a bad display
driver, for the video adapter Radeon X300 128MB.

I have browsed to the AMD/ATI web site for the Radeon driver,
registered my year-old video adapter,
downloaded new driver and instructions,
and attempted driver removal instructions, preliminary to new driver
installation.

Now, 3 times we have run Ctrl Panel, Add/Remove, select & remove the
only shown ATI driver "ATI Display Driver". I have even removed the
driver from within Safe Mode, Ctrl Panel, Add/Remove, and the driver
still shows in the Program List. Yet the driver "ATI Display Driver"
still appears in the Add/Remove list and in the My Computer, Hardware,
Device Manager list.

Should I
-- remove the driver from the Display Adapter in My Computer, Hardware,
Device Manager, Uninstall?

-- follow the Radeon driver removal instructions by Editing the registry
and removing ATI entries?


-GeneM

 

[Tom Scales]

Good for Driver Cleaner Pro. It will clean out everything ATI related

 

[Tom Scales]

Oops that should read google for

Good for Driver Cleaner Pro. It will clean out everything ATI related

 

[T Shadow]

After a PC crash on a town-promo DVD, Microsoft said I had a bad display
driver, for the video adapter Radeon X300 128MB.

I have browsed to the AMD/ATI web site for the Radeon driver,
registered my year-old video adapter,
downloaded new driver and instructions,
and attempted driver removal instructions, preliminary to new driver
installation.

Now, 3 times we have run Ctrl Panel, Add/Remove, select & remove the
only shown ATI driver "ATI Display Driver". I have even removed the
driver from within Safe Mode, Ctrl Panel, Add/Remove, and the driver
still shows in the Program List. Yet the driver "ATI Display Driver"
still appears in the Add/Remove list and in the My Computer, Hardware,
Device Manager list.

Should I
-- remove the driver from the Display Adapter in My Computer, Hardware,
Device Manager, Uninstall?

-- follow the Radeon driver removal instructions by Editing the registry
and removing ATI entries?


-GeneM

The latter per ati.com/install

 

[JamesH]

The latter per ati.com/install

Why not just delete the ATI folder where the drivers are located?

 

[T Shadow]

Why not just delete the ATI folder where the drivers are located?

To clean out the registry and temp folders. Details on website given.

 

[GeneM]

Well, Do I have to move the display off of that driver before I can
remove the driver?
I feared losing the display, with no way to see what I'm doing.

? Safe mode, remove driver, reboot ?

Figured I first need to switch display to an old generic Win XP video
driver, then begin removal schemes.

-- GeneM

 

[T Shadow]

Well, Do I have to move the display off of that driver before I can
remove the driver?
I feared losing the display, with no way to see what I'm doing.

? Safe mode, remove driver, reboot ?

Figured I first need to switch display to an old generic Win XP video
driver, then begin removal schemes.

-- GeneM

You just remove the old drivers. When you remove the old drivers it'll
revert to the VGA driver on reboot. Then reinstall the new ones. The
procedure on the WebPages is very comprehensive. Just follow it.