Warning: Catalyst 7.99 Trashed Windows 98

[bagdad]

I tried to update from the Catalyst 7.90 to 7.99 on Windows 98 SE.
7.90 worked. My CMOs and chip set drivers worked with 7.9.

I installed 7.99. It went OK.

I tried to boot. It hung while starting windows. It never got the
graphic screen. It was still in DOS mode loading and I would see the
DOS prompt. It was not a black screen, at least not on my machine.
It don't look exactly like the black screen problem in the Ati
knowledge data base.

I tried again, and the same thing happened. I went into safe mode and
rebotted to get into VGA mode. Windows would not start.

I went again into safe mode and uninstalled all ATI software thru
add/remove programs. That appeared to work.

Then I booted again. The same thing happened. Even after
uninstalling the Catalyst software, Windows would not start, except in
safe mode. My system looks gone. I don't have a clue of what to
change to try again.

My record of some 10 years never having a trouble free installation of
any ATI card continues. However, before, Windows always survived.

 

[Dodgy]

I tried to update from the Catalyst 7.90 to 7.99 on Windows 98 SE.
7.90 worked. My CMOs and chip set drivers worked with 7.9.

I installed 7.99. It went OK.

I tried to boot. It hung while starting windows. It never got the
graphic screen. It was still in DOS mode loading and I would see the
DOS prompt. It was not a black screen, at least not on my machine.
It don't look exactly like the black screen problem in the Ati
knowledge data base.

I tried again, and the same thing happened. I went into safe mode and
rebotted to get into VGA mode. Windows would not start.

I went again into safe mode and uninstalled all ATI software thru
add/remove programs. That appeared to work.

Then I booted again. The same thing happened. Even after
uninstalling the Catalyst software, Windows would not start, except in
safe mode. My system looks gone. I don't have a clue of what to
change to try again.

My record of some 10 years never having a trouble free installation of
any ATI card continues. However, before, Windows always survived.

Catalyst 7.99? Eh? What time machine did you use to get that?

I wouldn't blame ATI too much for things, their drivers have got a lot
better recently, not that it sounds like you're using anything recent
though. My 98 machine ate itself within 6 months and didn't even have
a gaming video card with all the associated drivers.

D0d6y.

 

[patrickp]

I tried to update from the Catalyst 7.90 to 7.99 on Windows 98 SE.
7.90 worked. My CMOs and chip set drivers worked with 7.9.

I installed 7.99. It went OK.

I tried to boot. It hung while starting windows. It never got the
graphic screen. It was still in DOS mode loading and I would see the
DOS prompt. It was not a black screen, at least not on my machine.
It don't look exactly like the black screen problem in the Ati
knowledge data base.

I tried again, and the same thing happened. I went into safe mode and
rebotted to get into VGA mode. Windows would not start.

I went again into safe mode and uninstalled all ATI software thru
add/remove programs. That appeared to work.

Then I booted again. The same thing happened. Even after
uninstalling the Catalyst software, Windows would not start, except in
safe mode. My system looks gone. I don't have a clue of what to
change to try again.

My record of some 10 years never having a trouble free installation of
any ATI card continues. However, before, Windows always survived.

Ati's uninstalls are not very effective. Download the
cat-uninstaller.exe from
http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/misc/catalystutils.html and run it.
That'll clear the Ati stuff off your system much more effectively


patrickp

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[Danny Greaves]

I thought it was (4.3) wme-catalyst-7-981-040127m-013420c?

 

[Asestar]

NO no .. that catalyst 7.991.xxx are catalyst 4.3 for winMe/98.

Translating original post (to normal versions):
Catalyst 4.3 trashed my windows 98. Upgraded from 4.2 to 4.3. and so on..

 

[Danny Greaves]

Woops! I should have looked a little closer. I assumed I had 4.3 installed but
your correct and i'm using 4.2.