dxdiag not showing the correct video driver version.

I updated the drivers for the ATI card in my laptop and I'm running into 2
problems:

1) Vista won't accept anything but signed drivers ( tried installing the
newest 8.451 drivers from ATI and Vista doesn't show they are installed), and
2) dxdiag is not showing the correct driver version when it has a signed
driver (have version 8.31 but is reported as 7.14).

Can anyone help me with this?

"Bruce G." <BruceG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:559B4F88-1FF4-43EE-AD63-B8970ABC2DE7@microsoft.com...
>I updated the drivers for the ATI card in my laptop and I'm running into 2
> problems:
>
> 1) Vista won't accept anything but signed drivers ( tried installing the
> newest 8.451 drivers from ATI and Vista doesn't show they are installed),
> and
> 2) dxdiag is not showing the correct driver version when it has a signed
> driver (have version 8.31 but is reported as 7.14).
>
> Can anyone help me with this?

Have you searched ATI's web site/forums for answers?

Vista x64 requires signed drivers but Vista x86 does not.

"Bruce G." <BruceG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:559B4F88-1FF4-43EE-AD63-B8970ABC2DE7@microsoft.com...
>I updated the drivers for the ATI card in my laptop and I'm running into 2
> problems:
>
> 1) Vista won't accept anything but signed drivers ( tried installing the
> newest 8.451 drivers from ATI and Vista doesn't show they are installed),
> and
> 2) dxdiag is not showing the correct driver version when it has a signed
> driver (have version 8.31 but is reported as 7.14).
>
> Can anyone help me with this?

I have the 32 bit version, but it still won't accept the new drivers from ATI
(the 8.451 Catalyst drivers). I've tried several times and still nothing.

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> Vista x64 requires signed drivers but Vista x86 does not.
>
> "Bruce G." <BruceG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:559B4F88-1FF4-43EE-AD63-B8970ABC2DE7@microsoft.com...
> >I updated the drivers for the ATI card in my laptop and I'm running into 2
> > problems:
> >
> > 1) Vista won't accept anything but signed drivers ( tried installing the
> > newest 8.451 drivers from ATI and Vista doesn't show they are installed),
> > and
> > 2) dxdiag is not showing the correct driver version when it has a signed
> > driver (have version 8.31 but is reported as 7.14).
> >
> > Can anyone help me with this?
>

It would not have anything to do with driver signing. At most you would see
a message that the driver was not signed and asked if you wanted to proceed
anyway.

"Bruce G." <BruceG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:49AAD3D7-613B-48B1-8C32-6057F2BC4BC0@microsoft.com...
>I have the 32 bit version, but it still won't accept the new drivers from
>ATI
> (the 8.451 Catalyst drivers). I've tried several times and still nothing.
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>
>> Vista x64 requires signed drivers but Vista x86 does not.
>>
>> "Bruce G." <BruceG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:559B4F88-1FF4-43EE-AD63-B8970ABC2DE7@microsoft.com...
>> >I updated the drivers for the ATI card in my laptop and I'm running into
>> >2
>> > problems:
>> >
>> > 1) Vista won't accept anything but signed drivers ( tried installing
>> > the
>> > newest 8.451 drivers from ATI and Vista doesn't show they are
>> > installed),
>> > and
>> > 2) dxdiag is not showing the correct driver version when it has a
>> > signed
>> > driver (have version 8.31 but is reported as 7.14).
>> >
>> > Can anyone help me with this?
>>

Yes, and nothing was of use.

"Dave" wrote:

>
> "Bruce G." <BruceG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:559B4F88-1FF4-43EE-AD63-B8970ABC2DE7@microsoft.com...
> >I updated the drivers for the ATI card in my laptop and I'm running into 2
> > problems:
> >
> > 1) Vista won't accept anything but signed drivers ( tried installing the
> > newest 8.451 drivers from ATI and Vista doesn't show they are installed),
> > and
> > 2) dxdiag is not showing the correct driver version when it has a signed
> > driver (have version 8.31 but is reported as 7.14).
> >
> > Can anyone help me with this?
>
> Have you searched ATI's web site/forums for answers?
>
>

That did come up once, and it never installed the driver when I said "I
wanted to install it anyway".

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> It would not have anything to do with driver signing. At most you would see
> a message that the driver was not signed and asked if you wanted to proceed
> anyway.
>
> "Bruce G." <BruceG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:49AAD3D7-613B-48B1-8C32-6057F2BC4BC0@microsoft.com...
> >I have the 32 bit version, but it still won't accept the new drivers from
> >ATI
> > (the 8.451 Catalyst drivers). I've tried several times and still nothing.
> >
> > "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
> >
> >> Vista x64 requires signed drivers but Vista x86 does not.
> >>
> >> "Bruce G." <BruceG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:559B4F88-1FF4-43EE-AD63-B8970ABC2DE7@microsoft.com...
> >> >I updated the drivers for the ATI card in my laptop and I'm running into
> >> >2
> >> > problems:
> >> >
> >> > 1) Vista won't accept anything but signed drivers ( tried installing
> >> > the
> >> > newest 8.451 drivers from ATI and Vista doesn't show they are
> >> > installed),
> >> > and
> >> > 2) dxdiag is not showing the correct driver version when it has a
> >> > signed
> >> > driver (have version 8.31 but is reported as 7.14).
> >> >
> >> > Can anyone help me with this?
> >>
>

I guess there's no solution to my problem then.

"Bruce G." wrote:

> I updated the drivers for the ATI card in my laptop and I'm running into 2
> problems:
>
> 1) Vista won't accept anything but signed drivers ( tried installing the
> newest 8.451 drivers from ATI and Vista doesn't show they are installed), and
> 2) dxdiag is not showing the correct driver version when it has a signed
> driver (have version 8.31 but is reported as 7.14).
>
> Can anyone help me with this?

Are you using an ATi Radeon Xpress 200M chipset by any chance? Because I am
facing the same problem on my laptop as well. The drivers install, but it is
not reflected in Device Manager, DXDiag or anywhere else.

"Bruce G." wrote:

> I guess there's no solution to my problem then.
>
> "Bruce G." wrote:
>
> > I updated the drivers for the ATI card in my laptop and I'm running into 2
> > problems:
> >
> > 1) Vista won't accept anything but signed drivers ( tried installing the
> > newest 8.451 drivers from ATI and Vista doesn't show they are installed), and
> > 2) dxdiag is not showing the correct driver version when it has a signed
> > driver (have version 8.31 but is reported as 7.14).
> >
> > Can anyone help me with this?

Bruce,
If you do an F8 boot you will see the option to install Unsigned drivers.
This ability will last till you reboot again.

"Aditya Krishnan" <AdityaKrishnan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:050157D0-2EAF-421F-BA87-3CD816ED19CF@microsoft.com...
>
> Are you using an ATi Radeon Xpress 200M chipset by any chance? Because I
> am
> facing the same problem on my laptop as well. The drivers install, but it
> is
> not reflected in Device Manager, DXDiag or anywhere else.
>
> "Bruce G." wrote:
>
>> I guess there's no solution to my problem then.
>>
>> "Bruce G." wrote:
>>
>> > I updated the drivers for the ATI card in my laptop and I'm running
>> > into 2
>> > problems:
>> >
>> > 1) Vista won't accept anything but signed drivers ( tried installing
>> > the
>> > newest 8.451 drivers from ATI and Vista doesn't show they are
>> > installed), and
>> > 2) dxdiag is not showing the correct driver version when it has a
>> > signed
>> > driver (have version 8.31 but is reported as 7.14).
>> >
>> > Can anyone help me with this?