ATI Display Driver Problems

[RUMAR]

Hi, just bought the Vista Business Ed. and after installing the OS (3 times
already) everything its super slow. Even do the colors are great. it happens
to be like if its freezed like when you try to open the start menu or
anything it does it every 7 to 10 seconds as if it refreshes in that time, i
went to ATI.COM and search for the vista 32 bit drivers for (Radeon X300 PCI
Express 128mb) and its the same... Any suggestions.

[Bill Condie]

I have an Ati x600 and didn't bother getting the software after my Business
install.

I suspect something else is going on. How's Device Manager?

[RUMAR]

Well i went to display manager and uninstall the ATI display drivers and when
the PC restarted everything run like normal except that the video drivers
where in 800x600 but Vista automaticlly installed the drivers again and when
restarted the PC again comes with the same problem any other suggestions,
Thanks

[SSI]

I had a similar4 problem a while ago with windows XP and what I needed to do
was completely uninstall ATI including cleaning the registry of any remnants
of ATI, searching for folders that ATI had installed and delete them then
BEFORE
restarting go to the Device manager and uninstall the
card from the display adapter. Then reboot and go through the process of
installing drivers etc.
By the way I have an ATI card as well (1900 GT) and did not have any
problems such as you experiencing..
Hope this helps.

[RUMAR]

Well, i thought that would fix my problem but after rebooting, Vista
automaticly assingns the Driver again from their database, install them for
me (they recognized the Video Card instantly) and the "Updated" Drivers from
ATI where installed but, when its finally rebooted the PC comes with the same
problem (im dissappointed) before i bought the Vista i read that everything
was compatible but it turns out to be a headache, whatever the suggestions
are ill try them if you have them, thanks

[RUMAR]

Still with the same problem, Vista install the drivers from their database
and the "Updated" drivers from ATI dont work, im dissappointed, i checked
everything to see if it was compatible before buying it and its been a
problem, if you guys have any other suggestions im open to try them all,
thanks

[Ben Enfield]

If you would like help then you need to tell us what your system specs
are,what version of Vista you are running (RC2? RTM? Ultimate? Radeon X1300?
Mobility X300? how many video cards you have in your system.

There is no way to help you unless you tell us enough information for us to
help you.

[RUMAR]

Thanks Ben, i have a clean PC, Athlon 64 x2 4200, 2 Gb Ram, Asus A8S-X
Motherboard, 250 Serial ATA HDD and Vista Business ED 32bit. I took away any
other cards before to prevent issues with them. hope this can help to solve
the problem, Thanks Again

[mikeyhsd]

on the ATI web site under the drivers section there is Release Notes where you should find Installing drivers, where you will find the instructions on how to MANUALLY remove ATI drivers in prep for installing new ones.
the drivers you updated still exist on the hard drive and that is what vista keeps installing, you need to remove them as well.

[SSI]

Have you tried driver cleaner (http://www.drivercleaner.net/) to get rid of
the old drivers before installing the new one's? I am not sure if it will
work under Vista but it was wonderful in XP. Make sure you follow the
directions.
Also, an idea ... if windows goes out to the windows update site to find the
drivers have you tried to shut off the internet before restarting? Or in
Device manager try and update the drivers for the video card and point it to
the new directory where you unzipped the ATI drivers instead of letting
windows find and install the drivers automatically.

[RUMAR]

Thank you everyone... This past week i havent been in the PC (working a lot)
and every day i took time to try everything possible, it still dont work,
what i did was disable the ATI from the device manager and wow everything run
as it suppossed to, with the exception that display its not smooth, videos
dont play good, vista display goodies are not seen, but to read internet
meanwhile it lets me do it, im thinking in buying another Video Card, but i
dont want to invenst again in something which says (Vista Compatible or
Capable) and at the end still the same problem. I upgraded the Drivers, the
Catalyst software, Uninstall everything and i mean everything and still dont
work, if you guys have something more, tell me im willing to try it untill it
works, Thanks

[BigD]

It seems like every one has the same problem.
Here is probably the easyest way to fix your problem
*_First_uninstall__*your drivers
*_Second_* *Turn off* your *Antivirus Protection*
*_Third_* *_Reinstall_* the video drivers
*_Four_* turn your antivirus back on

This should solve all your video problems

[Flatulus]

Resurrecting old thread... but im having the exact same problem as Rumar.

Rumar, you managed to find a solution to this issue?

Thanks

[Keith]

Hi, I just had to deal with this problem last night. Here is what I did, I
uninstalled all ATI video drivers and programs with the add or remove
programs panel in the control panel. When I rebooted the computer the
standard VGA driver was installed by WInVista 32. I then went to this web
page and downloaded the driver for 32 bit Vista:

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...-Bit%20Edition

I have used a short URL service to transform the above URL to:

I only downloaded option #2 from the web page that only has the drivers and
skipped the large file that included the Catalyst Software.

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Option 2 - Individual Downloads
Name File Size Revision Number Release
Display Driver 23.6MB 9.3 3/18/2009 Download
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