ATi Graphics Driver Not Working In Vista (5384)...

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could make a list of what you changed in bios because i can't seem to make a
difference with my machine
 
hi i spent two weeks looking at this same problem-the ati driver wont load.
read up and down the web with little info on it.
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p4s8x 2.53 mhz 533 fsb 1005 bios sis 648
512 mb pc 2700 1 slot 2.5
ati 9700 pro 128 mb white box card.
36 gig raptor 2 parts onboad raid driver /windows
onboad ac 97 sound c media
19 vx900 veiwsonic 1280x1024 working ONLY on vga save
dvd rw

ok i try to install the wddm driver no go,tried the ati beta same luck.
try to update the sis chip (648) from wndows to the asus one .
then i gave up and done a 2nd clean install of vista.
vista is buggy as hell in it installs i seen the same results on the forums.
now i tryed this all over a 2nd time with a driver from sis agart driver and
still no dice with both windows and ati drivers.

WHAT IS THE EXACT DRIVER?
we need info to make reports ,we cant just try hit and miss.
this is EXACTLY why ms should never go public witha beta 2 days latter cause
it gums up the works.
forums are a mess with silly Q&A

do we need chitset drivers updated ?
is this a problem with older mobos and there chipsets?
i know the 9700 pro was used for vista and glass and then it was a 9800 but
no one i seen anywhere has gotten 1 to work.
we need info on test system from MICROSOFT.
how can we test a system when we cant get it too work.
how can weed threw the data when it courpt.
we need awnsers from the vista designers on how it was set up on what
chipsets etc.
also any known conflicts LIKE ac 97.
i dont see people post info either on systems and there
CHIPSETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
also is plug and play a problem?
why wont it turn off
grrrrrrr
you never sell vista if every one needs a 500 doller new vid card 1 year
from now and the software buggy.
ati is being NO HELP and this wont help your cause.
we need surport now with facts not senceless drible like turn off ULA or
reinstall the driver we not that stuid.
if it not gonna work just tell us cause all you do is get a bad name that
vista is imposible.
i seen this same thing with xp for a year and mayby 2 after it was released
and it was driver hell and plug and pray.
we need direction .
you lack leadership.
we cant beta test with no working drivers or surport and you cant collect
meaningfull data this way.
 
Good for you, my FX 5200 is ok, only issue, slide runs in Basic mode. Not
buying a new card until January or Sping '07.
 
Hello, everyone.

I installed Vista about two weeks ago and could not get anything but the
framebuffer driver to work (i.e. the default driver when specific hardware
ennumeration is not available). The specifics of my hardware are below.

Vista correctly identified my card as the ATI Radeo 9550 128MB that it is,
however, the device manager complained of a 'problem' and disabled the driver
(the nefarious Code 43 I've been reading so much... and learning so little...
about). The ATI provided driver failed to work, either, giving the same error.

I was able to get the driver to load, however, after tweaking a BIOS
setting. By changing "Graphic win size" from 16 to 128, I was able to get the
ATI driver to load successfully. I wish I could say that that was the end and
we were talking about a happy story. Unfortunately...

After rebooting and setting the adapter to 1024x800x32@75hz - about the
limit of my hardware - I decided I'd try and load the slick new interface. In
"System Properties" or whatever they're calling it now, my previous index
score of 1 had been replaced by a message saying that I needed to retest to
determine my correct score, now that my video card was working correctly. I
hit the button, and, vola! ... BSOD! You can imagine my excitement, what
going from 800x600x32@60hz on a CPU driven experience to 1024x800x32@75hz to
view repeated BSOD's.

After a few reboots, trying to tweak my system settings, back to Code 43 and
the framebuffer driver. Who knows? I've continued to work on my BIOS stuff,
trying to see if a memory timing issue or something might be to blame. I
don't mind that ATI and Microsoft aren't making a huge rush to fix this
apparently occasional problem, but I would certainly appreciate it if they
would admit that there is a problem and give a timetable for its resolve. Oh,
well.

I will continue tweaking BIOS. Wish me luck, and I'll post again if I find
some.

System:
ECS K7S5A board
AMD Athlon 1800
768 MB of off-brand RAM (I'm worried that this might be my problem -- see
technical note below)
ATI Radeon 9550 LE(?) by Sapphire, 128MB, AGPx4
Gateway E700B 17" CRT

Tehnical note:
As I write above, the BIOS setting that initially enabled the ATI driver was
"Graphic win size." It had been set to 16, methinks. Various documentation
around the web said that this setting had something to do about texture
storage in system RAM if the GPU dedicated RAM on-card became full. I had
tried setting the size to 128 and then 256 several times -- the highest
settings available on my particular system -- but Windows went BSOD (not
without a message - this was the page in non-page area or something to that
effect - I appologize for not remembering). After some more dicking around, I
was able to get Vista to boot.

However, this is when I went BSOD without any text -- when the video driver
loaded correctly, and I had made it to my desired video mode, then asked for
a new index rating. Bomb.

I'm turning my RAM timing stuff all the way down... done that, and still no
dice. Now I'm going to turn my core bus speeds down to 100mhz -- the 1800+
system is a 133mhz system bus speed. Now I'm running 100, and we'll see if
this works.

I'll keep everyone in the know.
 
Well, that info probably can help me out, i'm running vista since was
longhorn. But when Beta 2 came no aero for me and i was using ATI xp
drivers.

I searched and searched and discovered that the issue was the AGP Host to
PCI Bridge, in my case NVIDIA nForce3 250 AGP Host to PCI Bridge

As i'm writing this post, i'm downloading the ATI Drivers for RC1. I will
try the BIOS tweak and will see.

OS: Windows Vista RC1
MotherBoard: Giga-Byte K8nsnxp-939 Chipset nForce 3 250
CPU: AMD 64 4200+ x2
RAM: 1024MB x2 400mhz and 512mb x2 400mhz
Video: Giga-Byte Ati Radeon 9550 256mb.

"Mister Green - Sioux City IA" <Mister Green - Sioux City
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Well, the bios thing doesnt worked for me, my bios dont have that option,
just if you want AGP 8X 4X or auto, i guess i will not have aero

if anyone know where i can update my mobo drivers cuz nvidia is not
supporting nforce 3 chipset pls let me know

thx
 
Try either of the following:

If using AMD X2 Process download EasyBCD (BOOT.INI GUI-based modifying
program and have Vista use 1 CPU)
If using Intel Processor go into BIOS and disable Hyperthreading

The first option worked for me I have AMD X2
 
Try either of the following:

If using AMD X2 Process download EasyBCD (BOOT.INI GUI-based modifying
program and have Vista use 1 CPU)
If using Intel Processor go into BIOS and disable Hyperthreading

The first option worked for me I have AMD X2
 
Help!

I have a simil;ar problem to Tony.

AMDX2 3800
X800 PCI Express
Shuttle ST20G5 with ATI Crossfire chipset

All works great with the latest RC of Vista (downloaded and instaleld last
night) - it even picks up the X800 BUT it does not work! Says it cant find
free resources. I even tried the latest ATI Vista driver, which again it has
no probs with the driver but same problem.

HELP PLEASE! YES IM BEGGING!!
 
get an updated version of Vista or get released version.. those versions are
so old any problem solving is absolutely pointless
 
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