Cat 4.1 and Rad 7500

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Upgraded my No. 2 PC at the weekend to the latest Cat drivers on the ATI
website (AMD K6-III 450/350Mb RAM/Rad 7500 32Mb/AGP 2x) and since then the
machine has locked occasionaly but before locking up the display corrupts,
I may for instaknce be in IE - the screen flashes back old pages etc. I
close IE and then the top half of the screen shows part of the old web page
I was looking at before then the machine bleeps and locks up - If I reboot
it may be OK for a few more minutes then the same again.

This is not a "built by" ATI card but I didnt think that made any difference
any more - have had so many problems with this and past issues with this
****ing card and its drivers I am seriously thinking of switching to an
alternative. PC is used purely for living room web browsing etc. no gaming.

Any help would be appreciated.
 
This is not a "built by" ATI card but I didnt think that made any difference
any more - have had so many problems with this and past issues with
this ****ing card and its drivers I am seriously thinking of switching to an
alternative. PC is used purely for living room web browsing etc. no
gaming.

Any help would be appreciated.
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I read the earlier thread "Best Drivers for Radeon 8500 ... " and decided
to revert back to Cat 3.7 and I suggest you do the same for the 7500. I
have the 8500.
I had loaded Cat 3.10 and I was having intermittent problems. On boot, I
would sometimes get a temporary message "video mode not supported" which
would go away and the computer seemed to work OK.
Normal screen loads seemed to be slowed down (just my impression).
I trued to run Flt Sim Ver 9 last week and found it was all screwed up.
Runway lights were offset and tripled, appeared to be sluggish although the
frame rates were ok.
I did a clean load of Cat 3.7. Now I *know* my video refreshes are
snappier and now clean boots. Flt Sim Ver 9 runs great. I suggest you
try Cat 3.7 before you give up. It has helped me ... and no more Cat
updates for me.
Don F
 
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