having problems with updating driver... ANY driver

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Steve McDevitt

Setup was unable to complete the installation. Try to setup your display
adapter with a standard VGA driver before running setup.

That's the "Severe" warnign I get when I try to update to catalyst 4.12, or
the omega drivers. Hell, any driver. I can't seem to get anything working on
this. I have just bought a Gateway that has the X800XT card in it. The
drivers are from 9-9-04, and I wanted to get a bit of a boost from the new
cata drivers. No luck. When I uninstall, the card doesn't even show that
it's an 800 in the device manager. Just says something generic.... whatever.

I need HELP. What am I doing wrong? I even uninstalled the drivers. Nothing.
Used the cata removers. Nothing. I will never be able to upgrade these
stuipd drivers!

Steve
 
sorry, my bad. it sounded strange but must be right.

Are your northbridge drivers up to date? I really don't know what would
stop the install of the drivers. I am one of the lucky ones and update
drivers monthly and never have had issue.
 
Steve McDevitt said:
driver provider: ATI Technologies Inc.
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Where did you get these drivers? Have you tried not messing with the Omegas
and installing the 4.12 drivers from ATI website? When you go to ATI's site
right on the front page is the new drivers for XP. Make sure you get the
ones that have the regular control panel, not the ones with the Control
Center. The last thing you need right now is to have to deal with the crappy
CC. BTW the file name for the 4.12 are
"wxp-w2K-catalyst-8-071-041026a-018719c.exe" Damn I can't believe I just
typed all that!
Are you new to ATI cards? Just wondering because you might have done
something to mess up the install. Did you remove the old ATI drivers and the
control panel? There's utilities online that will completely remove the ATI
drivers if you can't get this to work. I just upgraded my drivers yesterday
and I never have a problem just removing them with add/remove.
After you remove the drivers you need to reboot. When you reboot XP should
find your card (little icon in system tray pops up saying it's found new
hardware,then it will say it found whatever model you have,then XP with
launch it's driver installer. What you need to do is cancel the setup. Once
you do that then you can install the drivers. Now if your PC is not finding
your card after reboot then you might still have some trace of the old
drivers installed. I'm sure someone here knows where you can find the driver
remover I mentioned. Good Luck, JLC
 
After you uninstall the old drivers from add remove programs, reboot. Then
when windows tries to load a driver, cancel through all attempts. At that
point windows will fall back the a vga-safe driver and then you can run the
cat 4.12 executable.

DaveL
 
Where did you get these drivers?

Came with the computer....

Have you tried not messing with the Omegas
and installing the 4.12 drivers from ATI website?
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Of course I have. Both. Thus, my problem...

When you go to ATI's site
right on the front page is the new drivers for XP. Make sure you get the
ones that have the regular control panel, not the ones with the Control
Center. The last thing you need right now is to have to deal with the
crappy CC. BTW the file name for the 4.12 are
"wxp-w2K-catalyst-8-071-041026a-018719c.exe" Damn I can't believe I just
typed all that!
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Yeah, I know. Again, I can't install ANY driver at the moment.
Are you new to ATI cards?
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Yes. ;)

Just wondering because you might have done
something to mess up the install. Did you remove the old ATI drivers and
the control panel? There's utilities online that will completely remove
the ATI drivers if you can't get this to work.
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Yes, I know. Trust me, I've tried about 5 times, having no choice but a
system restore each time. I've searched deja.com and still no luck.

I just upgraded my drivers yesterday
and I never have a problem just removing them with add/remove.
After you remove the drivers you need to reboot. When you reboot XP should
find your card (little icon in system tray pops up saying it's found new
hardware,then it will say it found whatever model you have,then XP with
launch it's driver installer.
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Sort of, it does. It just says I have a video controller or something. It
can't even tell it's an 800XT....

Everything you've said, I've done a few times now. Well, thanks anyhow. :(
 
DaveL said:
After you uninstall the old drivers from add remove programs, reboot.
Then
when windows tries to load a driver, cancel through all attempts. At that
point windows will fall back the a vga-safe driver and then you can run
the
cat 4.12 executable.

DaveL
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I've tried that, too. Believe it or not, not a darn thing seems to work on
this.... maybe I'm just screwed. Even the gateay tech support didnt' know
what to do (not saying much, maybe). Their answer was do a system restore
from before I did it, and DON'T ever instal a new driver again. Lame.
 
Steve McDevitt said:
Came with the computer....

Have you tried not messing with the Omegas

Of course I have. Both. Thus, my problem...

When you go to ATI's site

Yeah, I know. Again, I can't install ANY driver at the moment.


Yes. ;)

Just wondering because you might have done

Yes, I know. Trust me, I've tried about 5 times, having no choice but a
system restore each time. I've searched deja.com and still no luck.

I just upgraded my drivers yesterday

Sort of, it does. It just says I have a video controller or something. It
can't even tell it's an 800XT....

Everything you've said, I've done a few times now. Well, thanks anyhow. :(
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Can you describe step by step what you are doing during the install, and
what error messages are you getting again? Have you tried running one of the
driver remover programs I mentioned? I'm almost positive what is happening
is that some of the old drivers are still installed or there's a .inf file
causing problems.
I have a way to install your card that is a little radical but it should
work. Make sure you go into your folders options menu and check the box that
says show all file types even hidden ones. Now go into your Windows Dir. and
find your INF folder. Move the folder to your desktop, don't copy it, move
it. Now make sure you don't have anything that says ATI in Add/Remove.
Reboot and try installing the drivers (The ones from ATI without the Control
Center). This should allow Windows to install the drivers. If it works, make
sure to put your INF folder back where it belongs and you're all set.
It works because without the INF files to mess things up, Windows will
behave like it never had a card installed in the first place. Good Luck. If
this doesn't work, let me know and we'll try something else :) JLC
 
Steve McDevitt said:
I've tried that, too. Believe it or not, not a darn thing seems to work on
this.... maybe I'm just screwed. Even the gateay tech support didnt' know
what to do (not saying much, maybe). Their answer was do a system restore
from before I did it, and DON'T ever instal a new driver again. Lame.
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"Even the gateay tech support didn't know what to do (not saying much,
maybe). Their answer was do a system restore from before I did it, and
DON'T ever install a new driver again."

This is more than lame. I would tell them to jam their machine up their ass
and demand a refund on the misconfigured piece of junk. Then go buy
something else.

Mudfish(Co30)
 
I've tried that, too. Believe it or not, not a darn thing seems to work on
this.... maybe I'm just screwed. Even the gateay tech support didnt' know
what to do (not saying much, maybe). Their answer was do a system restore
from before I did it, and DON'T ever instal a new driver again. Lame.
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For both ATi & nVidiShit
http://www.drivercleaner.net/
 
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