Arrrgh Catalyst drivers on 5870

[starfury6]

Finally got my new machine built (in sig) and Windows 7 installed without issue. However as soon as I installed the Catalyst drivers (latest from ATI site 8.66 RC6) windows boots and the monitor goes straight into Power Save mode as if the frequency is too high or something. I can boot into safe mode with no problems.

Am going to try removing the drivers in Safe mode and reinstall them, see if that helps. I already tried installing the RC7 version but Catalyst installer needs to be able to detect the hardware, unlike the nvidia drivers, so they wont install in safe mode. I expect I will reinstall windows tonight and try again if uninstalling doesn't work.

Any other ideas? Anyone else had issues like this?

Thanks guys n gals.

 

[craig3000]

You could uninstall the 9.9's and either --- 1. use the older 9.8 --- 2. Find a beta version of the 9.10's

If problems persist check any monitor settings and if that doesn't work a reinstall of windows will

 

[Martini1991]

I've been having a few issues with drivers and the 5870.. I'm just holding out for official drivers =/...

 

[starfury6]

Craig, I am sure a reinstall of windows will work right up to point I install these drivers They are beta 9.10 drivers AFAIK. That's what they're Release Candidate. They are ATI's 'recommended' driver for the 5870

 

[Martini1991]

Craig, I am sure a reinstall of windows will work right up to point I install these drivers They are beta 9.10 drivers AFAIK. That's what they're Release Candidate. They are ATI's 'recommended' driver for the 5870

They're not the 9.10 beta mate.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18059817

 

[starfury6]

they have an RC of 9.9 and betas of 9.10!? lol Thanks guys

Anywhere else I can get them other than Megadownload? Mega is blocked from work.

 

[Martini1991]

they have an RC of 9.9 and betas of 9.10!? lol Thanks guys

Anywhere else I can get them other than Megadownload? Mega is blocked from work.

On techpowerup/Guru3d they've got some CAT 9.10 beta.. Bu I think they're MSI release.

 

[starfury6]

Will check them out. Probably do a reinstall first. Thanks Martini.

Do we know when the 9.10 final drivers are due?

 

[Martini1991]

Will check them out. Probably do a reinstall first. Thanks Martini.

Do we know when the 9.10 final drivers are due?

People are hoping for a release this week, I'd expect ATI to want to have some official drivers for there flasgship GPU, otherwise we can expect the 18th +/- a few days.

 

[starfury6]

Turns out the ones i am using ARE the 9.10 betas according to guru3d:

ATI Catalyst 9.10 Beta Windows 7 | Vista (32|64)
On this page you can download ATI Catalyst 9.10 Beta Windows 7 | Vista (32|64).

Version: 8.66RC7
Publisher: ATI
Date added: 2009-09-28 02:52:25
File Size: 83 MB
Software type: Videocards - ATI Catalyst Vista - Win 7

I thought I had the RC6 looks like I had the 7

 

[chaparral]

Any other ideas? Anyone else had issues like this?

Thanks guys n gals.

Boot up by pressing F8 and choose to load windows in VGA mode...Then you can set your right res
(Am guessing w7 still has the bootup in VGA mode option)


I had to do this myself because some Nvidia drivers has done the same thing for me..

 

[starfury6]

Will give it a try thx. Tis bloody annoying.

I wanna play with my new toy!

PS. its getting harder to be able to do F8, the SSD with win7 and this mobo get me into windows really fast!

 

[chaparral]

Also make sure you only have one monitor or TV plugged in..

 

[starfury6]

Also make sure you only have one monitor or TV plugged in..

So remove the other one? Strange, haven't had to do that before, always had them both connected when installing drivers. Will try that too. Thx.

 

[chaparral]

So remove the other one? Strange, haven't had to do that before, always had them both connected when installing drivers. Will try that too. Thx.

I had a few problems with having my Plasma plugged in at the same time as my Dell monitor went installing drivers before...

I think the drivers have tryed feeding my plasma with 1920x1200 on first boot instead of 1920x1080 because of my dell 24" monitor being 1920x1200

 

[HyperRabbit]

'The Witcher' isn't playing ball with the current driver set for the 5870, terrible tearing of the player character and nothing I do makes any difference. Very frustrating as it's one of my favourite games. All my other games play smooth as butter with no glitches, as expected.

 

[starfury6]

Well i removed the hdmi and started up and it all started working.

I know that the hdmi shares the port with the secondary dvi but I figured I'd be able to have them all plugged in and disable that which I am not using.

As soon as the hdmi is plugged in the two monitors on dvi are disabled

 

[dragy2k]

So remove the other one? Strange, haven't had to do that before, always had them both connected when installing drivers. Will try that too. Thx.

yeah my 4870 in win7 with a hd tv connected and a monitor ...my monitor will go black ....i switch it over to tv and its all there waitin on meh ...lol switch it back and its all good .....so either unplug the tv or just switch it over and change it from there.

p.s cod4 in win7 seems to run great , it doesnt help u much but im just shouting it anyways lol.