ATI X600 mobility driver install problem (no supported hardware)

[Devious]

I am trying to update my Boss's graphics driver on his Acer Aspire 1800 laptop as his was ancient (6.14) and it was struggling with an Open GL program.

I uninstalled the driver and cannot get any later drivers to install, it just says it cannot find compatible hardware, Ive tried the 7.7 driver the latest 7.12 driver (but apparantly it doesnt support AGP) and the Omega versions of the 7.12 which adds AGP support.

Ive even tried re-installing the 6.14 from Acers website, the driver installation seems to complete but on reboot it says the catalyst software cannot be started as there is no driver


Its ages since i have used ATI at home, and vagely remember problem like this.


Any ideas ? my boss isnt happy with me atm lol

 

[maddness]

you did try the mobility drivers yeah? not the regular ones for the desktop solutions

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?p=xp/mobility-xp

try uninstalling / driver cleaner pro and then use windows update, should pick the regular microsoft version ... its a start lol

 

[Devious]

yeah, downloaded the mobility version. On that link you provided there is a validation checker, i run it on his lappy and it says the driver is not compatible

Ive used driver cleaner to get rid of all ATI but it still wont install any drivers. All I get is the default VGA compatible card.

 

[maddness]

hmm that link doenst have the drivers download :O lol

http://ati.amd.com/online/mobilecatalyst/ heres the direct download link, click on the top yellow bar

(its xp 32 drivers)

[ATI.Mfg.NTx86]
"ATI MOBILITY FIRE GL T2/T2e" = ati2mtag_M10GL, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E54
"ATI MOBILITY FireGL V3100" = ati2mtag_M22GL, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5464
"ATI MOBILITY FireGL V3200" = ati2mtag_M24GL, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_3154
"ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5000" = ati2mtag_M26GL, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_564B
"ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5200" = ati2mtag_M56GL, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_71C4
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9500" = ati2mtag_M10, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E52
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9550" = ati2mtag_M12, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E56
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9600/9700 Series" = ati2mtag_M10, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E50
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9800" = ati2mtag_M18, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4A4E
"ATI Mobility Radeon X1300" = ati2mtag_M52, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7149
"ATI Mobility Radeon X1300 " = ati2mtag_M52, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_714A
"ATI Mobility Radeon X1400" = ati2mtag_M54, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7145
"ATI Mobility Radeon X1600" = ati2mtag_M56, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_71C5
"ATI Mobility Radeon X1700" = ati2mtag_M56, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_71D5
"ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 " = ati2mtag_M56, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_71DE
"ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 XT" = ati2mtag_M56, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_71D6
"ATI Mobility Radeon X1800" = ati2mtag_M58, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7102
"ATI Mobility Radeon X1800 XT" = ati2mtag_M58, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7101
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300" = ati2mtag_M22, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5460
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300 " = ati2mtag_M24, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_3152
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600" = ati2mtag_M24, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_3150
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600 SE" = ati2mtag_M24C, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5462
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON X700" = ati2mtag_M26, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5652
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON X700 " = ati2mtag_M26, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5653
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON X800" = ati2mtag_M28, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5D4A
"ATI MOBILITY RADEON X800 XT" = ati2mtag_M28, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5D48

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have you tried manually selecting the drivers from device manager, update drivers under device manager / vga

and then pointing it to the directory

 

[Devious]

That worked thanks m8, when i saw mobility in the filename i knew it was different to the many othes i tried before. I did always search for x600 mobility but the drivers obviously where the desktop versions.

my boss will be happy tomorrow when he gets in.

 

[maddness]

good good

 

[skanky]

or, this will mod standard catalysts to be run on mobility cards..

http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool/