ATI Mobility Radeon 4870 x2 driver mod

en4cer · May 23, 2009, 07:22 PM

Hello guys,

i´m from germany (sorry for my bad english). I hope you can help me. Last week i buy an Asus W90 laptop. This model contains 2 ATI Mobility Radeon 4870 x2 crossfire.
The driver from this cards is 8.551.2.0, date 11.09.2008. The system is Vista home premium 64 bit.

What must i do to use the new catalyst 9.5 driver on this laptop?

The mobility modder 1.2.0.0 contains this card not right.

I download the windows 7 beta driver from ati. This driver contains all mobility cards up to 4870, but not the 4870 x2. The ATI support say, this driver run as well on Vista.

I played a little bit with this .inf file.

I have copy and paste in this inf file, the device id from my card. (is the last entry)

"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650" = ati2mtag_M9x, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9480
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670" = ati2mtag_M9x, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9488
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870" = ati2mtag_M9x8, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_945A
"ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2" = ati2mtag_M9x, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_945A&SUBSYS_027E1043

The "atimtag_m9x" for my card is the same from the HD 4650 and the 4670 card.

I have "compile" with "inf2cat" a new .cat file

The problem ist, the device manager identify the card but the driver are not install. I get an error that the driver not match to the card.
What can i do?!

Thanks
Bernd

carrera@P35 · Jul 14, 2009, 04:32 PM

I have the same problem here, has anybody found an sollution?

necrophyte · Jul 15, 2009, 01:36 PM

not sure whether mobility crossfire is supported, but try the manual modifications:

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/mobility...ty-modder.html

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/driverhe...9-2-later.html

..until MM with radeon 4xxx series support comes out.

nero76 · Jul 26, 2009, 12:33 PM

hello,

i've got the same laptop and have the same problems : i can't update the ati drivers.

I've tried :
- 9.7 modded.
- 9.1 modded.
- 9.7 manually modded.
- 9.1 manually modded.
- 9.7 mobility beta win7 x64.
- etc...

Nothing works :/

Any idea ?

Sundalo · Aug 1, 2009, 09:48 PM

Sadly, I have done the same exact things, nothing seems to work! Even though the mobility modder now officially supports this card, it still shows a 'Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)" message in the device manager for the second card.

I really don't know what's going on.

carrera@P35 · Aug 29, 2009, 07:51 PM

That's not fair. The MM supports the 4870x2 but it doesn't work on the Asus W90VP even I flashed the Second card to a master bios.

Windows never shows me code43, it says the card is fine, the CCC says CrossfireX is active, but GPU-Z says something like "Crossfire not active, but available" and the 3D-Mark score also says only one card is running...

I've already got Windows 7 Final trough MSDNAA and tried the Catalyt 9.8 for notebook(?). It recognized the card correctly, both cards get a new driver, CCC gets installes. CCC says Crossfire active, but "GPU-Z says something like "Crossfire not active, but available" and the 3D-Mark score also says only one card is running..."

Please, Please, Please - HELP

May 23, 2009, 07:22 PM	#1
en4cer DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	ATI Mobility Radeon 4870 x2 driver mod Hello guys, i´m from germany (sorry for my bad english). I hope you can help me. Last week i buy an Asus W90 laptop. This model contains 2 ATI Mobility Radeon 4870 x2 crossfire. The driver from this cards is 8.551.2.0, date 11.09.2008. The system is Vista home premium 64 bit. What must i do to use the new catalyst 9.5 driver on this laptop? The mobility modder 1.2.0.0 contains this card not right. I download the windows 7 beta driver from ati. This driver contains all mobility cards up to 4870, but not the 4870 x2. The ATI support say, this driver run as well on Vista. I played a little bit with this .inf file. I have copy and paste in this inf file, the device id from my card. (is the last entry) "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650" = ati2mtag_M9x, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9480 "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670" = ati2mtag_M9x, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9488 "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870" = ati2mtag_M9x8, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_945A "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2" = ati2mtag_M9x, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_945A&SUBSYS_027E1043 The "atimtag_m9x" for my card is the same from the HD 4650 and the 4670 card. I have "compile" with "inf2cat" a new .cat file The problem ist, the device manager identify the card but the driver are not install. I get an error that the driver not match to the card. What can i do?! Thanks Bernd

Jul 14, 2009, 04:32 PM	#2
carrera@P35 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Nuremberg Posts: 494 Rep Power: 0	Re: ATI Mobility Radeon 4870 x2 driver mod I have the same problem here, has anybody found an sollution?

Jul 15, 2009, 01:36 PM	#3
necrophyte HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: 1130 Vienna, Austria & Zagreb, Croatia Posts: 131 Rep Power: 26 System Specs	Re: ATI Mobility Radeon 4870 x2 driver mod not sure whether mobility crossfire is supported, but try the manual modifications: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/mobility...ty-modder.html http://www.hardwareheaven.com/driverhe...9-2-later.html ..until MM with radeon 4xxx series support comes out.

Jul 26, 2009, 12:33 PM	#4
nero76 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Re : ATI Mobility Radeon 4870 x2 driver mod hello, i've got the same laptop and have the same problems : i can't update the ati drivers. I've tried : - 9.7 modded. - 9.1 modded. - 9.7 manually modded. - 9.1 manually modded. - 9.7 mobility beta win7 x64. - etc... Nothing works :/ Any idea ?

Aug 1, 2009, 09:48 PM	#5
Sundalo DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Tracy, CA Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	Re: ATI Mobility Radeon 4870 x2 driver mod Sadly, I have done the same exact things, nothing seems to work! Even though the mobility modder now officially supports this card, it still shows a 'Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)" message in the device manager for the second card. I really don't know what's going on.

Aug 29, 2009, 07:51 PM	#6
carrera@P35 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Nuremberg Posts: 494 Rep Power: 0	Re: ATI Mobility Radeon 4870 x2 driver mod That's not fair. The MM supports the 4870x2 but it doesn't work on the Asus W90VP even I flashed the Second card to a master bios. Windows never shows me code43, it says the card is fine, the CCC says CrossfireX is active, but GPU-Z says something like "Crossfire not active, but available" and the 3D-Mark score also says only one card is running... I've already got Windows 7 Final trough MSDNAA and tried the Catalyt 9.8 for notebook(?). It recognized the card correctly, both cards get a new driver, CCC gets installes. CCC says Crossfire active, but "GPU-Z says something like "Crossfire not active, but available" and the 3D-Mark score also says only one card is running..." Please, Please, Please - HELP