radeon mobility 9700 Video Problems

chetney · Dec 12, 2006, 10:52 PM

I have a radeon mobility 9700 video card on a sager laptop. Everytime i try and play a video it will freeze right away, it causes the whole system to freeze.. i have all the display setting at the default

driver ver. is 8.31.0.0
any ideas what will be causing this? and how to fix it

thanks
kevin

swimtech · Dec 13, 2006, 03:30 AM

Welcome to the DH forums!

Hmmm... Are you using a modded driverset, or one from the manufacturer's support area? The problem with video playback was/is a problem with a lot of laptops using a modded driverset...

What is your specific model please?

chetney · Dec 13, 2006, 03:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swimtech

Welcome to the DH forums!

Hmmm... Are you using a modded driverset, or one from the manufacturer's support area? The problem with video playback was/is a problem with a lot of laptops using a modded driverset...

What is your specific model please?

got drivers from ATI's website... i updated the drivers, but got an error on the last set of install on somthing called cataylest(SP)

laptop 5690 sager
2.8GHz P4

15” TFT USXGA 1600X1200 - Active Matrix with Super-wide viewing angle

ATI 9700 PRO 128 DDR SGRAM

swimtech · Dec 13, 2006, 04:17 AM

Appreciate the nice screenshot and the model info - but unfortuately not personally familiar with your error - hang out a while and see if someone else chimes in on this one - OK?

The driverset version info would be helpful (if not essential) too.

chetney · Dec 13, 2006, 02:47 PM

must of been somthing with the new drivers... i uninstalled them and went back to the orgnial ones, no problems aynmore

swimtech · Dec 13, 2006, 04:35 PM

Typical... Omegadrive has spoken to that issue - for some it is a compatability problem between the bios and the driverset. For others, the problem has yet to be solved definitively.

Dec 12, 2006, 10:52 PM	#1
chetney DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	radeon mobility 9700 Video Problems I have a radeon mobility 9700 video card on a sager laptop. Everytime i try and play a video it will freeze right away, it causes the whole system to freeze.. i have all the display setting at the default driver ver. is 8.31.0.0 any ideas what will be causing this? and how to fix it thanks kevin

Dec 13, 2006, 03:30 AM	#2
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	Welcome to the DH forums! Hmmm... Are you using a modded driverset, or one from the manufacturer's support area? The problem with video playback was/is a problem with a lot of laptops using a modded driverset... What is your specific model please? __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Dec 13, 2006, 04:17 AM	#4
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	Appreciate the nice screenshot and the model info - but unfortuately not personally familiar with your error - hang out a while and see if someone else chimes in on this one - OK? The driverset version info would be helpful (if not essential) too. __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Dec 13, 2006, 04:35 PM	#6
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	Typical... Omegadrive has spoken to that issue - for some it is a compatability problem between the bios and the driverset. For others, the problem has yet to be solved definitively. __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Dec 13, 2006, 02:47 PM	Thread Starter #5
chetney DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	must of been somthing with the new drivers... i uninstalled them and went back to the orgnial ones, no problems aynmore