9800 limited to Catalyst 5.3

Wrestlevania · Mar 15, 2007, 09:49 PM

I have an Acer Ferrari 3200 laptop, which has a Radeon 9800 (128MB) chipset built-in. I would really like to use modern drivers with it, but, after years (literally) of trying out most of the major releases since v5.3, I still can't get it to work properly.

What happens is this:

Install latest drivers (either hacked ATI drivers or an unofficial variant, like Omega)
Reboot
Windows loads fine, desktop shows up fine - no slow down or corruption
Launch any game and I get a black screen as the chipset mode shifts like normal, but then it doesn't come back on again (it's still backlit though)
Alt-F4 back to the desktop, but the display remains blank
Reboot and I'm back to step 3.

I'm at my wit's end with this and really want to run up-to-date drivers. However, ATI's Mobility detection tool refuses to install drivers for me, saying my configuration isn't compatible.

Does anyone have any advice that might help?

Mar 15, 2007, 09:49 PM	#1
Wrestlevania DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	9800 limited to Catalyst 5.3 I have an Acer Ferrari 3200 laptop, which has a Radeon 9800 (128MB) chipset built-in. I would really like to use modern drivers with it, but, after years (literally) of trying out most of the major releases since v5.3, I still can't get it to work properly. What happens is this: Install latest drivers (either hacked ATI drivers or an unofficial variant, like Omega) Reboot Windows loads fine, desktop shows up fine - no slow down or corruption Launch any game and I get a black screen as the chipset mode shifts like normal, but then it doesn't come back on again (it's still backlit though) Alt-F4 back to the desktop, but the display remains blank Reboot and I'm back to step 3. I'm at my wit's end with this and really want to run up-to-date drivers. However, ATI's Mobility detection tool refuses to install drivers for me, saying my configuration isn't compatible. Does anyone have any advice that might help?