external monitor on mobility radeon 9200 HP

Tendon · May 12, 2010, 02:52 PM

I have an HP laptop pavilion zt3000 with Mobility Radeon 9200 on XP sp3. I also have an Acer 22" external second monitor w/ native resolution of 1680x1050. Back when I got the monitor, I installed a new ATI driver from somewhere, it worked, all was well. Got a virus, had to wipe the drive and start over. Now I can't get 1680x1050 on my Acer. I've spent days looking for drivers. Here's some of what I've tried:

1. currently have the latest (2004) video driver from HP (6.14.10.6422), but won't support 1680x1050. but using this is so I can work, tho fuzzy on external Acer.

2. have tried some Omega drivers, including 3.8.252. make my laptop think its monitor is a TV, with flickers and lines, etc. Can get native res on the Acer though.

3. I've installed Mobility Modder. All 3 MSXML 6.0 checks are OK. I have tried both 6.11 and 6.5 .INF files, and they "modify". However, when I check Hardware Manager, the ATI driver is still listed as my old 6.14.10.6422 (HP driver), even after restart. I've also gone into the ATI support folder, and started setup.exe as suggested for Vista (tho I'm XP) in the Mobility Modder instructions, but setup still fails with a "driver not found" error as before.

where can I find something more recent than my 2004 driver that'll allow 1680x1050, and still run on my old machine?

Disclaimer: I am a biologist. i only have enough knowledge about computers to screw them up. If you reply, please take that into account (experienced rudeness on the AMD Forum).

thanks, Tim

May 12, 2010, 02:52 PM	#1
Tendon HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2010 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	external monitor on mobility radeon 9200 HP I have an HP laptop pavilion zt3000 with Mobility Radeon 9200 on XP sp3. I also have an Acer 22" external second monitor w/ native resolution of 1680x1050. Back when I got the monitor, I installed a new ATI driver from somewhere, it worked, all was well. Got a virus, had to wipe the drive and start over. Now I can't get 1680x1050 on my Acer. I've spent days looking for drivers. Here's some of what I've tried: 1. currently have the latest (2004) video driver from HP (6.14.10.6422), but won't support 1680x1050. but using this is so I can work, tho fuzzy on external Acer. 2. have tried some Omega drivers, including 3.8.252. make my laptop think its monitor is a TV, with flickers and lines, etc. Can get native res on the Acer though. 3. I've installed Mobility Modder. All 3 MSXML 6.0 checks are OK. I have tried both 6.11 and 6.5 .INF files, and they "modify". However, when I check Hardware Manager, the ATI driver is still listed as my old 6.14.10.6422 (HP driver), even after restart. I've also gone into the ATI support folder, and started setup.exe as suggested for Vista (tho I'm XP) in the Mobility Modder instructions, but setup still fails with a "driver not found" error as before. where can I find something more recent than my 2004 driver that'll allow 1680x1050, and still run on my old machine? Disclaimer: I am a biologist. i only have enough knowledge about computers to screw them up. If you reply, please take that into account (experienced rudeness on the AMD Forum). thanks, Tim