Radeon HD 3650 AGP Not working w/Windows 7

mrjbj · Aug 30, 2009, 04:11 AM

Please help. I've been using my Radeon HD 3650/AGP successfully with a beta release Windows 7 for quite a while now. I just upgraded to Windows 7 "Release to Manufacturing" (which is supposed to be the GA release), and I can't seem to get any of the ATI drivers to even notice that I have the card in my system!

I've tried the AGP hotfix and other obvious things, but no go. I'm not trying to do fancy gaming stuff, I just want the aero interface and two monitors to work.

Perhaps if I installed an older version of the Catalyst drivers, it would work? Not sure what to do at this point - any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

doc289456 · Aug 30, 2009, 08:23 AM

Hi, I have a similar issue with a Sapphire HD3650 card,
Cant get the Sapphire drivers to work or the ATI drivers. With windows 7.
Help please

crack1up · Aug 30, 2009, 09:38 PM

I had no problem installing the 9.8 hotfix on windows 7 for my HIS HD3850 AGP card.

You might try a manual driver install by going to the device manager and and doing a driver upgrade and point it to the extracted drivers usually c:\ATI\Support. Then run the driver installation again to install the Cats Control Center.

BTW, I installed windows 7 32bit, and downloaded the 9.8 hotfix drivers for Vista 32.

mrjbj · Oct 11, 2009, 08:39 PM

Your tip did the trick! thanks. For me, the trick was to pick the SUPPORT folder when trying the manual driver update from Device Manager. I had been trying to dig down into the SUPPORT folder hierarchy to identify the particular driver I thought it needed. Just picking the parent folder and then trying from there got it to work for me.

Much appreciated.

Aug 30, 2009, 04:11 AM	#1
mrjbj DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Radeon HD 3650 AGP Not working w/Windows 7 Please help. I've been using my Radeon HD 3650/AGP successfully with a beta release Windows 7 for quite a while now. I just upgraded to Windows 7 "Release to Manufacturing" (which is supposed to be the GA release), and I can't seem to get any of the ATI drivers to even notice that I have the card in my system! I've tried the AGP hotfix and other obvious things, but no go. I'm not trying to do fancy gaming stuff, I just want the aero interface and two monitors to work. Perhaps if I installed an older version of the Catalyst drivers, it would work? Not sure what to do at this point - any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Aug 30, 2009, 08:23 AM	#2
doc289456 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Re: Radeon HD 3650 AGP Not working w/Windows 7 Hi, I have a similar issue with a Sapphire HD3650 card, Cant get the Sapphire drivers to work or the ATI drivers. With windows 7. Help please

Aug 30, 2009, 09:38 PM	#3
crack1up DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 82 Rep Power: 0	Re: Radeon HD 3650 AGP Not working w/Windows 7 I had no problem installing the 9.8 hotfix on windows 7 for my HIS HD3850 AGP card. You might try a manual driver install by going to the device manager and and doing a driver upgrade and point it to the extracted drivers usually c:\ATI\Support. Then run the driver installation again to install the Cats Control Center. BTW, I installed windows 7 32bit, and downloaded the 9.8 hotfix drivers for Vista 32. __________________ Core2Duo E6700, 2X1GB Kingston 4200, HIS HD3850 IceQ3 Turbo 512 DDR3 AGP, Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS PCI, Thermaltake Toughpower 850w , XP Pro Sp3 32bit

Oct 11, 2009, 08:39 PM	Thread Starter #4
mrjbj DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Re: Radeon HD 3650 AGP Not working w/Windows 7 Your tip did the trick! thanks. For me, the trick was to pick the SUPPORT folder when trying the manual driver update from Device Manager. I had been trying to dig down into the SUPPORT folder hierarchy to identify the particular driver I thought it needed. Just picking the parent folder and then trying from there got it to work for me. Much appreciated.