Upgraded ATI Radeon x1270 From Vista to 7 = Fail - HELP.

x1270 · Nov 20, 2009, 04:12 PM

(EDITED to avoid any confusion possibly caused by my previous post)

Hello All,

I am hoping I can clear up some confusion on how to upgrade a Gateway M-1625 with an ATI Radeon x1270 video card from Vista SP2 to Windows 7 (Vista SP3? It certainly feels similar.)

My previous installation of Vista SP2 on my Gateway M-1625 ran the x1270 just fine, including the Catalyst Control Center. Once I upgrades to 7 I noticed my screen resolution was much lower and I was operating on Generic Drivers. I started a search for X1270 drivers found this answer on Yahoo Answers which is now incorrect and wasted my time.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...6093503AAcYHqr

Those instructions point to this website and these instructions

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/modtool.php

however following the instructions did not fix my problem, in fact they are a waste of time because simply downloading the following and installing them normally seems to fix my issues.

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...7&lang=English

I say "seems" because I have not yet tried to run any games or do any video editing but the CCC and Driver install normally and appear to be functioning correctly.

Hope this keeps someone from wasting their time as I did.

Nov 20, 2009, 04:12 PM	#1
x1270 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Upgraded ATI Radeon x1270 From Vista to 7 = Fail - HELP. (EDITED to avoid any confusion possibly caused by my previous post) Hello All, I am hoping I can clear up some confusion on how to upgrade a Gateway M-1625 with an ATI Radeon x1270 video card from Vista SP2 to Windows 7 (Vista SP3? It certainly feels similar.) My previous installation of Vista SP2 on my Gateway M-1625 ran the x1270 just fine, including the Catalyst Control Center. Once I upgrades to 7 I noticed my screen resolution was much lower and I was operating on Generic Drivers. I started a search for X1270 drivers found this answer on Yahoo Answers which is now incorrect and wasted my time. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...6093503AAcYHqr Those instructions point to this website and these instructions http://www.hardwareheaven.com/modtool.php however following the instructions did not fix my problem, in fact they are a waste of time because simply downloading the following and installing them normally seems to fix my issues. http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...7&lang=English I say "seems" because I have not yet tried to run any games or do any video editing but the CCC and Driver install normally and appear to be functioning correctly. Hope this keeps someone from wasting their time as I did. Last edited by x1270; Nov 20, 2009 at 06:42 PM.