Latest Omega drivers (2.5.9) and laptop

spaceman1 · Oct 7, 2004, 04:56 PM

I've got a laptop with a mobility radeon 9000 64 mb graphics card and everytime I play a video my computer chrashes! I know there was a bug in the system and I should update my bios but Acer didn't provide me with newer drivers. So is there still hope for me? cause I don't want to install 6 month old drivers!

Shinjikun · Oct 7, 2004, 05:10 PM

Welcome to the forums spaceman. What's your exact question? Are you wondering if you should install the Omega drivers?

In any event they are compatible with mobility chipsets so you could give them a shot and see if your system works any better with them installed.

www.omegadrivers.net

spaceman1 · Oct 7, 2004, 05:15 PM

no I'm sorry I didn't ask my question correct.
I'm already using the latest omega drivers...and my computer freeses when I play a video (.wmv,mpeg,avi file)

Shinjikun · Oct 7, 2004, 05:21 PM

Ahh video files! All right. Try disabling WMV acceleration from the options menu within the driver options and reboot afterwards. Did this happen with the normal 8.07 betas or the official Catalyst drivers as well?

spaceman1 · Oct 7, 2004, 05:59 PM

I don't see the option where I could disable it...

Shinjikun · Oct 7, 2004, 09:06 PM

Right click on your desktop, goto properties. From there click on the settings tab and then the advanced button. Once there click on the options tab (I believe) and look for WMV acceleration. You can disable it from there.

spaceman1 · Oct 8, 2004, 03:13 PM

I don't have this option in the "option bar"
just these:
Activate all warning messages
enable the application ATI-taskpictogram
disable fast resolutionfunction

Shinjikun · Oct 8, 2004, 06:46 PM

All right. In that case do you have the Omega drivers installed or the normal ATi Catalyst drivers?

spaceman1 · Oct 9, 2004, 09:58 AM

the omegas

Shinjikun · Oct 10, 2004, 01:14 AM

Do you have the latest 2.5.90 Omegas installed?

spaceman1 · Oct 10, 2004, 11:05 AM

yes

Shinjikun · Oct 10, 2004, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spaceman1

yes

I've heard this from another laptop user on the forum. You have the right drivers but WMV acceleration is not present. Maybe it's disabled on mobile chipsets? Does anyone know?

hshh · Oct 30, 2004, 06:47 AM

my laptop using ATI mobility 9000,and no wmv acceleration option in option tab either.

cyberkanguru · Oct 30, 2004, 09:56 PM

I have the same problems! In games like CS or W3 the driver works very well and this games work better now.
But if I launch a video on my laptop, with the new omegadriver you can see only a black screen and the laptop doesn't accept any keys.
Acer has no new drivers on theire homepage, only these from 2002.
It would be very nice if anybody could help us helpless notebook-users!

thank's cyber

Targetone · Nov 2, 2004, 10:11 AM

I have an ATI 9700 mobile 128mb and I have that wmv acceleration button. It is activated and every video, dvd aso works great so far, no problems.

Perhaps wmv acc for notebooks is only with 9600/9700 and x800 chips (9800 mobile) available.

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gc12 · Nov 2, 2004, 02:28 PM

Quote:

I have an ATI 9700 mobile 128mb and I have that wmv acceleration button. It is activated and every video, dvd aso works great so far, no problems.

Ditto. No problem whatsoever on my mobility 9600 Pro 128Mb with WMV.

jasonbourne · Nov 2, 2004, 02:34 PM

i have a presario 2500,radeon igp 345m im using the latest omega drivers and everything works great tough i dont have the wmv option showing om my cp

mikebruce11 · Nov 3, 2004, 12:54 AM

So does anyone have any ideas as to how to overcome this problem? I also have an ATI Radeon 9200 m with 64mb ram and I too cant play movies now. I can play games but no movies

. Any suggestions would help.

BeautifulPsycho · Nov 4, 2004, 10:25 AM

Same problem here, have a mobility radeon 9000 (64 mb ram, like it matters

) and all the videofiles just don't display anything. They do give sound though. And when trying to exit the videoplayer, the entire system crashes. Not nice.

Mainsite here said something about updating the bios, but Acer's last online bios update is actually older than the one that came with my laptop. -_-

Does anybody know if this problem also has effect on various intro movies to games? (Like what blizzard has, for example.)

Targetone · Nov 4, 2004, 11:13 AM

Perhaps it would help to reduce or disable the hardware acceleration of the video players settings.

Media Player for example

Tools -> Options -> Performance -> Video acceleration

BeautifulPsycho · Nov 4, 2004, 08:05 PM

I just set my hardware acceleration to half and now everything works fine. Thanks for the suggestion Targetone. *huggles* This girl is all happy again ^^

spaceman1 · Nov 14, 2004, 06:16 PM

yes, I've also reduced my acceleration of the video players settings in mediaplayer and all my problems are gone.

thank you all

verbekew · Mar 17, 2005, 08:46 AM

i have the same problem here, when i try to play a movie (wmv, avi, qt, ...) my laptop freezes and al i can do is press the power button. The problem apears with the omega drivers and also with the ati drivers, but not with the original acer drivers.

configuration: acer aspire 1604LC with ati mobility 9000 64 mb

verbekew · Jul 11, 2005, 03:12 PM

i just reduced the hardware acceleration. the videos now work fine, but games won't work any more :s

Dalton Sleeper · Jul 11, 2005, 09:25 PM

Same problem with my HP Pavilion ze4524ea, IGP 320M. I rather use the old 2002-2003 drivers than the new omega 5.6, otherwise my videoapps will hang or "no video overlay enabled" messages or very bad videoquality.

Oct 7, 2004, 04:56 PM	#1
spaceman1 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	Latest Omega drivers (2.5.9) and laptop I've got a laptop with a mobility radeon 9000 64 mb graphics card and everytime I play a video my computer chrashes! I know there was a bug in the system and I should update my bios but Acer didn't provide me with newer drivers. So is there still hope for me? cause I don't want to install 6 month old drivers!

Oct 7, 2004, 05:10 PM	#2
Shinjikun 第3 子供 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Nerv HQ Posts: 1,319 Rep Power: 0	Welcome to the forums spaceman. What's your exact question? Are you wondering if you should install the Omega drivers? In any event they are compatible with mobility chipsets so you could give them a shot and see if your system works any better with them installed. www.omegadrivers.net __________________ Xfire: [Shinji1225 \ Status] A7N8X-E Deluxe Athlon XP 2500+ (@ 2.2 GHz 11x200 MHz FSB) Corsair TwinX XMS 1GB PC3200 Dual Channel (2-2-3-5) [color=red]ATi [/color][color=white]Radeon 9500 Pro (@ 330\310) \ [/color][color=white]Omega Catalyst Drivers v2.5.90[/color] [color=white]Ultra X-Connect 500W PSU[/color]

Oct 7, 2004, 05:21 PM	#4
Shinjikun 第3 子供 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Nerv HQ Posts: 1,319 Rep Power: 0	Ahh video files! All right. Try disabling WMV acceleration from the options menu within the driver options and reboot afterwards. Did this happen with the normal 8.07 betas or the official Catalyst drivers as well? __________________ Xfire: [Shinji1225 \ Status] A7N8X-E Deluxe Athlon XP 2500+ (@ 2.2 GHz 11x200 MHz FSB) Corsair TwinX XMS 1GB PC3200 Dual Channel (2-2-3-5) [color=red]ATi [/color][color=white]Radeon 9500 Pro (@ 330\310) \ [/color][color=white]Omega Catalyst Drivers v2.5.90[/color] [color=white]Ultra X-Connect 500W PSU[/color]

Oct 7, 2004, 09:06 PM	#6
Shinjikun 第3 子供 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Nerv HQ Posts: 1,319 Rep Power: 0	Right click on your desktop, goto properties. From there click on the settings tab and then the advanced button. Once there click on the options tab (I believe) and look for WMV acceleration. You can disable it from there. __________________ Xfire: [Shinji1225 \ Status] A7N8X-E Deluxe Athlon XP 2500+ (@ 2.2 GHz 11x200 MHz FSB) Corsair TwinX XMS 1GB PC3200 Dual Channel (2-2-3-5) [color=red]ATi [/color][color=white]Radeon 9500 Pro (@ 330\310) \ [/color][color=white]Omega Catalyst Drivers v2.5.90[/color] [color=white]Ultra X-Connect 500W PSU[/color]

Oct 8, 2004, 06:46 PM	#8
Shinjikun 第3 子供 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Nerv HQ Posts: 1,319 Rep Power: 0	All right. In that case do you have the Omega drivers installed or the normal ATi Catalyst drivers? __________________ Xfire: [Shinji1225 \ Status] A7N8X-E Deluxe Athlon XP 2500+ (@ 2.2 GHz 11x200 MHz FSB) Corsair TwinX XMS 1GB PC3200 Dual Channel (2-2-3-5) [color=red]ATi [/color][color=white]Radeon 9500 Pro (@ 330\310) \ [/color][color=white]Omega Catalyst Drivers v2.5.90[/color] [color=white]Ultra X-Connect 500W PSU[/color]

Oct 7, 2004, 05:15 PM	#3
spaceman1 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	no I'm sorry I didn't ask my question correct. I'm already using the latest omega drivers...and my computer freeses when I play a video (.wmv,mpeg,avi file)

Oct 7, 2004, 05:59 PM	#5
spaceman1 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	I don't see the option where I could disable it...

Oct 8, 2004, 03:13 PM	#7
spaceman1 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	I don't have this option in the "option bar" just these: Activate all warning messages enable the application ATI-taskpictogram disable fast resolutionfunction

Oct 9, 2004, 09:58 AM	#9
spaceman1 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	the omegas

Oct 10, 2004, 01:14 AM	#10
Shinjikun 第3 子供 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Nerv HQ Posts: 1,319 Rep Power: 0	Do you have the latest 2.5.90 Omegas installed? __________________ Xfire: [Shinji1225 \ Status] A7N8X-E Deluxe Athlon XP 2500+ (@ 2.2 GHz 11x200 MHz FSB) Corsair TwinX XMS 1GB PC3200 Dual Channel (2-2-3-5) [color=red]ATi [/color][color=white]Radeon 9500 Pro (@ 330\310) \ [/color][color=white]Omega Catalyst Drivers v2.5.90[/color] [color=white]Ultra X-Connect 500W PSU[/color]

Oct 10, 2004, 11:05 AM	#11
spaceman1 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	yes

Oct 30, 2004, 06:47 AM	#13
hshh DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	my laptop using ATI mobility 9000,and no wmv acceleration option in option tab either.

Oct 30, 2004, 09:56 PM	#14
cyberkanguru DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	I have the same problems! In games like CS or W3 the driver works very well and this games work better now. But if I launch a video on my laptop, with the new omegadriver you can see only a black screen and the laptop doesn't accept any keys. Acer has no new drivers on theire homepage, only these from 2002. It would be very nice if anybody could help us helpless notebook-users! thank's cyber

Nov 2, 2004, 10:11 AM	#15
Targetone DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	I have an ATI 9700 mobile 128mb and I have that wmv acceleration button. It is activated and every video, dvd aso works great so far, no problems. Perhaps wmv acc for notebooks is only with 9600/9700 and x800 chips (9800 mobile) available. [color=#000000] [/color]

Nov 2, 2004, 02:34 PM	#17
jasonbourne DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: great yarmouth uk Posts: 1,082 Rep Power: 0	i have a presario 2500,radeon igp 345m im using the latest omega drivers and everything works great tough i dont have the wmv option showing om my cp __________________ http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y28...asonBourne.jpg

Nov 3, 2004, 12:54 AM	#18
mikebruce11 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	any help then? So does anyone have any ideas as to how to overcome this problem? I also have an ATI Radeon 9200 m with 64mb ram and I too cant play movies now. I can play games but no movies . Any suggestions would help.

Nov 4, 2004, 10:25 AM	#19
BeautifulPsycho DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	Same problem here, have a mobility radeon 9000 (64 mb ram, like it matters ) and all the videofiles just don't display anything. They do give sound though. And when trying to exit the videoplayer, the entire system crashes. Not nice. Mainsite here said something about updating the bios, but Acer's last online bios update is actually older than the one that came with my laptop. -_- Does anybody know if this problem also has effect on various intro movies to games? (Like what blizzard has, for example.)

Nov 4, 2004, 11:13 AM	#20
Targetone DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	Perhaps it would help to reduce or disable the hardware acceleration of the video players settings. Media Player for example Tools -> Options -> Performance -> Video acceleration

Nov 4, 2004, 08:05 PM	#21
BeautifulPsycho DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	I just set my hardware acceleration to half and now everything works fine. Thanks for the suggestion Targetone. huggles This girl is all happy again ^^

Nov 14, 2004, 06:16 PM	#22
spaceman1 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	yes, I've also reduced my acceleration of the video players settings in mediaplayer and all my problems are gone. thank you all

Mar 17, 2005, 08:46 AM	#23
verbekew DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	i have the same problem here, when i try to play a movie (wmv, avi, qt, ...) my laptop freezes and al i can do is press the power button. The problem apears with the omega drivers and also with the ati drivers, but not with the original acer drivers. configuration: acer aspire 1604LC with ati mobility 9000 64 mb

Jul 11, 2005, 03:12 PM	#24
verbekew DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	i just reduced the hardware acceleration. the videos now work fine, but games won't work any more :s

Jul 11, 2005, 09:25 PM	#25
Dalton Sleeper Programmer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Västermo (Eskilstuna/Sweden) Posts: 94 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Same problem with my HP Pavilion ze4524ea, IGP 320M. I rather use the old 2002-2003 drivers than the new omega 5.6, otherwise my videoapps will hang or "no video overlay enabled" messages or very bad videoquality. __________________