DH ATI Mobility Tool, need beta testers

Zardon · Apr 14, 2003, 04:56 PM

Patje has joined the Driverheaven modding team and has written a tool to modify drivers to work on most if not all mobility cards. This has several improvements over the other application that was released a while ago on another site. I am not going to go into fine details atm, but im interested in hearing from ATI mobility users who would like to help DH and Patje test this application.

patje · Apr 14, 2003, 06:29 PM

Indeed, thnx Zardon for anouncing!

So i need for every mobility chipset a beta tester who is running Win2K or WinXP.

-Chaos is the first beta tester for the Rage 128 chipset
-PhilAtVizBiz will be the M7 tester (along with me)
-JoGro123 will be the M6 tester
-jcastill will be the M9 tester
-GLinx is another M6 tester, because he's running windows 2003 server.
-LionB will be the IGP tester

I'm currently making final modifications, so it's almost done!

Greetzz

Patje

ps: gigatron, this program turns a catalyst set into a set with mobility support.

PhilAtVizBiz · Apr 14, 2003, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Zardon
Patje has joined the Driverheaven modding team and has written a tool to modify drivers to work on most if not all mobility cards. This has several improvements over the other application that was released a while ago on another site. I am not going to go into fine details atm, but im interested in hearing from ATI mobility users who would like to help DH and Patje test this application.

How do I sign up? I am sitting beside an Inspiron 5100 (M7) not yet packed up to go back

Phil

Zardon · Apr 14, 2003, 07:42 PM

patje will contact all people who post in here himself when he comes back online.

JoGro123 · Apr 14, 2003, 09:40 PM

I have a mobility ati (m6), would like to test.

gigatron · Apr 14, 2003, 10:40 PM

I have one, but what's this tool for o_O

jcastill · Apr 14, 2003, 10:44 PM

I have a M9 and I'm sure I can help testing

patje · Apr 14, 2003, 11:20 PM

thanx already guys for the fast replies.

I will keep you updated shortly.

check the second post to see if your in.

Greetzz

Patje

gigatron · Apr 15, 2003, 02:28 AM

so what's your program do o_O. I have an ATI mobility card as well on my laptop.

HKBoySiR · Apr 15, 2003, 06:30 AM

Dell Inspiron 4150 - ATI Mobility M7. Windows Media Supportability Division - I can help beta!

GLinx · Apr 15, 2003, 08:51 AM

ASUS L8400L - ATi Mobilty M6 - Windows 2003 Standard Server - I can help too

Skillz · Apr 15, 2003, 11:18 AM

Now this sounds good to me!

I have a M7 - XP combo and it seems you won't be
needing my help so i'll just wait for the 1st public release.

...Is it out yet???

...

patje · Apr 15, 2003, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Skillz
Now this sounds good to me!

...Is it out yet??? ...

Soon my friend soon ....

Skillz · Apr 15, 2003, 11:38 AM

He called me his... "Friend"

God, I'm so excited, I'm about to sh

t myself!

Anywayz, keep up the good work neighbour
(and the rest of the DH modding crew/posse/whatever

)

LionB · Apr 16, 2003, 01:35 PM

I've got a Compaq Evo N1050V (IGP 345 or RS200M) and cannot find a working W2K driver ANYWHERE !! (Omega's drivers installs but then I get a blank screen when W2K loads the driver)

If I can help solving this problem,plz count me in ......

patje · Apr 16, 2003, 11:28 PM

Guys PM with the link have been send!

Please keep the link for yourself until it has been released officially

and give me some feedback okay?

Good luck, may the force be with you ...

JoGro123 · Apr 17, 2003, 02:55 AM

how do you want the feedback, pm, forum etc.

patje · Apr 17, 2003, 08:09 AM

Jogro,

Just post your findings on the forum.

greetz patje

LionB · Apr 17, 2003, 10:08 AM

patje,thanx for the quick response .... I used your proggie as directed and at least I could install the drivers without any error messages,but alas the results were the same

It seems as though the problem I have is with the miniport driver itself,it just doesn't work on this machine.....

BUT !! ... thanx for your hard work and keep it up,without guys like u the rest of us will be TOTALLY lost !

Will keep u posted ....

patje · Apr 17, 2003, 10:23 AM

LionB,

do you still get the blank screen or is it something else now?

at least im glad to see the program works

GLinx · Apr 17, 2003, 10:36 AM

The tool works for me, but i've already installed the patje modded driver. This weekend i'm going to reinstall OS so i can try the tool on a fresh installation

LionB · Apr 17, 2003, 11:38 AM

patje,

I get the initial W2K startup screen,but then it goes blank,no cursor,no disk activity or reaction to the keyboard,have to switch the machine off to reset ...

The ATI drivers detects an IGP 340,Omega's set says IGP 340/345,but the result is the same (with very vague promises from HP/Compaq that they MIGHT look into the problem)

...... and I've got 4 machines to set up ....

Thanx for your interest,appreciate it ....

patje · Apr 17, 2003, 11:58 AM

LionB, do you have a working (older) driver for win2k ?
i'd like to check that one out.

If not, try this:

open the C:\ATI\support\wxp-w2k-radeon-7-84-030228a1-008040c-efg\2KXP_INF\CX_08040.inf with notepad

goto the bottom of the file and look for the following section : [ati2mtag_RS200M_SoftwareDeviceSettings]

in that section look for the following:

HKR,, ExtEvent_EnablePowerPlay, %REG_DWORD%, 0 --> change the zero to a one
HKR,, DALRULE_GETLCDFAKEEDID, %REG_DWORD%, 1 --> change the one to a zero

save the file and try reinstalling them.

not sure if it will help, but you never know right?

LionB · Apr 17, 2003, 01:44 PM

patje,

Unfortunately no older driver as HP only supply these machines with XP (they say this is a consumer PC,not a business one ???)
I tried the previous model's driver (IGP 340) but that just fails to install..

I'm definitely going to try your fix,we've got a long weekend here,will let u know the results on Tuesday (22/04)

Thanx again for your help !!

PhilAtVizBiz · Apr 17, 2003, 04:34 PM

patje,

It was worth a try ... It appears the Inspiron 5100 definately needs a BIOS mod to support Win2K with the ATI M7. I tried your mods on Catalyst 3.0, 3.1 & 3.2 as well as a host of other driver sets and always the same result. From their own forums, it appears Dell is getting a whole bunch of cancelled orders and returned machines because of this problem. From other postings here it sounds like HP might be doing the same thing with "consumer" vs "business". I was about to order a Compaq so I'd better check further first.

Keep up the good work !

patje · Apr 18, 2003, 03:03 PM

thnx for beta testing and your feedback guys.

It's now an official Driverheaven tool!

check it out

www.hardwareheaven.com/patje

Apr 14, 2003, 04:56 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	DH Auto ATI Mobility Tool, need beta testers Patje has joined the Driverheaven modding team and has written a tool to modify drivers to work on most if not all mobility cards. This has several improvements over the other application that was released a while ago on another site. I am not going to go into fine details atm, but im interested in hearing from ATI mobility users who would like to help DH and Patje test this application.

Apr 14, 2003, 06:29 PM	#2
patje Former Mobility Modman Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Belgium / Antwerp Posts: 1,475 Rep Power: 66	Indeed, thnx Zardon for anouncing! So i need for every mobility chipset a beta tester who is running Win2K or WinXP. -Chaos is the first beta tester for the Rage 128 chipset -PhilAtVizBiz will be the M7 tester (along with me) -JoGro123 will be the M6 tester -jcastill will be the M9 tester -GLinx is another M6 tester, because he's running windows 2003 server. -LionB will be the IGP tester I'm currently making final modifications, so it's almost done! Greetzz Patje ps: gigatron, this program turns a catalyst set into a set with mobility support. __________________ Last edited by patje; Apr 16, 2003 at 01:44 PM.

Apr 14, 2003, 11:20 PM	#8
patje Former Mobility Modman Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Belgium / Antwerp Posts: 1,475 Rep Power: 66	thanx already guys for the fast replies. I will keep you updated shortly. check the second post to see if your in. Greetzz Patje __________________

Apr 15, 2003, 11:18 AM	#12
Skillz DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 78 Rep Power: 0	Can't wait for the 1st release! Now this sounds good to me! I have a M7 - XP combo and it seems you won't be needing my help so i'll just wait for the 1st public release. ...Is it out yet??? ...

Apr 15, 2003, 11:38 AM	#14
Skillz DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 78 Rep Power: 0	He called me his... "Friend" God, I'm so excited, I'm about to sht myself! Anywayz, keep up the good work neighbour (and the rest of the DH modding crew/posse/whatever )

Apr 14, 2003, 07:42 PM	Thread Starter #4
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	patje will contact all people who post in here himself when he comes back online.

Apr 14, 2003, 09:40 PM	#5
JoGro123 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	I have a mobility ati (m6), would like to test.

Apr 14, 2003, 10:40 PM	#6
gigatron DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Oakville, Ontario, Canada Posts: 44 Rep Power: 0	I have one, but what's this tool for o_O

Apr 14, 2003, 10:44 PM	#7
jcastill Mexico Man! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Mexico Posts: 87 Rep Power: 0	I have a M9 and I'm sure I can help testing

Apr 15, 2003, 02:28 AM	#9
gigatron DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Oakville, Ontario, Canada Posts: 44 Rep Power: 0	so what's your program do o_O. I have an ATI mobility card as well on my laptop.

Apr 15, 2003, 06:30 AM	#10
HKBoySiR DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Dell Inspiron 4150 - ATI Mobility M7. Windows Media Supportability Division - I can help beta!

Apr 15, 2003, 08:51 AM	#11
GLinx DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Italy Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	ASUS L8400L - ATi Mobilty M6 - Windows 2003 Standard Server - I can help too

Apr 16, 2003, 01:35 PM	#15
LionB DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	I've got a Compaq Evo N1050V (IGP 345 or RS200M) and cannot find a working W2K driver ANYWHERE !! (Omega's drivers installs but then I get a blank screen when W2K loads the driver) If I can help solving this problem,plz count me in ......

Apr 16, 2003, 11:28 PM	#16
patje Former Mobility Modman Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Belgium / Antwerp Posts: 1,475 Rep Power: 66	Guys PM with the link have been send! Please keep the link for yourself until it has been released officially and give me some feedback okay? Good luck, may the force be with you ... __________________

Apr 17, 2003, 02:55 AM	#17
JoGro123 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	how do you want the feedback, pm, forum etc.

Apr 17, 2003, 08:09 AM	#18
patje Former Mobility Modman Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Belgium / Antwerp Posts: 1,475 Rep Power: 66	Jogro, Just post your findings on the forum. greetz patje __________________

Apr 17, 2003, 10:08 AM	#19
LionB DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	patje,thanx for the quick response .... I used your proggie as directed and at least I could install the drivers without any error messages,but alas the results were the same It seems as though the problem I have is with the miniport driver itself,it just doesn't work on this machine..... BUT !! ... thanx for your hard work and keep it up,without guys like u the rest of us will be TOTALLY lost ! Will keep u posted ....

Apr 17, 2003, 10:23 AM	#20
patje Former Mobility Modman Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Belgium / Antwerp Posts: 1,475 Rep Power: 66	LionB, do you still get the blank screen or is it something else now? at least im glad to see the program works __________________

Apr 17, 2003, 10:36 AM	#21
GLinx DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Italy Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	The tool works for me, but i've already installed the patje modded driver. This weekend i'm going to reinstall OS so i can try the tool on a fresh installation

Apr 17, 2003, 11:38 AM	#22
LionB DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	patje, I get the initial W2K startup screen,but then it goes blank,no cursor,no disk activity or reaction to the keyboard,have to switch the machine off to reset ... The ATI drivers detects an IGP 340,Omega's set says IGP 340/345,but the result is the same (with very vague promises from HP/Compaq that they MIGHT look into the problem) ...... and I've got 4 machines to set up .... Thanx for your interest,appreciate it ....

Apr 17, 2003, 11:58 AM	#23
patje Former Mobility Modman Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Belgium / Antwerp Posts: 1,475 Rep Power: 66	LionB, do you have a working (older) driver for win2k ? i'd like to check that one out. If not, try this: open the C:\ATI\support\wxp-w2k-radeon-7-84-030228a1-008040c-efg\2KXP_INF\CX_08040.inf with notepad goto the bottom of the file and look for the following section : [ati2mtag_RS200M_SoftwareDeviceSettings] in that section look for the following: HKR,, ExtEvent_EnablePowerPlay, %REG_DWORD%, 0 --> change the zero to a one HKR,, DALRULE_GETLCDFAKEEDID, %REG_DWORD%, 1 --> change the one to a zero save the file and try reinstalling them. not sure if it will help, but you never know right? __________________

Apr 17, 2003, 01:44 PM	#24
LionB DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	patje, Unfortunately no older driver as HP only supply these machines with XP (they say this is a consumer PC,not a business one ???) I tried the previous model's driver (IGP 340) but that just fails to install.. I'm definitely going to try your fix,we've got a long weekend here,will let u know the results on Tuesday (22/04) Thanx again for your help !!

Apr 17, 2003, 04:34 PM	#25
PhilAtVizBiz DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Newmarket, ON, Canada Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	patje, It was worth a try ... It appears the Inspiron 5100 definately needs a BIOS mod to support Win2K with the ATI M7. I tried your mods on Catalyst 3.0, 3.1 & 3.2 as well as a host of other driver sets and always the same result. From their own forums, it appears Dell is getting a whole bunch of cancelled orders and returned machines because of this problem. From other postings here it sounds like HP might be doing the same thing with "consumer" vs "business". I was about to order a Compaq so I'd better check further first. Keep up the good work !

Apr 18, 2003, 03:03 PM	#26
patje Former Mobility Modman Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Belgium / Antwerp Posts: 1,475 Rep Power: 66	thnx for beta testing and your feedback guys. It's now an official Driverheaven tool! check it out www.hardwareheaven.com/patje __________________