HD 2600 does not support Win2k

Greek-Techjunkie · Oct 30, 2007, 04:36 PM

I got an official response fro m ATI that Hd 2600 is not supported By Win2k.

Is that final, or thre will be a workaround?

Dyre Straits · Oct 30, 2007, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greek-Techjunkie

I got an official response fro m ATI that Hd 2600 is not supported By Win2k.

Is that final, or thre will be a workaround?

Welcome to DriverHeaven.

If ATI told you that, I would take that as gospel. I don't know any higher authority when it comes to ATI cards.

aNy_oNE · Oct 31, 2007, 04:49 AM

I think the reason is that their drivers no longer support Win2k, so you cannot install the latest drivers (which you need for the card to work.)

Greek-Techjunkie · Oct 31, 2007, 10:33 AM

The thing goes like this.
I bought the Gecube HD 2600pro AGP card. I tried installing it with the setup programm and had no success. I tried manually installing it and Win2k recognised the inf for Windows Vista. So I took that inf file modified it with the xp settings and managed to install the card. I then installed ATI CCC. All was well. Bute I had made a mistake and previously unistalled MB drivers. When I tried to reinstall them I got a message that the driver was for a previous version and never worked since.

So the problem is a poorly written inf file.

I cannot believe that Win2k cannot use a WinXp driver, since they are practically the same.

Dyre Straits · Oct 31, 2007, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greek-Techjunkie

The thing goes like this.
I bought the Gecube HD 2600pro AGP card. I tried installing it with the setup programm and had no success. I tried manually installing it and Win2k recognised the inf for Windows Vista. So I took that inf file modified it with the xp settings and managed to install the card. I then installed ATI CCC. All was well. Bute I had made a mistake and previously unistalled MB drivers. When I tried to reinstall them I got a message that the driver was for a previous version and never worked since.

So the problem is a poorly written inf file.

I cannot believe that Win2k cannot use a WinXp driver, since they are practically the same.

And who's badly written .inf file is it?

But, as stated, ATI/AMD no longer support Windows 2K. What you've done is modified things at your own risk.

Let us know if it you get it straightened out. I think you're on your own on this one.

Greek-Techjunkie · Oct 31, 2007, 01:21 PM

Unfortunately the only working inf i managed to create got lost, so *^$#&#*^)&_#*__

Since there was no other way, I finally moved to Windows XP. Since I use the computer for my work, I was reluctant but everything went well.

Dyre Straits · Oct 31, 2007, 08:29 PM

I think you made a wise decision.

Oct 30, 2007, 04:36 PM	#1
Greek-Techjunkie DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	HD 2600 does not support Win2k I got an official response fro m ATI that Hd 2600 is not supported By Win2k. Is that final, or thre will be a workaround?

Oct 31, 2007, 04:49 AM	#3
aNy_oNE DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 162 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I think the reason is that their drivers no longer support Win2k, so you cannot install the latest drivers (which you need for the card to work.)

Oct 31, 2007, 10:33 AM	Thread Starter #4
Greek-Techjunkie DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	The thing goes like this. I bought the Gecube HD 2600pro AGP card. I tried installing it with the setup programm and had no success. I tried manually installing it and Win2k recognised the inf for Windows Vista. So I took that inf file modified it with the xp settings and managed to install the card. I then installed ATI CCC. All was well. Bute I had made a mistake and previously unistalled MB drivers. When I tried to reinstall them I got a message that the driver was for a previous version and never worked since. So the problem is a poorly written inf file. I cannot believe that Win2k cannot use a WinXp driver, since they are practically the same.

Oct 31, 2007, 01:21 PM	Thread Starter #6
Greek-Techjunkie DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Unfortunately the only working inf i managed to create got lost, so ^$#&#^)&_#*__ Since there was no other way, I finally moved to Windows XP. Since I use the computer for my work, I was reluctant but everything went well.