ATI Catalyst and Windows Server 2003 issues? Read inside.

flasht · Jan 22, 2004, 05:49 PM

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Originally posted by RIV@NVX
5. Installing driver fails because installation detects Windows XP 64-bit and says it can't install.
This issue is around since Catalyst 3.10, but it's relatively easy to workaround/install; just run setup using compatibility mode set to "Windows XP".

Thank you!

RIV@NVX · Jan 24, 2004, 11:53 AM

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Originally posted by ludovicf
I think I have the solution to the issue I've described with Windows Server 2003. It's a matter of getting rid of any application / service that might already use video overlay... and guess which one is constantly using it?.... Terminal Services!!
I discovered that after I formated my HD and then installed Windows Server 2000... I had similar issues, until I found that ATI FAQ that tells everything http://www.ati.com/support/faq/tvfai...deoerror.html. I guess uninstalling terminal services on Windows Server 2003 should also do the trick - let me know!

PS: if that still doesn't work, then check if you're not using any remote control app or something that would grab the video overlay system.

I disabled Terminal Services service, but it's still no workie...

Any more ideas?

Zardon · Jan 24, 2004, 12:00 PM

going back to some points earlier in this thread, the only way I was able to install cat drivers for my 7000 in my windows 2003 server box was to manually do so via hardware manager after enabling all acceleration etc. the setups wouldnt work correctly. everything runs fine.

RIV@NVX · Jan 24, 2004, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Zardon
going back to some points earlier in this thread, the only way I was able to install cat drivers for my 7000 in my windows 2003 server box was to manually do so via hardware manager after enabling all acceleration etc. the setups wouldnt work correctly. everything runs fine.

Compatibility mode couldn't help? Perhaps it wasn't clear form the first post; it should be used on setup.exe in files extracted to C:\ATI\support. Hmm... I will update it to reflect that.

I am glad it worked for you anyway.

Time · Feb 6, 2004, 03:14 AM

The first solution for SmartGart and Win 2003...Very nice drivers!

Neutral Catalyst 2 [[:AGEMO:]]

¢Ã 2004/01/29 (v4.1.0.4)
- Fix some bugs of v4.1.0.3

¢Ã 2004/01/29 (v4.1.0.3)
- Add Control Panel and SmartGart shortcut into StartMenu
- Add reinstall option of Driver, Control Panel, WDM, Hydra Vision and RadClocker
- Add Driver Clean function (when uninstall)

¢Ã 2004/01/26 (v4.1.0.1)
- Based on ATI Catalyst 4.10
- Add ATITools

¢Ã 2004/01/16 (v2.8.0.3)
- Installer test for Windows2003/9x/Me.

¢Ã 2004/01/15 (v2.8.0.2)
- This release of Neutral Catalyst is base on latest ATi Catalyst¢ç 3.10 Drivers, Control pannel, WDM, HydraVision, RefreshLock, RadClocker.
- Support fully functional ATi Driver and Software uninstaller via NeutralCatalyst 2 Uninstaller.
- The SoftMod for Radeon9500@9700 is included (optionally).
- Enable WMV Accelation Button.
- Neutral Catalyst is supoort Radeon IGP/Radeon Mobility siries.

¢Ã Before
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Released from ATiPower (URL: http://www.atipower.com) (Italy)
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Deleder · Feb 11, 2004, 10:51 AM

I doesen't work for me! The Ati driver will not start! The omega driver doesent work, i can't enable direct3d or nothing. And Neutral Catalyst doesent work either! I got a Radeon 9600. The newest VIA driver 4.51. Im seek of this now :\

RIV@NVX · Feb 11, 2004, 11:33 AM

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Originally posted by Deleder
I doesen't work for me! The Ati driver will not start! The omega driver doesent work, i can't enable direct3d or nothing. And Neutral Catalyst doesent work either! I got a Radeon 9600. The newest VIA driver 4.51. Im seek of this now :\

Did you install according to instructions in the first post?

Deleder · Feb 11, 2004, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Deleder
I doesen't work for me! The Ati driver will not start! The omega driver doesent work, i can't enable direct3d or nothing. And Neutral Catalyst doesent work either! I got a Radeon 9600. The newest VIA driver 4.51. Im seek of this now :\

Yes..

RIV@NVX · Feb 11, 2004, 09:34 PM

What error is there? Can you give some more info? It's hard to determine without that.

Deleder · Feb 11, 2004, 10:33 PM

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Originally posted by RIV@NVX
What error is there? Can you give some more info? It's hard to determine without that.

I have just reinstalled CAT 4.1. The pc boots up, but the driver doesent load. I don't get errors when the pc starts up. Dxdiag reports vga.sys is in use :\

Deleder · Feb 12, 2004, 02:48 PM

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Originally posted by Deleder
I have just reinstalled CAT 4.1. The pc boots up, but the driver doesent load. I don't get errors when the pc starts up. Dxdiag reports vga.sys is in use :\

"The Device cannot start" hm, maybe the Chipset driver is wrong..

Deleder · Feb 12, 2004, 03:29 PM

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Originally posted by Deleder
"The Device cannot start" hm, maybe the Chipset driver is wrong..

Now i have installed "Neutral catalyst", but the ControlPanel will not start! I have drag the accelration bar in safemode back and forward, i have also enabled write combining. Im now running 4.49 Hyperion.

RIV@NVX · Feb 13, 2004, 12:35 PM

I suggest you to try Catalyst 4.2 - they have fixed couple of installation issues (at least for me). I will update the first post with information I have.

RageFury · Mar 2, 2004, 08:55 PM

I'm running Windows Server 2003, and have a Sapphire 9800 Pro 128mb. My problem is that AGP Texture Acceleration is completely disabled, and my performance is crap because of it. In dxdiag, it is grayed out completely. I have no SmartGART tab. I even formatted the computer completely and loaded the 4.2 Catalyst drivers from scratch, to no avail. Anybody have any suggestions?

Gavin_Song · Mar 17, 2004, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by RageFury
I'm running Windows Server 2003, and have a Sapphire 9800 Pro 128mb. My problem is that AGP Texture Acceleration is completely disabled, and my performance is crap because of it. In dxdiag, it is grayed out completely. I have no SmartGART tab. I even formatted the computer completely and loaded the 4.2 Catalyst drivers from scratch, to no avail. Anybody have any suggestions?

I have the same trouble

Mobility 9600 with omega 2.5.22

Could anyone give some help ?

Zulan · Mar 17, 2004, 03:20 PM

Must be one of the lucky guys, since i got no problems whatsoever, and by the way, if you do compatibility mode for XP on the main setup file of the catalyst driver (also the omega drivers) it installs fine, no need to extract the drivers first, at least it wasn't nessesary for me,

RIV@NVX · Jul 10, 2004, 11:31 AM

Since Catalyst 4.7, ATI setup displays "ATI Windows 2003 Driver"... nice improvement.

Mar 2, 2004, 08:55 PM	#44
RageFury DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	SmartGART (AGP Texture Acceleration) Disabled! :( I'm running Windows Server 2003, and have a Sapphire 9800 Pro 128mb. My problem is that AGP Texture Acceleration is completely disabled, and my performance is crap because of it. In dxdiag, it is grayed out completely. I have no SmartGART tab. I even formatted the computer completely and loaded the 4.2 Catalyst drivers from scratch, to no avail. Anybody have any suggestions?

Mar 17, 2004, 03:20 PM	#46
Zulan DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: In your backyard Posts: 236 Rep Power: 0	Must be one of the lucky guys, since i got no problems whatsoever, and by the way, if you do compatibility mode for XP on the main setup file of the catalyst driver (also the omega drivers) it installs fine, no need to extract the drivers first, at least it wasn't nessesary for me, __________________ System 1: CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (socket 939) \| DVD-RW: Sony DVD RW DW-U18A \| Motherboard: MSI K8N Neo2-54G \| GFX: nVidia Geforce 6600 GT \| Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 1100DF \| RAM: 1 GB Kingston PC 3200 \| Sound: Soundblaster X-Fi \| Main HDD: 2 * Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB Serial ATA 10000RPM @ RAID 0 \| Storage HDD: Maxtor DiamondMAX Plus 9 120 GB 8 MB Cache \| DVD: Lite-On 16* DVD \| OS: Windows XP SP2 \| PSU: Sweex 650W PSU *System 2:* CPU: AMD Sempron 3000+ \| Motherboard: MSI K7N2 Delta2-FSR \| GFX: nVidia Geforce 6200 256 MB \| Monitor: Hercules Prophetview 920 PRO \| RAM: 1 GB Kingston PC 3200 \| Sound: Nvidia Soundstorm \| Main HDD: Maxtor DiamondMAX Plus 9 80 GB 8 MB Cache \| CD-ROM: NEC 52* CD \| OS: FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE \| PSU: A-Open 300W PSU *Laptop:* CPU: AMD Mobile Sempron 3100+ \| GFX: SiS M760GX 128 MB \| Monitor: 15" XGA TFT LCD \| RAM: 1 GB Kingston PC 3200 \| Sound: Realtek AC '97 audio \| HDD: 40 GB \| DVD-RW: Slimtype DVDRW SOSW-833S \| OS: Windows XP PRO SP2

Jan 24, 2004, 12:00 PM	#33
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	going back to some points earlier in this thread, the only way I was able to install cat drivers for my 7000 in my windows 2003 server box was to manually do so via hardware manager after enabling all acceleration etc. the setups wouldnt work correctly. everything runs fine.

Feb 6, 2004, 03:14 AM	#35
Time DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 110 Rep Power: 0	The first solution for SmartGart and Win 2003...Very nice drivers! Neutral Catalyst 2 [[:AGEMO:]] ¢Ã 2004/01/29 (v4.1.0.4) - Fix some bugs of v4.1.0.3 ¢Ã 2004/01/29 (v4.1.0.3) - Add Control Panel and SmartGart shortcut into StartMenu - Add reinstall option of Driver, Control Panel, WDM, Hydra Vision and RadClocker - Add Driver Clean function (when uninstall) ¢Ã 2004/01/26 (v4.1.0.1) - Based on ATI Catalyst 4.10 - Add ATITools ¢Ã 2004/01/16 (v2.8.0.3) - Installer test for Windows2003/9x/Me. ¢Ã 2004/01/15 (v2.8.0.2) - This release of Neutral Catalyst is base on latest ATi Catalyst¢ç 3.10 Drivers, Control pannel, WDM, HydraVision, RefreshLock, RadClocker. - Support fully functional ATi Driver and Software uninstaller via NeutralCatalyst 2 Uninstaller. - The SoftMod for Radeon9500@9700 is included (optionally). - Enable WMV Accelation Button. - Neutral Catalyst is supoort Radeon IGP/Radeon Mobility siries. ¢Ã Before - Driver edited by LuCiFeRL (e-mail: LuCiFeRL@msn.com) (Korea) Released from ATiPower (URL: http://www.atipower.com) (Italy) ATiMania (URL: http://www.atimania.com) (Korea) CONTACT INFORMATION : ATI WEB site : http://www.ati.com ATiPower WEB site : http://www.atipower.com (Italy) ATiMania WEB site : http://www.atimania.com (Korea)

Feb 11, 2004, 10:51 AM	#36
Deleder DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	I doesen't work for me! The Ati driver will not start! The omega driver doesent work, i can't enable direct3d or nothing. And Neutral Catalyst doesent work either! I got a Radeon 9600. The newest VIA driver 4.51. Im seek of this now :\

Feb 11, 2004, 09:34 PM	Thread Starter #39
RIV@NVX Freedom is a feature. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Croatia, Rijeka Posts: 4,476 Rep Power: 67 System Specs	What error is there? Can you give some more info? It's hard to determine without that.

Feb 13, 2004, 12:35 PM	Thread Starter #43
RIV@NVX Freedom is a feature. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Croatia, Rijeka Posts: 4,476 Rep Power: 67 System Specs	I suggest you to try Catalyst 4.2 - they have fixed couple of installation issues (at least for me). I will update the first post with information I have.

Jul 10, 2004, 11:31 AM	Thread Starter #47
RIV@NVX Freedom is a feature. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Croatia, Rijeka Posts: 4,476 Rep Power: 67 System Specs	Since Catalyst 4.7, ATI setup displays "ATI Windows 2003 Driver"... nice improvement.