Help, NGO's "ATi Optimized Driver" has ruined my system.

Sentient Cheese · Nov 18, 2004, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by CATALYST maker

where did you download all this stuff. The place distributing it should be warned.

Just off of Tech Connect's site, linked from NGO's home page.

To be fair though, this "write delay bug" seems to be REALLY rare......since I'm the only person I've seen thus far who's experienced it.

Sentient Cheese · Nov 18, 2004, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Jitter

how about simply restoring your PC to an earlier date. I know alot of people turn off system restore, but if you didnt, its alot easier than reinstalling windows.

I had system restore off because I didn't want to waste the HD space.

But......heh, I don't quite see it as a "waste" anymore, that's for damn sure. I have now compromised to at least have it monitoring my main windows system partition (which should be enough for 99% of cases). You're right, if I had had it on before, I would never have had to deal with all this.

Sentient Cheese · Nov 18, 2004, 12:20 AM

Anyway.....just to bring finality to this thread, and give clarity to the situation so there are no unfair impressions dealt, here's a final synopsis.

Two issues caused this fiasco. 1. The XP tweaker that came with the driver package, and 2., I had already been having some issues with some of my disabled Windows services previously, for reasons that are still not entirely clear, but nevertheless only exacerbated the situation.

So......again, THE DRIVER ITSELF HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. In fact, once I had gotten my system functional again earlier today, I tried installing them again (this time with a restore point, duh), and actually gained about 5 frames over the normal 4.12 beta Catalysts in Source tests. So they're definitely solid drivers.

As to how I got everything fixed, well, I did eventually have to re-install windows, which I unfortunately couldn't just repair b/c I didn't have a CD. No problem though, I just took the opportunity to upgrade from Home to Pro. Life goes on. And it cleaned up my system anyway. A few hours to take re-installing proggies and drivers is a small price to pay, really. And in the end, I learned more about Windows than I did before, which usually happens in these situations. So overall......this was actually a positive experience, if one looks at it objectively.

Lastly, BIG THANKS TO REGENERAT1ON. That guy is absolutely stellar. He took well over an hour of his time to help me one on one thru AIM and NetMeeting. There need to be more people like him on the net, methinks.

Now then. Time to finally play Half Life 2. How's that as a reward for work, eh?

Nov 18, 2004, 12:20 AM	Thread Starter #33
Sentient Cheese DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 25 Rep Power: 0	Anyway.....just to bring finality to this thread, and give clarity to the situation so there are no unfair impressions dealt, here's a final synopsis. Two issues caused this fiasco. 1. The XP tweaker that came with the driver package, and 2., I had already been having some issues with some of my disabled Windows services previously, for reasons that are still not entirely clear, but nevertheless only exacerbated the situation. So......again, THE DRIVER ITSELF HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. In fact, once I had gotten my system functional again earlier today, I tried installing them again (this time with a restore point, duh), and actually gained about 5 frames over the normal 4.12 beta Catalysts in Source tests. So they're definitely solid drivers. As to how I got everything fixed, well, I did eventually have to re-install windows, which I unfortunately couldn't just repair b/c I didn't have a CD. No problem though, I just took the opportunity to upgrade from Home to Pro. Life goes on. And it cleaned up my system anyway. A few hours to take re-installing proggies and drivers is a small price to pay, really. And in the end, I learned more about Windows than I did before, which usually happens in these situations. So overall......this was actually a positive experience, if one looks at it objectively. Lastly, BIG THANKS TO REGENERAT1ON. That guy is absolutely stellar. He took well over an hour of his time to help me one on one thru AIM and NetMeeting. There need to be more people like him on the net, methinks. Now then. Time to finally play Half Life 2. How's that as a reward for work, eh?