5.7 didn´t work for me....

Togashi · Jul 14, 2005, 06:21 PM

Well... 5.6´s didn´t work for me so I thought it was a bug, but now I installed 5.7´s and I got the same problem, the card shows ok in device manager but windows still uses "VgaSave" instead of catalyst drivers.

5.4 drivers work so I don´t know what to do...

Please help me Its very frustrating to be unable to use the newest drivers.

Vikingod · Jul 14, 2005, 06:35 PM

you should post your system specs (Processor, motherboard, and most importantly your card) for best support. If you remember the error or any other info, post that too.

Togashi · Jul 14, 2005, 06:58 PM

CPU: Ahtlon XP 2100+
MEM: 768 MB PC2700
MB : Gigabyte GA-7VA-C KT333CF AGP 4x
VC : Gigabyte Radeon 9550 128 MB
OS : Windows XP SP2 Spanish (SP2 Slipstreamed)

- Tried all bios configuration possible
- <5.4 work ok
- > 5.4 have problems (Haven´t tried with 5.5)
- Tried older 4in1, standard drivers from xp and latest hyperions
- Tried all modded drivers except DNA

I´ve read that sometimes the vgasave problem can be solved by disabling smartgart or installing drivers from device manager but neither of that workarounds worked for me.

Ferret_Style · Jul 14, 2005, 09:12 PM

just have to ask... have you used DC? and removed the old ones?

Togashi · Jul 14, 2005, 09:15 PM

Sure, everytime I install new drivers I use DC. I also used cab cleaner with no results.

redsolar · Jul 15, 2005, 08:22 PM

Have you tried to force the driver installation through device manager, rather than using the installer yet?

Togashi · Jul 15, 2005, 11:14 PM

tried that too, same results, driver shows OK in device manager but windows uses vgasave

redsolar · Jul 16, 2005, 12:13 AM

Strange, check one more thing - right click on your desktop, select properties, go to Settings/Advanced/Troubleshoot and see at which level is the Hardware acceleration set. It should be on Full.

Next check if AtiSmart service is set to automatic, and see if you can start/stop it without problems. Lastly, run "dxdiag" from start/run and see what that tells you.

Togashi · Jul 16, 2005, 01:13 AM

with 5.4 I can run SmartGart and it shows the configuration, but I can´t open the AGP properties with 5.6

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jul 16, 2005, 04:36 AM

The hyperions...I would reformat and NOT use those...they ALWAYS cause problems for me and I have a KT600 mobo....that could be it

Togashi · Jul 16, 2005, 04:01 PM

I think you are ok... I will reformat and start all over again... and install 5.7 over a fresh installed windows.

imnuts · Jul 16, 2005, 07:10 PM

i have the same problem and can't figure out what is causing it. i haven't tried forcing the installation of the drivers yet through device manager, but i have tried reinstalling them twice. the worst part is that everything but benchmarks and games recognize that the card is there.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jul 17, 2005, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Togashi

I think you are ok... I will reformat and start all over again... and install 5.7 over a fresh installed windows.

Whatever you do don't install the hyperions.

Togashi · Jul 24, 2005, 02:47 AM

Well... I formatted and did a fresh install of Windows... and voila!!... it didn´t work, so I took extreme measures... I modified my Gigabyte 9550 bios (9550 F1) and changed the ID values of the bios to a 9600 XT. Inmediatly the bios recognized "my card" as 9600 xt and now runs without problems.

So my question is: Why 5.4 supported my card but 5.6 and 5.6 don´t?

redsolar · Jul 25, 2005, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Togashi

Well... I formatted and did a fresh install of Windows... and voila!!... it didn´t work, so I took extreme measures... I modified my Gigabyte 9550 bios (9550 F1) and changed the ID values of the bios to a 9600 XT. Inmediatly the bios recognized "my card" as 9600 xt and now runs without problems.

So my question is: Why 5.4 supported my card but 5.6 and 5.6 don´t?

Strange indeed. Either way, if this ever comes back to haunt you, let us know the deviceIDs. We can make you a custom file that will work.

Togashi · Jul 26, 2005, 01:06 AM

Strange, something must changed in the inf files. Anyways, the card is now detected as 9600xt (but the device id is from gigabyte 9600 PRO) so it shouldn´t have any further problems.

The original bios had:

Device ID: 4153
SubSystemID: 4050
SubVendorID: 1458

I modded the bios to:

Device ID: 4150
SubSystemID: 4022
SubVendorID: 1458

Thanks and I hope this helps other people with the same problem.

Kraker · Jul 31, 2005, 08:00 PM

I have a very similar problem, drivers 5.4> do not work, I have tried reformat, other modded drivers, another thing none of the official catalyst work on my system thats why I use Omega because they are the only drivers I could find that worked and now they dont work after version 5.4. I get the same error message as the user above, and i have also a "VIA" chipset and use hyperions but why did another user say not to use them? What could be used instead? an one more thing, what is this custom file you can make?

Togashi · Aug 1, 2005, 01:52 AM

What card do you have? maybe modifying the bios like me solves your problem... If not, you are stuck with 5.4´s no matter what you do :P

Virtical · Aug 1, 2005, 12:43 PM

odd, i have the same problem, i tried to reflash my BOIS too, and it failed, 'error code 1' or something, using atiflash in DOS, anyone know what the problem could be?

Kraker · Aug 1, 2005, 08:56 PM

I have a 9600, dunno which company altho it may be an oem, and it has 256 ram.

Jul 14, 2005, 06:21 PM	#1
Togashi DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 31 Rep Power: 0	5.7 didn´t work for me.... Well... 5.6´s didn´t work for me so I thought it was a bug, but now I installed 5.7´s and I got the same problem, the card shows ok in device manager but windows still uses "VgaSave" instead of catalyst drivers. 5.4 drivers work so I don´t know what to do... Please help me Its very frustrating to be unable to use the newest drivers.

Jul 15, 2005, 08:22 PM	#6
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Jul 16, 2005, 12:13 AM	#8
redsolar Off duty Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Las Vegas, USA Posts: 1,242 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Strange, check one more thing - right click on your desktop, select properties, go to Settings/Advanced/Troubleshoot and see at which level is the Hardware acceleration set. It should be on Full. Next check if AtiSmart service is set to automatic, and see if you can start/stop it without problems. Lastly, run "dxdiag" from start/run and see what that tells you. __________________ Real_Men_Do_Not_Use_Space_Bar Main rig: Intel Core i7 930 @ 4.0 Ghz \| Corsair H50 Push/Pull \| 12GB OCZ DDR3 \| ASUS Radeon HD 5850 \| 3x 1TB Samsung F3 RAID5 on Dell PERC 5i SAS + 1TB Hitachi \| MSI X58 Pro-e \| 850W Antec Truepower Quattro \| RocketFish by Lian Li Full Tower Case \| Gateway XHD3000 30" LCD \| Dell 2408WFP 24" LCD \| Dell 2407WFP 24" LCD \| Logitech Z-5500 Speakers \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Laptop: Samsung x360-34P \| Core 2 Duo SU9400 1.4 GHz \| 4GB DDR3 \| 128GB Samsung SSD \| Intel 4500M w/ HDMI \| WiFi \| Bluetooth \| 13.3" WLED 1280x800 \| Windows 7 Professional x64

Jul 14, 2005, 06:35 PM	#2
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	you should post your system specs (Processor, motherboard, and most importantly your card) for best support. If you remember the error or any other info, post that too.

Jul 14, 2005, 06:58 PM	Thread Starter #3
Togashi DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 31 Rep Power: 0	CPU: Ahtlon XP 2100+ MEM: 768 MB PC2700 MB : Gigabyte GA-7VA-C KT333CF AGP 4x VC : Gigabyte Radeon 9550 128 MB OS : Windows XP SP2 Spanish (SP2 Slipstreamed) - Tried all bios configuration possible - <5.4 work ok - > 5.4 have problems (Haven´t tried with 5.5) - Tried older 4in1, standard drivers from xp and latest hyperions - Tried all modded drivers except DNA I´ve read that sometimes the vgasave problem can be solved by disabling smartgart or installing drivers from device manager but neither of that workarounds worked for me.

Jul 14, 2005, 09:15 PM	Thread Starter #5
Togashi DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 31 Rep Power: 0	Sure, everytime I install new drivers I use DC. I also used cab cleaner with no results.

Jul 15, 2005, 11:14 PM	Thread Starter #7
Togashi DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 31 Rep Power: 0	tried that too, same results, driver shows OK in device manager but windows uses vgasave

Jul 16, 2005, 01:13 AM	Thread Starter #9
Togashi DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 31 Rep Power: 0	with 5.4 I can run SmartGart and it shows the configuration, but I can´t open the AGP properties with 5.6

Jul 16, 2005, 04:36 AM	#10
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	The hyperions...I would reformat and NOT use those...they ALWAYS cause problems for me and I have a KT600 mobo....that could be it

Jul 16, 2005, 04:01 PM	Thread Starter #11
Togashi DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 31 Rep Power: 0	I think you are ok... I will reformat and start all over again... and install 5.7 over a fresh installed windows.

Jul 16, 2005, 07:10 PM	#12
imnuts DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: ~ Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	i have the same problem and can't figure out what is causing it. i haven't tried forcing the installation of the drivers yet through device manager, but i have tried reinstalling them twice. the worst part is that everything but benchmarks and games recognize that the card is there.

Jul 24, 2005, 02:47 AM	Thread Starter #14
Togashi DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 31 Rep Power: 0	Well... I formatted and did a fresh install of Windows... and voila!!... it didn´t work, so I took extreme measures... I modified my Gigabyte 9550 bios (9550 F1) and changed the ID values of the bios to a 9600 XT. Inmediatly the bios recognized "my card" as 9600 xt and now runs without problems. So my question is: Why 5.4 supported my card but 5.6 and 5.6 don´t?

Jul 26, 2005, 01:06 AM	Thread Starter #16
Togashi DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 31 Rep Power: 0	Strange, something must changed in the inf files. Anyways, the card is now detected as 9600xt (but the device id is from gigabyte 9600 PRO) so it shouldn´t have any further problems. The original bios had: Device ID: 4153 SubSystemID: 4050 SubVendorID: 1458 I modded the bios to: Device ID: 4150 SubSystemID: 4022 SubVendorID: 1458 Thanks and I hope this helps other people with the same problem.

Jul 31, 2005, 08:00 PM	#17
Kraker DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	I have a very similar problem, drivers 5.4> do not work, I have tried reformat, other modded drivers, another thing none of the official catalyst work on my system thats why I use Omega because they are the only drivers I could find that worked and now they dont work after version 5.4. I get the same error message as the user above, and i have also a "VIA" chipset and use hyperions but why did another user say not to use them? What could be used instead? an one more thing, what is this custom file you can make?

Aug 1, 2005, 01:52 AM	Thread Starter #18
Togashi DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 31 Rep Power: 0	What card do you have? maybe modifying the bios like me solves your problem... If not, you are stuck with 5.4´s no matter what you do :P

Aug 1, 2005, 12:43 PM	#19
Virtical DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Aussie Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	odd, i have the same problem, i tried to reflash my BOIS too, and it failed, 'error code 1' or something, using atiflash in DOS, anyone know what the problem could be?

Aug 1, 2005, 08:56 PM	#20
Kraker DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	I have a 9600, dunno which company altho it may be an oem, and it has 256 ram.