Windows 7 problem

dawinnerdawinner Osgood, OH
edited June 2009 in Science & Tech
Definatly like the new Windows 7 (RC 1 build) but I got one problem.

It will not read my AGP card.

System is:

MoBoard: ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 LGA 775 VIA PT880 Pro/PT880 Ultra ATX Intel Motherboard

CPU: Intel - E5200 2.5Ghz. Duel Core

Graphics: Saphire Radion HD 3650 512mb

Memory: 2 gig DDR400

Please don't laugh at the setup.. spent around 300 bucks to update the computer so it will last a bit longer.


Anyway.. my problem is that my graphics card will not register with Windows 7.

It just reads the vidoe card as a standard VGA and gives it 16 mb of memory.

I have used the Catylyst 9.5 64-bit drivers but nothing seems to work.

All ofther aspects that I know of works fine. Have network connection, 2gig memory registers just fine.


Any questions let me know.

Any answers or sudgestions would be appriciated to help solve the vidoe card issue.

Comments

  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited May 2009
    have you run windows update? It often has drivers for such things.
  • dawinnerdawinner Osgood, OH
    edited May 2009
    Yep. I have run all the windows updates.

    I am almost may guess it is the OS not liking the motherboard, since it is a Hybrid with AGP and PCIE video slots, and DDR and DDRII slots.

    Its pushing the Vidoe through the correct output though or i wouldn't see anything.

    But when I do run the 9.5 drivers from ATI website, it runs all they way through with not problems.

    HMM???
  • HawkHawk Fla Icrontian
    edited June 2009
    You need the AGPHotfix first.
    Get the vista 64 bit version if your using 64 bit.
    Then get the ATI Catalyst Display Driver Version 9.6 for Windows Vista - 64-Bit Edition; Windows 7 Beta - 64-Bit Edition. It should work.
    Make sure you clean all ATI software & drivers off your pc before you install the new suite or drivers.
    I spent a few days figuring this problem out and finally solved it.
    Hope this solves your problem.
    Let us know.
  • dawinnerdawinner Osgood, OH
    edited June 2009
    I actually went and installed win 7 32-bit (which I probably didn't need to do). Found out that the Catalyst 9.2 drivers worked. Still had to run driver update and go through and select the graphics card from the drop down list.

    Just glad it is working though. I am slowly adding software back on to see how it preforms. So far so good though!!
  • HawkHawk Fla Icrontian
    edited June 2009
    Nice.
    Glad you got it sorted out.
    It's nice to see they are coming out with Win 7 ATI Radeon drivers now.
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