Computer Hope
Hardware => Drivers => Topic started by: HappyHoggy on March 09, 2009, 06:53:50 AM
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Greetings,
Will start with system specs (will run Everest when I get home, at work now):
Windows XP Home SP3
MB - MSI K8T Neo2 v2.0
1BG RAM
AMD Athalon 64X2 Dual Core 3600+ 2.0Ghz
SB Audigy 2
550W PSU
and the problem child, Sapphire Radeon HD 3650 AGP
So here is the problem. My old video card was on the verge of departing the world of the living, so decided to upgrade it before it died. Since I am too cheap to upgrade MB to PCI-E, went with Radeon 3650 HD. I went ahead and downloaded the most up to date drivers (not including Catalyst Control Center as I despise it) so they would be ready for installation.
Card gets here, I uninstall old drivers, pop old card out, pop new card in, turn machine on, go to install drivers, and nothing. Get it unpacked, starts the installation process, and then No drivers for your hardware found, stopping installation. So I go back and check and check again that I have the right drivers, and they are the same from both ATI and Sapphire, the most up to date drivers for that series. I think to myself maybe need to install the drivers that came with it, so do that, and they install, but not without whining about not being windows certified (not sure if that is pertinent or not). I then tried to update the drivers to most current version, same result, no drivers for your hardware.
Normally if drivers are working, I won’t bother updating, however now I am getting random BSOD's with stock drivers. I am a big WoW addict, happens most often when I alt+tab out to find something, and stack dump with WIN32k.sys error with page file error. I have also gotten an ATI3duag.dll error as well with BSOD.
I know this is probably a driver issue, however have yet to find a solution, so I am hoping that those of you who are much smarter than me can help. Sorry for the length, but wanted to make sure you had all the info, and I am still probably missing some important bit. Thanks in advance!
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In case anyone needs to see.. here is the Everest report. Not sure why video card is showing up twice, perhaps that is the issue?
Version EVEREST v2.20.405
Homepage http://www.lavalys.com/
Report Type Report Wizard
Computer HOGGYANDFLOSSY
Generator Hoggy
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)
Date 2009-03-09
Time 19:32
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Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 3
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name HOGGYANDFLOSSY
User Name Hoggy
Motherboard:
CPU Type DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2000 MHz (10 x 200) 3800+
Motherboard Name MSI K8MM-V (MS-7142) (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset VIA K8T800Pro, AMD Hammer
System Memory 1024 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (10/12/06)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)
Display:
Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP (512 MB)
Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP (512 MB)
Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Creative Audigy 2 LS Sound Card
Storage:
IDE Controller VIA Bus Master IDE Controller - 0571
IDE Controller VIA Serial ATA Controller - 3149
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive ST3160811AS (149 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive E-IDE CD-ROM 52X/AKH (52x CD-ROM)
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8163B (16x/52x DVD-ROM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK
Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 131030 MB (80122 MB free)
Input:
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
Mouse HID-compliant mouse
Network:
Network Adapter Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC (192.168.1.64)
Peripherals:
Printer Lexmark 2400 Series
Printer LexmarkFax
Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB2 Controller VIA USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
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[ BIOS ]
BIOS Properties:
Vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD
Version V3.6
Release Date 10/12/2006
Size 512 KB
Boot Devices Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM, ATAPI ZIP, LS-120
Capabilities Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD, BBS
Supported Standards DMI, APM, ACPI, PnP
Expansion Capabilities ISA, PCI, AGP, USB
[ System ]
System Properties:
Manufacturer MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD
Product MS-7094
Version 1.00
Wake-Up Type Power Switch
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Might as well close this, never got an answer. Thanks
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Try to put a search in for 'catalyst agp hotfix' on the Amd update web site. You can get the 9.8 hotfix drivers through this method.
Use the ATI uninstall tool in the ADD/REMOVE to get rid of the old driver then reboot and install the hotfix.
When you install the new driver you will have to click on 'continue' when prompted to do so and the updated driver will then install.
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Try to put a search in for 'catalyst agp hotfix' on the Amd update web site. You can get the 9.8 hotfix drivers through this method.
Use the ATI uninstall tool in the ADD/REMOVE to get rid of the old driver then reboot and install the hotfix.
When you install the new driver you will have to click on 'continue' when prompted to do so and the updated driver will then install.
um, the last post was in March