ATI Radeon 9600

hi all..i'v had Vista home premium installed for a week now & upgraded from
Xp pro,have PCI bus 1.Radeon 9600 SE,128M ram...processor:AMD Athlon 64 X2
Dual core 4200+ 2.20ghz. RAM: 1022 MB.my problem is the driver,the origional
driver on the CD wont run because its not compatible with (Vista) & the
driver that comes down with automatic updates dont work,it installs but on
restart Vista boots up then locks up! BTW i have pC plugged into a 50inch
flat screen TV. HELP ?

jason wrote:

> hi all..i'v had Vista home premium installed for a week now & upgraded from
> Xp pro,have PCI bus 1.Radeon 9600 SE,128M ram...processor:AMD Athlon 64 X2
> Dual core 4200+ 2.20ghz. RAM: 1022 MB.my problem is the driver,the origional
> driver on the CD wont run because its not compatible with (Vista) & the
> driver that comes down with automatic updates dont work,it installs but on
> restart Vista boots up then locks up! BTW i have pC plugged into a 50inch
> flat screen TV. HELP ?

Have you tried the Vista driver for your video card from...www.ati.com
Frank

jason wrote:
> hi all..i'v had Vista home premium installed for a week now & upgraded from
> Xp pro,have PCI bus 1.Radeon 9600 SE,128M ram...processor:AMD Athlon 64 X2
> Dual core 4200+ 2.20ghz. RAM: 1022 MB.my problem is the driver,the origional
> driver on the CD wont run because its not compatible with (Vista) & the
> driver that comes down with automatic updates dont work,it installs but on
> restart Vista boots up then locks up! BTW i have pC plugged into a 50inch
> flat screen TV. HELP ?

You need to get the Vista driver for your video card from the mfg.
IS it the 9600 All-In- Wonder card?
You might check this link:
http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/catalyst_71_vista.html

gls858

"Frank" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> jason wrote:
>
>> hi all..i'v had Vista home premium installed for a week now & upgraded
>> from Xp pro,have PCI bus 1.Radeon 9600 SE,128M ram...processor:AMD Athlon
>> 64 X2 Dual core 4200+ 2.20ghz. RAM: 1022 MB.my problem is the driver,the
>> origional driver on the CD wont run because its not compatible with
>> (Vista) & the driver that comes down with automatic updates dont work,it
>> installs but on restart Vista boots up then locks up! BTW i have pC
>> plugged into a 50inch flat screen TV. HELP ?
>
> Have you tried the Vista driver for your video card from...www.ati.com
> Frank

Get the Ver. 8.1 Vista drivers from www.amd.com

"gls858" wrote:

> jason wrote:
> > hi all..i'v had Vista home premium installed for a week now & upgraded from
> > Xp pro,have PCI bus 1.Radeon 9600 SE,128M ram...processor:AMD Athlon 64 X2
> > Dual core 4200+ 2.20ghz. RAM: 1022 MB.my problem is the driver,the origional
> > driver on the CD wont run because its not compatible with (Vista) & the
> > driver that comes down with automatic updates dont work,it installs but on
> > restart Vista boots up then locks up! BTW i have pC plugged into a 50inch
> > flat screen TV. HELP ?
>
> You need to get the Vista driver for your video card from the mfg.
> IS it the 9600 All-In- Wonder card?
> You might check this link:
> http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/catalyst_71_vista.html
>
> gls858
> no its not the All In Wonder gls858 i wish..& Frank yes iv tried getting the drivers from ATI.with no luck & iv tried the Catalyst from ATI that just dosent load up @ all when i restart,my systems only 6 months old..can you recomend a new Vista compatable graphics card lol or cheaper solution,why cant they just make vista so it runs the instalation CD i have that works on XP!cant see a way around this i tried ATI's tech support with only automated responses,they did say something about my MSI motherboard drivers may need to be updated with new drivers to make the graphics card work,but automatic updates would have picked em up right ?

jason wrote:

>
> "gls858" wrote:
>
>
>>jason wrote:
>>
>>> hi all..i'v had Vista home premium installed for a week now & upgraded from
>>>Xp pro,have PCI bus 1.Radeon 9600 SE,128M ram...processor:AMD Athlon 64 X2
>>>Dual core 4200+ 2.20ghz. RAM: 1022 MB.my problem is the driver,the origional
>>>driver on the CD wont run because its not compatible with (Vista) & the
>>>driver that comes down with automatic updates dont work,it installs but on
>>>restart Vista boots up then locks up! BTW i have pC plugged into a 50inch
>>>flat screen TV. HELP ?
>>
>>You need to get the Vista driver for your video card from the mfg.
>>IS it the 9600 All-In- Wonder card?
>>You might check this link:
>>http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/catalyst_71_vista.html
>>
>>gls858
>>no its not the All In Wonder gls858 i wish..& Frank yes iv tried getting the drivers from ATI.
with no luck & iv tried the Catalyst from ATI that just dosent load up @
all when i restart,
my systems only 6 months old..can you recomend a new Vista compatable
graphics card
lol or cheaper solution,why cant they just make vista so it runs the
instalation
CD i have that works on XP!cant see a way around this i tried ATI's tech
support
with only automated responses,they did say something about my MSI
motherboard
drivers may need to be updated with new drivers to make the graphics
card work,but automatic updates would have picked em up right ?

Strange because we have one box running a 9600xt 256megs AGP using the
latest ATI drivers downloaded from their site with no problems at all.
It's even oc'ed but it is on a regular CRT monitor.
You said you're running a 50inch flat TV and that is may be your problem
as you more than likely you don't have the correct monitor profile file
for it.
Also is your card a PCI or AGP, is not all that clear in your original
message.
As for loading the CD drivers not a good idea cause they're proly not
for Vista.
Try clearing your temps and reloading the ATI web site file.
Let us know.
Frank

Frank wrote:
> jason wrote:
....cant see a way around this i tried ATI's tech
> support
> with only automated responses,they did say something about my MSI
> motherboard
> drivers may need to be updated with new drivers to make the graphics
> card work,but automatic updates would have picked em up right ?

No, not necessarily. Have you tried the MSI site for updated drivers as
ATI suggested?
Frank

yes Frank i'v also tried the MSI site for their DRivers & it downloaded some
software that checked my PC for missing driver,it DID find a Driver missing &
installed it,had to re-boot & on re-boot failed to start,same as the ATI
driver..the screen freezes up & there are little red dashes across the
welcome screen.it's not caused by the PC being plugged into the TV because iv
tried another monitor,with same result.
the card is PCI.
thanks for all your help,lol but i dont think this can be resolved without
buying a new card...strange because the same card work's on my other HD that
has XP Pro on it!

"Frank" wrote:

> Frank wrote:
> > jason wrote:
> ....cant see a way around this i tried ATI's tech
> > support
> > with only automated responses,they did say something about my MSI
> > motherboard
> > drivers may need to be updated with new drivers to make the graphics
> > card work,but automatic updates would have picked em up right ?
>
> No, not necessarily. Have you tried the MSI site for updated drivers as
> ATI suggested?
> Frank
>

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:41:01 -0800, Frank <> wrote:

>jason wrote:
>
>> hi all..i'v had Vista home premium installed for a week now & upgraded from
>> Xp pro,have PCI bus 1.Radeon 9600 SE,128M ram...processor:AMD Athlon 64 X2
>> Dual core 4200+ 2.20ghz. RAM: 1022 MB.my problem is the driver,the origional
>> driver on the CD wont run because its not compatible with (Vista) & the
>> driver that comes down with automatic updates dont work,it installs but on
>> restart Vista boots up then locks up! BTW i have pC plugged into a 50inch
>> flat screen TV. HELP ?
>
>Have you tried the Vista driver for your video card from...www.ati.com
>Frank


No that was real freaking helpful. If the guy can figure out how to
get to the usenet, he can problem find a manufacter's web site.

<thetruthhurts @homail.com> wrote in message
news:...
> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:41:01 -0800, Frank <> wrote:
>
>>jason wrote:
>>
>>> hi all..i'v had Vista home premium installed for a week now & upgraded
>>> from
>>> Xp pro,have PCI bus 1.Radeon 9600 SE,128M ram...processor:AMD Athlon 64
>>> X2
>>> Dual core 4200+ 2.20ghz. RAM: 1022 MB.my problem is the driver,the
>>> origional
>>> driver on the CD wont run because its not compatible with (Vista) & the
>>> driver that comes down with automatic updates dont work,it installs but
>>> on
>>> restart Vista boots up then locks up! BTW i have pC plugged into a
>>> 50inch
>>> flat screen TV. HELP ?
>>
>>Have you tried the Vista driver for your video card from...www.ati.com
>>Frank
>
>
> No that was real freaking helpful. If the guy can figure out how to
> get to the usenet, he can problem find a manufacter's web site.

As much as I love to stay out of Frank Vrs. the world, this attack was
totally uncalled for and I couldn't stay quiet.

Your comment to Frank about not being helpfull was in reality more helpful
then yours to the OP

Nowhere did Frank say or do anything to warrant this other then you guys
hate him so much you have to comment even if he makes a valid suggestion.

Yes the OP should try and download the newest drivers for his video card
from ATI and nowhere in his post did he state he tried that. It is an
assumption that the OP should know to check the Manufactures website if he
knows how to post in a newsgroup.

People I agree, argue until your blue in the face when someone especially
Frank makes a combative remark. But when someone attempts to be helpful and
not say anything negative, even if it is Frank..........you shouldn't say
things like this all it does is make any further comments you say less
likely to be taken serious even if it is a valid point your making.