ATI Radeon Drivers - Code 43, Code 37 & Code 10

Hi Bob,

I hooked up a CRT monitor to replace the existing LCD monitor, and tried to
boot into Vista again, but I am still receiving the code 43 error. I don't
think Vista supports monitor drivers yet. In Personalize -> Display
Settings, is (Default Monitor) shown? Or is a specific monitor listed?

Jake.

"Bob T." <> wrote in message
news:%...
> VGA Save is a failsafe MS driver to get you some video. A monitor driver
> is not loading in the full OS for some reason. Your video driver is not
> loading. A problem I was having was with a Nvidia Gforce FX 5200 card and
> an incompatible monitor. Even though Vista had the monitor drivers. I
> loaded a Nvidia 256 driver and was able to finally get out of VGA Save and
> change a few things but was wrong config. Grabbed a monitor from the
> kid's puter, hooked that up, uninstalled everything, booted (with the 5200
> drivers, the computer wouldn't even boot) everything loaded and correctly.
> So the kid gets my 19" monitor.
> "Jake" <jake@nospam> wrote in message
> news:2CAF8D61-9C2E-47CD-B655-...
>> Thanks very much Bob for the tips.
>>
>> I booted into safe mode with networking and uninstalled the ATI Radeon
>> 9550 driver, and scanned for hardware changes. The same driver was
>> automatically reinstalled. Device Manager showed both ATI Radeon 9550
>> (WDDM) and ATI Radeon 9550 Secondary (WDDM) with no errors. However, the
>> reason both showed no problems was probably because the status of the
>> video card is not reported in safe mode (I viewed the properties of each
>> device and it said the status was unavailable in safe mode).
>>
>> When I booted into Vista again, the code 43 error was displayed, and only
>> ATI Radeon 9550 (WDDM) was shown in Device Manager (no secondary output
>> was detected). The display reverts to something called "VGA Save".
>>
>> Also, unfortunately, I do not have another monitor handy, but I am
>> curious if it is possible to install a driver for a monitor in Vista. I
>> have a Benq LCD monitor which has an XP driver, but I cannot find
>> anywhere in Vista where the monitor driver can be installed. The "Add
>> Hardware" wizard fails to install the monitor driver from the INF file,
>> and there is nowhere to change monitor drivers in the Display Properties
>> dialog (it's blanked out and no monitor name is displayed).
>>
>> Jake.
>>
>> "Bob T." <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>>I know most people don't have extra monitors hanging around but if you
>>>did, maybe try that. Is there a monitor installed in Device Manager
>>>during full boot. Can you install the default driver in Safe Mode *with*
>>>Networking and not get the error code. Uninstall the loaded driver
>>>first, then right click PC name and select Scan for hardware changes, let
>>>Windows load the driver it wants and see if it errors out there. You
>>>would not see the monitor loaded in device manager in safe mode. In safe
>>>mode you get to the device manager through Administrative Tools. If the
>>>driver settles in while in Safe Mode without error and then crashes when
>>>booting full into Vista you probably have a conflict with your monitor
>>>since you have the AGP drivers installed.
>>> "Jake" <> wrote in message
>>> news:8A07264A-EEF6-4A3F-8FC8-...
>>
>

Interestingly, I attempted to install a WDDM driver for a Radeon 9500 (not
9550). I rebooted, and Vista again reported code 43, just like the WDDM
driver for the Radeon 9550. Even a wrong driver acts like the correct driver
does.

However, Vista does correctly recognise that the video card as a Radeon
9550. It just always thinks the card has reported a problem.

The XP drivers work fine, so I don't think the AGP drivers could be the
problem. The video card drivers seem to work fine for others, so I don't
think the problem could lie with the WDDM drivers. So I am not quite sure
what is causing this error.

It would be very interesting to see if anyone finds a solution.

Jake.

Was worth a try. Some monitors have drivers ready. Mine did, hooked it up
to an Unkown Device which luckily happened to be where it needed to go but
it didn't work. Might want to see if your motherboard is loaded up
correctly but I'm just phishin now.
"Jake" <jake@nospam> wrote in message
news:563B7CCA-B6C0-4921-97E0-...
> Hi Bob,
>
> I hooked up a CRT monitor to replace the existing LCD monitor, and tried
> to boot into Vista again, but I am still receiving the code 43 error. I
> don't think Vista supports monitor drivers yet. In Personalize -> Display
> Settings, is (Default Monitor) shown? Or is a specific monitor listed?
>
> Jake.
>
> "Bob T." <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> VGA Save is a failsafe MS driver to get you some video. A monitor driver
>> is not loading in the full OS for some reason. Your video driver is not
>> loading. A problem I was having was with a Nvidia Gforce FX 5200 card
>> and an incompatible monitor. Even though Vista had the monitor drivers.
>> I loaded a Nvidia 256 driver and was able to finally get out of VGA Save
>> and change a few things but was wrong config. Grabbed a monitor from the
>> kid's puter, hooked that up, uninstalled everything, booted (with the
>> 5200 drivers, the computer wouldn't even boot) everything loaded and
>> correctly. So the kid gets my 19" monitor.
>> "Jake" <jake@nospam> wrote in message
>> news:2CAF8D61-9C2E-47CD-B655-...
>>> Thanks very much Bob for the tips.
>>>
>>> I booted into safe mode with networking and uninstalled the ATI Radeon
>>> 9550 driver, and scanned for hardware changes. The same driver was
>>> automatically reinstalled. Device Manager showed both ATI Radeon 9550
>>> (WDDM) and ATI Radeon 9550 Secondary (WDDM) with no errors. However, the
>>> reason both showed no problems was probably because the status of the
>>> video card is not reported in safe mode (I viewed the properties of each
>>> device and it said the status was unavailable in safe mode).
>>>
>>> When I booted into Vista again, the code 43 error was displayed, and
>>> only ATI Radeon 9550 (WDDM) was shown in Device Manager (no secondary
>>> output was detected). The display reverts to something called "VGA
>>> Save".
>>>
>>> Also, unfortunately, I do not have another monitor handy, but I am
>>> curious if it is possible to install a driver for a monitor in Vista. I
>>> have a Benq LCD monitor which has an XP driver, but I cannot find
>>> anywhere in Vista where the monitor driver can be installed. The "Add
>>> Hardware" wizard fails to install the monitor driver from the INF file,
>>> and there is nowhere to change monitor drivers in the Display Properties
>>> dialog (it's blanked out and no monitor name is displayed).
>>>
>>> Jake.
>>>
>>> "Bob T." <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>>I know most people don't have extra monitors hanging around but if you
>>>>did, maybe try that. Is there a monitor installed in Device Manager
>>>>during full boot. Can you install the default driver in Safe Mode
>>>>*with* Networking and not get the error code. Uninstall the loaded
>>>>driver first, then right click PC name and select Scan for hardware
>>>>changes, let Windows load the driver it wants and see if it errors out
>>>>there. You would not see the monitor loaded in device manager in safe
>>>>mode. In safe mode you get to the device manager through Administrative
>>>>Tools. If the driver settles in while in Safe Mode without error and
>>>>then crashes when booting full into Vista you probably have a conflict
>>>>with your monitor since you have the AGP drivers installed.
>>>> "Jake" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:8A07264A-EEF6-4A3F-8FC8-...
>>>
>>
>

If I can interject.

Many monitor problems in Vista can be fixed by using the generic LCD
monitors (Add Hardware Manually........Show me a list etc etc). Just pick
your monitor's max refresh rate and resolution and everything usually cleans
itself up. Had the same problem with an Nvidia card until I realised that
was the issue.

This was actually a problem I've always had with XP, because you can't pick
max refresh rates for your generic LCD monitors, so my Nvidia card would
jump to 1024 x 768 but at 200 Hz. Don't know about you, but I don't have a
monitor that will support 200 Hz refresh rate LOL.

"Bob T." <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Was worth a try. Some monitors have drivers ready. Mine did, hooked it
> up to an Unkown Device which luckily happened to be where it needed to go
> but it didn't work. Might want to see if your motherboard is loaded up
> correctly but I'm just phishin now.
> "Jake" <jake@nospam> wrote in message
> news:563B7CCA-B6C0-4921-97E0-...
>> Hi Bob,
>>
>> I hooked up a CRT monitor to replace the existing LCD monitor, and tried
>> to boot into Vista again, but I am still receiving the code 43 error. I
>> don't think Vista supports monitor drivers yet. In Personalize -> Display
>> Settings, is (Default Monitor) shown? Or is a specific monitor listed?
>>
>> Jake.
>>
>> "Bob T." <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>> VGA Save is a failsafe MS driver to get you some video. A monitor
>>> driver is not loading in the full OS for some reason. Your video driver
>>> is not loading. A problem I was having was with a Nvidia Gforce FX 5200
>>> card and an incompatible monitor. Even though Vista had the monitor
>>> drivers. I loaded a Nvidia 256 driver and was able to finally get out of
>>> VGA Save and change a few things but was wrong config. Grabbed a
>>> monitor from the kid's puter, hooked that up, uninstalled everything,
>>> booted (with the 5200 drivers, the computer wouldn't even boot)
>>> everything loaded and correctly. So the kid gets my 19" monitor.
>>> "Jake" <jake@nospam> wrote in message
>>> news:2CAF8D61-9C2E-47CD-B655-...
>>>> Thanks very much Bob for the tips.
>>>>
>>>> I booted into safe mode with networking and uninstalled the ATI Radeon
>>>> 9550 driver, and scanned for hardware changes. The same driver was
>>>> automatically reinstalled. Device Manager showed both ATI Radeon 9550
>>>> (WDDM) and ATI Radeon 9550 Secondary (WDDM) with no errors. However,
>>>> the reason both showed no problems was probably because the status of
>>>> the video card is not reported in safe mode (I viewed the properties of
>>>> each device and it said the status was unavailable in safe mode).
>>>>
>>>> When I booted into Vista again, the code 43 error was displayed, and
>>>> only ATI Radeon 9550 (WDDM) was shown in Device Manager (no secondary
>>>> output was detected). The display reverts to something called "VGA
>>>> Save".
>>>>
>>>> Also, unfortunately, I do not have another monitor handy, but I am
>>>> curious if it is possible to install a driver for a monitor in Vista. I
>>>> have a Benq LCD monitor which has an XP driver, but I cannot find
>>>> anywhere in Vista where the monitor driver can be installed. The "Add
>>>> Hardware" wizard fails to install the monitor driver from the INF file,
>>>> and there is nowhere to change monitor drivers in the Display
>>>> Properties dialog (it's blanked out and no monitor name is displayed).
>>>>
>>>> Jake.
>>>>
>>>> "Bob T." <> wrote in message
>>>> news:...
>>>>>I know most people don't have extra monitors hanging around but if you
>>>>>did, maybe try that. Is there a monitor installed in Device Manager
>>>>>during full boot. Can you install the default driver in Safe Mode
>>>>>*with* Networking and not get the error code. Uninstall the loaded
>>>>>driver first, then right click PC name and select Scan for hardware
>>>>>changes, let Windows load the driver it wants and see if it errors out
>>>>>there. You would not see the monitor loaded in device manager in safe
>>>>>mode. In safe mode you get to the device manager through
>>>>>Administrative Tools. If the driver settles in while in Safe Mode
>>>>>without error and then crashes when booting full into Vista you
>>>>>probably have a conflict with your monitor since you have the AGP
>>>>>drivers installed.
>>>>> "Jake" <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:8A07264A-EEF6-4A3F-8FC8-...
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

Jake,

Don't know if you've found a solution to this problem and interestingly
enough no one else has reported a real solution either. I have a 9550 card
too and what finally worked for me were the drivers from 2004 that came with
the card's driver disk info follows:

Ati Technologies Inc.
7/10/2004
6.14.10.6458

These are digitally signed and remove the error 43 code. Also speeds up
Vista a bit.

Hope this works for you too!

Mike

"Jake" wrote:

> Interestingly, I attempted to install a WDDM driver for a Radeon 9500 (not
> 9550). I rebooted, and Vista again reported code 43, just like the WDDM
> driver for the Radeon 9550. Even a wrong driver acts like the correct driver
> does.
>
> However, Vista does correctly recognise that the video card as a Radeon
> 9550. It just always thinks the card has reported a problem.
>
> The XP drivers work fine, so I don't think the AGP drivers could be the
> problem. The video card drivers seem to work fine for others, so I don't
> think the problem could lie with the WDDM drivers. So I am not quite sure
> what is causing this error.
>
> It would be very interesting to see if anyone finds a solution.
>
> Jake.
>