Problem installing ATI Drivers for Radeon X800XL

During installation of display driver, the screen goes black and stays that
way. Not sure if anyone else had this problem. I searched and couldn't find
anyone with similar problem...

Anyone else have a similar problem, or better yet, workaround? I heard
(read) someone had booted into safe mode and installed the drivers that way,
but I haven't tried that yet. Oh yeah, I tried installing the drivers
manually as well with the same result.

My setup...

Vista Beta 2
A8N-SLI
Radeon X800XL
Acer 1912 Monitor (1280x1024, 19")

 

I have exactly the same configuration (except monitor: Sony SDM-HX93), and I
have successfully installed the latest version of ATI drivers for Vista:
Driver Packaging Version 8.26-LH-RC0-060520a-033347E-ATI
CATALYST® Control Center Version 2.0.2320.28349
Note: as I am running on the 64 bits version, I downloaded the ATI 64 bits
version

This driver was built for a previous beta version, not for the 5384.4 ... so
it is not very stable... I have noticed that I need to disable the TV on 2nd
display to get Aero working... otherwise it is not active.

If you have a secondary display activated, I recommand you to try to
desactivate it before installing ATI drivers.

Regards,

Jean-Marc

 

Just an update for anyone having similar problem to mine above. What I did to
get the ATI drivers finally installed was just to do it through Safe Mode.
The installation ran without a problem in safe mode.

Also, I'm working with 32bit drivers by the way.

Hope this saves other some grief...