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    Is it impossible to install new ATI drivers on an Acer??

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by aceraspire5740g, Jan 6, 2012.

  1. aceraspire5740g

    aceraspire5740g Newbie

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    I have tried everything under the sun, but I either BSOD when installing the new CCC from ATI or if I completely uninstall everything from the HD and registry and reinstall using Win-64 CCC from ATI, it simply won't work.

    Is there a way to do this? I am appalled that the last graphics update from Acer was done in 2009. Obviously they have no incentive to update the graphics once they have you as a customer, but this is pretty egregious. I need to be able to use a software package that release on my GPU for increased performance, but that feature is only available in updated drivers from ATI.

    Do I really have to buy a new laptop just to have updated drivers??
     
    aceraspire5740g, Jan 6, 2012
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    khetik Notebook Deity

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    You should be able to install drivers without a problem. Did you remove the AMD files in safe mode? Which drivers are you trying to install? Which AMD card do you have?
     
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    aceraspire5740g, Jan 6, 2012
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    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    Are you sure you're using mobile drivers?

    Also are we talking Acer or Asus here?
     
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    I have installed 11-12_mobility_vista_win7_32-64_ccc.exe from here:

    ATI Catalyst? Mobility Display Driver

    I have an Acer Aspire 5740G-6979.

    Short of reinstalling Windows, does anyone have any ideas?
     
    aceraspire5740g, Jan 7, 2012
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    Awesome!! It worked perfectly. Thank you so much for your help. How did you know the older driver would work? Are there known issues with the December version?
     
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    Trial and error, and a bit of searching on these forums lol. I have the 5850m and the 11.7 drivers are amazing for that card. The 11.11/.12 drivers caused a lot of bsod's for people. Apparently the 12.1 drivers are good for some people, but when I tried them I got a bsod and lower fps in games. Went back to 11.7 and performance was up again. So i figured you have a 5xxx series card the 11.7 would be good for you as well ;)
     
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