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    Screen Turns Black when i install ATI Catalyst

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by tomexsans, May 2, 2012.

  1. tomexsans

    tomexsans Newbie

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    Hello my laptop is an
    ACER aspire 4745G
    - Intel i3
    - ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
    1026 vram
    -2 GB DDR3 Memory
    - 500 GB HDD

    My problem is when i install ATI Catalyst after restarting my screen turns to black. How can i fix this. This laptop has a switchable graphics either i can use ATI or i can use the built in VGA. But i want to use the ATI graphics for my games. What can you advise. THanks
     
    tomexsans, May 2, 2012
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  2. mcse2000ca

    mcse2000ca Notebook Enthusiast

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    Did you get the drivers from Acer? because with switchable graphics they are custom for your laptop.
     
    mcse2000ca, May 3, 2012
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