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    ATI Driver Problems

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by DareFikri, May 16, 2011.

  1. DareFikri

    DareFikri Newbie

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    Got my Ware (17x R3) a month and a half ago.
    Right after i updated the ATI Raidon HD 6970 Driver to the latest, started having problems.

    im currently running the 11.4 Catalyst Control, the latest from the dell/alien-ware website.

    I uninstalled the previous driver fully + clean out my registry before installing new drivers.

    Problems include:
    BLUE SCREEN with ati2vag warning. sudden shutdown and sound error.

    Windows message saying " Driver has stopped responding and restarted"

    Windows Media Player Hangs...

    Ableton Live 8 Hang and produces random errors..

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.
     
    DareFikri, May 16, 2011
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  2. Rickards12

    Rickards12 Notebook Geek

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    I had this as well. Reverted back to the Dell drivers and I stopped seeing the blue screens, but I think there were people linking the appropriate drivers to upgrade to.
     
    Rickards12, May 16, 2011
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  3. shadowyani

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    Yeah its not easy to get to the appropriate drivers since there isn't a provided link by Dell or AMD but people, including myself, have gotten these to work.

    http://www2.ati.com/drivers/mobile/11-5_mobility_vista_win7_64_dd_ccc_ocl.exe

    In general, the install procedure has been to verify you have the original Dell drivers properly installed and then to upgrade over them. Device manager and GPU-Z can verify that the driver version has been updated.
     
    shadowyani, May 16, 2011
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  4. steve1ddd

    steve1ddd Notebook Evangelist

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    with my setup below, i am running 11.4 from that link.....i am living with the following issues.

    cant use dual monitors when ati card is active (intel works fine)
    cant use FN-F4/F5 to adjust brightness on ati card (intel works fine)

    everything else is fine....gaming just fine, no BSOD here
     
    steve1ddd, May 16, 2011
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  5. shadowyani

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    This is my only issue with reference drivers as well. Dual monitors work fine.
     
    shadowyani, May 16, 2011
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  6. steve1ddd

    steve1ddd Notebook Evangelist

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    i think it depends on the resolution of the monitor...im trying a 1680x1050
     
    steve1ddd, May 16, 2011
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  7. shadowyani

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    Not sure I don't have such a monitor to test on. My external is a wimpy 1280x1024.
     
    shadowyani, May 16, 2011
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    Well I can get HDMI from any res up to 1080p to work on these drivers. Perhaps its the displayport.
     
    shadowyani, May 16, 2011
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  9. steve1ddd

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    nope...works fine on stock drivers or if i use intel.....its the 11.4 driver for sure...11.3 did the same thing...
     
    steve1ddd, May 16, 2011
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  10. shadowyani

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    That's interesting. I've had good experiences with VGA and HDMI across all resolutions so it looks like I'll have to give the displayport a shot before I decide all is well.

    I'm going to have to find a 1080p monitor and a displayport to dvi and give it a spin myself. Anyone else lose external monitor functionality with reference drivers?
     
    shadowyani, May 17, 2011
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