Ati Reference 10.8

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the workaround true is for experienced user who wanna instal even if they know that thier device is not ment to be suported

 

Nice! Getting CTD's in BFBC2..

 

So guys, I have dual 4870's.

I currently have 10.5, does anybody recommend moving on to 10.8?

Any ideas for those with 4870's?

 

close your lid to put your computer to sleep. lift your lid back up to wake it from sleep. make sure "require password on wake up" in enabled.

do you have any issues when you do this with 8.763?

 

On Dells newest driver atm without the new Vbios installed.

When I leave my notebook for a while and the screen shuts off, I come back and normally just move the mouse or touch a key to bring back the screen. However now on these new drivers the screen just stays black and blank. I can't bring the screen back. So I have to do a hard reboot and then choose last known config that worked otherwise it will continually load into a BSOD msg before loading windows. Cheers.

I will probably be trying the new VBIOS soon as this should fix this problem.

 

I am in same boat as you still on 10.5 as they run great no issues.Any of you tried 10.8 with the 4870's?

 

I have 4870's. Also posted here.

 

Hmm.... Still they cant fix the drivers.. Its just funny i think.. But i dont say they arnt trying. This is my fourth laptop from dell in 2,5 years and i always have had issuses with drivers. To sad because if your sitting on a 4000 dollars laptop with monster hardware, what will that do if you cant get it running ok. Now i installed both from Ati and dell and they install, but games dont run fine on them.. Probably have to go back to the old ones again. Sad.

 

I installed the 10.8 driver off the ATI site. I restarted my computer and it's like it never happened. It is not noticing the 5870's in the device manager. What is wrong?

 

i install the 10.8
its repair the flickering..
but when i let the laptop automatically sleep...
i couldnt make it wake up again...
i mean the screen become totally Blank....

is this the driver issue ??
what does you guys suggest....???

 

it's a bad install some part of the 10.7 are still there

desisnstal the driver and reinstall if it does not fix it use ccleaner after uninstalling

 

It makes my display crush...
when i log on to windows...it appears a blue screen...
and i go to save mode....
and i update the display driver....
and its work, i can log on to my computer again....

But it seems that windows have uninstall the catalyst profile 10.8 and other driver....

The only things that remain is the ATI CATALYST INSTALL MANAGER....
and the CCC information shows that i still using the 10.8 driver...

So, what should i do next....???
install the catalyst 10.8 again and install the catalyst profile 10.8 ???

and how to install it correctly....???
i have use the ccleaner...
but it seems that it doesnt completly remove the 10.8 or the previous driver 10.6

so tell me how to install 10.8 perfectly...

Thanks...

 

anyone experience the same problem ????

 

Well, i forgot to uninstall the 10.6 so i just install the 10.8 driver with the profile...
its appear success...
But whenever i sleep my laptop, it seems that it wont wake up again....so i've got to hard restart it....

and i uninstall all the ATI software....
and using the Ccleaner,,,
then install the 10.8 driver and its profile again...
and i restart the computer...

But its appear only makes a new problem...
and the second problem is that i could not log in to my laptop...
its seems the driver was crush...
appear a blue screen..
so i go to the safe mode and i update the driver with windows do it for me....

and i manage solve my problem...
But, when i see the control panel, its seems that windows have uninstall all the profile and the catalyst....
The weird is that windows didnt uninstall teh ATI Catalyst Install Manager...

AND i open my system and the ATI folder shows that it has a folder of 10.6 and 10.8 should i deleted the folder....???

and when I open CCC, its appear that i still using the 10.8 version of CCC...

So, what should i do ??
Install the 10.8 catalyst again?
Install the 10.8 profile again?

and how to install it correctly so it wont cruch...???

 

what card do you have which 10.8 have you installed dell's ones or amd's oem ones?

 

Beware of that last statement. Myself and a few others at least are having one hell of a time reverting to pre-10.8. 10.8 screwed up CCC for us, and no matter what version of the driver we reinstall, CCC will no longer launch.

I think it is due to the mounds of crap they are leaving behind in the GAC (nearly 200 AMD/ATI DLL's in there *after* uninstalling Catalyst). But it is very hard to pinpoint the exact cause, and removing assemblies from the GAC by hand is immensely tedious.

 

Interesting, I just unplugged my M17xR2 from the wall, while it was running with these drivers and it froze. Was getting BSOD's on restart, wouldn't boot into windows, had to go into safe mode and remove 5870's from device manager.

 

i used ATI CROSSFIRE HD 5870 from DELL...
and i download the driver from AMD....
But i download the profile from Guru3d...

are they diffferent....???

 

you may need the latest vBIOS for your 5870 and seems like your drivers are in bad shape now. use driver sweeper or driver cleaner stuff to get rid of all the residues and do a clean 10.8 dell install.

 

well......
you mean the DELL VBIOS ...???
DO we have to update the VBIOS to install the 10.8 ???

 

check this thread. there's a very elaborated discussion going on there about new vbios and driver. u can download it from there too.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...x-m17xr1-m17xr2-driver-discussion-thread.html

 

wow over $4000 spent on this laptop, and so many issues. I love it when it is stable, but video & power issues keep it from staying stable.

 

You don't have to boot into safe mode and remove anything. Next time, just hit F8 and boot from the last known good configuration.

 

Note that once you install CCC from 10.8 (both the ATI/AMD release and the Dell release), you might have a very hard time reverting to an earlier version. Uninstalling 10.8 and reinstalling a prior release will still be using 10.8's CCC.

Driver Cleaner and Driver Sweeper from safe mode does not remedy the problem.

 

use the dell driver then look if you wanna upgrade the vibios

the dell 1.8 will work fine with your card just stop messing with amd's driver they are not made for your cards (yet)

 

weird but in the programs and features menu where you uninstall, I cannot select uninstall on the Catalyst Manager... just says change or repair. No other options... any ideas?

 

Hit change. Then when the uninstall menu comes up click uninstall.

 

Just use Driversweeper for a painless and completely through uninstall, run CCleaner, reboot and install 10.8. I did this and its been smoooooooth sailing.

 

This is what I ended up doing since I couldn't uninstall Catalyst from the programs menu:

1. Device manager
2. right click on each card and uninstall (remove driver data)
3. CC Cleaner and Driver Sweeper
4. Restart in Safe Mode and re-do step 3
5. Restart normal mode
6. install new drivers

Is that good enough or do I need to re-do it all over again and uninstall Catalyst this time?

 

That is not sufficient, no.

To clarify, these steps are not sufficient to fully remove CCC 10.8. It works for previous releases though.

 

its ok, I just re-did everyting unistalling Catalyst from the control panel. All is smooth as hell now ;D

 

Yeah, i want to upgrade it...
i admit that i took the wrong way to install the AMD driver...
so, should i uninstall it and reinstall it again...???

so what should i do...???
yeah, its true that i still using the CCC 10.8....
But do i need to install ati profile 10.8 ???
and uninstall the ccc 10.8 and install it back...???
and do i have to update the Vbios.. and the dell driver...???

 

problem solve...
i used ccc 10.8 and profile 10.8 a

but my device manager turn the display adapter name from 5870 to 5800 series...
get frustated...
is this normal..???
THE CCC also change from 5870 to 5800 series...
what should i do...
does anyone experience the same after install 10.8 ???

 

problem solve...
i used ccc 10.8 and profile 10.8 a

but my device manager turn the display adapter name from 5870 to 5800 series...
get frustated...

my laptop whenever sleep , display goes blank....

SO,,,,WHAT DID I DO....???

THE PROBLEM OCCURS BECAUSE I DIDNT UPDATE THE GRAPHIC CARD IN DEVICE MANAGER VIA SAFE MODE...

WHAT THE HECK...
I install....
Reinstall..
still got problem...

BUT when i install the 10.8 and its profile again...
and go to save mode to update it...
IT going smoothly..

THIS DRIVER REALLY MESS ME...
BUT THANKS TO THIS DRIVER MY GAME ISNT FLICKERING AGAIN...

By the way, i install the 10.8 in A05 Bios..and used the R259589..

I DIDNT UPDATE MY BIOS TO A07 and didnt update to the NEW DELL DRIVER....

IS THIS OK...???

AND THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP AND INFO...
THANK YOU VERY MUCH....

 

this hapens from time to time especially when new features are implemented in drivers they sshould turn back to 5870 in the next update

 

problem solve...
i used ccc 10.8 and profile 10.8 a

but my device manager turn the display adapter name from 5870 to 5800 series...
get frustated...

my laptop whenever sleep , display goes blank....

SO,,,,WHAT DID I DO....???

THE PROBLEM OCCURS BECAUSE I DIDNT UPDATE THE GRAPHIC CARD IN DEVICE MANAGER VIA SAFE MODE...

WHAT THE HECK...
I install....
Reinstall..
still got problem...

BUT when i install the 10.8 and its profile again...
and go to saFe mode to update it...
IT going smoothly..
AND THE ADAPTER DISPLAY NAME CHANGE BACK TO 5870....

THIS DRIVER REALLY MESS ME...
BUT THANKS TO THIS DRIVER MY GAME ISNT FLICKERING AGAIN...

By the way, i install the 10.8 in A05 Bios..and used the R259589..

I DIDNT UPDATE MY BIOS TO A07 and didnt update to the NEW DELL DRIVER....

IS THIS OK...???

AND THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP AND INFO...
THANK YOU VERY MUCH....

 

STOP MESSING WITH THE DAMN THING

the base of your issue is that you are trying to sole problems that a don't exist or b you don,t have to knowledge to listen to our explaination on howto solve them

first trop trying to use the damned AMD OEM driver it's not made for your system (thank's dell for it) and use the dell 10.8 driver

installing a driver in safe monde LOLWUTTTTTT drivers are not loaded in safe mode and won't load this is what safe mode is

R259589 wich is 10.5 and won't reinstall over 10.8

the sleep resume issue apear when you don,t install corectly a pre 10.8 driver

the bios has nothing to do with this don't try to update the system you might has well brick it

 

10.8 seem like a keeper on my side. Child's play to install like it should be & better 3d06 & vantage scores.

 

That's exactly what it has to look like when you have AMD? ATI? 10.8 Cats Installed, also yes it's normal that it displays your cards as 5800's. As the 5800 drivers seem to be all the same for all 5800 cards, and not like Dell, escpecially designed for each card and hardware/subid used for example 5850 and 5870.

Your system should be good with these drivers. But don't forget to update your VBIOS now, to get Sleep working with the 10.8 drivers. But i would actually recommend the Dell Beta Drivers 10.8 as granyte said before. You will find everything to know in the link below.

Please read instructions carefully:

NEW BETA VBIOS for HD5870 Mirrors and Installation Guide

 

I have 4870's & have probably installed more driver's in my time than you have had hot dinners Thanks all the same.

 

Lol. SAUCE, I'm pretty sure Grimfan was posting a response to klemens, but quoted your post by mistake.

Just sayin' before you pull out the glock it seems...

 

Was just throwing a bit of Scottish humour that's all .
Maybe spoke to soon with 10.8's the AMD clock tool no longer works.And i did a fair bit of playing around with different things to get it to work.Might go back to 10.5 again.

 

you can't




amd clock tool don't work since 10.7

 

granyte
That's a pity as its a handy tool to have working rather than flashing my cards.

 

Just read that again & noticed you say i can't go back to 10.5 why's that i have never had a problem in the past reverting back to earlier driver's?

 

some registry issue it hapens every time they add new feature to the driver and boom we are stuck and can't go back
last driver that did this was 10.3 and befor that switching from 9.12 to 10.1 also did it but there was some work around

but ati tray tool still can overlock the GPU and at worst am clock tool will be patched soon

but flashin the gpu is not bad and quite stable even better if you know what your doing you can enhance powerplay

also we are lucky that version is free of almost any but so even if we are stuck there is only minor desagrement

 

sorry...
why on my machine the tool amd gpu overclock tool not work, on set clock into secod gpu (whit furmark active),
says "set clockFiled , please check device configuration"
thanks
(on first gpu work well)

 

amd clock tool is no longer compatible from ati cat 10.7 and higher it will be updated soon i expect

 

Nope.. Amd gpu tool wont work with these new drivers.. But what about ati tray tool, cant get it to show the frequency numbers.. And where du you get one that works.. Thanks.

 

AMD clock tool DOES NOT WORK

ati tray tool does