How to run 9.3 on the M17 (Vista & W7)

This guid should show you how to make 9.3 run on your M17 (mobile 3870).

First of all you need the new Catalyst Software Suite (64 bit) and this W7 inf. or this Vista inf.

New! With scaling!
inf.

Vista inf. with performance tweaks!
inf.

When sb tells me where I can upload files without a downloadlimit I'll upload the "new 9.3".

Start the installation of 9.3, it will make a folder, than cancle the installation. Now you will find in "X:"\ATI\SUPPORT\9_3_vista64_win7_64_dd_ccc_wdm_enu\Driver\Packages\Drivers\Display\LH6A_INF" the old inf, replace it with the new on

Deinstall your old driver by going to hardware-manager and deinstall the drivers of the two 3870 inclusive deleting the driver, than deinstall the left ATI software.

Reboot and go back to hardware-manager and rightclick the 3870 and than click "update driver".















Now you will have no Catalyst Control Center. To solve this "problem" just install the old W7 driver, or an other driver with CCC, and select "customer" and than unselect the "driver" so only the CCC will be installed.

Now just restart and enjoy the 9.3 on your M17!

I hope this helped you enjoy your desktopreplacement

Thank goes to www.sevenforums.com and specialy to darkassain how made the inf and explained me (you) how to make it work! And thanks goes to E-wrecked how made the Vista inf.


I tested 9.3 on Vista and Windows 7 and I got these 3DMark06 scores (I just booted and ran, I didn't shut something down like Command Center and Steam):

3DMark06 on Vista 64bit:
9.3 12102 (1280x1024)

And now on Windows 7:
9.3 12037 (1280x1024)

Greetings
Julian

 

trying now for you

 

thx my hero

Greetings
Julian

 

im stuck in a never ending cycle of install and then go back and try to install agin .....loaded fine and now it just keeps trying to install...werid


in the end it

FAILED

 

Where does it reinstall without ending?

picture number? The last? Or when you tryed to install CCC?

Greetings
Julian

 

Ah I think I know what you mean! When you try to install CCC and CCC is still installed it will "try" to install but will not work^^ a never ending installation!

Am I right?

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Julian

 

yea it gave me the option to install every thing but during the part where the loading bar starts moving it just kept cycing though for 8 mins and then just said it failed to install

 

have you clean deinstalled especialy CCC (ATI Software)?

I am just trying to NOT clean deinstall and I am getting this problem now, too

 

no i didnt do a clean install i was hopeing it would work. i will do a clean install when i get home i have to work tonight sigh

 

Oh ok we feel with you

Now I have a problem
I don't get it to install CCC without the "never ending" problem^^

Never touch a running system And never try to make it get bad^^

Greetings
Julian

 

do any bench marking with the new driver?

 

technically speakin.. these drivers should NOT install properly. the card ID string is off - not the name - but the ID string. The name doesn't really matter.. Anyhow, why not just force install a desktop 3870?

 

Ähm as far as I know "he" used my card ID to make the new inf.
And now everything runs smooth!
Even L4D, ok the "multicore CPU problem" isn't solved but we even don't know if it is related to the driver! But I do get better FPS in L4D! I'll test öhm I only have BF2 and my steam games ... ah ok CSS test^^

CSS everything maxed out on 1440x900 avarage 291,38 FPS
May be somebody with T9400 and CrossFireX (and W7) can tell me what he gets

Greetings
Julian

 

A german forum did, I'll search ... mom

Found it! I am sure you will understand the bars

http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/hardware/grafikkarten/2009/bericht_ati_catalyst_93/3/

Greeetings
Julian

 

this definately won't work on Vista.. not sure ifit works on Win7.

Here's the modded .inf to install the 3870s on both Vista and Win7.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PD93336I

Just replace the .inf located in the same directory julian mentioned.

 

Thank you very mutch! I'll edit my post and ask a mod to chance the title to "How to 9.3 on the M17 (Vista and W7)"

Can I test the new inf by just "Update Dirver" or do I have to make it "clean"?

Greetings
Julian

 

9.3 is working on Vista!

*hura* *bow* E-wrecked *bow* *party*

Now I'll run some Vista Benchmarks and than W7 Benchmarks ...

starting with 3DMark06

than Crysis ...

Greetings
Julian

 

3DMark06 on Vista 64bit:
I just booted and ran, I didn't shut something down (like Command Center, Steam ...)
9.3 12102 (1280x1024)

And now on Windows 7:
9.3 12037 (1280x1024)

Is not bad I think?

Greetings
Julian

 

With 9.3, I have tested GTA4 and it's crashing just after the game load...:/

 

After loading a save game or loading the "game" (double click the exe)?

Greetings
Julian

Edit:
And now on Windows 7:
9.3 12037 (1280x1024)

 

Anyone else give the drivers I modded a try and confirm they work properly? Thanks Julian

 

I think we have to wait for MR.Moo

Greetings
Julian

 

Hello

I just gave it a go with E's modded inf and the installer installs everything except the display driver. Have no idea why. Completely stuck for ideas.

 

Umm.. You sure you did it right? With mine you gotta install seperately using have disk method - I think. Install display driver then CCC. Don't install ccc if device manager doesn't report the driver being installed correctly. Try again? Or try Have Disk method?

 

where is everyone today? I wanna see how these drivers work out

 

They work but atm I am not that happy with the Crysis score ... (but we know that the tool is may be buggy^^)

Greetings
Julian

 

9.3 and Crysis scores (maxed out @ 1280x720 und 1280x1024):

Vista 64bit:
1280x720 ==> 19,48
1280x1024 => 18.31

Windows 7 64bit:
1280x720 ==> 17,12
1280x1024 => 16,13

Greetings
Julian

 

So anybody got Vista working?

 

I as you see

I have dualboot you know

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Julian

 

umm.. buddy, try my modded driver!!

 

*whistles as hes waiting for the 32bit version

 

I only have a problem with playing @ non native res ...

But 9.3 gives you a good boost at L4D

Greetings
Julian

 

Might be faster for E if i test them first since most people with 64bit vista seems to be slacking

 

I just installed the Vista 64 bit 9.3 driver and will report back if there are any issues.

 

Are you using a 1920x1200 screen ? If yes can you please check if the scaling issue is fixed ? Use 1680x1050 resolution anywhere (even for the desktop) basically.

 

http://ewrecked.darksmileysystems.com/32bit.zip

CooL, give it a shot

 

Great Checking again your installation steps and on my way

 

mm, just to make sure, modify the CCC files with mobility modder or not ?

 

nope nope..
just replace the .infs. I think you may have to do have disk method.. then install CCC after.

only one way to find out though, you can try the setup.exe method for full install.

 

nah gonna try the 2 separate installations and the have disk method first since we didnt have that much luck with the full package installation so i dont trust it anymore

Btw, use the have disk method on both cards or just one of them ? (in case that updating the drivers for one automatically changes the drivers for the other one).

 

if ya install one it should handle the other on its own..

 

Great, on my way to test them then

 

Scaling issue is not fixed for 1600X1200. I think I may have to go back to E-Wrecked's 9.1 driver for the time being.

 

No luck. Display driver installs properly with the have disk method but.

1. No custom resolutions like the rest of the modded drivers.
2. Scaling issue still there.
3. Cant get CCC installed.

 

hmm.. strange. what does CCC say?

I haven't edited resolutions, don't worry bout that yet. Wanna make sure they install before I tweak em down.

 

I was able to install CCC by using E-Wrecked 9.1 driver and going into custom install, and unchecking all options expect for CCC.

 

Basically I always install the drivers using custom installation and when i try to install CCC there isnt an option for it.

I guess me12345's idea could work. Install an older CCC version. But the scaling issue is still there. Except if its non existent CCC part.

 

Hmm.. see if installing the CCC fixes scaling? like I said, I never even touched that part.. Ya should be able to download and install the new CCC tho. Eh, whatever. We'll figure it out eventually. Lemme know how scaling works out.. gonna mod the driver real quick in case..

 

Bah, no luck, even with an older CCC version the scaling issue is still there when using 1600X1200 lower resolutions work of course but those also work with mobility modder

 

Ok..new download here: http://ewrecked.darksmileysystems.com/32bittweaks.zip

performance tweaks and scaling.. 32bit