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    g73jh: ATI driver instalker doesnt recognise GPU

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by serlex, Apr 2, 2011.

  1. serlex

    serlex Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello to all I have the following problem, maybe you can help me:

    I dwanted to try the new 11.4 drivers so for that i decided to uninstall my previous 11.2 drivers.

    After uninstalling 11.2 driver I run the 11.4 installer but it didnt install the drivers and windows no longer rcogises my 5870 GPU. It states I have a "compatible VGA card" installed

    I tried uninstalling and goint back to 11.2 but even that installer does not recognize my 5870 anymore...I'm stuck with "Compatible VGA card"

    can anyone help me with this, please ? :)
     
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  2. JOSEA

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    Serlex, Assuming you have already updated your VBIOS, See how to setup(thanks to steviejones133 in the first page of this thread http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...st-11-2-mobility-released-get-yours-here.html

    I realize this is not an ASUS thread but this procedure worked flawlessly for me when I went from stock drivers to 11-2

    Note be careful with drive sweeper and CC cleaner when i ran there were files that it wanted to remove that I knew I needed (Asus.sys folder for example, it is for express gate), but you can easily keep the files you want.

    I am sure it will work for 11.4. Let us know the results.
     
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  3. serlex

    serlex Notebook Enthusiast

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    thank you very much for the reply!

    I have managed to install the driver finally! (without the sweeper) but there's something odd:

    The GPU is clocked at 100/150 MHz ...

    UPDATE 1: now it seems to change from 100/150 to the normal 400/1000 (idle) and 700/1000 (in gpu accelerated progrmas like Firefox 4)... but before it never switched to 100/150 automtically. anyone knows about this?
     
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    Great, glad to hear that your are welcome, if you are on battery it will clock down to that level depending on the VBIOS you have installed (100/150). That is the great thing about these modded Vbios, you can get over 2 hours on battery while surfing, email (not gaming of course). The clocks you mention are totally normal.
     
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    I'm so relieved!

    gracias!!
     
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    This is a Asus thread, in fact the full name of the mentioned model is Asus G73JH
     
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  7. serlex

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    I think he meant the Thread he's providing on his message, which happens to be from alienware section :)

    Anyway, issue is solved! thanks to all!
     
    serlex, Apr 2, 2011
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