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    HELP: Ati Omega driver issues

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by ACUD, Dec 7, 2005.

  1. ACUD

    ACUD Notebook Enthusiast

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    They there i just recently dowloaded ATi omega drivers and every runs fine like games, but when i watch video files it laggs and freezes the computer. Someone help me, it never did this before i installed the omega drivers.

    And if i uninstall the omega drivers it gets rid of my vga drivers and stufff and my screen goes big and it detects devices and all that crap? so what do i do? i would like to keep these drivers but i cant play videos with it????? help please
     
    ACUD, Dec 7, 2005
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  2. 4ndr3

    4ndr3 Notebook Geek

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    What is the version of the drivers? What is your controller/board graphic card? I have in my 9800pro and ati mobility radeon x600 ati omega drivers v2.6.71 and i'v never have problems with them. I depared with a problem like yours but with nvidia drivers... in my old FX5200... but with the nvidia drivers course :p . To resolve your problem u unistall the omega drivers, reboot, and then install ati official drivers (catalysm) reboot again and test it. The problem continuous? Reboot, enter in safe mode, (f8 during windows booting) and when the windows is loaded, start, control panel, system, and look for device manager and try to uninstall manually the drivers of your board/controler. reboot and install catalysm.
    Your problem is the drivers i think i can give u that fact.
    Any doubt, ask again.
     
    4ndr3, Dec 7, 2005
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  3. Shampoo

    Shampoo Notebook Deity

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    uninstall the drivers and reinstall them, but go download Driver Cleaner Pro at driverheaven.net or guru3d.com and follow the instructions to use that program.

    Sounds like a bad driver installation.

    Once you have uninstalled the drivers correctly and gotten rid of all video drivers on your harddrive when the auto detect comes up it shouldn't install unwanted drivers automatically. When that thing comes up just hit cancel and execute the setup.exe for the Omega drivers.

    Once again I can't stress this enough, make sure you have uninstalled the previous drivers properly. 1)Add/Remove Programs, uninstall ati display driver, 2)run the Driver Cleaner Pro, 3)restart, 4)cancel any auto driver installation attemps by windows, 5)execute the setup.exe for the desired drivers :D

    Hope that helps, Cheers,
    Mike
     
    Shampoo, Dec 11, 2005
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