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    Cant seem to update my video card drivers upon fresh Windows install

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by teeth_03, Sep 30, 2010.

  1. teeth_03

    teeth_03 Notebook Evangelist

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    I was able to install AMD's motherboard video drivers fine for my laptop when I had my stock install of Windows 7 32 bit,but since i upgraded to 64 bit fresh install, the drivers cant seem to detect my video card to install them.

    The only drivers that work are the outdated lenovo drivers. I havent tried the mobility modder yet, but I am just kinda wondering if anyone knows why I cant install the drivers off of AMDs website...
     
    teeth_03, Sep 30, 2010
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    If it's a 3200, being a derivative of the 3100 series, rather than a HD 3200, it probably isn't working because it isn't one of the officially supported GPUs for the current Windows 7 64 driver set.

    Mobility Modder isn't useful in this situation since it only works up to version 10.2 and the latest is 10.8.
     
    Paralel, Sep 30, 2010
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    teeth_03 Notebook Evangelist

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    well,it is listed as Radeon HD 3200 in CCC, i didnt think there was a difference hence why my sig dosent have "HD" in it...

    so your saying AMD dosent really support my GPU for Windows 7 64 bit but does for 32 bit?
     
    teeth_03, Sep 30, 2010
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    That's probably the only reason, yeah.
    I suppose you could try older drivers for example, or see if Windows Update will find the drivers on it's own.
     
    Deks, Sep 30, 2010
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    I just tried installing 10.7,and it actually worked,I think thats the latest one I could install, might also be limited in the later versions in 32 bit as well,but I cant be sure
     
    teeth_03, Sep 30, 2010
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