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    HD 2600 BSOD problems

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Zam, Oct 21, 2007.

  1. Zam

    Zam Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    I searched around the forums and I wasn't able to find a solution to this problem in the current threads about it.

    Right now, when I connect an external display via VGA or HDMI to my HP 8510p, after a while I will get display driver errors and a BSOD.

    It's probably the ATI drivers. I remember on my V6Va which had the x700, I also had a lot of problems until I installed Omega drivers which worked perfectly. It seems 3rd party Omega are better at making the drivers than ATI :p

    Anyway, I've tried uninstalling, reinstalling, and all of that, I tried the factory installed version of the display driver, version 7.8 and version 7.10, but so far all have had this problem. I also used mobility.net to modify the drivers, but still this problem remains.

    Right now I can't even install Catalyst control center anymore for some reason, after it was giving me some weird error upon start up. But I don't really need Catalyst control center, do I?

    Thanks!
     
    Zam, Oct 21, 2007
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  2. Shambles.ch

    Shambles.ch Notebook Consultant

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    Strange...did you uninstall the drivers with the catalyst uninstaller?

    I did a clean Vista install and use now 7.9 with the driverheaven mod and connecting my notebook to an external display (Sony 40x3500) via HDMI works perfectly...

    Can you describe your error a bit better? (probably look in the event manager). So it works fine and after a few minutes you get a BSOD? Or doesn't it work at all?
     
    Shambles.ch, Oct 21, 2007
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  3. Crimsonman

    Crimsonman Ex NBR member :cry:

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    IT is the ATI drivers. Get the 7.10 drivers, thats what I use and they dont crash, when they did previously
     
    Crimsonman, Oct 21, 2007
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