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    Mobility FireGL drivers

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by moon angel, Dec 20, 2007.

  1. moon angel

    moon angel Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Possibly being a bit thick, but a lot of IBMs and Lenovos have these cards so I figure you guys might know:

    I've looked on ATi's website for drivers. They show mobilty radeon, FireGL, but no mobility FireGL. Which drivers can I use? This is for a T43p with mobility FireGL V3200. I could get them from Lenovo's site but I want the latest ones not the 2005 ones.


    Thanks for any help!



    Edit: Actually Lenovo list a driver from september 2007, is there a newer one?
     
    moon angel, Dec 20, 2007
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    Dreamer The Bad Boy

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    Dreamer, Dec 20, 2007
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    Dreamer The Bad Boy

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    Btw, the FireGL V3200 is the X600, so you could try to install Radeon drivers on that....
     
    Dreamer, Dec 20, 2007
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  4. next4nextel

    next4nextel Notebook Consultant

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    you have to get drivers from lenovo not Ati because the ati drivers are generic and will not work with your laptop unless you tweak even then you'll be lucky if they install and then you are asking for BSODs.
     
    next4nextel, Dec 21, 2007
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    moon angel Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Thanks next4nextel. That's not so bad, Lenovo offer 09/2007 drivers so I'm sure they'll be fine.
     
    moon angel, Dec 23, 2007
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    I run across firegl drivers in windows update, but I do not know the source or date.
     
    TPA, Dec 23, 2007
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    stay away from those you'll only run into problems later if they install my laptop was locking up consistently because of driver issues. Also if you update your drivers get the drivers from the lenovo driver matrix on their website, there should be a new fire gl driver update on lenovo. I installed it like 2 weeks ago and it works perfectly. Also if you mess around Ati won't give you support they told me in the past to deal with lenovo since it is a proprietary fire gl. If you upgrade your drivers first uninstall the old ones restart and then install the new version.
     
    next4nextel, Dec 26, 2007
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