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    T400: Catalyst Control Center Fails to Load

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by zhaos, Mar 4, 2012.

  1. zhaos

    zhaos Notebook Consultant

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    So I have a T400 with switchable graphics Intel/ATI HD3470, and I am running Windows 7 64. My most recent installation of Windows 7 was in December, and only now have I had a need for the discrete graphics card. So I switched over to the discrete using power manager, and the graphics card works fine, but I cannot get Catalyst Control Center to load. This is kind of inconvenient since I would like to change the monitor setting such that it doesn't stretch a 4:3 resolution to the widescreen.

    If I right click the desktop and select Catalyst Control Center, the mouse icon turns into pointer with processing in the background for a few seconds, and then returns to normal. There also is no icon in the taskbar. I've reinstalled the drivers from lenovo a few times, and as far as I know, I don't see anything in the system log that indicates an error, although perhaps I was looking in the wrong place there.

    I was wondering if anyone else has encountered this issue and if there are any solutions.
     
    zhaos, Mar 4, 2012
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  2. keltix

    keltix Notebook Deity

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    I remember I had a similar problem, so I had to re-install the ATI driver without the CCC.

    I was still able to do switchable graphics from the power menu.
     
    keltix, Mar 4, 2012
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  3. zhaos

    zhaos Notebook Consultant

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    The issue is not that I don't have switchable graphics, it's that the catalyst control center doesn't start when I try to load it.
     
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    Exactly.
    I couldn't load the CCC either, I think I searched on google or somewhere and it turns out it was some sort of compatibility error.

    Try re-installing the drivers/CCC
     
    keltix, Mar 4, 2012
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