Driver Problems whith an ATI Radeon Mobility 9000

EviLNeo · Sep 25, 2006, 08:02 AM

Hi everyone!

First, please excuse me for my poor english, is not my native language :-/

I´ve been reading some forums searching for a solution to my problem but I don´t know how to solve it.

Ok, the problem is simple:

I´ve got a Dell Inspiron 5150 with an ATI Radeon Mobilty 9000 (64 Mb ver.) working with Win XP SP1 (NOT THE BUNDLED WITH THE LAPTOP ONE) and I´m experiencing some grafical glitches, like blue matrix like artifacts, appearing randomly @ desktop or running 3D Apps.

I´ve tried the 2 official Dell drivers for this device (ATI MOBILITY 9000 DRIVERS A00 & A02) but both of them fails at same.

Latest Omega Drivers cause my sistem a BSOD just when starting Win XP (tried installing them with and without multires & ATI Tray tools, also activating/desactivating Fast Write @ install)

Every driver install cleaning my sistem before with Driver Cleaner Pro of course =D

Yesterday at last, I tried to install the latest Radeon official drivers (6.9) with DH4, and everything looks to work fine (the system recognizes the device and control panel works great) with the exception that I can´t run any 3D apps or games cause they don´t recognize the device installed.

If I can´t run 3D apps, I can´t check if the artifacts problems have or not been solved.

Please, if anyone has an idea of what to do, or how to solve any of the above problems (Why do Omega Driver fails? How to solve the game´s device check...) will be very thankfull.

Thx for all.

C´ya here.

EviL

Randomness · Sep 26, 2006, 10:08 AM

Hello:

First, I would recommend updating your BIOS if an update is available. Dell is usually pretty good for posting BIOS updates.

Second, make sure you are using Omega Drivers (or any other modded driver) based on Catalyst 6.5 or older. Any new Catalyst drivers based on version 6.6 and above do not work with GPUs before the Radeon 9500 series.

You could try a complete system re-format / reload of Windows XP.
However, if the problem does not go away, it is possible there is damage to your hardware, or your system is overheating.

Good luck, and take care.

Sep 25, 2006, 08:02 AM	#1
EviLNeo DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Driver Problems whith an ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 Hi everyone! First, please excuse me for my poor english, is not my native language :-/ I´ve been reading some forums searching for a solution to my problem but I don´t know how to solve it. Ok, the problem is simple: I´ve got a Dell Inspiron 5150 with an ATI Radeon Mobilty 9000 (64 Mb ver.) working with Win XP SP1 (NOT THE BUNDLED WITH THE LAPTOP ONE) and I´m experiencing some grafical glitches, like blue matrix like artifacts, appearing randomly @ desktop or running 3D Apps. I´ve tried the 2 official Dell drivers for this device (ATI MOBILITY 9000 DRIVERS A00 & A02) but both of them fails at same. Latest Omega Drivers cause my sistem a BSOD just when starting Win XP (tried installing them with and without multires & ATI Tray tools, also activating/desactivating Fast Write @ install) Every driver install cleaning my sistem before with Driver Cleaner Pro of course =D Yesterday at last, I tried to install the latest Radeon official drivers (6.9) with DH4, and everything looks to work fine (the system recognizes the device and control panel works great) with the exception that I can´t run any 3D apps or games cause they don´t recognize the device installed. If I can´t run 3D apps, I can´t check if the artifacts problems have or not been solved. Please, if anyone has an idea of what to do, or how to solve any of the above problems (Why do Omega Driver fails? How to solve the game´s device check...) will be very thankfull. Thx for all. C´ya here. EviL

Sep 26, 2006, 10:08 AM	#2
Randomness in a state of flux Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 360 Rep Power: 25 System Specs	Hello: First, I would recommend updating your BIOS if an update is available. Dell is usually pretty good for posting BIOS updates. Second, make sure you are using Omega Drivers (or any other modded driver) based on Catalyst 6.5 or older. Any new Catalyst drivers based on version 6.6 and above do not work with GPUs before the Radeon 9500 series. You could try a complete system re-format / reload of Windows XP. However, if the problem does not go away, it is possible there is damage to your hardware, or your system is overheating. Good luck, and take care.