Help me update from 9.3! Nothing works

Flav_cool · Nov 1, 2009, 11:50 PM

Hi,

I'm running windows 7 32bit with a ATi mobility x300 in a Dell Inspiron 9300.

I have been using catalyst 9.3 (no CCC) for a while but ran into some issues with Guitar hero world tour. I'm not sure if it has to do with the video drivers but I'd like to update them.

I tried 9.6, 9.7, 9.8, 9.9, 9.10 after modding with mobility modder (latest version) but they don't work! 9.10 gives a bluescreen upon restart and the others say something about graphics card/driver not found upon restart...

Also tried the "beta" 9.9 ati mobility drivers but they won't even install without getting modded (shouldn't need this) and then it behaves just like 9.6-9.9.

HELP!??

ET3D · Nov 2, 2009, 01:06 AM

The mainstream Catalyst drivers no longer support the DX9 chips. Try the legacy drivers available here: ATI Catalyst? Legacy Display Driver

BTW, ATI said that they plan to release new legacy drivers shortly.

Dark Lord · Nov 2, 2009, 01:20 AM

if hes gone through all those cat versions, that means hes been using the vista drivers, which have had dx9 support up until now.
that x300, thats not an agp card is it? cat 9.3 was the last set of drivers that supported agp cards.

never mind that, i took a look at the owners manual and its a pci express motherboard.

here we go, im willing to bet this was the problem.
you tried installing the drivers you downloaded off the site, didnt you? you need to use this to get them to work on a laptop. http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool.php

ET3D · Nov 2, 2009, 02:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dark Lord

if hes gone through all those cat versions, that means hes been using the vista drivers, which have had dx9 support up until now.

They haven't.

Dark Lord · Nov 2, 2009, 02:33 AM

unless i dotn remember an announcement 6 months ago, as of 9.8, they dropped it. so 9.4-9.7, they would have it.

just what i was looking for.

AMD has moved several DX9 only capable video cards into legacy status. The list of video cards now in a legacy support structure are noted on that page. These now legacy video cards will no longer receive driver updates in Windows 7. However, you can still use Vista drivers in Windows 7, of which the latest is Catalyst 9.8. This at least allows you to run them just fine under Windows 7, you just wonft see any more driver updates for them officially. This only affects the video cards listed on that page, and does not affect any DX10 and DX11 generation video cards

ET3D · Nov 2, 2009, 03:09 AM

They moved the to legacy status on 9.3. They did release later drivers, the latest 9.8 (and 9.11 should appear this month), but I don't think they're the same drivers, which is why I suggested going to the legacy driver download.

Flav_cool · Nov 2, 2009, 12:03 PM

Hi guys, thanks for the suggestions. I did use the mobility modder on all the sets that I tried. I BELIEVE I even tried the 9.8 legacy ones, which also failed. I guess I'll try those again...

DJ BIG T · Nov 2, 2009, 12:59 PM

its not the drivers your having trouble with your card cant handle guitarhero

minimum system requirements video card x800 you have a x300
max is x800 and up thats why you cant play the game...im looking on my guitar hero 3 which you have world tour is new and might have better gfx that your card in that laptop cant handle that game...

Flav_cool · Nov 3, 2009, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DJ BIG T

its not the drivers your having trouble with your card cant handle guitarhero

minimum system requirements video card x800 you have a x300
max is x800 and up thats why you cant play the game...im looking on my guitar hero 3 which you have world tour is new and might have better gfx that your card in that laptop cant handle that game...

Since when can't a subpar graphics card not display the graphics? Albeit slowly with low fps... Oh wait I never explained the problem. The game runs but I can't see the main menu options (a black box over the background) and once I get into a game blindly I can't see the notes, only the long streaks.

I played GH3 with it.

DJ BIG T · Nov 4, 2009, 01:45 PM

im thinking this is why it isnt working i could be wrong..

Minimum System Requirements
OS: Windows XP SP3/Vista SP1
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core @ 2.4 GHz/AMD Athlon 4400+
Memory: 1 GB on XP/2 GB on Vista
Hard Drive: 9.1 GB Free
Video Memory: 256 MB (NVIDIA GeForce 7600/ATI Radeon X1600)
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 9.0c
Keyboard & Mouse
DVD Rom Drive
Internet: Online multiplayer (Internet TCP/IP) requires a broadband connection
Peripherals: Windows XP®/Vista® compatible mouse and keyboard with the latest drivers, Official Guitar Hero World Tour Guitar Controller,
PLAYSTATION®3 Guitar Hero World Tour Guitar Controller,
PLAYSTATION®3 Guitar Hero World Tour Drum Controller,
PLAYSTATION®3 Guitar Hero World Tour USB Microphone

Recommended System Requirements
OS: Windows XP SP3/Vista SP1
Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO @ 2.6 GHz/AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 5200+
Memory: 2 GB
Hard Drive: 9.1 GB
Video Memory: 512 MB (NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT/ATI Radeon 3870)
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 9.0c
Keyboard & Mouse
DVD Rom Drive
Internet: Online multiplayer (Internet TCP/IP) requires a broadband connection
Peripherals: Windows XP®/Vista® compatible mouse and keyboard with the latest drivers, Official Guitar Hero World Tour Guitar Controller,
PLAYSTATION®3 Guitar Hero World Tour Guitar Controller,
PLAYSTATION®3 Guitar Hero World Tour Drum Controller,
PLAYSTATION®3 Guitar Hero World Tour USB Microphone

now this is for world tour which have harder gfx in this game..

Nov 1, 2009, 11:50 PM	#1
Flav_cool DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 92 Rep Power: 0	Help me update from 9.3! Nothing works Hi, I'm running windows 7 32bit with a ATi mobility x300 in a Dell Inspiron 9300. I have been using catalyst 9.3 (no CCC) for a while but ran into some issues with Guitar hero world tour. I'm not sure if it has to do with the video drivers but I'd like to update them. I tried 9.6, 9.7, 9.8, 9.9, 9.10 after modding with mobility modder (latest version) but they don't work! 9.10 gives a bluescreen upon restart and the others say something about graphics card/driver not found upon restart... Also tried the "beta" 9.9 ati mobility drivers but they won't even install without getting modded (shouldn't need this) and then it behaves just like 9.6-9.9. HELP!?? __________________ Dell Inspiron 9300: [color=black]P-M 1.86GHz @ 0.7/1.068v[/color] \| [color=green][color=Black]128MB ATi X300 @[/color] [/color][color=red]444.60/651.84 DDR[color=Black] [/color][/color][color=green][color=Black][49.70%/42.01% OC][/color] [/color]\|[color=darkblue] 3DMark05:2001 [/color] \|[color=green] [color=Black]1GB DDR2 [/color][/color]\|[color=green] [color=Black]100GB 5400RPM [/color][/color]\|[color=green] [color=Black]NEC 8X DVD-RW[/color] [/color]\|[color=green] [color=Black]9-cell battery[/color] [/color]\|[color=green] [color=Black]17" Samsung K9922 WUXGA[/color] [/color]\|[color=green] [color=Black]3yr warranty[/color][/color]

Nov 2, 2009, 01:06 AM	#2
ET3D Hopeless Dreamer Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dreamland, near the pool of infinite graphics cards Posts: 2,527 Rep Power: 60 System Specs	Re: Help me update from 9.3! Nothing works The mainstream Catalyst drivers no longer support the DX9 chips. Try the legacy drivers available here: ATI Catalyst? Legacy Display Driver BTW, ATI said that they plan to release new legacy drivers shortly.

Nov 2, 2009, 01:20 AM	#3
Dark Lord DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,586 Rep Power: 66 System Specs	Re: Help me update from 9.3! Nothing works if hes gone through all those cat versions, that means hes been using the vista drivers, which have had dx9 support up until now. that x300, thats not an agp card is it? cat 9.3 was the last set of drivers that supported agp cards. never mind that, i took a look at the owners manual and its a pci express motherboard. here we go, im willing to bet this was the problem. you tried installing the drivers you downloaded off the site, didnt you? you need to use this to get them to work on a laptop. http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool.php __________________ Last edited by Dark Lord; Nov 2, 2009 at 01:32 AM.

Nov 2, 2009, 02:33 AM	#5
Dark Lord DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,586 Rep Power: 66 System Specs	Re: Help me update from 9.3! Nothing works unless i dotn remember an announcement 6 months ago, as of 9.8, they dropped it. so 9.4-9.7, they would have it. just what i was looking for. AMD has moved several DX9 only capable video cards into legacy status. The list of video cards now in a legacy support structure are noted on that page. These now legacy video cards will no longer receive driver updates in Windows 7. However, you can still use Vista drivers in Windows 7, of which the latest is Catalyst 9.8. This at least allows you to run them just fine under Windows 7, you just wonft see any more driver updates for them officially. This only affects the video cards listed on that page, and does not affect any DX10 and DX11 generation video cards __________________

Nov 2, 2009, 03:09 AM	#6
ET3D Hopeless Dreamer Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dreamland, near the pool of infinite graphics cards Posts: 2,527 Rep Power: 60 System Specs	Re: Help me update from 9.3! Nothing works They moved the to legacy status on 9.3. They did release later drivers, the latest 9.8 (and 9.11 should appear this month), but I don't think they're the same drivers, which is why I suggested going to the legacy driver download.

Nov 2, 2009, 12:03 PM	#7
Flav_cool DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 92 Rep Power: 0	Re: Help me update from 9.3! Nothing works Hi guys, thanks for the suggestions. I did use the mobility modder on all the sets that I tried. I BELIEVE I even tried the 9.8 legacy ones, which also failed. I guess I'll try those again... __________________ Dell Inspiron 9300: [color=black]P-M 1.86GHz @ 0.7/1.068v[/color] \| [color=green][color=Black]128MB ATi X300 @[/color] [/color][color=red]444.60/651.84 DDR[color=Black] [/color][/color][color=green][color=Black][49.70%/42.01% OC][/color] [/color]\|[color=darkblue] 3DMark05:2001 [/color] \|[color=green] [color=Black]1GB DDR2 [/color][/color]\|[color=green] [color=Black]100GB 5400RPM [/color][/color]\|[color=green] [color=Black]NEC 8X DVD-RW[/color] [/color]\|[color=green] [color=Black]9-cell battery[/color] [/color]\|[color=green] [color=Black]17" Samsung K9922 WUXGA[/color] [/color]\|[color=green] [color=Black]3yr warranty[/color][/color]

Nov 2, 2009, 12:59 PM	#8
DJ BIG T DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: ORLANDO,FL Posts: 699 Rep Power: 36 System Specs	Re: Help me update from 9.3! Nothing works its not the drivers your having trouble with your card cant handle guitarhero minimum system requirements video card x800 you have a x300 max is x800 and up thats why you cant play the game...im looking on my guitar hero 3 which you have world tour is new and might have better gfx that your card in that laptop cant handle that game... __________________ Last edited by DJ BIG T; Nov 2, 2009 at 01:06 PM.

Nov 4, 2009, 01:45 PM	#10
DJ BIG T DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: ORLANDO,FL Posts: 699 Rep Power: 36 System Specs	Re: Help me update from 9.3! Nothing works im thinking this is why it isnt working i could be wrong.. Minimum System Requirements OS: Windows XP SP3/Vista SP1 Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core @ 2.4 GHz/AMD Athlon 4400+ Memory: 1 GB on XP/2 GB on Vista Hard Drive: 9.1 GB Free Video Memory: 256 MB (NVIDIA GeForce 7600/ATI Radeon X1600) Sound Card: DirectX Compatible DirectX: 9.0c Keyboard & Mouse DVD Rom Drive Internet: Online multiplayer (Internet TCP/IP) requires a broadband connection Peripherals: Windows XP®/Vista® compatible mouse and keyboard with the latest drivers, Official Guitar Hero World Tour Guitar Controller, PLAYSTATION®3 Guitar Hero World Tour Guitar Controller, PLAYSTATION®3 Guitar Hero World Tour Drum Controller, PLAYSTATION®3 Guitar Hero World Tour USB Microphone Recommended System Requirements OS: Windows XP SP3/Vista SP1 Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO @ 2.6 GHz/AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 5200+ Memory: 2 GB Hard Drive: 9.1 GB Video Memory: 512 MB (NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT/ATI Radeon 3870) Sound Card: DirectX Compatible DirectX: 9.0c Keyboard & Mouse DVD Rom Drive Internet: Online multiplayer (Internet TCP/IP) requires a broadband connection Peripherals: Windows XP®/Vista® compatible mouse and keyboard with the latest drivers, Official Guitar Hero World Tour Guitar Controller, PLAYSTATION®3 Guitar Hero World Tour Guitar Controller, PLAYSTATION®3 Guitar Hero World Tour Drum Controller, PLAYSTATION®3 Guitar Hero World Tour USB Microphone now this is for world tour which have harder gfx in this game.. __________________