RyanW

Right here goes,

I bought a Radeon X1550 which it looks like I may well have wasted my money. Here I am two months down the line and I am yet to successfully install a working driver. I Cannot believe how Incompatible the ATI Support Packages are with Windows Vista.

I'm running Vista on a fairly new PC - 3 months old...ish - It's a PC World unit so nothing out of the ordinary.

• Intel Core2 Duo Premium D915
• 2 GB DDRII RAM
• 750 GB Drive
• I have included the Tech stuff at the bottom (dxdiag report)
• Ask me if you need to know anything else spec-wise (simple instructions as to where to find what you're asking for would be appreciated)

So far I must have installed every available version of CCC from 7.1 upwards (Latest 7.10 I believe) a 'good' few times each. It has taken weeks of frustration, this card owes me a bloody holiday, not to mention a good 20 hours labour.

The PC recognises the Graphics card fine.

Every time install the CCC or the ATI display Driver I recieve the exact same error message:

Display Driver Install: The INF file was not found

This occurs while installing the "South Bridge Filter Driver" as per the progress bar text.

PC then re-boots as it should and BAM, groundhog day, back into Vista on VGA mode telling me that the driver is for a previous version of Windows (RUBBISH).

Things I do or have tried:

• I "Run As Administrator" when I install to ensure maximum permissions.
• I have tried installing into folders outside of the "Program Files" folder to avoid any permission related problems (I know Vista's a bugger for this).
• Un-installing an re-installing everything ATI related. Including the manual deletes, folders etc. I have done this more times than I can remember, trying pretty much every version available.
• Installing CCC alternatives such as rad w2kxp omega 38421. No joy.
• I have re-installed all .net framework packages 1, 2 and 3.
• Hell I've even tried a few of the old XP/2000 drivers just for shits and Giggles but no luck with anything.

I am baffled as to what to try next, I heard talk of people attempting to hack the NFO file, duplicate and paste into the installationally relevant folders but no confirmed reports of this being a solution in contrast to the definite reports of it not working. Either way it seems like a poor solution.

I have trawled the virtual world and whilst this is obviously a very common ATI problem I am yet to see a resolved thread.

Please help me if you can, I know there's an ATI Guru knocking about in here somewhere.

Thanks in Advance

Ryan W

Tech Stuff Below:

I Can also supply the installation report if this will help.

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System Information
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Time of this report: 10/31/2007, 19:29:37
Machine name: SUPER-PC
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_gdr.070627-1500)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Acer
System Model: Aspire T671
BIOS: )Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 1149MB used, 3175MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.00.6000.16386 32bit Unicode


Card name:
Manufacturer:
Chip type:
DAC type:
Device Key: Enum\
Display Memory: n/a
Dedicated Memory: n/a
Shared Memory: n/a
Current Mode: 1152 x 864 (32 bit) (1Hz)
Monitor:
Driver Name:
Driver Version: ()
DDI Version: unknown
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: , 0 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier: {D7B70EE0-4340-11CF-B223-7037AFC2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x0000
Device ID: 0x0000
SubSys ID: 0x00000000
Revision ID: 0x0000
Revision ID: 0x0000
Video Accel:
Deinterlace Caps: n/a
DDraw Status: Not Available
D3D Status: Not Available
AGP Status: Not Available


Name: ATI Radeon X1550 Series Secondary
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7166&SUBSYS_30011002&REV_00\4&251 B81E2&0&0110
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\atikmdag.sys, 7.01.0001.0693 (English), 9/29/2007 03:13:56, 3154944 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\ativcaxx.cpa, 8/23/2006 21:26:57, 328162 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\ativcaxx.vp, 8/23/2006 21:26:57, 929 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\ativvpxx.vp, 9/29/2007 05:47:00, 52432 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\ativpkxx.vp, 5/30/2007 15:37:38, 2096 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\ativokxx.vp, 5/30/2007 15:37:38, 2096 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\ativdkxx.vp, 4/18/2007 12:19:50, 2096 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\ati2erec.dll, 1.00.0000.0012 (English), 9/29/2007 02:16:42, 49152 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atiumdag.dll, 7.14.0010.0532 (English), 9/29/2007 02:50:24, 3071488 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atiumdva.dll, 7.14.0010.0167 (English), 9/29/2007 02:37:10, 3887104 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atitmmxx.dll, 6.14.0011.0017 (English), 9/29/2007 03:02:46, 159744 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atiicdxx.dat, 7/16/2007 15:37:39, 154206 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atiumdva.dat, 9/29/2007 02:36:50, 3107788 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\amdpcom32.dll, 7.14.0010.0001 (English), 9/29/2007 02:27:46, 48128 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\Ati2evxx.exe, 6.14.0010.4178 (English), 9/29/2007 03:01:02, 610304 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\Ati2evxx.dll, 6.14.0010.4176 (English), 9/29/2007 03:02:06, 245760 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atipdlxx.dll, 6.14.0010.2524 (English), 9/29/2007 03:02:36, 266240 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\Oemdspif.dll, 6.15.0002.0000 (English), 9/29/2007 03:02:27, 237568 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\ati2edxx.dll, 6.14.0010.2512 (English), 9/29/2007 03:02:16, 43520 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\ATIDEMGX.dll, 2.00.2827.39688 (English), 9/29/2007 03:02:57, 356352 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atioglxx.dll, 6.14.0010.6956 (English), 9/29/2007 03:03:30, 9850880 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\atiogl.xml, 8/17/2007 09:56:04, 11557 bytes
Name: ATI Radeon X1550 Series
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7146&SUBSYS_30001002&REV_00\4&251 B81E2&0&0010
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\atikmdag.sys, 7.01.0001.0693 (English), 9/29/2007 03:13:56, 3154944 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\ativcaxx.cpa, 8/23/2006 21:26:57, 328162 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\ativcaxx.vp, 8/23/2006 21:26:57, 929 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\ativvpxx.vp, 9/29/2007 05:47:00, 52432 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\ativpkxx.vp, 5/30/2007 15:37:38, 2096 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\ativokxx.vp, 5/30/2007 15:37:38, 2096 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\ativdkxx.vp, 4/18/2007 12:19:50, 2096 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\ati2erec.dll, 1.00.0000.0012 (English), 9/29/2007 02:16:42, 49152 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atiumdag.dll, 7.14.0010.0532 (English), 9/29/2007 02:50:24, 3071488 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atiumdva.dll, 7.14.0010.0167 (English), 9/29/2007 02:37:10, 3887104 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atitmmxx.dll, 6.14.0011.0017 (English), 9/29/2007 03:02:46, 159744 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atiicdxx.dat, 7/16/2007 15:37:39, 154206 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atiumdva.dat, 9/29/2007 02:36:50, 3107788 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\amdpcom32.dll, 7.14.0010.0001 (English), 9/29/2007 02:27:46, 48128 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\Ati2evxx.exe, 6.14.0010.4178 (English), 9/29/2007 03:01:02, 610304 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\Ati2evxx.dll, 6.14.0010.4176 (English), 9/29/2007 03:02:06, 245760 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atipdlxx.dll, 6.14.0010.2524 (English), 9/29/2007 03:02:36, 266240 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\Oemdspif.dll, 6.15.0002.0000 (English), 9/29/2007 03:02:27, 237568 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\ati2edxx.dll, 6.14.0010.2512 (English), 9/29/2007 03:02:16, 43520 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\ATIDEMGX.dll, 2.00.2827.39688 (English), 9/29/2007 03:02:57, 356352 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\system32\atioglxx.dll, 6.14.0010.6956 (English), 9/29/2007 03:03:30, 9850880 bytes
Driver: C:\Windows\atiogl.xml, 8/17/2007 09:56:04, 11557 bytes