Radeon Omega Drivers v2.4.78 for Win 2k/XP

LadFromWales85 · Sep 22, 2003, 04:52 PM

Is there a point upgrading to the 'a' version?

I have a 9700Pro, just went back to my Asus A7V333 as my NF7-S was faulty, so I'm missing nForce already, lol...Resisting the urge to reinstall as we all know windows is weird after hardware changes

is the 'a' version any quicker? better IQ? etc etc

Thanks

BWX · Sep 22, 2003, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Omegadrive

As for the SmartGart startup problem when installing the drivers, I do have the pause you mention every time I install the drivers, but I just wait for the display to reset itself before touching the PC, and that is about 30 seconds after the desktop comes up.
Remeber, that startup programs take their order when starting the PC and if you have MANY startup programs (like the icons on your system tray), this will delay the Smartgart startup process.

I actually get an error message saying Smartgart didn't start- I just disabled smartgart in Services after installing the drivers, and before shutting down. Then when I restart, I run smartgart manually from the services menu, then it does it's check- Seems to work pretty good.

LadFromWales85 · Sep 22, 2003, 06:41 PM

The two ATi services only ever need to run once. Some people disable them after installing the drivers, but before rebooting...then reboot... start the two services... (screen flickers)... update the running services list, one of them stops... then just disable them both

Robert McClelland · Sep 24, 2003, 01:32 AM

I test these out later lol I guss I'm kinda late on this one

stevec · Sep 24, 2003, 04:58 AM

Glad to say the new a revision works fine with my Dell 8100 / 7500 Mobility

Thanks to Omega for providing such a sterling service

Nyana · Sep 25, 2003, 03:04 AM

Glad to say the new a revision works fine with my Dell 8100 / 9000 Mobility too

Thanks to Omega !!!

@ Desert Siege

Quote:

But first you need to enter into the ADMIN TOOLS ---> SERVICES. Here select the ATI "SMART" and also the "HotKey Poller" disable them both right now! Than manually reboot.

what do you mean exactly .. where will I find the ADMIN TOOLS ?

Ford42 · Sep 25, 2003, 06:54 AM

Get this error everytime i try to install the Rad Clocker.

Error opening file. (#1, Line 23)

any ideas?

BWX · Sep 25, 2003, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ford42
Get this error everytime i try to install the Rad Clocker.

Error opening file. (#1, Line 23)

any ideas?

Yup- it is because it's already been installed. That happened to me too- you have to uninstall it in the control panel, then reinstall it. It worked for me.

Ford42 · Sep 25, 2003, 09:01 PM

well i uninstalled it rebooted and tried again but still get that error. are there any registry keys that i might need to delete?

BWX · Sep 25, 2003, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ford42
well i uninstalled it rebooted and tried again but still get that error. are there any registry keys that i might need to delete?

You could uninstall it, (delete the folder in your c: drive too) then reinstall radclocker by itself.

BryanDS · Sep 26, 2003, 01:41 AM

Well, this sucks.

Homeworld 2 wasnt working until I installed the Omega Drivers (Thanks Omega)

However.. now it works, but freezes and stops responding completely randomly during video and game sequences..

When XP (pro) reboots, I get this error.

Error signature--------------------------------------------

szAppName : Drivers.Display szAppVer : 100241700000031002
szModName : ati2dvag.dll szModVer : 6.14.10.6378 Offset : BB1406EA

==================================================
==============================

//
// Watchdog Event Log File
//

LogType: Watchdog
Created: 2003-09-12 21:10:30
TimeZone: 480 - Pacific Standard Time
WindowsVersion: XP
EventType: 0xEA - Thread Stuck in Device Driver

//
// The driver for the display device got stuck in an infinite loop. This
// usually indicates a problem with the device itself or with the device
// driver programming the hardware incorrectly. Please check with your
// display device vendor for any driver updates.
//

This has happened randomly before on other games.. but nowhere near as much as HW2, and it even started happening in regular apps as well..

Thoughts?

BWX · Sep 26, 2003, 02:00 AM

That does suck- I would uninsatall everything (drivers, radlinker, )- use DH driver cleaner v2 in SAFE MODE- and also use the cab cleaner.

Then reinstall the drivers.
___________________________________
BUT- before you restart after the driver install, go to the services in administrative tools.
Disable smartgart and hotkey poller. Turn them off.
___________________________________

Then reboot- got to services and turn them both back on, then wait 30 seconds.

Let the screen blink/flicker- then turn BOTH services back off- And leave them off-

Install radclocker/ refreshforce- then reboot.

Should work

Nyana · Sep 26, 2003, 03:45 AM

what do the 2 services do exactly .. ?
I tried it yesterday ? I cleaned all ... then installed the latest Omega an disabled the 2 services before reboot.

After reboot I switched them to automatic an started them manually ... on my desktop PC (8500 modded to 9100 by bios) all is fine .. but also all is fine if I do nothing ...

On my Notebook (Dell Inspiron 8100/9000 mobility) the system always freeze one time ... if I install the omegas normally or if I install them with this services trick !!!

I Found out, that the system works fine either ... but if i reboot after install of Omega drivers in Safe Mode one time and then reboot normally ... there will be no freeze an all will be fine too ..

so what the hell do the services are for ? (sorry .. I'm a noob at this question)

BWX · Sep 26, 2003, 08:00 AM

Smartgart has to run once right after the install for the drivers to install correctly from what I've heard.

Sometimes it doesn't run by itself after the reboot for some reason.. So if you disable it, then reboot after the install, then enable it- let it run, then disable it- the install will work properly. At least that is the theory, but it worked for me.. I had this problem for the first time after I bought an Nforce 2 motherboard. And this was the only solution for me.

But that might not be your problem, it was just a guess. but cleaning out old drivers is very important if you have had an Nvidia video card in the PC before the installation of an ATI card, I know that for sure.

Nyana · Sep 26, 2003, 09:17 AM

hm .. I think no matter .. if the solution wit x safe mode boot works for me, i don't have to take the freeze while starting it manually.

stevec · Sep 26, 2003, 03:27 PM

Are these ati2evxx.exe and atiptaxx.exe in WinXP ?
- if so, how do you disable them?
- they take up 6 Mb memory and I'm trying to keep the laptop memory up, so any unnecessary services

Quote:

Originally posted by LadFromWales85
The two ATi services only ever need to run once. Some people disable them after installing the drivers, but before rebooting...then reboot... start the two services... (screen flickers)... update the running services list, one of them stops... then just disable them both

Bleach · Sep 29, 2003, 03:02 PM

Had problems with these drivers, random lockups in games so had to go back to the ones based on cat 3.5-rock stable!

BryanDS · Sep 29, 2003, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by stevec
Are these ati2evxx.exe and atiptaxx.exe in WinXP ?
- if so, how do you disable them?
- they take up 6 Mb memory and I'm trying to keep the laptop memory up, so any unnecessary services

Ya know, half the time the errors reported are with the file ati2dvag.dll..

Is that the file?

If so, I echo the question, how would I go about diabling it?

-B

BryanDS · Sep 29, 2003, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bleach
Had problems with these drivers, random lockups in games so had to go back to the ones based on cat 3.5-rock stable!

Happen to have the link for that download? (yes, yes, I know, its probably a simple search.. but at least it will be in this thread for reference.)

Bleach · Sep 29, 2003, 05:06 PM

http://www.driverheaven.net/downloads/index4.htm

the ones based on the 3.5's are "rad_w2kxp_omega_2460 (ATI)" but for the installation to work you have to install the "official" 3.5 drivers then the omega ones otherwise you might get the error message "your sumthing sumthing does not support this sumthing" (cant remember precise words) and the driver will not install properly.

domokong · Sep 30, 2003, 01:31 AM

i'm using an IBM T40 laptop w/ the screen resoultion of 1400x1050. however, after instaling the latest omega drives, it won't let me use the laptop at that resolution. the highest i can use is 1200x1024, even though the monitor drivers fully support 1400x1050. is there any way i can tell windows to make the resolution higher or something?

also, it is true for lcd screens such as on laptops, the lower the refresh rate, the better?

Nyana · Sep 30, 2003, 02:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bleach
http://www.driverheaven.net/downloads/index4.htm

the ones based on the 3.5's are "rad_w2kxp_omega_2460 (ATI)" but for the installation to work you have to install the "official" 3.5 drivers then the omega ones otherwise you might get the error message "your sumthing sumthing does not support this sumthing" (cant remember precise words) and the driver will not install properly.

you installed the official 3.5 and overwrite them with Omega's 2460 ?? o_O
I had a strange problem yesterday ... I worked with the Omegas 2474 (not "a") till the actual 2478a came out ... the 2474 were the only drivers, which won't stutter my mobility 9000 in the Dell Inspiron 8100 Notebook ... and finally the 2478a were fine, too.

At the weekend I reinstalled XP fresh and clean on my notebook to write down a new disk image .. yes the old one was from nov. 2001 !!!

But suddenly the fresh installed 2478a stutter again ... perhaps Omega can say something about ... I think I'll go back to the 2474 again :/

Bleach · Sep 30, 2003, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by [GSR]Iceman
you installed the official 3.5 and overwrite them with Omega's 2460 ?? o_O
I had a strange problem yesterday ... I worked with the Omegas 2474 (not "a") till the actual 2478a came out ... the 2474 were the only drivers, which won't stutter my mobility 9000 in the Dell Inspiron 8100 Notebook ... and finally the 2478a were fine, too.

At the weekend I reinstalled XP fresh and clean on my notebook to write down a new disk image .. yes the old one was from nov. 2001 !!!

But suddenly the fresh installed 2478a stutter again ... perhaps Omega can say something about ... I think I'll go back to the 2474 again :/

Yup! The only way they would install is if the 3.5's were already on. Found this out the other day because i removed the omagas 2474 because of random crashes in some games so i then tried to install the omega 2460's then it gave me an error message. I was wondering why they didnt work because i had them on my system before so i thought back and figured out i had to install the official cat 3.5's or it woudnt work.

Cantona^ · Sep 30, 2003, 08:04 PM

I use the Omega and itÂ´s nice. But I have a problem. When using TV-out I get the desktop fine but the media player window (Windows media player, Power DVD, etc) is black. I get the sound but no picture.
WhatÂ´s up??

I am using Mobility on Hewlett Packard. Mobility 6. P4 1.8 gig.

Help me out please

Hilmar of Iceland

fibonaccov · Oct 4, 2003, 03:20 PM

I'm using Omega Drivers v2.4.78 (not A)

There is something weird happening to me (never had that before) - if I join a Q3 server for the first time (after booting my PC) - it will connect but I will see Q3 frames displayed very fast (like if they were buffered in big amounts and they displayed very quickly - it will stop after 10 seconds and then if I go and play the resolution will get changed to a lower one - if I try to change it via Q3, the Color 32 bit will not be selectable anymore...NOW, if I exit and reconnect, things are fixed - weird, uh? some kind of initialization issue - tried to reinstall a few things but did not help - This is a bit annoying but also the first time this happened - I even did a fresh reinstall of Windows and Q3...

Besides this, Omega's set is great (as usual)

This does NOT happen with other OGL games (i.e. NWN) - just Q3

Any idea?

Thanks,

--fibo

Skinner · Oct 5, 2003, 10:50 AM

Omega, I have three questions.

Is it usefull to try these with an Athlon 64, are there already tweaks for it in these set?

How do you improve the IQ for your driversets, is it a matter off extra lod (I don't know if there is a limit via the drivers unlike nVidia's. Damn I like some extra lod

) So (how)does it bring extra IQ and which cann't be done on the referencedriver? (without regtweaks offcourse

)

Did you solve the openGL 16 bits colorbug?

***Omegadrive*** · Oct 5, 2003, 12:50 PM

1. They work, no problem, but no 64bit tweaks, sorry.
2. No LOD involved, just some tweaks, and it can be done in the reference drivers, but need to know how

3. That can be solved only by ATI, wait until the Cat 3.8, that's all I can say.

Skinner · Oct 5, 2003, 07:08 PM

I'm still curious in which way the (image) quality is better.
Its has also nothing to to with the depth of mip map border I guess

carlosva · Oct 6, 2003, 12:11 PM

have you tried to disable the notebook screen ?
Apparently you can watch movies only on 1 screen, has something to do with copyright....... software blocking.

Shuflie · Oct 6, 2003, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cantona^
I use the Omega and itÂ´s nice. But I have a problem. When using TV-out I get the desktop fine but the media player window (Windows media player, Power DVD, etc) is black. I get the sound but no picture.
WhatÂ´s up??

I am using Mobility on Hewlett Packard. Mobility 6. P4 1.8 gig.

Help me out please

Hilmar of Iceland

Playing video in a window only works on the primary display adaptor. Not sure about the mobility chips but on my 9600pro with a second monitor attached the best way to watch video is to select clone mode for the second display and then use the clone mode options in overlay to set theatre mode. This gives full screen video on the second monitor and allows me to do other things on the main monitor. The picture on the second monitor freezes if the mediaplayer (or whatever other app I am using) is minimised but it has no problems hiding behind other windows.
NOTE: You need to set the clone mode options after enabling clone mode.

Sep 24, 2003, 01:32 AM	#184
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Sep 24, 2003, 04:58 AM	#185
stevec DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Mobility 7500 works with 78a Glad to say the new a revision works fine with my Dell 8100 / 7500 Mobility Thanks to Omega for providing such a sterling service __________________ Cheers, Steve C.

Sep 26, 2003, 02:00 AM	#192
BWX Spinal Tapped Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,570 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	That does suck- I would uninsatall everything (drivers, radlinker, )- use DH driver cleaner v2 in SAFE MODE- and also use the cab cleaner. Then reinstall the drivers. ___________________________________ BUT- before you restart after the driver install, go to the services in administrative tools. Disable smartgart and hotkey poller. Turn them off. ___________________________________ Then reboot- got to services and turn them both back on, then wait 30 seconds. Let the screen blink/flicker- then turn BOTH services back off- And leave them off- Install radclocker/ refreshforce- then reboot. Should work __________________ One Big Ass Mistake America

Sep 26, 2003, 03:45 AM	#193
Nyana DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2003 Location: Kamen / Germany Posts: 161 Rep Power: 0	what do the 2 services do exactly .. ? I tried it yesterday ? I cleaned all ... then installed the latest Omega an disabled the 2 services before reboot. After reboot I switched them to automatic an started them manually ... on my desktop PC (8500 modded to 9100 by bios) all is fine .. but also all is fine if I do nothing ... On my Notebook (Dell Inspiron 8100/9000 mobility) the system always freeze one time ... if I install the omegas normally or if I install them with this services trick !!! I Found out, that the system works fine either ... but if i reboot after install of Omega drivers in Safe Mode one time and then reboot normally ... there will be no freeze an all will be fine too .. so what the hell do the services are for ? (sorry .. I'm a noob at this question) __________________ [color=darkblue]Visit:[/color] RPG24 Network Community · powered by Lex Vitae & VANEN [color=gray]P4P800 Deluxe · P4 3.0 GHz HT · 4096MB Corsair XMS3200C2 @ 2-3-3-6 Radeon X1950 Pro · SB X-Fi Fatal1ty · WD Raptor-74GB & WD Raptor-150GB 500W Levicom · Syncmaster 215TW 21" wide TFT · System Air cooled by Zalman [/color]

Sep 26, 2003, 08:00 AM	#194
BWX Spinal Tapped Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,570 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	Smartgart has to run once right after the install for the drivers to install correctly from what I've heard. Sometimes it doesn't run by itself after the reboot for some reason.. So if you disable it, then reboot after the install, then enable it- let it run, then disable it- the install will work properly. At least that is the theory, but it worked for me.. I had this problem for the first time after I bought an Nforce 2 motherboard. And this was the only solution for me. But that might not be your problem, it was just a guess. but cleaning out old drivers is very important if you have had an Nvidia video card in the PC before the installation of an ATI card, I know that for sure. __________________ One Big Ass Mistake America

Sep 22, 2003, 04:52 PM	#181
LadFromWales85 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Wales, UK Posts: 52 Rep Power: 0	Is there a point upgrading to the 'a' version? I have a 9700Pro, just went back to my Asus A7V333 as my NF7-S was faulty, so I'm missing nForce already, lol...Resisting the urge to reinstall as we all know windows is weird after hardware changes is the 'a' version any quicker? better IQ? etc etc Thanks

Sep 22, 2003, 06:41 PM	#183
LadFromWales85 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Wales, UK Posts: 52 Rep Power: 0	The two ATi services only ever need to run once. Some people disable them after installing the drivers, but before rebooting...then reboot... start the two services... (screen flickers)... update the running services list, one of them stops... then just disable them both

Sep 25, 2003, 06:54 AM	#187
Ford42 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Get this error everytime i try to install the Rad Clocker. Error opening file. (#1, Line 23) any ideas?

Sep 25, 2003, 09:01 PM	#189
Ford42 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	well i uninstalled it rebooted and tried again but still get that error. are there any registry keys that i might need to delete?

Sep 26, 2003, 01:41 AM	#191
BryanDS DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Well, this sucks. Homeworld 2 wasnt working until I installed the Omega Drivers (Thanks Omega) However.. now it works, but freezes and stops responding completely randomly during video and game sequences.. When XP (pro) reboots, I get this error. Error signature-------------------------------------------- szAppName : Drivers.Display szAppVer : 100241700000031002 szModName : ati2dvag.dll szModVer : 6.14.10.6378 Offset : BB1406EA ================================================== ============================== // // Watchdog Event Log File // LogType: Watchdog Created: 2003-09-12 21:10:30 TimeZone: 480 - Pacific Standard Time WindowsVersion: XP EventType: 0xEA - Thread Stuck in Device Driver // // The driver for the display device got stuck in an infinite loop. This // usually indicates a problem with the device itself or with the device // driver programming the hardware incorrectly. Please check with your // display device vendor for any driver updates. // This has happened randomly before on other games.. but nowhere near as much as HW2, and it even started happening in regular apps as well.. Thoughts?

Sep 26, 2003, 09:17 AM	#195
Nyana DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2003 Location: Kamen / Germany Posts: 161 Rep Power: 0	hm .. I think no matter .. if the solution wit x safe mode boot works for me, i don't have to take the freeze while starting it manually. __________________ [color=darkblue]Visit:[/color] RPG24 Network Community · powered by Lex Vitae & VANEN [color=gray]P4P800 Deluxe · P4 3.0 GHz HT · 4096MB Corsair XMS3200C2 @ 2-3-3-6 Radeon X1950 Pro · SB X-Fi Fatal1ty · WD Raptor-74GB & WD Raptor-150GB 500W Levicom · Syncmaster 215TW 21" wide TFT · System Air cooled by Zalman [/color]

Sep 29, 2003, 03:02 PM	#197
Bleach DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	Had problems with these drivers, random lockups in games so had to go back to the ones based on cat 3.5-rock stable!

Sep 29, 2003, 05:06 PM	#200
Bleach DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	http://www.driverheaven.net/downloads/index4.htm the ones based on the 3.5's are "rad_w2kxp_omega_2460 (ATI)" but for the installation to work you have to install the "official" 3.5 drivers then the omega ones otherwise you might get the error message "your sumthing sumthing does not support this sumthing" (cant remember precise words) and the driver will not install properly.

Sep 30, 2003, 01:31 AM	#201
domokong DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	i'm using an IBM T40 laptop w/ the screen resoultion of 1400x1050. however, after instaling the latest omega drives, it won't let me use the laptop at that resolution. the highest i can use is 1200x1024, even though the monitor drivers fully support 1400x1050. is there any way i can tell windows to make the resolution higher or something? also, it is true for lcd screens such as on laptops, the lower the refresh rate, the better?

Sep 30, 2003, 08:04 PM	#204
Cantona^ DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Iceland Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	Problem with blank media player I use the Omega and itÂ´s nice. But I have a problem. When using TV-out I get the desktop fine but the media player window (Windows media player, Power DVD, etc) is black. I get the sound but no picture. WhatÂ´s up?? I am using Mobility on Hewlett Packard. Mobility 6. P4 1.8 gig. Help me out please Hilmar of Iceland

Oct 4, 2003, 03:20 PM	#205
fibonaccov DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 67 Rep Power: 0	Small glitch with Quake3 (OGL) I'm using Omega Drivers v2.4.78 (not A) There is something weird happening to me (never had that before) - if I join a Q3 server for the first time (after booting my PC) - it will connect but I will see Q3 frames displayed very fast (like if they were buffered in big amounts and they displayed very quickly - it will stop after 10 seconds and then if I go and play the resolution will get changed to a lower one - if I try to change it via Q3, the Color 32 bit will not be selectable anymore...NOW, if I exit and reconnect, things are fixed - weird, uh? some kind of initialization issue - tried to reinstall a few things but did not help - This is a bit annoying but also the first time this happened - I even did a fresh reinstall of Windows and Q3... Besides this, Omega's set is great (as usual) This does NOT happen with other OGL games (i.e. NWN) - just Q3 Any idea? Thanks, --fibo

Oct 5, 2003, 10:50 AM	#206
Skinner DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 62 Rep Power: 0	Omega, I have three questions. Is it usefull to try these with an Athlon 64, are there already tweaks for it in these set? How do you improve the IQ for your driversets, is it a matter off extra lod (I don't know if there is a limit via the drivers unlike nVidia's. Damn I like some extra lod ) So (how)does it bring extra IQ and which cann't be done on the referencedriver? (without regtweaks offcourse ) Did you solve the openGL 16 bits colorbug?

Oct 5, 2003, 12:50 PM	#207
*Omegadrive* Drivers? What Drivers??? Join Date: May 2002 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 1,612 Rep Power: 59	1. They work, no problem, but no 64bit tweaks, sorry. 2. No LOD involved, just some tweaks, and it can be done in the reference drivers, but need to know how 3. That can be solved only by ATI, wait until the Cat 3.8, that's all I can say. __________________ DRIVERHEAVEN ADMINISTRATOR <<E-MAIL>> <<PC SPECS>> GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

Oct 5, 2003, 07:08 PM	#208
Skinner DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 62 Rep Power: 0	I'm still curious in which way the (image) quality is better. Its has also nothing to to with the depth of mip map border I guess

Oct 6, 2003, 12:11 PM	#209
carlosva DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Re: Problem with blank media player have you tried to disable the notebook screen ? Apparently you can watch movies only on 1 screen, has something to do with copyright....... software blocking.