Morthoseth

Hi,

First off, lemme say I found this place while looking for drivers that didn't screw my system
over. I just bought a Radeon 8500LE. I can get a display without any drivers, but Win-XP
isn't gonna do much more for me without a driver for this card. Understandable. But when
I installed Radeon's, and rebooted, my comp would go ape shit after loading windows.

So here I am looking for some decent display drivers. The problem is, after the "registering
fonts" part of setup, setup stops responding, and I have to close it, manually...

...Anyone know what I'm doing wrong here?

Oh yeah, great place you have here. Nice to meet you all. =)

Morthoseth

My error log, after installing ATI's drivers

Goes a bit like this:

//
// Watchdog Event Log File
//

LogType: Watchdog
Created: 2002-05-24 22:18:13
TimeZone: 360 - Central 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.
//

ShutdownCount: 18
Shutdown: 0
EventCount: 9
BreakCount: 9
BugcheckTriggered: 1
DebuggerNotPresent: 1
DriverName: ati2dvag
EventFlag: 1
DeviceClass: Display
DeviceDescription: RADEON 8500/RADEON 8500LE
HardwareID: PCIVEN_1002&DEV_514C&SUBSYS_003A1002&REV_00
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
DriverFixedFileInfo: FEEF04BD 00010000 0006000D 000A17B7 0006000D 000A17B7 0000003F 00000008 00040004 00000003 00000004 00000000 00000000
DriverCompanyName: ATI Technologies Inc.
DriverFileDescription: ATI Radeon WindowsNT Display Driver
DriverFileVersion: 6.13.10.6071
DriverInternalName: ati2dvag.dll
DriverLegalCopyright: Copyright (C) 1998-2002 ATI Technologies Inc.
DriverOriginalFilename: ati2dvag.dll
DriverProductName: ATI Radeon Family
DriverProductVersion: 5.1.2600.0

My system:

Soyo P4S Dragon Ultra Motherboard.
512MB Samsung PC2700 DDR.
Northwood 1.8Ghz P4.
80GB WD/60GB Maxtor HD's.
And, of course, my Randeon 8500 LE.
Running, as stated, on Windows XP.

This system is not overclocked. I just want a system that runs stable, for now. For now. =)
If you need any more info, I'll gladly supply it. Thanks, in advance, for your help.

peroni

What brand is your 8500 LE?
And did you try the omega/plutonium drivers?
You can find them here http://www.driverheaven.net/drivers/winxp.htm

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Zardon

did you have any luck with drivers yet or is the problem still there?

Morthoseth

Mine is an ATI Radeon 8500LE. Produced by Radeon.

I'm actually worried it may be my mobo. I *would* try the Omega/Plutonium drivers, but
the install wizard stops responding at the "registering fonts"(?) part of the install.

I have to manually close it, and abort the install. I've even waited a good 5 minutes. =(

Jeff

That happened to another person too, get someone you know to extract them and send them to you.

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Morthoseth

/frowns.

Gaaaa.. sadly, I dunno anyone who can do it for me. (Damn, that *is* sad..)

...is it possible for someone to e-mail them to me, after extraction?

/scratches head.

*twitch*

/waves away imagiary devil-fairies.

Go away! o.O

......

.....

....seriously, could one of you send it to me? I know it's asking a lot, but I'm not so
sure anyone I know could, or even would bother to do it for me. =/