Vista - Corrupt graphics at bottom of screen

When I run a fullscreen game in Vista, the bottom quarter of the screen is
corrupt or solid white. This happens with both Direct3D and OpenGL games.
See this link for an example:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/KR74/Q3Vista.png

I have an ATI Radeon X1600 and the current ATI beta drivers for Vista. I
assume those are the problem, but I figured I would ask in case anyone knew
of a workaround. Thanks.

Hi,
I'm running the ATI x1400-different card;but; I found that the driver's
in Vista themselves;which are supplied by ATI;work WAY better than the
driver's on ATI's site. I tried the RC1 driver's from the ATI;and had
nothing but problems;so uninstalled them;and just went with the native ATI
Vista driver's.
Maybe that'll help ya.
Jeff
"Chaucer" <private@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:uKcgVFa2GHA.3428@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> When I run a fullscreen game in Vista, the bottom quarter of the screen is
> corrupt or solid white. This happens with both Direct3D and OpenGL games.
> See this link for an example:
>
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/KR74/Q3Vista.png
>
> I have an ATI Radeon X1600 and the current ATI beta drivers for Vista. I
> assume those are the problem, but I figured I would ask in case anyone
> knew of a workaround. Thanks.

Thank you, problem solved. Everything works great now.

"Jeff" <jeff(alemaker)@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23JHDGZa2GHA.2196@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> I'm running the ATI x1400-different card;but; I found that the driver's
> in Vista themselves;which are supplied by ATI;work WAY better than the
> driver's on ATI's site. I tried the RC1 driver's from the ATI;and had
> nothing but problems;so uninstalled them;and just went with the native ATI
> Vista driver's.
> Maybe that'll help ya.
> Jeff
> "Chaucer" <private@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:uKcgVFa2GHA.3428@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> When I run a fullscreen game in Vista, the bottom quarter of the screen
>> is corrupt or solid white. This happens with both Direct3D and OpenGL
>> games. See this link for an example:
>>
>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/KR74/Q3Vista.png
>>
>> I have an ATI Radeon X1600 and the current ATI beta drivers for Vista. I
>> assume those are the problem, but I figured I would ask in case anyone
>> knew of a workaround. Thanks.
>

With my ATI x1600 and Vista RC1 drivers from ATI's site, I've had the same
problem all weekend (blackness or corruption on the bottom 1/3 of the screen
in most of my full screen games).

I understand that I want to uninstall the drivers I got from ATI's site and
re-install the drivers that come with Vista but I haven't figured out how to
do this yet.

Uninstalling the drivers and then restarting and letting Vista install what
it wants isn't working for me. Can someone give me a quick rundown, please?

Thanks in advance,
Rich


"Chaucer" wrote:

> Thank you, problem solved. Everything works great now.
>
> "Jeff" <jeff(alemaker)@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23JHDGZa2GHA.2196@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> > I'm running the ATI x1400-different card;but; I found that the driver's
> > in Vista themselves;which are supplied by ATI;work WAY better than the
> > driver's on ATI's site. I tried the RC1 driver's from the ATI;and had
> > nothing but problems;so uninstalled them;and just went with the native ATI
> > Vista driver's.
> > Maybe that'll help ya.
> > Jeff
> > "Chaucer" <private@nospam.net> wrote in message
> > news:uKcgVFa2GHA.3428@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >> When I run a fullscreen game in Vista, the bottom quarter of the screen
> >> is corrupt or solid white. This happens with both Direct3D and OpenGL
> >> games. See this link for an example:
> >>
> >> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/KR74/Q3Vista.png
> >>
> >> I have an ATI Radeon X1600 and the current ATI beta drivers for Vista. I
> >> assume those are the problem, but I figured I would ask in case anyone
> >> knew of a workaround. Thanks.
> >
>
>

What I did was go to Uninstall Programs in the control panel and selected
the ATI uninstall utility. I don't remember exactly it was called but just
look for ATI and you should see it. The uninstaller took absolutely forever
but it finally finished and Vista reverted to it's own ATI driver, no
restart was needed. If that doesn't/didn't work for you I'm afraid I'm out
of ideas. Maybe someone else will know more about it.

"Rich1524" <Rich1524@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B4171F6D-E341-4743-BD8D-927220EC238B@microsoft.com...
> With my ATI x1600 and Vista RC1 drivers from ATI's site, I've had the same
> problem all weekend (blackness or corruption on the bottom 1/3 of the
> screen
> in most of my full screen games).
>
> I understand that I want to uninstall the drivers I got from ATI's site
> and
> re-install the drivers that come with Vista but I haven't figured out how
> to
> do this yet.
>
> Uninstalling the drivers and then restarting and letting Vista install
> what
> it wants isn't working for me. Can someone give me a quick rundown,
> please?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Rich
>
>
> "Chaucer" wrote:
>
>> Thank you, problem solved. Everything works great now.
>>
>> "Jeff" <jeff(alemaker)@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23JHDGZa2GHA.2196@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> > Hi,
>> > I'm running the ATI x1400-different card;but; I found that the
>> > driver's
>> > in Vista themselves;which are supplied by ATI;work WAY better than the
>> > driver's on ATI's site. I tried the RC1 driver's from the ATI;and had
>> > nothing but problems;so uninstalled them;and just went with the native
>> > ATI
>> > Vista driver's.
>> > Maybe that'll help ya.
>> > Jeff
>> > "Chaucer" <private@nospam.net> wrote in message
>> > news:uKcgVFa2GHA.3428@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> >> When I run a fullscreen game in Vista, the bottom quarter of the
>> >> screen
>> >> is corrupt or solid white. This happens with both Direct3D and OpenGL
>> >> games. See this link for an example:
>> >>
>> >> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/KR74/Q3Vista.png
>> >>
>> >> I have an ATI Radeon X1600 and the current ATI beta drivers for Vista.
>> >> I
>> >> assume those are the problem, but I figured I would ask in case anyone
>> >> knew of a workaround. Thanks.
>> >
>>
>>

Yup,
Ya can go to device manager; and find ur display and uninstall the
driver;from there; too
Jeff
"Chaucer" <kr74@mail2usa.com> wrote in message
news:eVcx8ms2GHA.5016@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> What I did was go to Uninstall Programs in the control panel and selected
> the ATI uninstall utility. I don't remember exactly it was called but just
> look for ATI and you should see it. The uninstaller took absolutely
> forever but it finally finished and Vista reverted to it's own ATI driver,
> no restart was needed. If that doesn't/didn't work for you I'm afraid I'm
> out of ideas. Maybe someone else will know more about it.
>
> "Rich1524" <Rich1524@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B4171F6D-E341-4743-BD8D-927220EC238B@microsoft.com...
>> With my ATI x1600 and Vista RC1 drivers from ATI's site, I've had the
>> same
>> problem all weekend (blackness or corruption on the bottom 1/3 of the
>> screen
>> in most of my full screen games).
>>
>> I understand that I want to uninstall the drivers I got from ATI's site
>> and
>> re-install the drivers that come with Vista but I haven't figured out how
>> to
>> do this yet.
>>
>> Uninstalling the drivers and then restarting and letting Vista install
>> what
>> it wants isn't working for me. Can someone give me a quick rundown,
>> please?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Rich
>>
>>
>> "Chaucer" wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you, problem solved. Everything works great now.
>>>
>>> "Jeff" <jeff(alemaker)@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23JHDGZa2GHA.2196@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> > Hi,
>>> > I'm running the ATI x1400-different card;but; I found that the
>>> > driver's
>>> > in Vista themselves;which are supplied by ATI;work WAY better than the
>>> > driver's on ATI's site. I tried the RC1 driver's from the ATI;and had
>>> > nothing but problems;so uninstalled them;and just went with the native
>>> > ATI
>>> > Vista driver's.
>>> > Maybe that'll help ya.
>>> > Jeff
>>> > "Chaucer" <private@nospam.net> wrote in message
>>> > news:uKcgVFa2GHA.3428@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> >> When I run a fullscreen game in Vista, the bottom quarter of the
>>> >> screen
>>> >> is corrupt or solid white. This happens with both Direct3D and OpenGL
>>> >> games. See this link for an example:
>>> >>
>>> >> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/KR74/Q3Vista.png
>>> >>
>>> >> I have an ATI Radeon X1600 and the current ATI beta drivers for
>>> >> Vista. I
>>> >> assume those are the problem, but I figured I would ask in case
>>> >> anyone
>>> >> knew of a workaround. Thanks.
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>

No luck with either of your two suggestions, I'm afraid.

After uninstalling the offending ATI software, Windows is suddenly dumb and
both doesn't resort back to the driver beforehand nor can it find it's
packed-in driver that was given to me during my initial Vista install.

I've even tried to help the search process along by pointing it to both the
C:/Windows directory and my Vista install disc but it claims not to find
anything usable during both attempts.

Darn, I really wanted to avoid both a system restore or an entire
re-installation of Vista but I'm running out of ideas fast.

I've also wanted to try manually installing ATI's Beta 2 drivers (the ones
immediately released before the RC1 driver) but I can't find those posted on
the Internet anywhere.

Any other ideas?

Rich




"Jeff" wrote:

> Yup,
> Ya can go to device manager; and find ur display and uninstall the
> driver;from there; too
> Jeff
> "Chaucer" <kr74@mail2usa.com> wrote in message
> news:eVcx8ms2GHA.5016@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > What I did was go to Uninstall Programs in the control panel and selected
> > the ATI uninstall utility. I don't remember exactly it was called but just
> > look for ATI and you should see it. The uninstaller took absolutely
> > forever but it finally finished and Vista reverted to it's own ATI driver,
> > no restart was needed. If that doesn't/didn't work for you I'm afraid I'm
> > out of ideas. Maybe someone else will know more about it.
> >
> > "Rich1524" <Rich1524@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:B4171F6D-E341-4743-BD8D-927220EC238B@microsoft.com...
> >> With my ATI x1600 and Vista RC1 drivers from ATI's site, I've had the
> >> same
> >> problem all weekend (blackness or corruption on the bottom 1/3 of the
> >> screen
> >> in most of my full screen games).
> >>
> >> I understand that I want to uninstall the drivers I got from ATI's site
> >> and
> >> re-install the drivers that come with Vista but I haven't figured out how
> >> to
> >> do this yet.
> >>
> >> Uninstalling the drivers and then restarting and letting Vista install
> >> what
> >> it wants isn't working for me. Can someone give me a quick rundown,
> >> please?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >> Rich
> >>
> >>
> >> "Chaucer" wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thank you, problem solved. Everything works great now.
> >>>
> >>> "Jeff" <jeff(alemaker)@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >>> news:%23JHDGZa2GHA.2196@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> >>> > Hi,
> >>> > I'm running the ATI x1400-different card;but; I found that the
> >>> > driver's
> >>> > in Vista themselves;which are supplied by ATI;work WAY better than the
> >>> > driver's on ATI's site. I tried the RC1 driver's from the ATI;and had
> >>> > nothing but problems;so uninstalled them;and just went with the native
> >>> > ATI
> >>> > Vista driver's.
> >>> > Maybe that'll help ya.
> >>> > Jeff
> >>> > "Chaucer" <private@nospam.net> wrote in message
> >>> > news:uKcgVFa2GHA.3428@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >>> >> When I run a fullscreen game in Vista, the bottom quarter of the
> >>> >> screen
> >>> >> is corrupt or solid white. This happens with both Direct3D and OpenGL
> >>> >> games. See this link for an example:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/KR74/Q3Vista.png
> >>> >>
> >>> >> I have an ATI Radeon X1600 and the current ATI beta drivers for
> >>> >> Vista. I
> >>> >> assume those are the problem, but I figured I would ask in case
> >>> >> anyone
> >>> >> knew of a workaround. Thanks.
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >
>
>

Installing ATI's pre-RC1 drivers, the ones named "ati_LH_RC0_full.exe" has
fixed the problem of bottom-screen corruption for me so far. Both EQ2 and
Bad Day LA now run perfect for me in full screen.

Thanks for everyone's time here

Rich




"Rich1524" wrote:

> No luck with either of your two suggestions, I'm afraid.
>
> After uninstalling the offending ATI software, Windows is suddenly dumb and
> both doesn't resort back to the driver beforehand nor can it find it's
> packed-in driver that was given to me during my initial Vista install.
>
> I've even tried to help the search process along by pointing it to both the
> C:/Windows directory and my Vista install disc but it claims not to find
> anything usable during both attempts.
>
> Darn, I really wanted to avoid both a system restore or an entire
> re-installation of Vista but I'm running out of ideas fast.
>
> I've also wanted to try manually installing ATI's Beta 2 drivers (the ones
> immediately released before the RC1 driver) but I can't find those posted on
> the Internet anywhere.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Rich
>
>
>
>
> "Jeff" wrote:
>
> > Yup,
> > Ya can go to device manager; and find ur display and uninstall the
> > driver;from there; too
> > Jeff
> > "Chaucer" <kr74@mail2usa.com> wrote in message
> > news:eVcx8ms2GHA.5016@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > > What I did was go to Uninstall Programs in the control panel and selected
> > > the ATI uninstall utility. I don't remember exactly it was called but just
> > > look for ATI and you should see it. The uninstaller took absolutely
> > > forever but it finally finished and Vista reverted to it's own ATI driver,
> > > no restart was needed. If that doesn't/didn't work for you I'm afraid I'm
> > > out of ideas. Maybe someone else will know more about it.
> > >
> > > "Rich1524" <Rich1524@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:B4171F6D-E341-4743-BD8D-927220EC238B@microsoft.com...
> > >> With my ATI x1600 and Vista RC1 drivers from ATI's site, I've had the
> > >> same
> > >> problem all weekend (blackness or corruption on the bottom 1/3 of the
> > >> screen
> > >> in most of my full screen games).
> > >>
> > >> I understand that I want to uninstall the drivers I got from ATI's site
> > >> and
> > >> re-install the drivers that come with Vista but I haven't figured out how
> > >> to
> > >> do this yet.
> > >>
> > >> Uninstalling the drivers and then restarting and letting Vista install
> > >> what
> > >> it wants isn't working for me. Can someone give me a quick rundown,
> > >> please?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks in advance,
> > >> Rich
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> "Chaucer" wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Thank you, problem solved. Everything works great now.
> > >>>
> > >>> "Jeff" <jeff(alemaker)@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > >>> news:%23JHDGZa2GHA.2196@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > >>> > Hi,
> > >>> > I'm running the ATI x1400-different card;but; I found that the
> > >>> > driver's
> > >>> > in Vista themselves;which are supplied by ATI;work WAY better than the
> > >>> > driver's on ATI's site. I tried the RC1 driver's from the ATI;and had
> > >>> > nothing but problems;so uninstalled them;and just went with the native
> > >>> > ATI
> > >>> > Vista driver's.
> > >>> > Maybe that'll help ya.
> > >>> > Jeff
> > >>> > "Chaucer" <private@nospam.net> wrote in message
> > >>> > news:uKcgVFa2GHA.3428@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > >>> >> When I run a fullscreen game in Vista, the bottom quarter of the
> > >>> >> screen
> > >>> >> is corrupt or solid white. This happens with both Direct3D and OpenGL
> > >>> >> games. See this link for an example:
> > >>> >>
> > >>> >> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/KR74/Q3Vista.png
> > >>> >>
> > >>> >> I have an ATI Radeon X1600 and the current ATI beta drivers for
> > >>> >> Vista. I
> > >>> >> assume those are the problem, but I figured I would ask in case
> > >>> >> anyone
> > >>> >> knew of a workaround. Thanks.
> > >>> >
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >
> >
> >