Vista - ATI Display Driver Problems

Hi, just bought the Vista Business Ed. and after installing the OS (3 times
already) everything its super slow. Even do the colors are great. it happens
to be like if its freezed like when you try to open the start menu or
anything it does it every 7 to 10 seconds as if it refreshes in that time, i
went to ATI.COM and search for the vista 32 bit drivers for (Radeon X300 PCI
Express 128mb) and its the same... Any suggestions.

I have an Ati x600 and didn't bother getting the software after my Business
install.

I suspect something else is going on. How's Device Manager?

"RUMAR" <RUMAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C0CC6CE9-25A7-4F1F-A458-D113A86FE88A@microsoft.com...
> Hi, just bought the Vista Business Ed. and after installing the OS (3
> times
> already) everything its super slow. Even do the colors are great. it
> happens
> to be like if its freezed like when you try to open the start menu or
> anything it does it every 7 to 10 seconds as if it refreshes in that time,
> i
> went to ATI.COM and search for the vista 32 bit drivers for (Radeon X300
> PCI
> Express 128mb) and its the same... Any suggestions.

Well i went to display manager and uninstall the ATI display drivers and when
the PC restarted everything run like normal except that the video drivers
where in 800x600 but Vista automaticlly installed the drivers again and when
restarted the PC again comes with the same problem any other suggestions,
Thanks

"Bill Condie" wrote:

> I have an Ati x600 and didn't bother getting the software after my Business
> install.
>
> I suspect something else is going on. How's Device Manager?
>
> "RUMAR" <RUMAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C0CC6CE9-25A7-4F1F-A458-D113A86FE88A@microsoft.com...
> > Hi, just bought the Vista Business Ed. and after installing the OS (3
> > times
> > already) everything its super slow. Even do the colors are great. it
> > happens
> > to be like if its freezed like when you try to open the start menu or
> > anything it does it every 7 to 10 seconds as if it refreshes in that time,
> > i
> > went to ATI.COM and search for the vista 32 bit drivers for (Radeon X300
> > PCI
> > Express 128mb) and its the same... Any suggestions.
>

I had a similar4 problem a while ago with windows XP and what I needed to do
was completely uninstall ATI including cleaning the registry of any remnants
of ATI, searching for folders that ATI had installed and delete them then
BEFORE
restarting go to the Device manager and uninstall the
card from the display adapter. Then reboot and go through the process of
installing drivers etc.
By the way I have an ATI card as well (1900 GT) and did not have any
problems such as you experiencing..
Hope this helps.



"RUMAR" <RUMAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:296E4DFF-865D-4982-873F-54EECD59BECD@microsoft.com...
> Well i went to display manager and uninstall the ATI display drivers and
> when
> the PC restarted everything run like normal except that the video drivers
> where in 800x600 but Vista automatically installed the drivers again and
> when
> restarted the PC again comes with the same problem any other suggestions,
> Thanks
>
> "Bill Condie" wrote:
>
>> I have an Ati x600 and didn't bother getting the software after my
>> Business
>> install.
>>
>> I suspect something else is going on. How's Device Manager?
>>
>> "RUMAR" <RUMAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C0CC6CE9-25A7-4F1F-A458-D113A86FE88A@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi, just bought the Vista Business Ed. and after installing the OS (3
>> > times
>> > already) everything its super slow. Even do the colors are great. it
>> > happens
>> > to be like if its freezed like when you try to open the start menu or
>> > anything it does it every 7 to 10 seconds as if it refreshes in that
>> > time,
>> > i
>> > went to ATI.COM and search for the vista 32 bit drivers for (Radeon
>> > X300
>> > PCI
>> > Express 128mb) and its the same... Any suggestions.
>>

Well, i thought that would fix my problem but after rebooting, Vista
automaticly assingns the Driver again from their database, install them for
me (they recognized the Video Card instantly) and the "Updated" Drivers from
ATI where installed but, when its finally rebooted the PC comes with the same
problem (im dissappointed) before i bought the Vista i read that everything
was compatible but it turns out to be a headache, whatever the suggestions
are ill try them if you have them, thanks

Still with the same problem, Vista install the drivers from their database
and the "Updated" drivers from ATI dont work, im dissappointed, i checked
everything to see if it was compatible before buying it and its been a
problem, if you guys have any other suggestions im open to try them all,
thanks

"SSI" wrote:

> I had a similar4 problem a while ago with windows XP and what I needed to do
> was completely uninstall ATI including cleaning the registry of any remnants
> of ATI, searching for folders that ATI had installed and delete them then
> BEFORE
> restarting go to the Device manager and uninstall the
> card from the display adapter. Then reboot and go through the process of
> installing drivers etc.
> By the way I have an ATI card as well (1900 GT) and did not have any
> problems such as you experiencing..
> Hope this helps.
>
>
>
> "RUMAR" <RUMAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:296E4DFF-865D-4982-873F-54EECD59BECD@microsoft.com...
> > Well i went to display manager and uninstall the ATI display drivers and
> > when
> > the PC restarted everything run like normal except that the video drivers
> > where in 800x600 but Vista automatically installed the drivers again and
> > when
> > restarted the PC again comes with the same problem any other suggestions,
> > Thanks
> >
> > "Bill Condie" wrote:
> >
> >> I have an Ati x600 and didn't bother getting the software after my
> >> Business
> >> install.
> >>
> >> I suspect something else is going on. How's Device Manager?
> >>
> >> "RUMAR" <RUMAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:C0CC6CE9-25A7-4F1F-A458-D113A86FE88A@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi, just bought the Vista Business Ed. and after installing the OS (3
> >> > times
> >> > already) everything its super slow. Even do the colors are great. it
> >> > happens
> >> > to be like if its freezed like when you try to open the start menu or
> >> > anything it does it every 7 to 10 seconds as if it refreshes in that
> >> > time,
> >> > i
> >> > went to ATI.COM and search for the vista 32 bit drivers for (Radeon
> >> > X300
> >> > PCI
> >> > Express 128mb) and its the same... Any suggestions.
> >>
>
>

If you would like help then you need to tell us what your system specs
are,what version of Vista you are running (RC2? RTM? Ultimate? Radeon X1300?
Mobility X300? how many video cards you have in your system.

There is no way to help you unless you tell us enough information for us to
help you.

Ben

"RUMAR" <RUMAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news938C836-D292-4DEC-84C2-2DAD46A37201@microsoft.com...
> Well, i thought that would fix my problem but after rebooting, Vista
> automaticly assingns the Driver again from their database, install them
> for
> me (they recognized the Video Card instantly) and the "Updated" Drivers
> from
> ATI where installed but, when its finally rebooted the PC comes with the
> same
> problem (im dissappointed) before i bought the Vista i read that
> everything
> was compatible but it turns out to be a headache, whatever the suggestions
> are ill try them if you have them, thanks

Thanks Ben, i have a clean PC, Athlon 64 x2 4200, 2 Gb Ram, Asus A8S-X
Motherboard, 250 Serial ATA HDD and Vista Business ED 32bit. I took away any
other cards before to prevent issues with them. hope this can help to solve
the problem, Thanks Again

"Ben Enfield" wrote:

> If you would like help then you need to tell us what your system specs
> are,what version of Vista you are running (RC2? RTM? Ultimate? Radeon X1300?
> Mobility X300? how many video cards you have in your system.
>
> There is no way to help you unless you tell us enough information for us to
> help you.
>
> Ben
>
> "RUMAR" <RUMAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news938C836-D292-4DEC-84C2-2DAD46A37201@microsoft.com...
> > Well, i thought that would fix my problem but after rebooting, Vista
> > automaticly assingns the Driver again from their database, install them
> > for
> > me (they recognized the Video Card instantly) and the "Updated" Drivers
> > from
> > ATI where installed but, when its finally rebooted the PC comes with the
> > same
> > problem (im dissappointed) before i bought the Vista i read that
> > everything
> > was compatible but it turns out to be a headache, whatever the suggestions
> > are ill try them if you have them, thanks
>

on the ATI web site under the drivers section there is Release Notes where you should find Installing drivers, where you will find the instructions on how to MANUALLY remove ATI drivers in prep for installing new ones.
the drivers you updated still exist on the hard drive and that is what vista keeps installing, you need to remove them as well.



mikeyhsd@sport.rr.com



"RUMAR" <RUMAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message newsDE96CAA-75AC-4833-83AB-BE8C9AF3B690@microsoft.com...
Thanks Ben, i have a clean PC, Athlon 64 x2 4200, 2 Gb Ram, Asus A8S-X
Motherboard, 250 Serial ATA HDD and Vista Business ED 32bit. I took away any
other cards before to prevent issues with them. hope this can help to solve
the problem, Thanks Again

"Ben Enfield" wrote:

> If you would like help then you need to tell us what your system specs
> are,what version of Vista you are running (RC2? RTM? Ultimate? Radeon X1300?
> Mobility X300? how many video cards you have in your system.
>
> There is no way to help you unless you tell us enough information for us to
> help you.
>
> Ben
>
> "RUMAR" <RUMAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news938C836-D292-4DEC-84C2-2DAD46A37201@microsoft.com...
> > Well, i thought that would fix my problem but after rebooting, Vista
> > automaticly assingns the Driver again from their database, install them
> > for
> > me (they recognized the Video Card instantly) and the "Updated" Drivers
> > from
> > ATI where installed but, when its finally rebooted the PC comes with the
> > same
> > problem (im dissappointed) before i bought the Vista i read that
> > everything
> > was compatible but it turns out to be a headache, whatever the suggestions
> > are ill try them if you have them, thanks
>

Have you tried driver cleaner (http://www.drivercleaner.net/) to get rid of
the old drivers before installing the new one's? I am not sure if it will
work under Vista but it was wonderful in XP. Make sure you follow the
directions.
Also, an idea ... if windows goes out to the windows update site to find the
drivers have you tried to shut off the internet before restarting? Or in
Device manager try and update the drivers for the video card and point it to
the new directory where you unzipped the ATI drivers instead of letting
windows find and install the drivers automatically.


"RUMAR" <RUMAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5C8F14AC-3A86-4BF6-967B-BB82FD1D7C03@microsoft.com...
> Still with the same problem, Vista install the drivers from their database
> and the "Updated" drivers from ATI dont work, im dissappointed, i checked
> everything to see if it was compatible before buying it and its been a
> problem, if you guys have any other suggestions im open to try them all,
> thanks
>
> "SSI" wrote:
>
>> I had a similar4 problem a while ago with windows XP and what I needed to
>> do
>> was completely uninstall ATI including cleaning the registry of any
>> remnants
>> of ATI, searching for folders that ATI had installed and delete them then
>> BEFORE
>> restarting go to the Device manager and uninstall the
>> card from the display adapter. Then reboot and go through the process of
>> installing drivers etc.
>> By the way I have an ATI card as well (1900 GT) and did not have any
>> problems such as you experiencing..
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>>
>>
>> "RUMAR" <RUMAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:296E4DFF-865D-4982-873F-54EECD59BECD@microsoft.com...
>> > Well i went to display manager and uninstall the ATI display drivers
>> > and
>> > when
>> > the PC restarted everything run like normal except that the video
>> > drivers
>> > where in 800x600 but Vista automatically installed the drivers again
>> > and
>> > when
>> > restarted the PC again comes with the same problem any other
>> > suggestions,
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > "Bill Condie" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have an Ati x600 and didn't bother getting the software after my
>> >> Business
>> >> install.
>> >>
>> >> I suspect something else is going on. How's Device Manager?
>> >>
>> >> "RUMAR" <RUMAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:C0CC6CE9-25A7-4F1F-A458-D113A86FE88A@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hi, just bought the Vista Business Ed. and after installing the OS
>> >> > (3
>> >> > times
>> >> > already) everything its super slow. Even do the colors are great. it
>> >> > happens
>> >> > to be like if its freezed like when you try to open the start menu
>> >> > or
>> >> > anything it does it every 7 to 10 seconds as if it refreshes in that
>> >> > time,
>> >> > i
>> >> > went to ATI.COM and search for the vista 32 bit drivers for (Radeon
>> >> > X300
>> >> > PCI
>> >> > Express 128mb) and its the same... Any suggestions.
>> >>
>>
>>