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More info?)
Aha, that probably explains it then!!
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Don Burnette
peter wrote:
> I run with a 19" LCD monitor with a digital connection and that is
> its native resolution.
> If I go to Video Settings/advanced it shows it is using VGA Save with
> a default Monitor with Hardware Default settings under the screen
> refresh rate The colors are not as bright and the effects are slow...when
> you drag
> and drop you can see the waves.
> peter
> "Don Burnette" <d.burnette@clothes.comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:Uv2dnWACw7nQKujcRVn-jA@giganews.com...
>> That's strange, I wonder why yours does it and mine does not?
>>
>> Mine definitely goes straight into a std vga driver at 640x480.
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>> Don Burnette
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>> peter wrote:
>>> Don
>>> I do the 1 and 2 part and reboot.When XP starts it loads a default
>>> Radeon driver and my system runs at 1280x1024.Then I install the New
>>> Radeons. peter
>>> "Don Burnette" <d.burnette@clothes.comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> news:vKSdnQmjI-b3tujcRVn-tQ@giganews.com...
>>>> I have not seen that problem, I was able to cancel windows XP Pro
>>>> SP2 from loading drivers.
>>>>
>>>> I install drivers in the following way:
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>>>> 1: Uninstall Control Panel
>>>> 2: Uninstall ATI Drivers ( both through add/remove)
>>>> 3: Reboot - system boots up in stg vga 640x480
>>>> 4: Run my registry cleaner program ( included in System Mechanic)
>>>> and delete invalid entries
>>>> 5: Install new ATI Drivers
>>>> 6: Install ATI Control Panel]
>>>>
>>>> ( I have as of yet not tried out the CCC )
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>>>> Don Burnette
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>>>> snowball wrote:
>>>>> Peter. on re-boot xpsp2 will install the previous drivers without
>>>>> the option to cancel and I'm back at square one..
>>>>>
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>>>>> "peter" <peter@telus.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news
XWcd.32368$qU.27750@clgrps13...
>>>>>> Go to Control Panel/Add&remove
>>>>>> there you'll find the Radeon Drivers and the Control
>>>>>> Panel.........uninstall.........reboot
>>>>>> then install the new ones
>>>>>> pete
>>>>>> "snowball" <sb@magic.ca> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:6aVcd.759842$M95.740522@pd7tw1no...
>>>>>>> I have an 8500dv and I want to install just the new 4.10 driver,
>>>>>>> control panel, and capture driver. If I use the ati uninstall
>>>>>>> utility will it remove any of the multimedia stuff as well. Can
>>>>>>> I install just the driver set? Any advice to do this? Thank you.