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On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:02:04 GMT, Praxiteles Democritus
<no@email.here> wrote:
>On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:42:35 -0400, "pandj@mailandnews.com"
><VWMstuv@VWMail.com> wrote:
>
>>I will be upgrading my ATI 8500 to an AIW 9800 Pro and want to be sure I
>>install the drivers the correct way, as I've heard of some that created
>>problems for themselves. I downloaded a driver uninstaller from the ATI
>>site. Is this the correct thing to use and how do I go about this?
>>
>Yep, run the CAT unstaller and then install the 5.8 drivers. I run the
>CAT uninstaller even when installing new drivers for the same card as
>that guarantees a clean install and no screw ups as has happened to me
>when installing over the top of old drivers.
Agreed. But uninstall the drivers and software and reboot before
running the ATI - Software Uninstall Utility (if that shows in your
Add/Remove Programs - same thing as the catuninstaller.exe); don't use
it as a substitute for uninstalling. Can be useful to delete the
folder that the driver/software files are unpacked to, as well:
usually C:\ATI.
It can be useful to use a driver cleaner as well to ensure that all
ATI references are removed and to go through your WINDOWS/WINNT folder
deleting all ati files (do a search on ati*.*) as well, but the ATI
utility really seems to take care of everything that's necessary.
Patrick
<patrickp@5acoustibop.co.uk> - take five to email me...