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Cgintz   11-17-2009 at 02:30:15 AM

Hello all,

I'm having some interesting issues with my Catalyst drivers. I recently had to roll back from the 9.10 drivers to the 9.8's due to some other driver issues and it solved my problem.

Now my 9.8 drivers are being rolled back to 9.7 on their own. It's only been happening since i upgraded to Windows 7 premium x64 from Vista 64. Does anyone know a solution to keep my drivers from switching to an older version?

This is with an MSI 4870 1g.

Thank you

------------------------------ Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.82 (Zalman 9900)
asus 780v mobo
4gb Corsair DDR2 800
MSI HD4870 1gb @ 822 core
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area51reopened   11-17-2009 at 02:56:42 AM

you have to uninstall them from the device manager,and delete the software also.Also delete the ati install manager under the unininstall programs.then install your new driver update!

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area51reopened   11-17-2009 at 02:57:39 AM

you can also install the new drivers thru device manager!

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Cgintz   11-17-2009 at 03:06:34 AM

I just uninstalled and it automatically tries to install 9.7 how do I turn that auto install off?

------------------------------ Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.82 (Zalman 9900)
asus 780v mobo
4gb Corsair DDR2 800
MSI HD4870 1gb @ 822 core
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area51reopened   11-17-2009 at 10:38:26 PM

delete any versions of the drivers in your files!

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Cgintz   11-18-2009 at 07:49:24 AM

I use driversweeper and i manually go through my folders to delete any traces and it still auto installs 9.7...

------------------------------ Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.82 (Zalman 9900)
asus 780v mobo
4gb Corsair DDR2 800
MSI HD4870 1gb @ 822 core
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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   11-18-2009 at 08:01:50 AM

Are 9.7 the default drivers that W7 uses?

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Cgintz   11-18-2009 at 08:04:33 PM

I'm guessing so?

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asus 780v mobo
4gb Corsair DDR2 800
MSI HD4870 1gb @ 822 core
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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   11-18-2009 at 08:13:38 PM

Cgintz wrote :

I'm guessing so?


Then you would have to install any other drivers 'over the top' as it where, I think (am pretty sure) that the old VGA driver is gone and that is the only 'basic' or 'default' driver that W7 has for ATi cards.

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Cgintz   11-18-2009 at 08:58:57 PM

So you're saying that I should leave the 9.7s alone and just install newer ones correct? Wouldn't that make some kind of stability or compatibility issue?


Message edited by Cgintz on 11-18-2009 at 09:01:47 PM
------------------------------ Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.82 (Zalman 9900)
asus 780v mobo
4gb Corsair DDR2 800
MSI HD4870 1gb @ 822 core
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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   11-18-2009 at 09:04:26 PM

It's what I've been doing with the Nv drivers without issue, why would it not work for the ATi drivers?

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Cgintz   11-18-2009 at 09:12:08 PM

Ill give it a shot :) thanks

------------------------------ Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.82 (Zalman 9900)
asus 780v mobo
4gb Corsair DDR2 800
MSI HD4870 1gb @ 822 core
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Cgintz   11-19-2009 at 09:20:12 PM

Its still reverting back to 9.7 sigh.

------------------------------ Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.82 (Zalman 9900)
asus 780v mobo
4gb Corsair DDR2 800
MSI HD4870 1gb @ 822 core
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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   11-19-2009 at 10:25:00 PM

I'm assuming that you have turned off system restore?

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Cgintz   11-19-2009 at 11:59:15 PM

Just did now. I'll see if it works.


Message edited by Cgintz on 11-20-2009 at 12:03:30 AM
------------------------------ Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.82 (Zalman 9900)
asus 780v mobo
4gb Corsair DDR2 800
MSI HD4870 1gb @ 822 core
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Cgintz   11-20-2009 at 03:07:06 PM

Nope its still reverting back to 9.7. so strange

------------------------------ Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.82 (Zalman 9900)
asus 780v mobo
4gb Corsair DDR2 800
MSI HD4870 1gb @ 822 core
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Cgintz   11-21-2009 at 07:04:28 AM

Seems something I'm experiencing is happening to a lot of people. http://forums.amd.com/game/message [...] erthread=y Not the rollback part but I'm still getting these crashes..

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area51reopened   11-21-2009 at 11:03:26 PM

i get the bsod right when the driver install says detecting hardware.any ideas why anyone!

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