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More info?)
Hi,
If you can uninstall the driver by ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS that's a better
way. Otherwise, I'd try this:
1) uninstall the driver.
2) DELETE the ATI directory that has the driver files.
3) RE-BOOT the machine and then install new driver.
4) WinXP should give your card a generic ATI driver, which you can install
on top of.
However, I would have thought that your new ATI driver would remove the old
driver and replace it with the new.
Andor
"Charles-Etienne" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>>Are you following the update instruction from ATI?
>>It says to uninstall existing driver first?
>>
>>--PA
>>
>
> Yes. Take a look :
>
>>PRIOR to USING wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-03-040610a-016126c.exe
>>
>>Be sure to UNINSTALL any previous version of the RADEON
>>display driver prior to installing this version. See the
>>"Un-Install" section for instructions.
>>
>>- Click START, go to SETTINGS and select CONTROL PANEL.
>>- Launch ADD/REMOVE programs.
>>- Select "ATI Display Driver" and then click the
>>ADD/REMOVE button.
>>- RESTART Windows.
>
> But when I restart windows, the original display driver is
> reinstalled, so I can't install the Catalyst driver. If try
> to install it anyway, I get an error message : "The
> installation program coud not find any device to install
> with your current hardware or software configuration. Make
> sure you have the required hardware or software." (self
> translated from french by the way)
>
> Thanks