Compatibility of RADEON 9000

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jtsuzuki <jtsuzuki@cox.net> wrote in news:42BA77A5.5050109@cox.net:

> I installed Win 2000 Pro SP4 in TOSHIBA Satellite P35 which has built
> in
> ATI MOBILE RADEON 9000 display adapter. The result was low grade
> resolution display. Device manager tells no display adapter installed.
> I downloaded driver file from ATI and installed. Result was computer
> crush showing just black screen. When examined in Safe Mode, Device
> Manager tells existence of the RADEON adapter in Display Adapter all
> right, but Properties states that no drivers are installed. But Driver
> tab shows ATI drivers.
> I wonder whether the MOBILE RADEON 9000 is incompatible with Win 2000
> or whether there is a way to install drivers for the adapter
> correctly. I know the RADEON is compatible with WinXP. MicroSoft
> Hardware Compatibility List states that this video adapter works with
> WinXP but no information about its compatibility with other OS.
> Can someone help me solving this problem?
>

I'm not sure if this is related, but I have a Radeon 9200 and Win2k.
The newer Radeon drivers gave me similar problems (black screen after a
while, even though the computer was still running okay - could connect
to it remotely, etc.) I went back to an earlier version of the Radeon
driver, and it has worked fine for quite a while.

I seem to have no trouble with the newer drivers and WinXP - only Win2k.

The drivers that I use are version 6.14.10.6444 dated 4/21/2004
(I use the older style control panel, not the one that uses .NET)

The downloaded files have the following numbers in the filename:
8-01-040421a-015419c, and are at the following link:

https://support.ati.com/ics/support [...] =knowledge
&folderID=27

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You need to get mobile radeon drivers from your PC manu.web site, ATI does
not supply mobile radeon drivers. The drivers are specific to PC manu.laptop

"jtsuzuki" <jtsuzuki@cox.net> wrote in message
news:42BA77A5.5050109@cox.net...
> I installed Win 2000 Pro SP4 in TOSHIBA Satellite P35 which has built in
> ATI MOBILE RADEON 9000 display adapter. The result was low grade
> resolution display. Device manager tells no display adapter installed. I
> downloaded driver file from ATI and installed. Result was computer crush
> showing just black screen. When examined in Safe Mode, Device Manager
> tells existence of the RADEON adapter in Display Adapter all right, but
> Properties states that no drivers are installed. But Driver tab shows
> ATI drivers.
> I wonder whether the MOBILE RADEON 9000 is incompatible with Win 2000 or
> whether there is a way to install drivers for the adapter correctly. I
> know the RADEON is compatible with WinXP. MicroSoft Hardware
> Compatibility List states that this video adapter works with WinXP but
> no information about its compatibility with other OS.
> Can someone help me solving this problem?