I just installed the latest drivers for my radeon 9500 Pro.
They don't work right either. Here is how I got around it.
Use the Catalyst remover programs from this page;
http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/m...lystutils.html
use the smart-gart uninstall too.
run your driver install program next.
let it unpack to whatever folder you want.
cancell installation at this point. (my computer froze if I went further)
Try installing the 'back way' this worked for me at least. :-)
right click on desktop
go to Properties
settings tab
advanced tab
adapter tab
Properties button
Driver tab
Update Driver tab
INSTALL FROM SPECIFIC LOCATION tab
point to ati folder, within this is another folder called XPDRV I think. (this has the .inf files in it)
Click next.
drivers will install.
when asked to reboot say no.
go to my computer
c: drive
your ati folder that the drivers are in
cpanel folder
setup.exe
this will install the control panel options so you can tweak away.
don't make any changes this time.
when asked to reboot, say yes.
I know this was not actually the preferred way, but it worked for me. This SHOULD give you clean drivers and a default (SAFE) setting for your control panel for 3D.
Let us know. We are all here to help.
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