Howto install the drivers for mobility Radeon 9200 on Compaq X1000 with Windows Server 2003 !!! (solution)
Hello everybody !!!
I just has a very bad experience with the Radeon Mobility 9200 on a laptop Compaq X1000. I have lost half a day trying to figure out how to install the damn driver on this laptop. Problem 1: The driver that you download from Compaq: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...tem=hb-18926-1 does not work out of the box with Windows Server 2003 because the OS it is recognised as Windows XP 64 and the driver for it is not even written at this time. Solution: Execute the file SP27431.exe (this file contains the driver version 7.96 (release Date: 2004-03-18). It will attepmt to install the driver and fail. The good point is that is will inflate the driver's files into C:\SWSetup\sp27459 This is the default location. Naturally you can change it. Now right click on the Setup.exe file then select properties and compatibility mode. In the combo box select Windows XP. Now the driver will install without a hinch. Problem 2: When the video acceleration is disabled the driver will crash your brand new Windows Server 2003. Solution: before rebooting (this is required by the previous step) enable acceleration to the full. ATTENTION: The acceleration is disabled by default on Windows Server 2003. Well, that's it. I won't tell you how many times I have rebooted and how many posts I have read before finding this solution. ATI is not seriuos about the driver issues. I know that they are not supporting the driver on Windos Server 2003 but at least they should run the damn driver once and warn the people about its use. Have a nice day, Razvan |
You may want to try the beta version of Radeon driver for Windows X 64-bit. It is RADEON, Version: 8.01-040421a-015296E-ATI, dated May 26 2004, and available at the following link: http://www.video-drivers.com/drivers/147/147899.htm Installed without any problems, and did not crash upon server reboot So far, it has worked ok -- Avsh55 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Avsh550's Profile: http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/...html?userid=34 View this thread: http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/...ad.phtml?t=949 |
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