SEVERE Catalyst problem
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 1:28 pm
hi mates
i would start with a recommendation: catalyst 10.8, Radeon HD 4650 and windows xp dont mix (and i dont feel like trying this out with windows 7 anymore)
installed 10.8 over 10.6 on my win xp x64 sp2 and got a fancy BSOD for my efforts
sheit happens i thought, pushed F8 and restored older config
reinstalled 10.8 and this time around i got 640x480 4bit mode after reboot
installed 10.7 and so far so good
next up i installed 10.8 on win xp sp3 and got 640x480 4bit again
at this point i was certain this was the worst FUBAR driver release ive ever seen
i tried to install 10.7 over it and nothing changed
10.6 (which was there in the beginning) also changed nothing
whats more, i got the message that there was no ATI product present
this almost convinced me that my radeon was broken, but i know thats bull now since its working fine under xp x64 with catalyst 10.7
i resorted to F8 again and restored last good config
seemed all healed at the user selection screen, but a few seconds after login the screen becomes a total grainy mess where everything but the mouse is rendered as colorful noise (in 1280x1024 though) and i cant do anything since im as good as blind
tried to get things right in safe mode, but catalyst absolutely refuses to be reinstalled or uninstalled in safe mode
im totally out of ideas
what do i do now?
i would start with a recommendation: catalyst 10.8, Radeon HD 4650 and windows xp dont mix (and i dont feel like trying this out with windows 7 anymore)
installed 10.8 over 10.6 on my win xp x64 sp2 and got a fancy BSOD for my efforts
sheit happens i thought, pushed F8 and restored older config
reinstalled 10.8 and this time around i got 640x480 4bit mode after reboot
installed 10.7 and so far so good
next up i installed 10.8 on win xp sp3 and got 640x480 4bit again
at this point i was certain this was the worst FUBAR driver release ive ever seen
i tried to install 10.7 over it and nothing changed
10.6 (which was there in the beginning) also changed nothing
whats more, i got the message that there was no ATI product present
this almost convinced me that my radeon was broken, but i know thats bull now since its working fine under xp x64 with catalyst 10.7
i resorted to F8 again and restored last good config
seemed all healed at the user selection screen, but a few seconds after login the screen becomes a total grainy mess where everything but the mouse is rendered as colorful noise (in 1280x1024 though) and i cant do anything since im as good as blind
tried to get things right in safe mode, but catalyst absolutely refuses to be reinstalled or uninstalled in safe mode
im totally out of ideas
what do i do now?