Windows 7: Confuse with Two ATI on Device Manger

CNIGHT3 · 30 Oct 2011

Hi ... I have a question about why do I have two ATI 4000 / 5700 series on my device manger from PC ? I have 5770 series HD ATI Radeon on my pc .. is it normal or have to uninstall 4000 one ?

profdlp · 30 Oct 2011

Are you still using the Windows default driver? I believe that it will show both the primary and secondary connections for the card. Even though it's a single card it can control two monitors and is viewed as such. The ATI driver will only show one.

stormy13 · 31 Oct 2011

CNIGHT3, welcome to the Seven Forums.

You remember to disable the onboard HD 4200 in the bios? If not that would be why you have it showing in Device Manager. Also if you didn't, don't uninstall anything for it as it uses the exact same driver as your 5770. Just disable it unless you want to re-install the driver for the 5770.

ReviverSoft · 31 Oct 2011

Yep, uninstall the driver for the HD 4200 series chipset, restart your computer, access the BIOS and disable the onboard graphics.

stormy13 · 31 Oct 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by ReviverSoft

Yep, uninstall the driver for the HD 4200 series chipset,

Nno you don't. If you uninstall anything it is only the video driver, which will also uninstall it for the HD 5770. Much easier to just disable it in the bio and leave the driver alone, it won't affect anything. That I have a 780G based motherboard with the slightly older HD 3200 on it, and used to enable/disable it as needed to use it with my LCD TV, while running dual monitors off of a HD 4830.

CNIGHT3 · 31 Oct 2011

Ok , I will check it out right away , will let u know if it work or not ... =)

CNIGHT3 · 31 Oct 2011

its working now .. thanks =)

stormy13 · 31 Oct 2011

You're welcome and thanks for posting back.

P.S. Just in case you didn't know, you can also use the onboard with any AMD video card to use up to 4 monitors at a time; 2 on the card itself (and possibly 3 with the HD 5xxx and up series), and 2 off of the onboard.

ReviverSoft · 31 Oct 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by stormy13

Quote: Originally Posted by ReviverSoft

Yep, uninstall the driver for the HD 4200 series chipset,

Nno you don't. If you uninstall anything it is only the video driver, which will also uninstall it for the HD 5770. Much easier to just disable it in the bio and leave the driver alone, it won't affect anything. That I have a 780G based motherboard with the slightly older HD 3200 on it, and used to enable/disable it as needed to use it with my LCD TV, while running dual monitors off of a HD 4830.

Sorry, should have been clearer. I meant the HD4200 chipset's video driver, although in hindsight, it wouldn't really matter. Thanks for chipping in.

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its working now .. thanks =)

Good to hear.

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