ATI X1400 Driver No Longer in Windows Update

Crunchy Doodle · Apr 17, 2009

I had installed the original Windows 7 beta build 7000 on a Shuttle X100 XPC and when I ran Windows Update, it pulled down a nice pre-release version of a Windows 7 driver that worked very well. This XPC is about the size of a hard-back textbook and uses an ATI Radeon Mobility X1400 GPU chip. This is much like many mid-level notebooks from a few years ago. It's not great, but has enough power to play most any multimedia and supports full Aero.

Today I decided to install one of the newer betas of Windows 7, so I performed a fresh install and foolishly expected the nice video driver to show up in Windows Update. :cry:

IT"S GONE! After some web searching, I discovered I'm not the only fool who trusted Microsoft concerning this ATI driver. I was able to install a Vista driver from Levono in compatibility mode. It does work, but I'd prefer the real thing.

Bye.

Night Hawk · Apr 18, 2009

That's often the problem when counting on seeing everything through the MS updates. A quick trip directly to ATI.AMD might spare you some problems there since that's the manufacturer.

Tadaaa.... Look under Vista 32/64>ATI mobility at Graphics Drivers & Software The X1400 is in plain sight!

For 7 drivers the wait will be there since it's an unfinished version of Windows also seeing an unfinished support base. The one saving grace however is being able to still use Vista drivers while Vista couldn't use XP drivers!

Crunchy Doodle · Apr 18, 2009

Been there, done that - you didn't click through that link to see the notice that there is no driver available.

So for now, I'll have the use the inferior Vista driver. The Vista driver has a good WEI score, like 3.5 for graphics, but does a poor job playing 1080i HDTV recordings. The no longer available Windows 7 driver played 1080i HDTV smoothly with no glitches or artifacts.

Bye.

Night Hawk said:
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Tadaaa.... Look under Vista 32/64>ATI mobility at Graphics Drivers & Software The X1400 is in plain sight!

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Night Hawk · Apr 18, 2009

Well that's what you are going to be finding from now on unless by chance you find it listed elsewhere like guru3D or another 3rd party site that carries drivers for older hardwares. download from Guru3D.com

Since 7 drivers seen now are still beta you won't find any for 7 for anything there at this time. Checking the manufacturer's support site would be the other place to look for what you are looking for in case they started carrying any for 7 this early.

7 won't be seeing too much support for the older hardwares like Vista saw. That's one reason the WEI was raised higher there. Too bad the Vista WEI is great for 7 where the one for 7 would be correct for Vista in reverse! Unfortunately the driver support for the next version won't go back as far since newer hardwares have come out since Vista's release.

Fizban · Apr 26, 2009

Hmm, I'm having the same issue now. Found anything that worked better than the driver from Levono? I not was there anything special you had to to get it to install properly?

darkassain · Apr 26, 2009

id go with the lower 9.3 or 9.2....
9.3 should let you install that GPU drivers...
9.4 did away with some of the older cards....

Night Hawk · Apr 26, 2009

After so many verions ATI always seems to lose the next oldest series of cards. One example was seeing ATI(prior to the AND buyout) drop all support for the 9xxx models entirely once the 2xxx was first out. Once AMD picked up the ball there the older card were then seeing support for a period of time.

After 2 or 3 newer lines come out the differences are simply too large in vpu chip design as well as other things where you can't cover every model that ever came out with one single update. It simply doesn't work that way.

ZULU1957 · Jul 23, 2009

The no longer available Windows 7 driver played 1080i HDTV smoothly with no glitches or artifacts.

Crunchy Doodle...;

I'm sitting on the fence right now, with this issue.
When I installed my W7 build 7600, my X1400 was "upgraded" to 8.561.00 dated 12/1/2008.

These divers STILL available via the Microsoft Update Catalog , where you type x1400 on the search bar and will get This driver provided by ATI Technologies Inc. for support of ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
Architecture: X86 version 8.561.00 as well with de AMD 64....

darkassain · Jul 23, 2009

ZULU1957 said:
Crunchy Doodle...;

I'm sitting on the fence right now, with this issue.
When I installed my W7 build 7600, my X1400 was "upgraded" to 8.561.00 dated 12/1/2008.

These divers STILL available via the Microsoft Update Catalog , where you type x1400 on the search bar and will get This driver provided by ATI Technologies Inc. for support of ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
Architecture: X86 version 8.561.00 as well with de AMD 64....

install catalyst 9.2 (it should on the net)
that has support for your card....

Night Hawk · Jul 23, 2009

Well you still need to choose the correct catalyst not by the version number alone but by type. If you run into a 9.2 Radeon catalyst that won't you any since you need the mobility version. Those are for two different types of display adapters.

ZULU1957 · Jul 23, 2009

No luck with this issue.I tried with catalyst 9.2.It will go with the installation but i does not change the date on the driver or the driver itself.:huh:

i'm still stuck with 8.561.00 dated 12/1/2008 with a 3.5 WEI on T5600 C2D @ 1.83 Ghz with 2 gig memory.

Processor: 4.7
Memory : 4.7
Graphics : 3.5
Gaming : 3.6
HD : 4.9

Any ideas on how to improve (install) better Drivers...?

Thanks in advance

Night Hawk · Jul 23, 2009

You'll need to clean those off entirely to allow for any older or other drivers to go on fresh. With the ATI catalyst on the "C:\ATI\support\8.x or 9.x sub folder if present has it's own setup.exe file there you bring up to select the uninstall option as well as going into the device manager and right clicking to uninstall on the display adapter checking off the delete drivers box.

If anything remains then you would use a driver cleaner to insure all traces are gone. From there you should see the latest version that supports the X1xxx series.

The other thing to remember when looking at "any" other version you pick out is to read the release notes often in pdf format that shows what model series are supported for the version you look at. You want to insure at least Vista for 7 use as well being the Radeon or Mobility type correct for use there.

Dell sees their own Vista 32/64bit updates as well as for XP at Drivers & Downloads=

ZULU1957 · Jul 25, 2009

I went to the Dell page following your link, and the driver listed for X1400 is 8.36-070314a3 dated 5/21/2007.
This is an old driver compared to the one installed by default by Windows 7 RTM 6.1.7600.16385.win7_rtm.090713-125 version......

abuttino · Jul 25, 2009

The driver that is updated through Windows Update doesn't work anyway. When the screen dims, it never comes back from dim. Hopefully they'll come out with new drivers soon

Night Hawk · Jul 25, 2009

ZULU1957 said:
I went to the Dell page following your link, and the driver listed for X1400 is 8.36-070314a3 dated 5/21/2007.
This is an old driver compared to the one installed by default by Windows 7 RTM 6.1.7600.16385.win7_rtm.090713-125 version......

Unfortunately ATI even now with ATI.AMD model series you still see a fast turnover where the release notes on any update are what you need to pay close attention to since those show the model series supported. From the 9.3 catalyst and newer in most cases those are intended for the 2xxx, 3xxx, and 4xxx model lines there.

Believe me I know it can be a real pain in ... when trying to update an XP case and that card was an older All in Wonder 9800 AGP card. When a newer catalyst beyond what was found at guru3d wasn't available(5.14 there) the owner upgraded that to a Sapphire 3650 model.

rjc8620003 · Jul 25, 2009

THE x1400 card is no longer supported BY ATI or anything older then a X1200 card is NO longer supported you need to use a Older Driver
T

ATI Catalyst™ Legacy Display Driver

Night Hawk · Jul 25, 2009

The guru3d site carries old as well as the latest versions there where looking up an oldie back as far as the 9xxx AGP models is still seen. When the 5xxx series is out I can expect the present card here will no longer see any either. Hopefully by then I will have either upgraded the case or built a new one.

Crunchy Doodle · Jul 25, 2009

I just checked the Microsoft Update Catalog and the ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 is listed for both 32-bit and 64-bit. It shows version 8.561.0.0 dated 11/30/2008. I'm pretty sure that's the one I use quite successfully.

Bye.

Night Hawk · Jul 25, 2009

If that was for both flavors of Vista it should. You just won't find any labeled for 7 or 7 beta drivers.

Crunchy Doodle · Jul 26, 2009

Try this:

Microsoft Update Catalog

Bye.

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