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@ jmacg
Hello
I know how frustrating this can be so here is what I know:
It appears that you may not have read this thread from beginning to end
What you have probably gathered is that making the X1300 work on w7 is not that easy especially since the series is basically not receiving any updates.
I will try to answer some of your questions. (please note that altough my data knowledge is above average I am no expert)
"-Has anyone been able to make it work?"
Yes I did and I think some other on this forum did too. If you read this post from beginning to end you will see how.
Breakdown:
-download and extract the 9.3 legacy 64 drivers from guru 3d
-use the mobility modder tool before attempting to install the driver
-use the driversweeper utilty from guru 3d to clean your machine out of old ATI stuff.
-install the drivers from the extracted and modded "lh6a" folder, the "CH_76829.msi" (for 64 bit OS) drivers.
All the links and details are described earlier in this thread.
"Has anyone tried these, and are they generic enough that they would work on a particular model of laptop?"
No idea. I've tried many drivers and none worked for me except the one I mention. That is, some appeared to work in normal 2d windows operation, but when running fullscreen 3D it would not work at all. (this only applies to w7, in vista and XP i have had no problem with this card, altough people keep repeating that if it works in vista it should work in 7)
Other things: Which folders appear are not important you just need to find that driver and get it installed. You don't need the catalyst software suite either but some people think it's neat. I think it is completely useless (IMHO). -The X1300 is a crappy card so tweaking around is not gonna bring about any big fireworks.
You're not going to need or use the WMD driver as far as I know. AMD fused with ATI and owns them but ATI is still manufacturing and branding the video cards , which processor you have is irrelevant.
Good Luck with making it work!! :)