Will a ATI Mobility Radeon x1400 be able to support W7?

amplifiedrhythm

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I have a kind of old laptop, a Dell Inspiron E1705, and it has an ATI Radeon x1400 graphics card. I really want to install Windows 7, but I'm not sure if this card will be able to support the Aero interface. Will everything go smoothly?
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64Intel i7-860Corsair Dominator 1600Mhz, 8-8-8-24 1.65v 2x2GBATI Radeon 5770 HD
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Zen Productions
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
Intel i7-860
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P
Memory
Corsair Dominator 1600Mhz, 8-8-8-24 1.65v 2x2GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon 5770 HD
Sound Card
Intel High Definition Sound
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung P2570HD
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Western Digital Caviar Black 500gb
PSU
Corsair CMPSU-750HX 750W
Case
Antec p183
Cooling
Corsair H50 Water Cooler
Keyboard
Logitech G110
Mouse
Logitech MX Revolution
Internet Speed
768 mb/s
Will I even be able to run the OS, though? Or will I just not have transparency effects and things like that?
 

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You should be able to run the OS.

Aero may or may not work, probably not.

You can try downloading the latest drivers from your manufacturer, they may still work in Windows 7, especially if they worked in Vista.
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64Intel i7-860Corsair Dominator 1600Mhz, 8-8-8-24 1.65v 2x2GBATI Radeon 5770 HD
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Zen Productions
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
Intel i7-860
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P
Memory
Corsair Dominator 1600Mhz, 8-8-8-24 1.65v 2x2GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon 5770 HD
Sound Card
Intel High Definition Sound
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung P2570HD
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Western Digital Caviar Black 500gb
PSU
Corsair CMPSU-750HX 750W
Case
Antec p183
Cooling
Corsair H50 Water Cooler
Keyboard
Logitech G110
Mouse
Logitech MX Revolution
Internet Speed
768 mb/s
You should be able to run the OS.

Aero may or may not work, probably not.

You can try downloading the latest drivers from your manufacturer, they may still work in Windows 7, especially if they worked in Vista.

Thanks for the help, man. One search through this forum and I found a link to this site, where there's a link to a driver download. My card was listed under the ones that worked, and I downloaded it, installed the driver, and restarted, all successfully. My driver version is different now. Hopefully this will help.
 

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Good luck then! If you have further questions, don't hesitate to ask.
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64Intel i7-860Corsair Dominator 1600Mhz, 8-8-8-24 1.65v 2x2GBATI Radeon 5770 HD
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Zen Productions
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
Intel i7-860
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P
Memory
Corsair Dominator 1600Mhz, 8-8-8-24 1.65v 2x2GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon 5770 HD
Sound Card
Intel High Definition Sound
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung P2570HD
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Western Digital Caviar Black 500gb
PSU
Corsair CMPSU-750HX 750W
Case
Antec p183
Cooling
Corsair H50 Water Cooler
Keyboard
Logitech G110
Mouse
Logitech MX Revolution
Internet Speed
768 mb/s

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Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit / XP Home sp3intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0ghz8 gigs 1066 OCZ Fata1tyEVGA GTX 580 Call of Duty Black Ops Edition
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Self Built
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Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit / XP Home sp3
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intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0ghz
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Asus P5ND bios 1401
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8 gigs 1066 OCZ Fata1ty
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EVGA GTX 580 Call of Duty Black Ops Edition
Sound Card
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2zs
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus 24in LCD's 2MS X2
Screen Resolution
1920x1080p @60Hz
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WD Caviar 500 Black/ WD Caviar 200 Blue
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OCZ 700W GameXtreme
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NZXT Apollo
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Corsair H50 CPU/120mm x3 /60mm x2 /Corsair Dominator Ram
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Logitech Bluetooth Wireless MX5000
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Logitech Bluetooth Wireless MX1000
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Logitech Z2300 Speakers/ Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones/Avermedia PCI-e Hybrid TV Bravo/Epson NX415 all in one/ 4 Port Powered USB Hub/ LG 10x Bluray Burner /TSST Corp DVDRW External
I have been running Windows Vista on my Inspiron e1705 (with an ATI x1400) for almost since its release. And have been running Windows 7 since the very first beta releases. Never any problems that I can report outside of the fact this laptop is getting a little too old for me. I need more power D:

Also there is the lack of good x64 support. :(
 

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PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Alienware Aurora ALX R4
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Windows 10 Pro (x64)
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Intel Core i7-3930K (3.2GHz - 4.5GHz)
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Alienware Aurora-R4 x79
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4x Samsung 4GB PC3-12800 DDR3 (16GB 1600MHz)
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Nvidia Geforce GTX 690
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SteelSeries Siberia Elite
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell UltraSharp U3011
Screen Resolution
2560x1600
Hard Drives
Samsung 850 Pro 256 GB, Seagate 1TB Desktop Hybrid HDD, 2x Western Digital 4TB Green HDD
PSU
875W Some Dell PSU <.<
Case
Alienware Aurora ALX
Cooling
Custom Liquid Cooling (EK CPU & GPU blocks) dual EK 480RAD
Keyboard
Logitech G710+ Mechanical
Mouse
Logitech G700s
Internet Speed
Verizon Fios (50 mbps average)
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Server: Intel NUC D54250WYK: i5-4250U, 16GB, 256 GB mSATA, Windows Server 2012 R2
Wow, that's the best news I've heard all day! I should probably mention that I upgraded the ram on this machine to two gigabytes, so i'm hoping that will help windows 7 run smoothly.
 

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Wow, that's the best news I've heard all day! I should probably mention that I upgraded the ram on this machine to two gigabytes, so i'm hoping that will help windows 7 run smoothly.

I upgraded my processor to take advantage of x64, threw 4 GB in there, and my e1705 with X1400 speeds right along.
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1Core i7-2670QM8GB DDR3 PC3-10600Intel HD Graphics 3000 + GeForce GT 540M
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Dell XPS 15 L502x
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU
Core i7-2670QM
Memory
8GB DDR3 PC3-10600
Graphics Card(s)
Intel HD Graphics 3000 + GeForce GT 540M
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1920x1080
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1TB 5400RPM Seagate
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