radeon xpress 200M problems

I have a crappy radeon xpress 200M card. it's old I know but it is what it is and I can't buy a new one so I have to make due.

I did a clean install of windows 7 on my system and all seemed to work fine until I tried to install catalyst control center. It won't install no matter what version I try and believe me when I say I've probably installed almost all of them.

I'm able to upgrade, rollback, install and uninstall the drivers no problems. In fact I've done it so many times I've lost track of how many times I've done it. Right now I've got driver version 8.451.0.0 running.

I've got cc cleaner installed and have used that to remove previous software. I've also manually removed all instances of ATI, Catalyst and ccc in registry as well as used device manager to remove drivers every time before trying to install new versions.

my problem is ccc will not install no matter what I try. I did manage to get one version to install sort of. It installed with no errors but would never run. I've tried the latest version of catalyst all the way down to 6.1.4. I've manually update drivers through device manager and then tried to install ccc as well as tried to install the whole catalyst suite. I've run everything in compatibility mode and as administrator.

so after much frustration I got tired of messing with ccc and switched over to ray adams ATI tray tools. the lastest version doesn't work for me (I think its 1.6.9 or something like that) I had to go back to the 1.3.6 version for it to work.

all I want to do is to connect my vga to svideo adapter to my rf modulator to my svideo cord to my tv so I can watch hulu and the like on the tv instead of my laptop.

I thought it was working at first when I was able to see the green signal light on the modulator but when I opened up the settings on tray tools it showed no other display connected and then it froze up completely. every stinking time I tried it.

so my question is this, do I need a vga to svideo convertor rather than adapter and is there anything I can do ccc wise or tray tools to remedy this situation?

thanks in advance if this sounds stupid.
Kelli

torrentg said:

Get driver 8.661 running. Can only help here. CCC should work for you too. Besides, your laptop will thank you.

I've done this a few times but I don't think I did it with 8.661. I tried mobility modder a couple of times with older drivers so i'm off to give it another go.

torrentg said:

Why don't you just connect the S-Video adapter to the tv?

well because when I connected the desktop in our office to the tv I had to have a modulator because that tv is sooooo old there's not even those red, white and yellow tulip connections on the front or back. I got that set up working so easy I didn't think I was going to have this much trouble with the laptop and 2nd tv. We did try connecting the vga/svideo adapter to svideo cord directly into the tv (the one that does have svideo jack) and it didn't work so my husband suggested we try getting another modulator. Otherwise I wouldn't have bothered.

I'll let you know if this works. Thanks for the help.