Ati HD4650 driver error

[DarkPrince]

Hi, i just installed a fresh copy of win7, it works well, except when i install my display drivers. i have an Ati radeon hd4650 on agp, and when i install the driver windows crashes, blue screen error...i tried to install the drivers from ati's site,even tried a manual install...nothing works

 

[stormy13]

DarkPrince, welcome to the Seven Forums.

Would help to know which motherboard/chipset you have, as if there isn't a working AGP/GART driver (part of the chipset drivers) then the video card driver won't install and/or work properly.

Also is this the driver you used,

AMD Catalyst

as the regular Catalyst driver won't work with the HD 2xxx. 3xxx and 4xxx series of AGP cards.

 

[DarkPrince]

Yes, i tried that one too. My motherboard is an ASUS P4S800D-X with AGP slot for the video, CPU Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz

 

[stormy13]

Motherboard has the SiS 655FX chipset on it, which hasn't seen an update in close to 6 years. That said start with going here,

http://www.sis.com/download/download_step1.php?id=155871

and download the "SiS AGP(GART) Driver". Before installing uninstall any ATI driver you have installed, then install the AGO/GART driver. Next run Windows Update and it should offer an update for the AGP driver, if it does install it. Now install the ATI AGP hotfix driver.

 

[DarkPrince]

Ok, Thank you.

 

[DarkPrince]

Hi. Ok, so i did as you said, removed all ati drivers, installed the agp driver, and then the ati hotfix, and it still doesn't work...when i install the ati driver, windows works for a few mins then it freezes completly...

 

[NoJuan999]

Try changing the AGP Aperture size in BIOS and see if different settings work for you.

 

[DarkPrince]

ok. one more thing, above the graphics apertue i have Video Priority AGP or PCI, what is the diff if i set it to pci or agp?

 

[DarkPrince]

nop, no difference...it still freezes

 

[arpcpro]

Windows 7 drivers are really bad. I have had a lot of troubles to get it working. From my 3com etherlink pci nic not detected, to no sound on the tv card, scsi card not working or no mic and no gameport on the SB Audigy.

And there is one driver from Windows Update that causes us a lot of trouble. It is the "SIS Accelerated Graphics Port"

Do never let Win Update install that thing. I have a SIS 655TX and with that thing installed I can only use the default VGA adapter driver. Everytime I install the ATI drivers (like catalyst 11.5) it hangs on W7 splash screen with the HD light always on.

So install W7 from scratch. Install the latest ATI drivers before doing anything else. And only then the updates, except the SIS AGP mentioned above. I didn't need to install the AGP GART form SIS. I just use the universal one from W7 without updating it.

And create a system restore point before installing W7 SP1 because it will cause the same problem on boot. After install SP1, the system always hangs on splash screen. I'm unable to use W7 SP1.

 

[djmolecular]

working fix

I know this thread is old but i felt the need to post this info somewhere. I have seen nothing but never ending posts online about issue with the HD4650 AGP. Especially in Windows 7. I tried everything and anything over the span of 4 hours. From running a bare bones, setup to putting in a behemoth PSU and updating every driver possible on my system with no luck. Ive tried almost every catalyst package out there. Even the latest 11.6 Hotfix for all AGP cards failed giving me a BSOD. Never once would Catalyst actually install the HD4650 drivers. And alot of the times it would not install the catalyst control center either. Was always stuck with "Standard Display Adapter" in the device menu. Ive tried every possible fix and suggestion out there with no results. My final working result came from looking at trouble shooting posts on many message boards with just AGP cards in general. And dont quote me on this but a poster mentioned legacy support ended in Catalyst 10.12. Then i heard someone else say the manufacturer of their card told them to use catalyst 10.12. I was game so i tried yet another suite and failed miserably yet again with no results. Would not install the drivers period.

I tried one last thing. and heres what works. Run 10.12 catalyst and after it extracts to the temp dir then quite the installation. Head over to device manager and goto your adapter and choose update driver software. Then choose "browse my computer for software" Then use the option "Let me pick the drivers" followed by "Have Disk" option.

Then direct it to this file. C:\ATI\Support\10-12_vista32_win7_32_dd_ccc_ocl\Packages\drivers\Display\W7_INF\CL109808.inf Then scroll down the video cards listed until you get to the very first hd 4650 listing and choose that one. Then install anyways when windows says it might not work. Re boot and now the driver is in place and listed as a HD 4650 and displaying proper resolution etc. There another INF file below that one but i never even had to use it or even try it.

Now thats done grab that latest 11.6 Hotfix for all Radeon AGP cards from AMD. Extract and install but when installing YOU MUST CHOOSE "CUSTOM" install. Then make sure you deselect "Install drivers" (you already have one that works). Basically just install the control center ONLY. If you install driver it messes it up again. When finished reboot. And now you have a working 11.6 catalyst control center for your hd 4650 in windows 7.

Ive only posted this because info is REALLY limited out there for these cards and there issues. Ive seen where people have returned the card. I did not wanna go that route so i didnt give up and i really hope this can help some people.
Sorry its not more detailed but im not into writing up stuff. I only signed up to post this info only. But for a few details of my specific situation is as follows.
MSI Board, Intel Chipset, AGP x8, 550 watt PSU and Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit edition. I dont know if this will work on the 64 bit edition but this definitely worked for the 32 bit edition.