my driver won't install!

[mxosder16]

i downloaded the official 7100 from MS 6 hours ago and found out that my video card driver didn't download via microsoft update as usual. now i'm no pro at driver downloads by any means (usually Mcrosoft Update does it for me!) but i was trying to download it via the manufacturaer website and i got this error message

Catalyst® Install Manager
Installation Report
05/05/09 09:23:05

Hardware information NameATI Radeon Xpress SeriesManufacturerATI Technologies IncDevice ID0x5974Vendor ID0x1002Class Code0x030000Revision ID0x00Subsystem ID0x022aSubsystem vendor ID0x1028Other hardwareExisting packages Packages for install
ATI Catalyst Install Manager Final Status:SuccessVersion of Item:3.0.719.0Size:20 MbytesATI Display Driver Final Status:FailVersion of Item:8.600.0.0000Size:90 MbytesMicrosoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Final Status:SuccessVersion of Item:8.0.56336Size:10 Mbytes
Other detected devicesATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series ManufacturerATI Technologies IncDevice ID0x5950Vendor ID0x1002Class Code0x060000Revision ID0x10Subsystem ID0x022aSubsystem vendor ID0x1028ATI Integrated SATA Support ManufacturerATI Technologies IncDevice ID0x4380Vendor ID0x1002Class Code0x01018fRevision ID0x00Subsystem ID0x022aSubsystem vendor ID0x1028ATI Integrated SMBus Support ManufacturerATI Technologies IncDevice ID0x4385Vendor ID0x1002Class Code0x0c0500Revision ID0x14Subsystem ID0x022aSubsystem vendor ID0x1028ATI Integrated SATA Support ManufacturerATI Technologies IncDevice ID0x438cVendor ID0x1002Class Code0x01018aRevision ID0x00Subsystem ID0x022aSubsystem vendor ID0x1028ATI Integrated Azalia Support ManufacturerATI Technologies IncDevice ID0x4383Vendor ID0x1002Class Code0x040300Revision ID0x00Subsystem ID0x022aSubsystem vendor ID0x1028
Error messagesDriver Install: the specified driver package was not installed for matching devices

as a side note i tried this on both the MS 7100 and the torrent 7100.
and yes the torrent hashes match MS one's. and funny thing is it was working no problem before i d/l the MS one.
and yes i do clean installs.
thanks for any help you guys can provide, because right now i'm stuck with the basic theme and my eyes are bleeding

edit: solved via http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/789-windows-7-driver-solution.html

thanks for the try though

 

[torrentg]

Download the latest catalyst driver for your card and unpack it by running it normally. When it asks you to do express or cutom install, just close the installer app. Open device manager and install it manually by pointing to the .inf in C:\ATI\blah blah wherever it is in here.

When doing this from the device manager, select the option to find drivers yourself as opposed to having windows find them for you.

You might have to add your card's string to the .inf in 2 places also, but doubtful.

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx

 

[mxosder16]

ok, i went to ati > support (only choice) > packages > drivers. at that point it gives me two options display and WDM. i am a noob when it comes to this. i pointed the 'update drivers' to the display option and then LH_INF folder. is this the right folder?
and btw when i pointed it there a window came up saying windows has already found the most recent driver. a standard one

 

[rajinisback09]

The setup.exe/install.exe would install the driver for you. Setup.exe/install.exe should have came with what you just downloaded.
Raj