Old Laptop, Windows 7 x64, ATI Mobility X1400 driver problems

[Broadtstar86]

Hi guys,

I am new to this forum and i have come seeking your help.

I have a Dell Inspiron 9400 with an ATI Mobility X1400 graphics cards which isnt being recognised now that i have installed Windows 7 x64, after doing some searching on here i see this is common problem. However, my problem doesnt seem to be covered.

As Dell dont support the card anymore because it is so old, i tried using a Vista x64 driver and updating it using the device manager, this did not work. I then tried the mod tool method found at Mobility Modder - ATI Version, Install the Latest Drivers on your ATI laptop and this worked, except there was one problem, my screen was no longer backlit. If i plugged in a second screen i had a display again and the X1400 was listed in the device manager instead of the Standard VGA, i also had aero capabilty and higher resolutions.

So in summary, i can get the driver updated and have higher resolutions and aero, but my screen goes black and can only be seen if i shine a light on it or i plug in a second screen.

Any idea's??

Thanks Guys

 

[VUK40]

X1400

ATI Catalyst 10.2

Avivo™ Package
Drive two displays
ttp://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/10-2/Pages/radeonaiw_vista64.aspx?&lang=English

 

[Broadtstar86]

I have tried installing this package but with no luck, i still get my higher resolution or aero effects. Any other ideas?

 

[VUK40]

• Use the official uninstaller
• Reboot your PC in Safe Mode
• Run Driver Sweeper and select what to clean
• ccleaner cleaning registry
• Reboot
• install again
• |MG| Driver Fusion (Driver Sweeper) 1.5.0 Download
• http://www.techspot.com/downloads/4266-driver-sweeper.html

 

[Broadtstar86]

Nope, every time i successfully install a new driver the LCD Inverter stops working and my screen goes extremely dim. Changing the brightness settings has no affect, the only was i get a display is if i use a second monitor.

 

[indianacarnie]

Have you seen/tried this?


Inspiron E1705 / 9400 (X1400) ATI Brightness issue - Laptop Video Forum - Laptop - Dell Community

 

[Broadtstar86]

sorry but i cant seem to find that page, is the link correct?

 

[indianacarnie]

It is now..... sorry

 

[VUK40]

Try vista drivers
What does Device Manager it say that the graphics card

 

[Mark Phelps]

If you add Microsoft Update Catalog to your favorites and install the app, then do a search on "ATI X1400 driver".

Part way down the list of results, you will see driver version 7.14.10.8333. THAT is the version that the other thread said is the one that works.

Download and install that version (there are two entries, but I don't know which one you need).

 

[Broadtstar86]

Thank you Mr Phelps! Thank you very much, its been doing my nut in for weeks! All is working and i have aero and my preferred 1920x1200 resolution, good times!

 

[Mark Phelps]

Thank you Mr Phelps! Thank you very much, its been doing my nut in for weeks! All is working and i have aero and my preferred 1920x1200 resolution, good times!

Glad I could be of help. If it's not to much trouble, please click on the little "scales" symbol on the upper-right part of your post to add to my reps, thanks.

 

[Broadtstar86]

Dont that no problem, thanks again.

 

[Maco88]

Hi

I am in the exact position as the OP and thanks to Mark Phelps for his post. I managed to download that driver, but there is no executable file to install the driver. It comes with a bunch of file but none of them do anything.

Where exactly do I put these files or what do I do with them, sorry I am not 100%

Cheers

 

[Mr Davo]

How to manually install drivers in Windows (through Device Manager)

Hi Maco88,

Check out the YouTube link below which explains how to manually install driver files in Windows -

How to install Windows Drivers Manually

Kind Regards,

Davo

 

[Maco88]

cheers Davo, havent checked out that youtube yet, but I will just for reference..

Via a bit of Googling i was able to get a bit of a lead and tried a few things which eventually work.

Basically, had to expand the "CAB" file to a destination of my choice.

Then went into Device Manager, and updated my Graphics Driver and selected "Let me choose the software" option by directing it to the folder that held the expanded files.

The system did the rest and the driver was updated.

After a reboot, i was able to get the maximum 1920 x 1200 resolution, previously only able to get Windows 7 default settings max. 1600 x 1200.

Easy when you know how, as this is how we use to do update and adding drivers in days gone by, however these days everything virtually comes with an executable that does it all for you, and when you are faced with having to do it manually, you seem to momentarily forget how it was done.

 

[Mr Davo]

Glad to hear that it worked out for you

 

[Haloman]

64 bit

Hello guys, I have the same problem but this cabinet didn't work for me because it's for win 32 bit. Found some of them for 64 bit but won't work saying "can't find specified file". Any help wold be welcomed.

 

[Mark Phelps]

Any help wold be welcomed.

I saw two Win7 drivers in Microsoft Update Catalog. If neither of them work, you should try the AMD driver website: Download Drivers

 

[sirnose]

Thank You

If you add Microsoft Update Catalog to your favorites and install the app, then do a search on "ATI X1400 driver".
Part way down the list of results, you will see driver version 7.14.10.8333. THAT is the version that the other thread said is the one that works.
Download and install that version (there are two entries, but I don't know which one you need).

This was really helpful one tip you need to use IE to use this site Microsoft Update Catalog