Apr 28, 2005, 12:10 PM // 12:10
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Pre-Searing Cadet
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Radeon 9600/9700 problems
I am at a bit of a loss of what to do. I have a laptop, and everytime I try to play Guild Wars, about 5 minutes in the game, it crashes and I need to restart the computer. I've identified that it's a problem with my Radeon, but what I don't seem to get is that I can't update to the newer version at ATI.com... It says something like the video card doesn't exsist. Also, I have tried several times reinstalling the drivers for it, but it still messes up when I play the game. Any ideas of what I can do? I've tried almost everything....
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Apr 28, 2005, 02:29 PM // 14:29
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Salt Lake City
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What card do you have in your laptop? I installed the updated drivers from ATI.com just fine on mine, I have a 9600.
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Apr 28, 2005, 02:36 PM // 14:36
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: South Carolina
Guild: Whiz Kids
Profession: R/Mo
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Driver needs to be cleaned!
Sounds like a problem I have had in the past with drivers. Try using this free program http://www.drivercleaner.net/ to completely remove your old driver. Make sure you look at the readme.file and do as it says. Running you should be able to install the new drivers. Hope this helps!!
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Apr 28, 2005, 09:11 PM // 21:11
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Pre-Searing Cadet
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ok, I tried that program like you suggested, but when I went to install the new drivers, it did the same thing, it said INF ERROR Video Card Not Found... Any suggestions?
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Apr 28, 2005, 09:31 PM // 21:31
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Elite Guru
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the catalyst drivers do not recognize the laptop video chips. you either need to download a hack, or download 3rd party drivers like at omegadrivers.net that have this feature enabled.
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Apr 28, 2005, 09:40 PM // 21:40
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Pre-Searing Cadet
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um..i have a laptop..i'm not sure what my graphics card is..how do u find o ut what graphics card you hvae..sorry for being computer literate
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Apr 28, 2005, 09:46 PM // 21:46
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Elite Guru
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there is a really good chance that you do not actually have a graphics card. to find out what your graphics chipset is, you can right clock on your desktop, choose "properties", and the click on the "settings" tab.
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Apr 28, 2005, 09:47 PM // 21:47
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Frost Gate Guardian
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i thought there were specifc drivers for the laptop based systems, my laptop has an auto update function
dont know about yours
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Apr 28, 2005, 11:14 PM // 23:14
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Krytan Explorer
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Yea, most laptop graphics cards will not work with their desktop counterpart drivers. For example, chances are you cannot use the ATI unified drivers for your laptop. I know for a fact the NVIDIA unified drivers do not work with my laptops GeForce 6800 Go and I do indeed need specialized drivers from Dell.
-Virt
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Apr 28, 2005, 11:16 PM // 23:16
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Frost Gate Guardian
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also a laptop card is a lto less than the desktop verzion
ie a 6800 laptop is nothign compared to a 6800 desktop
get to your latop company and get there drivers
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Apr 29, 2005, 01:34 AM // 01:34
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Pre-Searing Cadet
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ok, I managed to update the drivers finally, but the game is still crashing...... Anyone else getting the same problem, and is there a way to fix it? Cause I just can't stand playing the game if it keeps crashing every five minutes.....
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Apr 29, 2005, 12:16 PM // 12:16
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Pre-Searing Cadet
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oh okay..i have ati mobility 7000.. anyone have issues withthis? where do i go in ati.com to get the update drivers.. hydralink? sorry for such noob questions
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