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Former Apple user breaks his ATI video drivers ... help!

post #1 of 4
6/4/03 at 3:49pm
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I tried to update my 5660s ATI9000 video drivers yesterday but didn't know I needed to revert back to VGA settings before trying to update/overwrite the current ATI drivers. I am a newbie Windows user after all

As you can imagine (I couldn't, but now can) that has caused me some major problems. I am now unable to remove/uninstall my older, partially overwritten ATI drivers and am now back in VGA mode.

I'm trying to use the Sagernotebook site's M9 graphics update files to write the newer drivers back on but keep getting errors.

I'm going to try reinstalling them from the OEM CD first and see what happens. Is there any other recourse if this fails besides reinstalling everything on the OS partition from scratch? There's no way to just remove all of the ATI driver parts from my system is there?

Regards,

David



Otherwise, a fabulous machine, btw.
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post #2 of 4
6/4/03 at 4:17pm
Did you try the Add/Remove programs option in the Control Panel??

Also - run a registry cleaning tool after you uninstall the driver (if you manage to do so )
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post #3 of 4
6/4/03 at 4:48pm
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Yes, Add/Remove Programs refuses to remove the ATI Control Panel with a small error box ("uninstall error?" I think) and while I can see parts of the atidrivers in my Windows drivers directory it doesn't see the drivers anymore and the new drivers install won't write correctly.

Of course, as a newbie Windows user I'm not about to try "hacking the registry" as some of the IT guys here are wont to suggest, but will look into at least a registry cleanup tool as you sugested.

Thanks.
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post #4 of 4
6/4/03 at 4:54pm
try this one :--

System Mechanic :http://www.iolo.com/downloads.cfm
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