New NP3790 drivers - Page 8

after install, anyone notice improved sound quality? Thanks TMGP for keeping this thread alive and well!

Yeah - this thread is sweet; thanks, tmgp

Now - i have a serious problem trying to use the ati mobility drivers from the ati website. i do a clean install using the mobility utility that's on the site, and it installs fine. after i restart, the desktop comes up looking clear and beautiful and with what looks like a very nice resolution. THEN, a moment later, the screen goes crazy - just nonsense, colors and craziness everywhere. i've tried the 6.3 mobility AND regular 6.3 modded with the dhmodtool, and the same thing happens with both. i also tried modding the 6.2s. anybody know what the latest catalyst set that works is? the latest version on the sager website is the 5.10...

Monkton,

I'm experiencing the very same problem as you. I've replicated the same symptoms for the Catalyst Mobility Radeon 6.3, 6.2, 6.1 and 5.13 drivers. Just for kicks I installed the Omega drivers based on Catalyst 6.3 and to no avail had the same problem. The only drivers that I am able to install with any stability are the ones provided at the Sager website.

I've been sharing e-mail correspondence with a technical support representative from Sager over the last few days. Apparently they're looking into it but at the present I don't have much hope until ATI releases the next set of drivers.

If you do find a solution, please let us know. I'll be sure to do the same.

ATI just released the 6.4s...i'm about to try them. i'll keep you posted.

No go with the 6.4 catalysts, either. there was further development, however - after bootup, when the desktop looked fine, a catalyst control center window popped up saying setup wouldn't be complete until smartgart did something or other (it went away too quickly), and THEN the screen went crazy. does anyone who's following this know what that might mean for my situation?

has anyone gotten the catalysts to actually work without a problem?

same problem here.

i tried the 6.4s and it actually worked for a good few hours - i was modeling in maya. it was not until a 2nd restart (after the initial restart required by finishing the installation) that it completely crapped out on me - crazy screen artifacting and all.

hoping for a fix soon cuz the sager drivers are very old

I submitted feedback on ATI's 6.4 driver webpage. I also informed Sager's technical support that the 6.4 drivers are also causing the same issues. I encourage you all to do the same!

Any chance anyone here could send me the WLAN drivers? I've tried downloading them from Intel but I keep getting an error message like the files don't even exist on their server.

I've been having the same issues for the past couple days. I've been trying to download the 9.0.4.8 driver, as the 9.0.3.9 gave me serious connectivity issues. every time i tried downloading it, however, the download would freeze at some point. i finally got it to download completely, but when i tried to extract it I got a message saying the file was corrupt, blah blah blah. now i get a "page cannot be displayed" after i click on the download site.

I got Catalyst 6.4 drivers to work

I finally got the Catalyst 6.4 drivers to work on my 3790.

I spent the last 3 days trying to get them to work. I reimaged my laptop with Acronis about a dozen times and rebooted 100+ times trying all sorts of permutations. I was editing .INF files, merging new Catalyst drivers into the old Sager install, and so on. Fortunately, even when the laptop LCD is garbled, the external monitor output works fine, so I could continue to troubleshoot.

It turns out the problem with the newer Catalyst drivers is quite simple.

1. The 3790 LCD requires a 75 Hz refresh rate. Anything else results in a garbled screen. This is unusual in the LCD world, where most LCDs work with a 60 Hz refresh rate. Aggravating the problem is that the Sager LCD doesn't support PnP, so it doesn't tell Windows about the refresh rate requirement.

2. The Catalyst drivers don't have a .INF entry for 1680x1050, so Windows won't recognize that as a supported resolution once you install the Catalyst drivers. You can't select it in the Windows Display Properties. You can force it from the Catalyst Control Center, but that only works until you reboot. When you reboot, Windows resets the resolution.

What happens when you install the newer Catalyst drivers and reboot? Windows doesn't support the 1680x1050 resolution and it falls back to a lower resolution with a 60 Hz refresh rate, and the LCD is all scrambled. Even if your LCD isn't 1680x1050, I think the first post-install boot defaults to a 60 HZ refresh rate for safety reasons, which doesn't help us at all.

While I didn't follow the exact steps below (my config is working now and I didn't want to reimage yet again to check it), here's a fix that should work:

1. Install .NET Framework 1.1. The Catalyst Control Center requires this and it won't work if you only have .NET Framework 2.0 installed.

2. Get the latest ATI mobility drivers here: http://www2.ati.com/drivers/mobile/atimcatw.exe.

3. Install the latest drivers, but DON'T REBOOT.

4. Download RefreshForce here: http://www.pagehosting.co.uk/rf/. It's a great little utility that updates the Windows registry so your display drivers always use whatever refresh rate you specify. You can also use it to add additional resolutions.

5. Run ReForce.EXE. Now you have to find the correct monitor registry entry to modify. It's a bit tricky because every display device gets a monitor entry, but you need to find the one for the built-in LCD. Look for one that's labeled [ACTIVE]. In my case there were three [ACTIVE] entries, but the entry ID I needed was labeled MS_0000. Click the Auto Populate button. This should fill in all the supported resolutions and refresh rates. Change all refresh rates to 75. If you need to add 1680x1050, do it and set it to 75 too. Apply the changes.

6. Reboot. If you chose the right monitor to modify, everything should look fine.

I hope this works for you. Let us know if it does.

You just don't get this kind of "customer service" every day! That's what NBF is all about. Thank you very much DASE! I hope others find resolution (pun intended) with your solution.

Dase,

This is excellent. Thank you so much for taking the time to let everyone else here know how you resolved this issue. I've installed 6.4 with no problem.

I went ahead and sent your solution to Sager Technical Support with the hopes that they'll collaborate with ATI to produce a future driver w/o this issue.

Yeah - awesome work, DASE. I still haven't tried the fix yet. have others out there gotten the 6.4s to work no problem?

Any appreciable improvement with New Wireless driver?

I actually prefer the Intel Utility for wireless.. but I can't use it because my Linksys router and the Intel software simply refuse to work with each other. It sucks! Linksys routers use codes that are printed on the bottom of the router in conjunction with the Intel PROSet software, supposedly to make it easier and safer to make sure you are really connecting to YOUR router by uniquely identifying it.. that feature exactly is what DOES NOT WORK for me. I've tried it countless times.. and I'm absolutely CERTAIN that I entered the codes correctly.. PROSet kept crapping out on me.. I don't know why

Anyone else with a Linksys router have this issue?