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post #21 of 63
9/19/03 at 6:47pm
i used the uninstall utility and it deleted critical system files...so now i have to reinstall windows
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post #22 of 63
9/19/03 at 8:46pm
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Originally posted by Adam@PCTorque
Make sure you go into your settings and change it to 32Bit and reboot because after you install the software it defaults to 16Bit. I can't see any banding now.
That is exactly what I did, it made absolutely no difference at all.

I completely deleted the original drivers(everything short of doing a reformat) & deleted all ATI references from the registry.
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post #23 of 63
9/19/03 at 10:43pm
adam,
is the patch supposed to remove tho?
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post #24 of 63
9/20/03 at 2:14am
Thread Starter 

drivers

With my trusty Norton Ghost at my side, I am off to try the supposedly 'patched' drivers... I'll let ya know what happens.
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post #25 of 63
9/20/03 at 3:58am
OK, I just screwed myself.... I had somehow fixed my blotchy desktop problem.... then I installed the patched drivers on the Sager site, and now it's back..... so I'm back to where it was when I first got it...... man, I wish I knew how I fixed it the first time.... I think it was Windows Update..... Somebody please help me if you can...... Sager/ATI: Please release some drivers that WORK!!
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post #26 of 63
9/20/03 at 4:28am
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Originally posted by Adam@PCTorque
Make sure you go into your settings and change it to 32Bit and reboot because after you install the software it defaults to 16Bit. I can't see any banding now.
Adam, can you walk us through what steps you did to remove the blotchiness? Which driver did you use? Did you install the new drivers over the old ones? Use a tool the remove the drivers before installing the new ones?
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post #27 of 63
9/20/03 at 3:20pm
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Originally posted by Adam@PCTorque
Make sure you go into your settings and change it to 32Bit and reboot because after you install the software it defaults to 16Bit. I can't see any banding now.
ya know what i think?

i'm thinking alot of people decided to do something that screwed them....

somehow a setting change or program installation is rendering the color mode change useless... meaning selecting a 32-bit desktop isn't actually changing.

on four seperate installs where i only installed the OS, SP1 (and blaster patch), and all drivers (video card first or last didn't matter)... i only had the "blotchiness" at 16-bit colors. once i'm at 32-bit, only select wallpapers showed "issues" namely cause of the stretching.

hell, i even installed the "Omega" drivers for a kick... same deal. not blotchy unless on 16-bit mode.

though personally... i think the Omega Drivers are flaky... cause they aren't for mobile GPUs... none of the supposed power feature support are integrated into those drivers... and who knows what else.

of course this "theory" of mine fails if you consider people that received the laptops with pre-installed OS (and if the issue is apparent on the very first boot)... unless somebody goofed.
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post #28 of 63
9/20/03 at 3:30pm
you know what also?

the bliss wall paper isn't so bad either when stretched on 32-bit mode.

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OMG... that was funny... i thought i found a "stuck" pixel... put my finger there to wipe it away... and it went away... guess it was just dust.... lol.
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post #29 of 63
9/20/03 at 3:58pm
Weird. I just got mine. No blotchiness at all (the .6378 drivers were installed by default).
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post #30 of 63
9/20/03 at 4:10pm


All of us are paranoid...time for some relaxation...
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post #31 of 63
9/20/03 at 4:13pm
Guys.. our "mobile" drivers are nothing more than the desktop drivers with changed INFs, so they now list the mobile chipsets..
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post #32 of 63
9/20/03 at 4:17pm
You guys been sacreficing any banana's?

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post #33 of 63
9/20/03 at 4:25pm
Dudes!! let leave those banana's alone OK!?!?

They used to be 89c for a dozen like two weeks back...its $1.60 NOW!?!? And all because of these nutters on the sagerforums sacrificing them for oddball reasons like Dead Pixels etc.




Oh and



gsferrari
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post #34 of 63
9/20/03 at 5:59pm
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Originally posted by Adam@PCTorque
Make sure you go into your settings and change it to 32Bit and reboot because after you install the software it defaults to 16Bit. I can't see any banding now.
I would love to know why yours doesn't now show the blotchyness.
I installed the patched drivers and I still have it.
The more I read about this the more it bugs me.
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post #35 of 63
9/20/03 at 6:04pm
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Originally posted by Moezy
I would love to know why yours doesn't now show the blotchyness.
I installed the patched drivers and I still have it.
The more I read about this the more it bugs me.
Where exactly IS the blotchyness happening? I dont have it, and i know many other users dont...
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post #36 of 63
9/20/03 at 7:21pm
My OS was pre-installed. No blotcheyness.

Did the blotcheyness only affect the machines that were installed by the user?
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post #37 of 63
9/20/03 at 9:38pm
thats what im wondering. i installed the os myself and i have the blotchyness.
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post #38 of 63
9/20/03 at 10:32pm
Well, I'm using the pre-installed OS, and no blotchiness.
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post #39 of 63
9/20/03 at 10:41pm
mcl, did your 5680 come flashed with the newest Bios?
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post #40 of 63
9/20/03 at 10:46pm
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Originally posted by trbrophy
mcl, did your 5680 come flashed with the newest Bios?
Nope. Since it shipped Tuesday, it left before the new BIOS was ready. But I flashed it this afternoon, no problem, and still no blotchiness.

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