SolitaryStar Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 I am using a laptop, which has a ATi Radeon Mobility 9700.Now I have setup the win98SE on my computer, but I cannot install the drive for my 9700 though I tried more than 15 different version of Ati Drivers.I cannot stand the 16colors and 600*480, so can you give me any help or advices? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oofki Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 Go into safemode and remove all the display adaptors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash&Burn Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 ATI also has a driver uninstall utility, that will wipe all previous catalysts, they highly recommend that be used before installing or reinstalling another Cat. So likely you should run that after wiping the drivers. And do a clean catalyst install. 9700 series should just be part of the main radeon download, recommend the CP (control panel) download over the CC (Control Center) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlo555 Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 I think the problem is that you have to use the drivers from your computer manufacturer. I know for laptops, when you use a video driver that is from the chip producer (in this case, ATI) it usually won't work. I found this out the hard way with Dell and an nVidia chip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash&Burn Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 JLO555 You are probably referring to onboard graphics... in that case you are correct, and are pretty much guaranteed that those drivers wont ever get updated - ala compaq's SIS onboard. While I'm not overly familiar w/ Radeon mobile, in this case esp. w/ ATI in general their drivers should work. Let us know if they don't -- if yer still following your own thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlo555 Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 I wasn't really referring to onboard graphics, but I've noticed for any laptop video driver, it can be true. The nVidia driver I was talking about was not integrated. I had a 32mb nVidia GeForce 2Go, which according to nVidia's stie, was not supported by them, but by the manufacturer, Dell, which only had drivers for win2k/XP (bastards.) I don't really know what separated nVidia's driver from Dell's driver, but something must have been different, because nVidia's driver simply didn't work. I'd say the same is the case with your laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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