XP drivers for ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450
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From: Homer Jay Simpson on 20 Jul 2010 15:38 "Kev" <ijk(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:VMb1o.303121$w51.67603(a)hurricane... >> Perhaps the motherboard has built in video that needs to be turned off in >> BIOS? for the add on card to become active? >> >> The device manager should show something concerning whatever video chip >> or card is currently active. >> >> The video driver install log should show that the install process >> detected the added video card and other details, assuming it actually ran >> properly. >> >> An add on video card generally shows up as a "generic" video card/chip >> when the default video drivers are in use. These drivers are usually part >> of windows, and have Microsoft listed as the originator. >> >> A bad card may cause results similar to those you mentioned. > > There is nothing in the BIOS to indicate the presence of built-in video. > > Here is a screenshot of Device Manager: > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/zeniths/misc/Screenshot_DeviceManager.gif > You can use a free tool like Mobility Modder - ATI Version v1.2.0.0 available here: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/modtool.php to modify the latest Catalyst drivers to work with your laptop instead of waiting for Dell to release one, which they never will.
From: Homer Jay Simpson on 20 Jul 2010 16:04 "Kev" <ijk(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:VMb1o.303121$w51.67603(a)hurricane... >> Perhaps the motherboard has built in video that needs to be turned off in >> BIOS? for the add on card to become active? >> >> The device manager should show something concerning whatever video chip >> or card is currently active. >> >> The video driver install log should show that the install process >> detected the added video card and other details, assuming it actually ran >> properly. >> >> An add on video card generally shows up as a "generic" video card/chip >> when the default video drivers are in use. These drivers are usually part >> of windows, and have Microsoft listed as the originator. >> >> A bad card may cause results similar to those you mentioned. > > There is nothing in the BIOS to indicate the presence of built-in video. > > Here is a screenshot of Device Manager: > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/zeniths/misc/Screenshot_DeviceManager.gif > I don't know if you've installed the Intel GM45 Express Chipset Family driver, but it should resolve the PCI Device, SM Bus Controller, and Unknown device under Other devices. The driver is available at Dell's web site under Windows Vista 32-bit, Chipset category, for the Studio Laptop 1537. This same 32-bit driver is also used for Windows XP. Here's the link but it will most likely be split over more than one line in your mail/news reader so just join the lines together to get the complete URL: http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&releaseid=R192750&SystemID=STUDIO1537&servicetag=&os=WLH&osl=en&deviceid=18283&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=1&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=0&libid=27&typeid=-1&dateid=-1&formatid=-1&source=-1&fileid=265073
From: Homer Jay Simpson on 20 Jul 2010 16:12 "Kev" <ijk(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:3ir%n.247833$w51.238417(a)hurricane... >I have just installed Windows XP on a laptop that was originally made to >run Vista (a Dell Studio 1537). Obviously the official drivers were no >use, so I have had to find suitable XP versions. All of the important >components are now working fine, apart from the graphics card. > > The card is an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450. Unfortunately there are no XP > drivers for it either on the Dell site, nor on the AMD site. But after > some searching I found something that looks promising here: > http://downloadnew.org/drivers/graphics-board/hp-ati-mobility-radeon-hd-320034503650-series-driver-856300-download-110816.html#dlink > > After downloading and unzipping, this turned out to be Catalyst, although > I cannot tell which version it is. It won't install though. It keeps > displaying messages like "Install Manager failed to initialize". > > I am not sure what to try next. Any suggestions would be welcome. > Someone has posted a 32-bit Windows XP Drivers Package for the Dell Studio 1537 here: http://www.samsware.com/Downloads/1537_XP_32_Drivers.rar
From: PhxGrunge on 20 Jul 2010 16:16 "Homer Jay Simpson" <hjsimpson(a)springfield.net> wrote in message news:i24tvb$g0p$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > "Kev" <ijk(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message > news:VMb1o.303121$w51.67603(a)hurricane... >>> Perhaps the motherboard has built in video that needs to be turned off >>> in BIOS? for the add on card to become active? >>> >>> The device manager should show something concerning whatever video chip >>> or card is currently active. >>> >>> The video driver install log should show that the install process >>> detected the added video card and other details, assuming it actually >>> ran properly. >>> >>> An add on video card generally shows up as a "generic" video card/chip >>> when the default video drivers are in use. These drivers are usually >>> part of windows, and have Microsoft listed as the originator. >>> >>> A bad card may cause results similar to those you mentioned. >> >> There is nothing in the BIOS to indicate the presence of built-in video. >> >> Here is a screenshot of Device Manager: >> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/zeniths/misc/Screenshot_DeviceManager.gif >> > > You can use a free tool like Mobility Modder - ATI Version v1.2.0.0 > available here: > > http://www.hardwareheaven.com/modtool.php > > to modify the latest Catalyst drivers to work with your laptop instead of > waiting for Dell to release one, which they never will. > > Go to http:\\www.omegadrivers.net for all mobility and regular ATI drivers. They are already modded for mobility video cards.
From: GMAN on 20 Jul 2010 16:17
In article <jhb1o.323935$Hs4.299004(a)hurricane>, "Kev" <ijk(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: >> Perhaps the motherboard has built in video that needs to be turned off in >> BIOS? for the add on card to become active? >> >> The device manager should show something concerning whatever video chip or >> card is currently active. >> >> The video driver install log should show that the install process detected >> the added video card and other details, assuming it actually ran properly. >> >> An add on video card generally shows up as a "generic" video card/chip >> when the default video drivers are in use. These drivers are usually part >> of windows, and have Microsoft listed as the originator. >> >> A bad card may cause results similar to those you mentioned. > >There is nothing in the BIOS to indicate the presence of built-in video. > >Here is a screenshot of Device Manager: >http://homepage.ntlworld.com/zeniths/misc/Screenshot_DeviceManager.gif > > The specific chipset drivers from Intel for the motherboard needs to be installed for one thing. What motherboard is it again? Or what chipset is it using? |