Installing catalyst drivers on your mobile card...

[mad]

Since so many people ask about it lately i have thought it would be a good idea to create this thread... hope this helps everybody...

If you want to install the official ATi Catalyst Drivers do the follwing:

1. Download the Catalyst-Driver from www.ati.com
2. Download the Patje's Mobility Modder.
3. Extract the driver by double-clicking the downloaded file (installer will fail with an error, this is expected).
4. Start the MobilityModder and and specify the folder you extraced the files to. (You will not need to specify the folder if you used the standard C:\ATI for it, Mobility Modder detects it automatically).
5. Mod the driver.
6. If you want to manually start the installation (i.e. answered no to the question about installing the drivers right away) just find the folder you extraced the drivers to and run setup.exe there...

If you want to go the easy way just go to www.omegadrivers.net and download the Omegadrivers, they will install without any additional work needed...

[rinthos]

Perhaps just a note, if the mod tool listed there does not function, try the alternative one found at: www.driverheaven.net (pajet's mobility modder).

Sometimes one works for people while the other doesn,t so having 2 choices makes things easier.
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[Vardamir]

Yes I find the Omega Drivers work quite nicely on my mobile, still with some trouble but better than the drivers that shipped with my laptop (voodoo m:855 ... brand new but still had old drivers from the fall and the new catalyst drivers of course didn't work).

As a sidenote I tried mobilemod and it ruined my windows installation; every time i'd log in BSoD on WinXP.

[alperuzi]

patje's actually work better for most drivers, but they both lack some options with the latest drivers. For example I had to manually edit the driver inf files to put in Powerplay support for my mob9600.

edit: this is no longer the case with the latest patje modder 2.0

[KinD^]

nice drivers fixed most all problems in gameing for me

[tmnt]

Can't get it to work

Ok I have tried every driver out there and power play doesn't seem to even be coming up. I mean I don't have the tab in the driver properties page. I have tried even going in and modding the inf myself and still no progress. I have a centrino 1.5 with a radeon mobility 9200 vid card with the latest bios can anyone help me.
Thanks,
tmnt

[mad]

Re: Can't get it to work

Originally posted by tmnt
Ok I have tried every driver out there and power play doesn't seem to even be coming up. I mean I don't have the tab in the driver properties page. I have tried even going in and modding the inf myself and still no progress. I have a centrino 1.5 with a radeon mobility 9200 vid card with the latest bios can anyone help me.
Thanks,
tmnt

Well, most likely powerplay has been disabled by your vendor in the video-bios for some reason... Nothing you can really do about that (maybe ask your vendor)...

[Guybrush 21]

Drawbacks?

Hi,
I have some questions about the modtool (no need to answer them all..)
I've just installed catalyst 4.6, it works fine but i would like to know what are the drawbacks (if any):
1) what about the specific features by notebook manufacturer (hot keys, power management..) are they still working? (it seems that my hotkeys don't..)
2) does this modtool only modify files of the driver that will be installed, or does it modifies other files? Is it possible to go back to the old manufacturer driver?
Anyway, this modtool is great!
Thanks for the answers
Guybrush 21

[mad]

Re: Drawbacks?

1) what about the specific features by notebook manufacturer (hot keys, power management..) are they still working? (it seems that my hotkeys don't..)

For me, everything works thing, including all the hotkeys...
You could try and end the two instances of Ati2evxx.exe in taskmanager (the ATi hotkey manager)

2) does this modtool only modify files of the driver that will be installed, or does it modifies other files? Is it possible to go back to the old manufacturer driver?

It only modifys files from the driver that you are about to install, nothing else on your system...
And it is of course possible to return to the manufacturer driver...
Best way to do this is to use the ATi Catalyst Uninstaller or DriverCleaner to remove everything from the newer drivers and then just install the old one again...

[Kurant]

The newest DNA Drivers also added support for ATI Mobile chips as well.

[Daggah]

Anyone got a mirror for the download? My firewall blocks it.

[mad]

Anyone got a mirror for the download? My firewall blocks it.

which download? the mobility modder?

[Daggah]

Yes, Patje's Mobility Modder. The download links to the other modder in the other thread(s) on this forum don't work at all, but the download link to Patje's is blocked (I can access the host website, though.)

[mad]

i temporarily put it on my webspace for you: http://web.utanet.at/thall108/Dhmodtool2.0b.exe

[Daggah]

Well, it apparently doesn't support my mobile Radeon (7000 IGP.) All of the drivers I have attempted to install still wouldn't install.

[J_K]

does anybody know when this will support the 9800 radeon mobile chip? such as in the new dell inspiron 9100 and xps ?

[mad]

http://www.driverheaven.net/showthread.php?t=57351

[[GDI]Raptor]

Well, it still doesn't work on the Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo in my Dell Inspiron 8600c

Tried to say that I had a Mobility Radeon 9600, bu that didn't help!

[mad]

assuming you tried the latest drivers check this thread and follow the instructions in my post there...

[patje]

Hi all, small update

http://www.driverheaven.net/showpost...7&postcount=24

let me know if it works ok? i'll try to check this thread once in while

[alperuzi]

tried modder version 2.1 on the Catalyst 5.1 files and works like a charm. 2.0b didn't mod the XP inf file completely, but it seems to be fixed in 2.1. Good job and thanks again!

[crxess]

I have been wanting to update my drivers for some time. However the last attempt caused my Dell 8200 to lose Video out(to TV) will the new install method correct this?

[phoyoco]

The mobility modder tool works great for me every time on my Mobility 9600. Now if my laptop had more than 32mb vid RAM life would be good...

[Falcon1]

Anyone know's whether the Powerplay Tab/Functionality is implemented in the CCC, too?
Got an Toshiba with 9700 running Cat 5.1 + CCC.

[mad]

yep, it is implemented

[alperuzi]

hmm, fancy icons! I wonder if it works any better than the CP tab...

[Lachton]

Im trying to install the Catalyst 5.2 drivers and have used the mod, but when i try to install i get a message saying "Zero Display Service Error" . I have a mobility 9200 card and am installing over my latest laptop drivers

[johney]

drivers

hei i'm trying to install the latest drivers for my ATI 9000IGP mobility card, but as i install the catalyst 5.2 it says "INF error", and so on. I have it running at 128, yet i am not satisfied with the shading, and other stuff, yet it runs the games without problems. I dont even know if this is a valid driver for the video card, and in my normal catalyst driver i am using, it won't let me see the samples because the OpenGL is not updated, or so it says. I dont know, all i actually want is to have this video card up to date, and running at its best without pushing it too far. If any of you know any way on how to doing this, please tell. Thanks

[johney]

yeah my system specs for this laptop are
Toshiba Satellite P-35
windows XP
Pentium 4 3.2 GHz HT
512 Mb Ram
ATI 9000 mobility
80 GB

[mad]

Do you have a 9000IGP or a 9000 mobility?

If you have a 9000IGP the drivers downloaded from the ati site should work just fine (no need for any modding).
If you have a 9000 mobility you will need to mod the drivers to make them install on your system. For instructions on how to do this see the first post in this thread.

[johney]

well, it is a Mobilty 9000 IGP, and the new modder supposedly has it, but i have not been able to find it. In the link with the update, he gives an explanation saying how to do it manually, and it still has not worked, as i install it, it keeps saying INF error

[ShaftNJC]

i just got my acer 8104. i hope omega's got some good drivers for my x700! woopee im excited

[Kovster]

i just got my acer 8104. i hope omega's got some good drivers for my x700! woopee im excited

I have an Acer 8100 travel mate, and I tried those omega ones, locks up when it loads somthing in the os.

[CrossFire]

No need to mod: Mobile drivers can be found at http://www.ati.com/online/mobilecatalyst

[mad]

No need to mod: Mobile drivers can be found at http://www.ati.com/online/mobilecatalyst

But only for certain manufacturers and only Mobility Radeon 9600 and higher...

Notebook Manufacturers and System Integrators Supported:

* Alienware
* Arima
* Clevo
* Eurocom
* Falcon Northwest
* FIC
* HyperSonic PC
* Mitac
* MSI
* Pro-Star
* RockDirect
* Sager
* Uniwill
* Velocity Micro
* VoodooPC

Graphics technologies supported

* Mobility™ Radeon® X800
* Mobility™ Radeon® X700
* Mobility™ Radeon® X600
* Mobility™ Radeon® X300
* Mobility™ Radeon® 9800
* Mobility™ Radeon® 9700
* Mobility™ Radeon® 9600

[CrossFire]

It will work with any system manufacturer. Yes, there is a limitation to which mobility product will work. If you extract the inf, it lists more than what is currently supported.

ATI MOBILITY FIRE GL T2/T2e
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V3100
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V3200
ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5000
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9500
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9550
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9600/9700 Series
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9800
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600 SE
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X700
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X700
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X800
ATI MOBILITY RADEON X800 XT

[spetcnaz]

Hey guys
Well if the new drivers support the modern chipsets as it states on the ATI's page so how come that my recently purchased (3 days) MSI megabook based (Turion proc and mobility x700 with xpress 200p chipset) system purchased from buyxg.com had problems with it.

It would work very well when pluged into the wall, but as soon as the AC power was cutoff it would loose the picture and only the pointer would move, and after a restart the screen would all be black, with mouse moving again and system functioning, but evrything being pitch black.

As soon as I went to the drivers provided by MSI evrything functions properly.

[Macromedic]

Sorry to hear about your problems spetcnaz, I have a newish Gateway and the new Cat 6.1s work brilliantly with my X700 mobility, I can't see why it wouldn't work with your megabook. Have you got the ati uninstaller from their site, removed all traces of the old drivers and then tried to install the latest cat mob drivers?

If you haven't I'd give that a go and see if you get a better result, it may have been a clash with a couple of files in the different driver packages...

good luck,
J.

[orion24]

Just updated and 3DMark2005 went from 862 to 1397 points!!! Previous driver was dated at February 2004.

Thats with AOPEN noteboot, ATI mobility 9700 and Pentium-M Dothan 1.8 GHz.

I just hope it doesn't overclock it, as my sister will kill me

[funben]

No need to mod: Mobile drivers can be found at http://www.ati.com/online/mobilecatalyst

How did you get that link ... I look for it on ati website for 1 hour.
Thanks anyway.