Doom III Laptop Errors....

[theevilsoap]

Gotta love new games.... Not really

Doom III is an exxelent game as far as I can play.
I have done everything possible to make my computer run faster
Defrag changed video memory made nothing startup on startup

but it still terminates anyone else have this problem on a laptop...?

my laptop specs are..
Case Arima Shadow
Motherboard Arima W720-K8
BIOS Manufacturer
CMOS Battery CR2032 Lithium
Notebook Battery Li4402A Lithium-ion
CPU AMD Athlon 64 3200+ M 2.000 GHz
CPU Fan
Memory (Various) DDR PC2700 SO-DIMM
(512 MB)
Power Supply

Video ATI Radeon 9600 Mobile AGP
(64 MB)
Audio PC2001 Compliant AC '97
Hard Drive 60 GB
Primary Optical Drive 24X / 24X / 24X / 8X CDRW/DVD Combo
Sec. Optical Drive
Floppy Drive N/A
* Special Drive #1 6 Type Media Reader (68xx Notebook - integrated)
Modem PCI (unknown) Integrated Conexant V.92 Ready
Alternate Modem
Network Interface (unknown) 10/100
Additional Network Interface Broadcom 54g MaxPerformance 802.11g
USB Ports (FRONT/SIDE) 0
USB Ports (REAR) 4
Firewire Ports (FRONT/SIDE) 0
Firewire Ports (REAR) 1
Mini-PCI Slots 1
Mini-PCI Version
PCMCIA Slots 1
PCMCIA Version Type I, II, Card Bus
Mouse
Keyboard
Speakers Integrated
Restore CD
Packaging Type Notebook
Monitor Included M Notebooks M6810 Notebook TFT WXGA Widescreen
Support Warranty 1 Year
Parts Warranty 1 Year
Labor Warranty 1 Year

I dont really know what to do is it because its a mobile video card?

Any help would be welcomed I WANNA PLAY!

 

[Rick]

One phrase: Modified Catalyst Drivers (Desktop drivers which install on mobile Radeons)

Another suggestion might be Omega Drivers (3rd party driver) which will install on mobile chipsets.

If you search around, you will find them and they will probably work.

 

[theevilsoap]

are those drivers all the same or do i need to get a specific one?

 

[theevilsoap]

I tried to install the drivers but i get an error or two WTF
They read

INF error video driver not found

Error 2

Setup was unable to complete the installation try to set up your display adapter with a standard VGA driver before running setup

 

[young&wild]

Have you uninstalled your old drivers before you try to install the newer ones?

 

[theevilsoap]

I feel like an *****...
well I tried uninstalling the drivers but i got the same 2 errors
can anyone give me a step by step on what to do about all of this?
i got the catalyst drivers from this site (techspot.com)

 

[Rick]

Try this:
http://www.driverheaven.net/downloads/index4.htm

"rad_w2kxp_omega_2536b (ATI) (Catalyst 4.4) *NEW* " is what you will be downloading.

It is VERY important that you uninstall your old ATI control panel and drivers using the Add/Remove Programs icon found in Start / Control Panel

 

[Davyboyorr]

I have the same problem

I have the same MB, CPU and ATI card. Direct X 9.0c will not work correctly and therefore niether will any 3D program.

Doom3 - Won't work
Full Spectrum Warrior - Won't work
Rupublic Commando - Won't work

Panzers Phase 1 - Does work
DVD movies - Do work

I think there is some kind of issue with AMD 64 bit chip - ATI MR9600 - and Windows XP (with Direct X 9.0c)

Did all the driver stuff correctly to include Omega Drivers. Can't figure out the problem, but it is pissing me off since I paid $1,600.00 for this laptop.