I have a baffling problem with an older computer and XP pro.
ASUS motherboard, AMD 1200 Thunderbird, 256MB RAM, ATI AIW Radeon VIVO video card.
After installing XP a standard VGA driver was loaded. I downloaded the ATI AIW Radeon series driver. Before installing that Windows installed its AIW version video driver. I could not change the display from 640x480 4bit color. Windows alerted me that the resolution was low and would fix it for me if I clicked on the ballon. I did and the screen immediately went black. Crt+Alt+Del ineffective. On restart I must enter menu to select "last config that worked" which gets me back to where I started. I uninstalled the MS AIW driver and installed the ATI provided drivers. I was able to set the resolution to 1024x768 32bit color. On reboot I get the Windows logo and then a black screen. On reboot using "last config that worked" It starts normally but then I get a warning from the Catalyst software warning that there is a problem with the hardware, software, or the phase of the moon, etc. If I click okay it functions normally. In video properties it states I am at 640x480 and 4 bit color while actually at 1024x768. If I cancel out I'm fine if I click okay it changes to 640x480 4bits. I then have to use "last good config" to access the normal desktop.
Using either set of drivers I cannot change any settings for refresh rate, resolution or color depth. Display is 1024x768 and 32bit color depth but is reported incorrectly as 640x480.
Upon installing software that requires a reboot (Avast for example) I get error messages because I have to use the last config that worked and not a normal boot sequence.
My guess is that the pre XP AIW card is the problem.
Any thoughts out there?
ASUS motherboard, AMD 1200 Thunderbird, 256MB RAM, ATI AIW Radeon VIVO video card.
After installing XP a standard VGA driver was loaded. I downloaded the ATI AIW Radeon series driver. Before installing that Windows installed its AIW version video driver. I could not change the display from 640x480 4bit color. Windows alerted me that the resolution was low and would fix it for me if I clicked on the ballon. I did and the screen immediately went black. Crt+Alt+Del ineffective. On restart I must enter menu to select "last config that worked" which gets me back to where I started. I uninstalled the MS AIW driver and installed the ATI provided drivers. I was able to set the resolution to 1024x768 32bit color. On reboot I get the Windows logo and then a black screen. On reboot using "last config that worked" It starts normally but then I get a warning from the Catalyst software warning that there is a problem with the hardware, software, or the phase of the moon, etc. If I click okay it functions normally. In video properties it states I am at 640x480 and 4 bit color while actually at 1024x768. If I cancel out I'm fine if I click okay it changes to 640x480 4bits. I then have to use "last good config" to access the normal desktop.
Using either set of drivers I cannot change any settings for refresh rate, resolution or color depth. Display is 1024x768 and 32bit color depth but is reported incorrectly as 640x480.
Upon installing software that requires a reboot (Avast for example) I get error messages because I have to use the last config that worked and not a normal boot sequence.
My guess is that the pre XP AIW card is the problem.
Any thoughts out there?
