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    ASPIRE 8935G & Windows 7

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by JV3, Oct 10, 2009.

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    I understand that there won't be any driver support from Acer until "shortly after" the official Windows 7 release date on the 22nd of this month...

    However, I have loaded Windows 7 Pro 32-bit onto my machine but there is a confliction of display adapters. Specifically, I cannot get my machine to utilize the (superior) ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670 over the (inferior) on-board intel adapter.

    It seems with ATI's release of Catalyst driver v9.9 there is support for Windows 7 ( http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonmob_win7-32.aspx). I have downloaded and successfully installed this software and verified in device manager that the adapter is reportedly functioning properly without error.

    Upon disabling (in Device manager) the on-board intel chip (in Safe Mode) in order to force my machine to use the ATI adapter instead, I restart, but then I recieve an error message from ATI/Windows saying that there is no driver support found for 'this installed device' (or something along those lines).

    Is anyone aware of this issue? Can it be resolved or will I have to wait for a relevant driver update from Acer itself?

    Thanks in advance.
     
    JV3, Oct 10, 2009
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