The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Problems updating ASUS W3J ATI Driver

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by wettek, Oct 25, 2006.

  1. wettek

    wettek Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    55
    Messages:
    136
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Gidday guys.

    This morning I tried to update my W3J ATI 1600 driver to Version 6.8, and ran into a bit of a glitch. All seemed to be going well, when all of a sudden it said something along the lines of "Video driver not found" Connect VGA.....

    Any suggstions?
     
    wettek, Oct 25, 2006
    #1
  2. Redbeard

    Redbeard Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    154
    Messages:
    129
    Likes Received:
    39
    Trophy Points:
    41
    Some ideas:

    Boot up windows into safe mode and uninstall all the ATI items you see in the control panel. Reboot, then reinstall.

    You might have better luck with the omega driver, that is what I use on my X700.
     
    Redbeard, Oct 25, 2006
    #2
  3. Nuahaun

    Nuahaun Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    34
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I've also run into this problem with my new W3J (see the "Strange W3J Problem" thread). To make a long story short, the only way I was able to update my driver was to use a "DH mod tool," which I believe was originally intended to allow non-mobile ATI drivers to run on laptops. You can get the tool here, along with instructions on its use:

    http://www.dayofdefeat.net/forums/sh...threadid=66474

    I tried numerous methods before coming across this program - including a complete restore from the recovery partition - and absolutely nothing worked. Someone, be it ASUS or ATI, needs to straighten out their driver situation. It's pretty ridiculous that a third-party modifictation is needed to install a basic driver upgrade!
     
    Nuahaun, Oct 25, 2006
    #3
  4. wettek

    wettek Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    55
    Messages:
    136
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Gidday guys.

    Thanks Nuahaun, I wound up getting ModtoolV4, which allowed me to update, and even gave me a brief explanation of what was going on. I think I've got it sorted, if I open my Catalyst Control Centre icon, and go to Information Centre, it tells me I am using "CATALYST Version 6.8" Can someone confirm that it's all good and my system is now using the correct driver for my card? Thanks guys.
     
    wettek, Oct 26, 2006
    #4