Problem installing 8.8 and 8.9 catalyst

[InCrYsIs]

I was having trouble getting the 8.8s to install when they came out so I waited until the 8.9s and am getting the same problem. On a fresh install last night after the reboot it comes back saying problem with ati cards reinstall drivers blah blah. In either case I put back the 8.7s and it works fine.

Any Suggestions?

Also both the 8.8 and 8.9 packs put bangs on my cards in device manager.

I did the fresh install of windows because this is causing me problems and it didn't help

My system listed below

 

[Viper GTS]

Have you installed the INF updates from Intel?

I had the same problem on my P45 system, I had previously used an nvidia card without issue but the ATI drivers just would not install correctly. I viewed the installation as temporary and hadn't bothered to install the Intel INF updates, but after installing those 8.9's installed fine.

Viper GTS

 

[InCrYsIs]

Yes all drivers were installed before video drivers. All windows updates were installed as well. Even after I had problems with 8.8 and 8.9 I went back to 8.7 just fine.
I also tried just drivers and leaving out CCC no luck there. I put a ticket in with ATI and what they keep saying I went through 3 times.
Really boggling.

 

[Binky]

I just installed a 4850 in my machine and had some trouble with that damned "zero display error." It finally went away after I upgraded my XP SP2 to SP3. Things are still seeming a bit off, but I'm hoping everything will clear up after a few more driver revisions.

Have you tried installing just a single card?

 

[InCrYsIs]

I haven't. And if that worked that would just piss me off even more. I should have never went with ATI. Drivers have always sucked.

 

[Mem]

Originally posted by: InCrYsIs
I haven't. And if that worked that would just piss me off even more. I should have never went with ATI. Drivers have always sucked.

I had more problems uninstalling Nvidia drivers even when I used Driver Sweeper in safe mode when I went back to ATI,you'll find problems on both sides of the fence with some users,personally ATI drivers have always been good to me.

 

[InCrYsIs]

Its hard when you go from an 8800gts that always updated and worked fine to something different that doesn't.

 

[sgrinavi]

Did you run drive cleaner?

run msconfig and see if any nvida drivers are still loading, if so then disable them

 

[Golgatha]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Have you installed the INF updates from Intel?

I had the same problem on my P45 system, I had previously used an nvidia card without issue but the ATI drivers just would not install correctly. I viewed the installation as temporary and hadn't bothered to install the Intel INF updates, but after installing those 8.9's installed fine.

Viper GTS

Odd, I don't know if the two are related, but I upgraded my Intel INF files and the 8.9 CCC quit crashing on me. There was an update on the Gigabyte site, so I figured why not.

 

[InCrYsIs]

I wiped the machine completely and downloaded newest drives from Gigabyte. I am seeing others are having the same problems all over the place.

 

[Zillatech]

I read somewhere that the new Cat. 8.8's and 8.9's install a newer version of Microsoft Visual c++. If you already have it on your system it was recommended to uninstall it first.

I would follow this guide to clean out your system before installing the newer drivers. It worked like a charm for me. You also know what is getting deleted instead of using a 3rd party app to clean out your old drivers.

 

[supastar1568]

InCrysis,

I have the same issue as you. Problem started with the 8.8s and 8.9s, no problem with the 8.7s. I have to 4850s in crossfire. Same error message, except if I reboot twice, CCC seems to work fine.

I even re-installed windows installing the new intel chipset drivers followed by the 8.9s. Got the same error message, re-booted a second time, and CCC loaded fine. I am running this setup currently. Hopefully 8.10s will change this.

But FYI, a complete reformat does not solve this issue. Definitely a driver issue. Just trying to give the heads up before anyone wastes their time installing and re-installing other files.