synapse1712
Junior Member
I've been having a lot of trouble with these damn drivers and I wondered if you guys could help.
I recently tried updating my catalysts from 5.6 to the newer 5.8's (control panel, not CCC). I followed the instructions in the drivercleaner help files to the letter, but after I had installed the new drivers my system became very unstable (freezing, resetting itself, getting a purple garbled image, and tons of messages telling me the graphics hardware had been reset). Obviously I decided to go back to my 5.6's. I used drivercleaner again (since I have system restore turned off), but when I had them reinstalled I found my system was still just as unstable. The only way I can use it is with no drivers installed, which obviously gives terrible performance (even scrolling down a web page is painful to watch).
First I thought this was a hardware issue, but:
1) it seemed like a coincidence it happened at the exact time I updated my drivers
2) I have had similar problems before, although that time using drivercleaner pro to give a fresh install worked OK.
I'm really hoping to avoid trying a clean install of XP, so if anyone has any other ideas I'd be very grateful.
Specs:
AMD 2600+
Connect3D Radeon 9800pro 128mb
512mb ram
XP Pro SP2
Thanks.
I recently tried updating my catalysts from 5.6 to the newer 5.8's (control panel, not CCC). I followed the instructions in the drivercleaner help files to the letter, but after I had installed the new drivers my system became very unstable (freezing, resetting itself, getting a purple garbled image, and tons of messages telling me the graphics hardware had been reset). Obviously I decided to go back to my 5.6's. I used drivercleaner again (since I have system restore turned off), but when I had them reinstalled I found my system was still just as unstable. The only way I can use it is with no drivers installed, which obviously gives terrible performance (even scrolling down a web page is painful to watch).
First I thought this was a hardware issue, but:
1) it seemed like a coincidence it happened at the exact time I updated my drivers
2) I have had similar problems before, although that time using drivercleaner pro to give a fresh install worked OK.
I'm really hoping to avoid trying a clean install of XP, so if anyone has any other ideas I'd be very grateful.
Specs:
AMD 2600+
Connect3D Radeon 9800pro 128mb
512mb ram
XP Pro SP2
Thanks.
