8.8 / 8.9 drivers for ATI

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mep39

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I am not very knowledgeable when it comes to computers but here is my problem that I have not found the solution to anywhere. I just bought a RADEON HD 4670 and put it in my computer, following all the steps and so on. I installed the drivers on the CD which came with CCC 8.8, but the manual suggested looking for updates. So I go to the ati website and download version 8.9 and attempt to install it only to get this message "Setup did not find a driver compatible with your current hardware or operating system." I looked this up and found that you must completely uninstall the old version before updating, so I did that and tried again only to get the same message. I tried the other way suggested too, by using the drivecleaner / drivesweeper to remove all traces of it and tried again. Still no luck. What am I doing wrong?

Also, now I do not have the installation CD for the weekend and have been unsuccessful in trying to reinstalled the 8.8 drives. So there must be something the installation CD was doing the the .exe's for 8.8 and 8.9 are not. Please help install either of the two drivers!
 
If you get the "Setup did not find a driver..." restart the computer and test your games. It happens to me every other time but it eventually works 100% after a reboot. Stick with 8.9 from the official site. So to recap:
1. Uninstall your drivers.
2. Use driver sweep
3. Go to Control Panel > Device Manager > Make sure Video Drivers are not showing the ATI drivers installed. For good measure right click it and select "uninstall". Reboot from here
4. Install 8.9 regardless of getting same message reboot.
 
I will try that but it stops me at that message and wont let me continue with the installation. it says "blah blah cant find driver, setup will now exit"
 
Did you download the suite, or just the ccc console. Also, do you have the pci x16 enabled on your bios. You can always go into you device manager and find you card under video adapter, then right click, go to update driver, and then automatic search.
 
I just found "NVIDIA drivers" in my add or remove programs list, however the last (and only I believe) gfx card I had was a RADEON so im assuming that is for something else and I should not get rid of those? And Bravo yes I was downloading the suite, had an X1600XT before this one so I'm assuming the x16 is enabled (dont know how to check otherwise) and in device manager I see nothing resembling a graphics card, only "Video Controller (VGA Compatible)"
 
*update* yea the NVIDIA shows up in device manager under Network Adaptors
 
well kadozer, I did what you said and it seems that the display drivers got installed (according to add/remove progs) however when testing on a game it will not let me run it unless it is in software mode (wont let me run in openGL), so im pretty sure they are not working still
 
by chance does your mb have integrated graphics? if so, turn it off in bios.

Also, maybe try running driver cleaner in safe mode.
 
It sounds like your computer is not seeing the card. go through you device manager and look through it. If you can't find it, right click at the top icon and click on look for hardware changes. After that, if it finds it, it will try to install it, then click on update drivers.
 
Bravo I did what you said and it seems to have worked, I dont know what version of the drivers I have now (or how to check) but it says I have them in add/remove programs after updating them in device manager and when I tested on a game there is definitely a graphics card at work. I still get the error message, but maybe that is just for the other non-essential parts like CCC. Although I would like to have the complete package =(
 
Im trying to not be picky now that kind of have it working but, I still get the error message when trying to install the full package, which would let me fully use the functions of my card. Any other suggestions?
 
open the update you downloaded 8.9 uninstall from that, the reinstall the whole thing (make sure you restart before you reinstall). hope that helps. I know, troubleshooting can be a pain (I'm an electronics technician in the military), but everything has to screw up at some point. That is why there are forums like this to help.
 
I have had the same problem with the 8.8s and 8.9s with my 4850 crossfire setup. I am installing vista ultimate today so hopefully a reformat will do the trick.
 
Bravo uninstalling the ati drivers and reinstalling them after that gave me the same error message. I'm at the point where I am just going to return it and get an NVIDIA if I cant find the answer by monday. Anyone else?
 
problem is, I wont have the CD for a while and the 8.8 drives will not install off the website either, only from the CD
 
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