XP drivers for ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450

I have just installed Windows XP on a laptop that was originally made to run
Vista (a Dell Studio 1537). Obviously the official drivers were no use, so
I have had to find suitable XP versions. All of the important components
are now working fine, apart from the graphics card.

The card is an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450. Unfortunately there are no XP
drivers for it either on the Dell site, nor on the AMD site. But after some
searching I found something that looks promising he
http://downloadnew.org/drivers/graph...816.html#dlink

After downloading and unzipping, this turned out to be Catalyst, although I
cannot tell which version it is. It won't install though. It keeps
displaying messages like "Install Manager failed to initialize".

I am not sure what to try next. Any suggestions would be welcome.

"Kev" wrote in message
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I have just installed Windows XP on a laptop that was originally made to
run Vista (a Dell Studio 1537). Obviously the official drivers were no
use, so I have had to find suitable XP versions. All of the important
components are now working fine, apart from the graphics card.

The card is an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450. Unfortunately there are no XP
drivers for it either on the Dell site, nor on the AMD site. But after
some searching I found something that looks promising he
http://downloadnew.org/drivers/graph...816.html#dlink

After downloading and unzipping, this turned out to be Catalyst, although
I cannot tell which version it is. It won't install though. It keeps
displaying messages like "Install Manager failed to initialize".

I am not sure what to try next. Any suggestions would be welcome.


Have you tried downloading the latest Catalyst Version 10.6 Display Driver
for Windows XP Professional from AMD's web site?

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_ca...=xp/radeonx-xp

Read the Release notes about AMD Mobility Product Support. The ATI Mobility
Radeon HD 3400 Series is listed as a supported product.

Have you tried downloading the latest Catalyst Version 10.6 Display Driver
for Windows XP Professional from AMD's web site?

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_ca...=xp/radeonx-xp

Read the Release notes about AMD Mobility Product Support. The ATI
Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series is listed as a supported product.

Thanks. I'll try this.

Have you tried downloading the latest Catalyst Version 10.6 Display Driver
for Windows XP Professional from AMD's web site?

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_ca...=xp/radeonx-xp

Read the Release notes about AMD Mobility Product Support. The ATI
Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series is listed as a supported product.

OK, I have installed this, but what is it meant to do? There are no new
shortcuts in the start menu and the graphics card is still not showing up in
Device Manager.

On 7/15/2010 6:57 PM, Kev wrote:
the graphics card is still not showing up in
Device Manager.

Perhaps the motherboard has built in video that needs to be turned off
in BIOS? for the add on card to become active?

The device manager should show something concerning whatever video chip
or card is currently active.

The video driver install log should show that the install process
detected the added video card and other details, assuming it actually
ran properly.

An add on video card generally shows up as a "generic" video card/chip
when the default video drivers are in use. These drivers are usually
part of windows, and have Microsoft listed as the originator.

A bad card may cause results similar to those you mentioned.

Perhaps the motherboard has built in video that needs to be turned off in
BIOS? for the add on card to become active?

The device manager should show something concerning whatever video chip or
card is currently active.

The video driver install log should show that the install process detected
the added video card and other details, assuming it actually ran properly.

An add on video card generally shows up as a "generic" video card/chip
when the default video drivers are in use. These drivers are usually part
of windows, and have Microsoft listed as the originator.

A bad card may cause results similar to those you mentioned.

There is nothing in the BIOS to indicate the presence of built-in video.

Here is a screenshot of Device Manager:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/zeniths...iceManager.gif

Perhaps the motherboard has built in video that needs to be turned off in
BIOS? for the add on card to become active?

The device manager should show something concerning whatever video chip or
card is currently active.

The video driver install log should show that the install process detected
the added video card and other details, assuming it actually ran properly.

An add on video card generally shows up as a "generic" video card/chip
when the default video drivers are in use. These drivers are usually part
of windows, and have Microsoft listed as the originator.

A bad card may cause results similar to those you mentioned.

There is nothing in the BIOS to indicate the presence of built-in video.

Here is a screenshot of Device Manager:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/zeniths...iceManager.gif

In article VMb1o.303121$w51.67603@hurricane,
says...

Perhaps the motherboard has built in video that needs to be turned off in
BIOS? for the add on card to become active?

The device manager should show something concerning whatever video chip or
card is currently active.

The video driver install log should show that the install process detected
the added video card and other details, assuming it actually ran properly.

An add on video card generally shows up as a "generic" video card/chip
when the default video drivers are in use. These drivers are usually part
of windows, and have Microsoft listed as the originator.

A bad card may cause results similar to those you mentioned.

There is nothing in the BIOS to indicate the presence of built-in video.

Here is a screenshot of Device Manager:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/zeniths...iceManager.gif

Have you tried this page?

http://www.famegadget.com/how-to-ins...ity-radeon-hd-
3200345042004330-graphics-card.htm

http://preview.tinyurl.com/2c4x7px



s

Windows device manager shows an unidentified VGA device, and the default
windows driver is in use.

Since this is a laptop, you may have a situation where the laptop
hardware (usually for backlight control, or external display use) is
"nonstandard" and uses drivers customized for that exact model. The
other bothersome issue in device manager has to do with other
unrecognized devices. This indicates that you likely do not have the
correct drivers loaded for your hardware, or something has "munged" windows.
In any case you should look at the registry entries associated with
video, etc. to see if there are clues.
In addition, there may be .inf or similar files that have a bearing on
your problems. Sometimes these files and related registry entries have a
do not detect directive that can prevent the install of proper drivers.

OEM support websites or google searches concerning your exact make and
model laptop may be of some help.

On 7/20/2010 6:45 AM, Steve wrote:
In articleVMb1o.303121$w51.67603@hurricane,
says...

Perhaps the motherboard has built in video that needs to be turned off in
BIOS? for the add on card to become active?

The device manager should show something concerning whatever video chip or
card is currently active.

The video driver install log should show that the install process detected
the added video card and other details, assuming it actually ran properly.

An add on video card generally shows up as a "generic" video card/chip
when the default video drivers are in use. These drivers are usually part
of windows, and have Microsoft listed as the originator.

A bad card may cause results similar to those you mentioned.

There is nothing in the BIOS to indicate the presence of built-in video.

Here is a screenshot of Device Manager:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/zeniths...iceManager.gif

Have you tried this page?

http://www.famegadget.com/how-to-ins...ity-radeon-hd-
3200345042004330-graphics-card.htm

http://preview.tinyurl.com/2c4x7px



s

"Kev" wrote in message
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Perhaps the motherboard has built in video that needs to be turned off in
BIOS? for the add on card to become active?

The device manager should show something concerning whatever video chip
or card is currently active.

The video driver install log should show that the install process
detected the added video card and other details, assuming it actually ran
properly.

An add on video card generally shows up as a "generic" video card/chip
when the default video drivers are in use. These drivers are usually part
of windows, and have Microsoft listed as the originator.

A bad card may cause results similar to those you mentioned.

There is nothing in the BIOS to indicate the presence of built-in video.

Here is a screenshot of Device Manager:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/zeniths...iceManager.gif


You can use a free tool like Mobility Modder - ATI Version v1.2.0.0
available he

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/modtool.php

to modify the latest Catalyst drivers to work with your laptop instead of
waiting for Dell to release one, which they never will.