Windows XP Compatability with Older ATI (Legacy) Software from ATI

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I am currently using an older machine a: ASUS P2B-VM slot 1 550Mhz with a

built in ATI 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X (GT-C2U2) 8MB Ram Video Card running 384mb

RAM. I am running Windows XP Home Edition and have been for quite a while. I

have done very little upgrades, even though I know it definately needs alot.

I haven't had any problems with anything until recently. 2 or 3 years ago I

downloaded from the ATI website a new driver with a display console adapter

for adjustments. It worked fine in Win 2000 and in XP up until three weeks

ago. Now XP is trying to protect my CPU and dumping the memory saying the

Video Driver isn't correct, and windows is stating that the ATI software is

not upto Windows Standards, or something like that. It is good software from

the valid site of the creation company of the hardware. I have enclosed the

Addressess of the site I downloaded from, and the instructions enclosed to

install them.



Drivers Download Page

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/legacy-xp.aspx



Instructions site

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/wxp-j5-30-1-b02.html



Is there a way to fix this? Can I tell Windows to leave it alone? Anyone Help?
 
csteele32 wrote:

> I am currently using an older machine a: ASUS P2B-VM slot 1 550Mhz

> with a built in ATI 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X (GT-C2U2) 8MB Ram Video Card

> running 384mb RAM. I am running Windows XP Home Edition and have

> been for quite a while. I have done very little upgrades, even

> though I know it definately needs alot. I haven't had any problems

> with anything until recently. 2 or 3 years ago I downloaded from

> the ATI website a new driver with a display console adapter for

> adjustments. It worked fine in Win 2000 and in XP up until three

> weeks ago. Now XP is trying to protect my CPU and dumping the

> memory saying the Video Driver isn't correct, and windows is

> stating that the ATI software is not upto Windows Standards, or

> something like that. It is good software from the valid site of

> the creation company of the hardware. I have enclosed the

> Addressess of the site I downloaded from, and the instructions

> enclosed to install them.

>

> Drivers Download Page

> http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/legacy-xp.aspx

>

> Instructions site

> https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/wxp-j5-30-1-b02.html

>

> Is there a way to fix this? Can I tell Windows to leave it alone?

> Anyone Help?



First - "something like that" is not a description one should put when

quoting an error. Try quoting verbatim, please. ;-)



Why not download the latest version of the video device driver and install

it?



The video device - BTW - is supported by the original manufacturer (or not.)

Microsoft has no responsibility surrounding it. They did not create it,

they did not make a driver for it so any of their OSes could use it, etc.

If you are having issues surrounding the video card, it is up to the

manufacturer to fix it (or not.) Unfortunately for you - most manufacturers

stop supporting a product usually at a certain OS level, but sometimes just

at a certain patch level.



I believe you may just have gotten lucky with it working in Windows XP - I

mean you were using a product ATI/AMD decided to stop supporting at the

Windows 2000 level in WIndows XP using what sems to have been a hack that

only redirects you to this web page now (when you click on the second link

you gave...):

http://support.amd.com/us/403/Pages/leech.aspx



It's fantastic it worked for you all this time, it's too bad it is giving

you trouble now - but it was never meant to work. You could uninstall the

driver and just use the machine with a generic VGA driver or you could find

a cheap *supported* Windows XP video card to replace it with (used, friends,

family, ebay, local computer store, etc.)



Windows is not, despite the implications in your post, attacking the driver.

;-) You have not given enough information for anyone to tell what started

the issue - like any updates you did (you said yuou don't do much in terms

of that) or anything else. AFAIK you have been infested/infected with

something because you haven't updated and finally got hit through some

security flaw left unfixed and this is just a symptom - unfortunately.

Could be the ancient video device circuitry is just dying. In order to

provide more, one would have to know what changed between it working fine

and it no longer working.



--

Shenan Stanley

MS-MVP

--

How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
 
"csteele32" wrote in message

news:20E568D6-06BC-40D1-BAB4-9B48A05C6396@microsoft.com...

>I am currently using an older machine a: ASUS P2B-VM slot 1 550Mhz with a

> built in ATI 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X (GT-C2U2) 8MB Ram Video Card running 384mb

> RAM. I am running Windows XP Home Edition and have been for quite a while.

> I

> have done very little upgrades, even though I know it definately needs

> alot.

> I haven't had any problems with anything until recently. 2 or 3 years ago

> I

> downloaded from the ATI website a new driver with a display console

> adapter

> for adjustments. It worked fine in Win 2000 and in XP up until three weeks

> ago. Now XP is trying to protect my CPU and dumping the memory saying the

> Video Driver isn't correct, and windows is stating that the ATI software

> is

> not upto Windows Standards, or something like that. It is good software

> from

> the valid site of the creation company of the hardware. I have enclosed

> the

> Addressess of the site I downloaded from, and the instructions enclosed to

> install them.

>

> Drivers Download Page

> http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/legacy-xp.aspx

>

> Instructions site

> https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/wxp-j5-30-1-b02.html

>

> Is there a way to fix this? Can I tell Windows to leave it alone? Anyone

> Help?

>

>



Along with what Shenan said, you shouldn't be installing drivers from the

ATI site for an onboard video card; you should be getting the driver from

Asus. But since they stopped supporting anything after NT and Win9x for that

board, good luck with that. Windows is probably correct that it's not the

correct driver. You might try reinstalling the original and see what

happens. You'll have to uninstall your current one first, though.



Sounds like it's time to save up your pennies for a new(er) MB, or a new

system. Quite often, you can find ads for entry level PC's for around $200

with Win7 already installed. If what you have now is satisfactory for you,

one of those would be like jumping to a Cray :-)



I know that's not what you really want to hear, but eventually some piece of

software or hardware is going to want a much better system than what you

have now and you're going to be stuck with either doing without or getting

an upgrade.

--

SC Tom
 
That also may be WinXP telling you that the Rage Pro chip is finally

going south for the winter. I have a slot 1 that is only used for

emergencies. It's nine years old at least. I don't have the heart to throw

it away since it was my first build.

"csteele32" wrote in message

news:20E568D6-06BC-40D1-BAB4-9B48A05C6396@microsoft.com...

>I am currently using an older machine a: ASUS P2B-VM slot 1 550Mhz with a

> built in ATI 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X (GT-C2U2) 8MB Ram Video Card running 384mb

> RAM. I am running Windows XP Home Edition and have been for quite a while.

> I

> have done very little upgrades, even though I know it definately needs

> alot.

> I haven't had any problems with anything until recently. 2 or 3 years ago

> I

> downloaded from the ATI website a new driver with a display console

> adapter

> for adjustments. It worked fine in Win 2000 and in XP up until three weeks

> ago. Now XP is trying to protect my CPU and dumping the memory saying the

> Video Driver isn't correct, and windows is stating that the ATI software

> is

> not upto Windows Standards, or something like that. It is good software

> from

> the valid site of the creation company of the hardware. I have enclosed

> the

> Addressess of the site I downloaded from, and the instructions enclosed to

> install them.

>

> Drivers Download Page

> http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/legacy-xp.aspx

>

> Instructions site

> https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/wxp-j5-30-1-b02.html

>

> Is there a way to fix this? Can I tell Windows to leave it alone? Anyone

> Help?

>

>
 
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