Testbed
Notebook : Benq P41-E18
Chipset : ATi Radeon Xpress 1100 (ATi RS 482,SB400)
GPU : ATi Radeon Xpress X1100
Original Driver : ATi Catalyst 6.04 for IGP (Display Driver ver.8.242.0.0 only for Joybook P41/T31 series)
Mod Driver : ATi Catalyst 7.01 for IGP (Display Driver ver.8.33.0.0 Downloaded from ATi IGP)
Overview:
* The following tricks could be used to overcome the failure of updating newest ATI Catalyst driver for notebook.
* The driver modification could improve graphic performance of Mobility Radeon cards.
* Especially for X1100/1150 & X200 users, it is suggested to use IGP driver while Mobility X1x00 users is suggested to use Mobility Radeon Driver
* Next, the driver resulted from modification will be called “modded-driver”
DRIVER MODIFICATION
* Run the downloaded driver setup, the extraction path should be no problem but in order to facilitate the modificaiton process, the it should be on the default path (C:\ATI\SUPPORT\7-1-igp _xp_dd_ccc_wdm_sb_gart_enu_40211).
* After extraction completed, open folder “C:\ATI\SUPPORT\7-1-igp_xp_dd_ccc_wdm_sb_gart_enu_40211\Driver\2KXP_IN F”. There are two files here, namely C2_XXXXX and C
XXXX (for example given here are C2_40997 and CX_40997). Open both files
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* Open the same folder as the old driver installer and open file C2_XXXXX and C
XXXX C
XXXX (for example given here are C2_33057 dan CX_33057).
* Referring to the picture above, copy the lines which show the type of GPU (original driver) at lines between 32 – 857 (file C
XXXX modded-driver) and line 31-854 (file C2_XXXXX mod-driver).
* Erase the letter M behind ati2mtag_RSxxxM. For example here is ati2mtag_RS482M becomes ati2mtag_RS482
* Save the modded result
INSTALLATION
* Before installing modded-driver, please uninstall all Catalyst/Omega/DHRazer driver.
* After finished, uninstall driver and restart the computer, and when booting into Windows there will be a prompt to install the driver.
* Choose “No, not this time”, click next.
* Choose “Install from a list of specific location (advanced)” click next.
* Uncheck “Search removable media (Floppy, CDROM, etc.)” then check “include this location in the search:”, enter the path of modded-driver and click next.
* There will be a prompt to ensure that the driver has fulfilled the WHQL qualification, click “Continue Anyway”.
* After finished, restart the computer.
* After restarting the computer, install the Southbridge driver and ATi Control Center. Control Center Setup is located in the folder “C:\ATI\SUPORT\7-1-igp_xp_dd_ccc_wdm_sb_gart_enu_40211\ACE\Setup.exe” while the Southbridge driver setup is located in the folder “C:\ATI\SUPPORT\7-1-igp_xp_dd_ccc_wdm_sb_gart_enu_40211\SBDrv\Setup.ex e”. Restart after finished