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Fucking hell does the ATI catalyst drivers installation program suck. I've been trying to get them to work for hours now with no success. Guess I'll have to try again tomorrow.

How hard can it be to make an installation program that automatically removes the old drivers? Right now the uninstall tool doesn't even remove all parts of the drivers, and you have to manually remove everything with driver cleaner pro in order to get the damn drivers to work.:scream:

I don't think I'll ever get another ATI graphics card unless they sort this out. Somehow I don't see that happening, as it's been a problem for years already (the oldest mentions of this problem I found were from 2002).
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I've had several ATI cards and never had this problem :shrug:
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Elysian
Are you trying to install standard drivers on a Mobility card?
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:scratch: Ive never had a a problem with ATI drivers - Last driver issues i had were with XP 64 (realtek drivers )
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Well, I got the drivers installed after a lot of trouble. It seems it isn't wise to try to install ATI drivers on a laptop. I ended up using the HP drivers which are about 6 months old already.

This seems to be quite a common problem at least according to my google searches. People try to install new drivers and after they've installed them the Ati control center fails to start and the drivers were actually never installed.
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All the laptops at work I image have ATI Mobility cards in them and I never have this issue :lol: Maybe you'd be better off installing the manufacturer's drivers instead of ATI's if it's being that finicky. What kind of laptop is it?
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I switched from ATI to NVidia mostly because of this. When you run into any issues with ATI, it can be a monstrous pain in the ass to get them working again.

OmegaDrivers.net - Home of the ATI & NVIDIA Omega Drivers. Home

This dudes makes alternate drivers that work better/fix stuff in some instances.
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Elysian
You can't install ATI Drivers on a mobility chip without using Mobility Modder. Go here, use this app, then you can install the latest drivers.

ATI MobilityModder - DriverHeaven.net

Been there, done that, it's not ATI's fault, they just don't support every chip put in every laptop, they have those companies support them.
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Elysian said:
You can't install ATI Drivers on a mobility chip without using Mobility Modder. Go here, use this app, then you can install the latest drivers.

ATI MobilityModder - DriverHeaven.net

Been there, done that, it's not ATI's fault, they just don't support every chip put in every laptop, they have those companies support them.
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All that doesn't change the fact that removing their drivers is a pain in the ass, and you have to use 3rd party programs (drivercleaner pro, driversweeper etc.) in order to remove them completely. Installing new drivers won't help until you've removed every last trace of an ATI driver from your computer. The ATI Catalyst Install Manager just doesn't do what it's supposed to.
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