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re: Getting Legacy ATI Mobility Drivers working on Windows 8 x64

Kite — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:31:48 GMT

Thank you very much for that great post!

I'm running a Radeon X2300 on my 5-year-old ASUS laptop and recently decided to move on to Windows 8 (32-bit). Your instructions were very easy to follow, but for me Windows 8 displayed an error message after the drivers got installed, mentioning something about the device beeing disabled because of an error of some sort (error 42 or 47...). However after a reboot of the system the drivers were running smoothly and the desktop at once featured a higher resolution.

The difference in OS-speed is amazing now that my graphicscard can finally take over the rendering :)

re: Getting Legacy ATI Mobility Drivers working on Windows 8 x64

sjc77 — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:42:57 GMT

THANK YOU!!

I got this to work on my Dell9400 with ATI X1400. I needed to get the Modder.exe files from the "Lars M" Link at the bottom of your post. Also i needed to reset the bcedits as it shows "test mode" bottom right of desktop but that was easy to do.

Total Dude!

re: Getting Legacy ATI Mobility Drivers working on Windows 8 x64

Kenneth Hart — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 05:33:06 GMT

This was an interesting read, to start for me. However I found it un-required in my case. I downloaded the Legacy 64-bit windows for my x1200 Series latop. I installed the software to the C:\ATI and then went into the explorer mode of Windows 8, to the Device Manager and where the Windows Generic Driver was located I right-clicked and selected "Update Driver" installing from a specific Directory I allowed it to auto search, verified that I trusted the manufacturer and *BAM* I've got the correct driver, full range of resolutions and the second monitor (in this case a 32" LCD with HDMI out) functions just as it did with Windows 7. Very simple resolution.

re: Getting Legacy ATI Mobility Drivers working on Windows 8 x64

Cars — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:09:18 GMT

Just to say that if, after following these steps, you're left with "Test Mode" displaying on your desktop, just reverse the first bcdedit command, i.e. open an admin command prompt and enter: bcdedit /set {current} testsigning off

re: Getting Legacy ATI Mobility Drivers working on Windows 8 x64

d3berger — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 01:58:20 GMT

Thank you so much. I got my AMD 690G motherboard display working. For anyone else following this guide you can get the patch for step 2 at the bottom of the steps.

re: Getting Legacy ATI Mobility Drivers working on Windows 8 x64

Bk — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:07:56 GMT

wow it works!

inspiron 6400, ATI x1300

followed all steps and now it works!

re: Getting Legacy ATI Mobility Drivers working on Windows 8 x64

Stan — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:52:21 GMT

You are a legend thanks got an old Fujitsu N6420 X1400 working on windows 8.......for those who are seeking the patch read towards the end of the post.......works like a charm and first time.

Important - When installing the ATI drivers just after it installs the files and just after the catalyst splash screen click cancel - do not let it go past extracting the files.

re: Getting Legacy ATI Mobility Drivers working on Windows 8 x64

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