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Blacklight · 06-15-11, 02:29 AM

Okay... latest summery of symptoms and everything I've done to try to track down what's causing the issue.

Okay. This sums up the issue:
The process goes:
1. I start the computer and the drivers have failed and it's at 800 x 600 resolution. There will be an error message that says, "The Catalyst Control Center is not supported by the driver version of your enabled graphics adaptor. Please Update your ATI graphics driver or enable your ATI adaptor using the Display Manager"
Display manager won't let me edit anything. All the configuring stuff will be greyed out.
2. I will uninstall the drivers
3. I re-install the drivers
4. I re-boot the pc and everything is perfect and functions exactly as it should.
5. When next I re-start the pc... *go back to 1.*

Here is my list of everything I've tried so far.

1. I tried the program PowerStrip. It did not help.
2. Uninstalled Catalyst Control Center making sure that everything including folders were removed and re-installed it and the drivers using the "full package" installer that ATI has.
Did not solve the problem
3. Installed the drivers manually
Did not solve the problem
4. Lowering hardware acceleration seemed to make it so I could boot a few times with no issue but then the problem came back.
5. Turning off the System Restore seemed to have the same effect as # 4.
6. I uninstalled the card and then installed the drivers that came with the card from the disk and had the problem come back.
7. Checked monitor cables and all are in tight.
8. Tested my graphics with DXdiag with no issues. The card performed perfectly.
9. On a whim, I ran a ScanDisk just to check to see if there might be some bad sectors on the hard drive where the drivers just happen to be falling into (It's happened to me before). ScanDisk encountered not a single error or issue.
10. Opened up the PC, took out the graphics card, cleaned the dust inside and on the card while I had the case open. I then re-seated the card and screwed the monitor cables in TIGHT.
After a few re-boots, the problem came back.

My next experiment was to totally uninstall the Catalyst Control Center and all drivers, and then I put JUST THE DRIVERS in without the Catalyst Control Center and am using Windows Display Properties to configure things. I don't know if this is going to do anything because that's how I was originally set up before this problem first occured. I'll see what happens when I re-start it in the morning when I get up.

06-15-11, 02:29 AM	#12
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	Okay... latest summery of symptoms and everything I've done to try to track down what's causing the issue. Okay. This sums up the issue: The process goes: 1. I start the computer and the drivers have failed and it's at 800 x 600 resolution. There will be an error message that says, "The Catalyst Control Center is not supported by the driver version of your enabled graphics adaptor. Please Update your ATI graphics driver or enable your ATI adaptor using the Display Manager" Display manager won't let me edit anything. All the configuring stuff will be greyed out. 2. I will uninstall the drivers 3. I re-install the drivers 4. I re-boot the pc and everything is perfect and functions exactly as it should. 5. When next I re-start the pc... go back to 1. Here is my list of everything I've tried so far. 1. I tried the program PowerStrip. It did not help. 2. Uninstalled Catalyst Control Center making sure that everything including folders were removed and re-installed it and the drivers using the "full package" installer that ATI has. Did not solve the problem 3. Installed the drivers manually Did not solve the problem 4. Lowering hardware acceleration seemed to make it so I could boot a few times with no issue but then the problem came back. 5. Turning off the System Restore seemed to have the same effect as # 4. 6. I uninstalled the card and then installed the drivers that came with the card from the disk and had the problem come back. 7. Checked monitor cables and all are in tight. 8. Tested my graphics with DXdiag with no issues. The card performed perfectly. 9. On a whim, I ran a ScanDisk just to check to see if there might be some bad sectors on the hard drive where the drivers just happen to be falling into (It's happened to me before). ScanDisk encountered not a single error or issue. 10. Opened up the PC, took out the graphics card, cleaned the dust inside and on the card while I had the case open. I then re-seated the card and screwed the monitor cables in TIGHT. After a few re-boots, the problem came back. My next experiment was to totally uninstall the Catalyst Control Center and all drivers, and then I put JUST THE DRIVERS in without the Catalyst Control Center and am using Windows Display Properties to configure things. I don't know if this is going to do anything because that's how I was originally set up before this problem first occured. I'll see what happens when I re-start it in the morning when I get up. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !" Last edited by Blacklight; 06-15-11 at 02:52 AM.