Immediately following restart, the new display driver will be loaded for the first time. It will automatically run a series of tests to ensure maximum stability on this system. These tests normally take under one minute to complete.
The test may cause your computer to stop responding. If this happens simply restart the computer at which point the tests will continue normally.
A) SUPPORTED ATI PRODUCTS
B) LANGUAGES
C) PRIOR to USING wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-121-050322a-022141C.exe
D) USING wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-121-050322a-022141C.exe
The drivers included in this package are for Microsoft Windows XP and Windows 2000. These drivers may be used with,
RADEON X850 SERIES
RADEON X800 SERIES
RADEON X700 SERIES
RADEON X600 SERIES
RADEON X300 SERIES
ALL-IN-WONDER 9800 SERIES
ALL-IN-WONDER 9700 SERIES
ALL-IN-WONDER 9600 SERIES
ALL-IN-WONDER 9200 SERIES
ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 SERIES
ALL-IN-WONDER 8500
ALL-IN-WONDER 8500DV
ALL-IN-WONDER 7500
ALL-IN-WONDER VE PCI
ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON
RADEON 9800 SERIES
RADEON 9700 SERIES
RADEON 9600 SERIES
RADEON 9550 SERIES
RADEON 9500 SERIES
RADEON 9250 SERIES
RADEON 9200 SERIES
RADEON 9100 SERIES
RADEON 9000 SERIES
RADEON 8500 SERIES
RADEON 7500 SERIES
RADEON 7200 SERIES
RADEON 7000 SERIES
This package includes,
Display Driver WXP = 6.14.10.6525
Control Panel = 6.14.10.5145
WDM Integrated Drivers = 1.0.0.1
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B) LANGUAGES
wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-121-050322a-022141C.exe contains a display driver with language support for;
Arabic
English
Chinese Simplified
Chinese Traditional
Czechoslovakian
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
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C) PRIOR to USING wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-121-050322a-022141C.exe
UNINSTALL any previous version of the RADEON display driver prior to installing this version. See the "Un-Install" section for instructions.
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D) USING wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-121-050322a-022141C.exe
Overview
There are two phases to the installation of a driver that has been downloaded from the ATI WEB site.
The first phase occurs when you run the wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-121-050322a-022141C.exe program.
This phase creates a temporary directory on the system disk and unpacks all the individual files that make up the ATI software bundle.
In the second phase the ATI SETUP program is launched from the temporary directory created in the first phase. ATI SETUP installs the software (from the temporary directory) into the operating system.
Steps
a) You must download wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-121-050322a-022141C.exe and save it to a directory on your systems hard disk.
For example C:\temp is a common directory used to initially save a file into.
b) Once you have downloaded wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-121-050322a-022141C.exe,
- Close all programs
- Click the START button and select the RUN menu item.
- Click the BROWSE button.
- Browse to the directory where wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-121-050322a-022141C.exe was saved.
- Select wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-121-050322a-022141C.exe and click OK to run the program.
- Follow the instructions on the screen.
! The individual files will be unpacked and placed into a directory on your hard disk. The default path for this directory is C:\ATI\support\wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-121-050322a-022141C\
! After copying the files to the hard disk the INSTALLATION program will launch. You may choose to abort the INSTALL process at this point. (If you abort, no software will be installed into Windows.)
Manual Installation instructions after running wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-121-050322a-022141C.exe
- Start Windows.
- Click the START button.
- Click the RUN menu item.
- Click the BROWSE button. Browse to the directory where the files were unpacked after running wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-121-050322a-022141C.exe.
(The default directory is C:\ATI\support\wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-121-050322a-022141C)
- Select SETUP.EXE and press OK.
- Follow the instructions displayed in the help.
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E) UN-INSTALL
To un-install this software;
- Click START, go to SETTINGS and select CONTROL PANEL.
- Launch ADD/REMOVE programs.
- Select "ATI Display Driver" and then click the ADD/REMOVE button.
- RESTART Windows.
To un-install temporary files from the DOWNLOAD bundle;
- Delete the directory C:\ATI\support\wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-121-050322a-022141C\
NOTE: If you unbundled the files into a different directory, simply delete that directory.
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F) ISSUES YOU MAY ENCOUNTER:
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CONFIRM FILE REPLACE
When installing Display Drivers or Software a "Confirm File Replace" message may appear multiple times during the installation.
If you encounter a "Confirm File Replace" message while installing this display driver select the "YES" option to proceed.
Selecting "YES" will ensure that all the components of this driver bundle will replace your existing driver components.
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Data corruption may occur if the Large System Cache feature is enabled in Windows XP.
For complete details see; http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4217.html
This symptom does not occur on all systems. The key ingredients that lead to this symptom may include:
- System Memory greater than 512 Meg. (1 gigabyte of RAM is common)
- Large NTFS disk volumes. And multiple large volumes. (60-100 gigabyte hard drives possibly in RAID arrays)
- AGP graphics with large AGP resource requirements (AGP aperture greater than default)
- Large file transfers
To avoid this symptom ensure the System Cache option is NOT selected for Memory usage. Use the Programs option.
- right-click on the My Computer Icon then Properties to open the System Properties dialog box
- select the Advanced Tab then the Settings button under Performance
- select the Advanced tab on the Performance options tab
- in the Memory Usage area, ensure the Programs radio button is selected
