Radeon x1600 Pro Black Screen Boot

> Here's a little work-around until ATI releases drivers that actually work for
> your vid-card.
>
> After you have rebooted from safe-mode in a normal vista session, let it
> install everything it finds without rebooting. Once Vista has finished
> installing all those drivers, go to your Device Manager and upgrade the
> graphics adapter driver using the INF files from Catalyst 6.5 for Windows XP.
> The installation program for Catalyst itself doesn't work but you'll have
> everything you need to install the drivers in
> C:\ATI\SUPPORT\6-5_xp-2k_dd_32464\2KXP_INF afterwards (default installation
> directory)
>
> Tell me if that works for you.
>
> Jean-Felix
>
> "Brad Rothman" wrote:
>

> > I have a Radeon x1600 Pro 512mb PCI Express x16. Everything during the
> > install of vista seems to work fine, however after the install's final reboot
> > (when its supposed to get you to create your windows username) all I see is a
> > black screen with the mouse cursor (which does seem to move - not frozen).
> > The only way I can get to a desktop is if I boot into safemode where I can
> > install the ATI Catalyst Vista drivers which seem to work. Once I restart the
> > computer from safe mode Windows seems to work correctly with Glass enabled
> > etc. However if I reboot again, I get the black screen. So it looks like if I
> > want glass I have to boot into safe mode and reinstall the ATI Vista drivers
> > before I can boot into regular mode.
> >
> > I know that the Radeon Mobility x1600 has had some issues and only works
> > with the standard VGA display adapter driver (which obvisouly doesnt support
> > glass). Is it maybe because the Mobility and the PCI-E versions are built on
> > the same chipset?
> >
> > Is anyone else having problems like this? Please let me know.

> Hi
> I also have ati x1600 pro but vista does not identify it, on start up
> display adapter unkown any suggestions the name does appear in device
> driver but the drivers do not work
> thanks
>
>
> "Jean-Felix Piche" wrote:
>

>> Here's a little work-around until ATI releases drivers that actually work
>> for
>> your vid-card.
>>
>> After you have rebooted from safe-mode in a normal vista session, let it
>> install everything it finds without rebooting. Once Vista has finished
>> installing all those drivers, go to your Device Manager and upgrade the
>> graphics adapter driver using the INF files from Catalyst 6.5 for Windows
>> XP.
>> The installation program for Catalyst itself doesn't work but you'll have
>> everything you need to install the drivers in
>> C:\ATI\SUPPORT\6-5_xp-2k_dd_32464\2KXP_INF afterwards (default
>> installation
>> directory)
>>
>> Tell me if that works for you.
>>
>> Jean-Felix
>>
>> "Brad Rothman" wrote:
>>

>> > I have a Radeon x1600 Pro 512mb PCI Express x16. Everything during the
>> > install of vista seems to work fine, however after the install's final
>> > reboot
>> > (when its supposed to get you to create your windows username) all I
>> > see is a
>> > black screen with the mouse cursor (which does seem to move - not
>> > frozen).
>> > The only way I can get to a desktop is if I boot into safemode where I
>> > can
>> > install the ATI Catalyst Vista drivers which seem to work. Once I
>> > restart the
>> > computer from safe mode Windows seems to work correctly with Glass
>> > enabled
>> > etc. However if I reboot again, I get the black screen. So it looks
>> > like if I
>> > want glass I have to boot into safe mode and reinstall the ATI Vista
>> > drivers
>> > before I can boot into regular mode.
>> >
>> > I know that the Radeon Mobility x1600 has had some issues and only
>> > works
>> > with the standard VGA display adapter driver (which obvisouly doesnt
>> > support
>> > glass). Is it maybe because the Mobility and the PCI-E versions are
>> > built on
>> > the same chipset?
>> >
>> > Is anyone else having problems like this? Please let me know.

> You do have the axillary power supply pluged in don't you?
>
> I forgot to on install
> "dolldesign" <dolldesign@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news7C59AE9-921E-455E-9AA3-3EABD5C72417@microsoft.com...

> > Hi
> > I also have ati x1600 pro but vista does not identify it, on start up
> > display adapter unkown any suggestions the name does appear in device
> > driver but the drivers do not work
> > thanks
> >
> >
> > "Jean-Felix Piche" wrote:
> >

> >> Here's a little work-around until ATI releases drivers that actually work
> >> for
> >> your vid-card.
> >>
> >> After you have rebooted from safe-mode in a normal vista session, let it
> >> install everything it finds without rebooting. Once Vista has finished
> >> installing all those drivers, go to your Device Manager and upgrade the
> >> graphics adapter driver using the INF files from Catalyst 6.5 for Windows
> >> XP.
> >> The installation program for Catalyst itself doesn't work but you'll have
> >> everything you need to install the drivers in
> >> C:\ATI\SUPPORT\6-5_xp-2k_dd_32464\2KXP_INF afterwards (default
> >> installation
> >> directory)
> >>
> >> Tell me if that works for you.
> >>
> >> Jean-Felix
> >>
> >> "Brad Rothman" wrote:
> >>
> >> > I have a Radeon x1600 Pro 512mb PCI Express x16. Everything during the
> >> > install of vista seems to work fine, however after the install's final
> >> > reboot
> >> > (when its supposed to get you to create your windows username) all I
> >> > see is a
> >> > black screen with the mouse cursor (which does seem to move - not
> >> > frozen).
> >> > The only way I can get to a desktop is if I boot into safemode where I
> >> > can
> >> > install the ATI Catalyst Vista drivers which seem to work. Once I
> >> > restart the
> >> > computer from safe mode Windows seems to work correctly with Glass
> >> > enabled
> >> > etc. However if I reboot again, I get the black screen. So it looks
> >> > like if I
> >> > want glass I have to boot into safe mode and reinstall the ATI Vista
> >> > drivers
> >> > before I can boot into regular mode.
> >> >
> >> > I know that the Radeon Mobility x1600 has had some issues and only
> >> > works
> >> > with the standard VGA display adapter driver (which obvisouly doesnt
> >> > support
> >> > glass). Is it maybe because the Mobility and the PCI-E versions are
> >> > built on
> >> > the same chipset?
> >> >
> >> > Is anyone else having problems like this? Please let me know.

>

> hi,
> yes it is pluged in, everything works in winxp/ dual boot just in vista
> screen does not indicated display adapter same with the samsung monitor
> not
> shown
>
>
> "Smoke286" wrote:
>

>> You do have the axillary power supply pluged in don't you?
>>
>> I forgot to on install
>> "dolldesign" <dolldesign@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news7C59AE9-921E-455E-9AA3-3EABD5C72417@microsoft.com...

>> > Hi
>> > I also have ati x1600 pro but vista does not identify it, on start up
>> > display adapter unkown any suggestions the name does appear in device
>> > driver but the drivers do not work
>> > thanks
>> >
>> >
>> > "Jean-Felix Piche" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Here's a little work-around until ATI releases drivers that actually
>> >> work
>> >> for
>> >> your vid-card.
>> >>
>> >> After you have rebooted from safe-mode in a normal vista session, let
>> >> it
>> >> install everything it finds without rebooting. Once Vista has
>> >> finished
>> >> installing all those drivers, go to your Device Manager and upgrade
>> >> the
>> >> graphics adapter driver using the INF files from Catalyst 6.5 for
>> >> Windows
>> >> XP.
>> >> The installation program for Catalyst itself doesn't work but you'll
>> >> have
>> >> everything you need to install the drivers in
>> >> C:\ATI\SUPPORT\6-5_xp-2k_dd_32464\2KXP_INF afterwards (default
>> >> installation
>> >> directory)
>> >>
>> >> Tell me if that works for you.
>> >>
>> >> Jean-Felix
>> >>
>> >> "Brad Rothman" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > I have a Radeon x1600 Pro 512mb PCI Express x16. Everything during
>> >> > the
>> >> > install of vista seems to work fine, however after the install's
>> >> > final
>> >> > reboot
>> >> > (when its supposed to get you to create your windows username) all I
>> >> > see is a
>> >> > black screen with the mouse cursor (which does seem to move - not
>> >> > frozen).
>> >> > The only way I can get to a desktop is if I boot into safemode where
>> >> > I
>> >> > can
>> >> > install the ATI Catalyst Vista drivers which seem to work. Once I
>> >> > restart the
>> >> > computer from safe mode Windows seems to work correctly with Glass
>> >> > enabled
>> >> > etc. However if I reboot again, I get the black screen. So it looks
>> >> > like if I
>> >> > want glass I have to boot into safe mode and reinstall the ATI Vista
>> >> > drivers
>> >> > before I can boot into regular mode.
>> >> >
>> >> > I know that the Radeon Mobility x1600 has had some issues and only
>> >> > works
>> >> > with the standard VGA display adapter driver (which obvisouly doesnt
>> >> > support
>> >> > glass). Is it maybe because the Mobility and the PCI-E versions are
>> >> > built on
>> >> > the same chipset?
>> >> >
>> >> > Is anyone else having problems like this? Please let me know.

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