Re: ATI Graphics Driver needed, I think

Thanks for your response.

As I mentioned in the original post, Device Manager reported that I
had a "Rage 128 Pro UltraGL AGP". Do you agree that describes the
graphics hardware, not merely a driver for a graphics card?

Second, I did try to go to the ATI site but got forwarded
automatically to the AMD site, and the latter had nothing about Rage
processors.

Why do you think Microsoft is a bad place to get drivers, as opposed
to some of the free sites that let you download a driver but "spike"
it with malware attachments?

Again, thanks for weighing in on my question.

Best wishes,
Richard

On Apr 3, 9:19 am, "Noncompliant" <spamyours...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Whatever you do, DO NOT GET ANY DRIVER SOFTWARE FROM MS UPDATE SITE, EVER.

Go to the ati.com site. Find the driver download in reference to your
onboard ati card. Find the latest software drivers. Download (do not
select open), but do not install yet. Find the installation directions for
it at ATI site. You may need to uninstall the current ATI driver software
first.

--
Noncompliant

Money don't wag the dog's tail.

"Richard" <RichardDummyMailbox58...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

news:1175484531.787844.178130@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi,

I running WinXP2-Pro on a no-name system with an Intel Pentium 4, 2-
GHz processor, 1MB RAM and plenty of free hard-drive space.

I just got an error msgbox inviting me to inform Microsoft about the
error. I complied and got a message in return entitled "Microsoft
Windows Error Reporting". It told me "This problem was caused by ATI
Graphics Driver. ATI Graphics Driver was created by ATI Technologies,
Inc."

It further told me to "go to the Microsoft Update website. Click
Custom, click Hardware, Optional, select all ATI Graphics Driver
updates, and then click Review and install updates." However,
following these instructions listed no Graphics Driver updates.

I searched the web and foundhttp://www.geometrygames.org/labs.html
which suggested "To determine who manufactured your graphics adapter,
go to Start : Control Panel : System : Hardware : Device Manager,
click on the '+' next to your computer's name to see the list of
hardware types, and then click on the '+' next to Display Adapters to
see what graphics circuitry your computer has." That indicated I had
a "Rage 128 Pro UltraGL AGP (Microsoft Corporation)"

I triedhttp://www.atitechnologies.com/and got an AMD website
offering Drivers & Software. I selected Windows XP Professional/Home
and saw 8 driver-types (presumably) listed, but none for Rage. There
was one listed for Radeon, which offer a bunch of Radeon X???? series.

Questions:
1. Does the Device Manger's "Rage 128 Pro ..." reflect the name of a
Graphics Chip or a driver for a chip?
2. Is Radeon related to Rage? (I saw them both mentioned on a few
sites during my search.)
3. Any other ideas?

TIA,
Richard


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