[dba-Tech] W7 in 2GB RAM

Hi Jim

Sorry, I didn't go to page and read the stuff.
However, when I do, I can find an advice like this:

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Re: Ati Mobility Radeon X600 & Windows 7 
You have to copy your hardware IDs and such for the appropriate driver to install and detect correctly...
Match it up with the INF files by modifying them and finding the right string and adding the hardware id itself.
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That's what I did manually, and it looks like what the modder does. So I don't think I will spend more time on this.

The main issue now is that this chip doesn't support the latest DirectX, and as the driver is the latest for Vista, 02/10/2010, 8.593.100.0000, I guess this will not happen.

Neither VLC nor Media Player (nor Zune) will play HD video, but as the BS Player will, I can manage.
This laptop is a dual core Pentium IV mobile anyway, so it is for secondary use only. Main advantage is a great 17" screen, but it is heavy and draws much power.

/gustav


>>> accessd at shaw.ca 03-08-13 19:15 >>>
Hi Gustav:

You could be right but according to the article a lot of the video driver issues were not specifically the video card's capabilities but rather patent/OEM issues related to all the ATI video cards. According to one article I read using the mobility modder to update the drivers on the ATI series, it will even allow Window8 capability. In the accompanying link, at the bottom half of the article are a full set of instructions on the installation process.

Does your fix allow the media player and VLC player to work?

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk>
To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
Sent: Saturday, August 3, 2013 9:18:25 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] W7 in 2GB RAM

Hi Jim

No, the limitation is the "mobile" graphics hardware, not the 2 GB. No driver was available for Win7, but I found a driver for Vista and the CL 95951 chip. With this, I could modify the inf file to contain:

"ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600" = ati2mtag_RV380, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_3150&SUBSYS_3082103C

which made it believe that it was compatible with the hardware.

/gustav

>>> accessd at shaw.ca 03-08-13 17:39 >>>
Hi Gustav and Rocky:

Are you saying the VLC and media player will not play on a computer with only 2GB of RAM that has Windows7?

(You might be correct but I have never experienced a Windows computer that will not run media player or any computer that will not run VLC.) 

Here is a link to an application, that comes from Microsoft originally I believe, that is designed to update ATI drivers: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/modtool.php and the ATI Mobility Radeon X600 card is in the driver list. I ran across this site a few years ago but it took a while to re-find it. This should help.

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk>
To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
Sent: Saturday, August 3, 2013 1:34:16 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] W7 in 2GB RAM

Oops. It should of course read:

VLC, not to mention Media Player, would NOT play any video on this machine.