HELP! Winxp wont install ATI Radeon 7000 vid card!

[Southern Belle]

heyal,

I built a system which is a Intel P4 1.8 ghz with 768 ddr ram, ATI Radeon 7000 vid card, 2 hd's 1x20gig and 1x 60gig, 1cdrw and 1 floppy. Running WinXp, no internet connection so no updates can be done.

I have tried and tried and tried to install the ATI Radeon Drivers but winxp fails to utilize the *.inf files or the setup from the driver program. I've tried both auto and when doing that I get error msg [dayuuum now i forgot what msg was] but saying its incomplete & to use generic vga before setup.

when trying to do it manually by adding hardware-select from list it shows ati but only the rages and all in wonder and some max fury brand. when trying to use the "have disk" i point it to the directories with the .inf files and nothing shows up in list. I 've tried to right click inf files and click install but that doesnt seem to help.

when trying to play game thats installed get error message to check dx version or that video card is compatible.

Please help! i've tried everything i can think of with no luck.

any help is greatly appreciated,

thank you,
southern belle

[Beemer]

Remove all drivers for your display card and reboot your machine and allow WinXP to install the VGA drivers.

Now go and use the setup program for the ATI card.

Cheers!

[meese]

You may need to use winzip to extract the files from the ati file (even if its a EXE file) to a new folder. Then manually install the drivers. When asked for the location, point to the folder you just created. I had to do it this way on several occasions.

[Hughes]

If you need help tell me

[Southern Belle]

heyal,

well this responds to:

re: removing all drivers for card ...they're are none except the directory where the exe file expands for installation. I have previously removed that too but still no luck.

re: expanding exe and point windows to file...i've done this and tried to manually install but still no luck.

re: need help ....OH YES INDEED I DO NEED YOUR HELP! lol

keep posting and I'll keep trying.

oh there is no display adapters listed in the device manager and couldnt get windows to list right one.

the drivers for xp are from ati website.

thanks so very much, i'll keep checking back for new posts.

southern belle

[Hughes]

Sourthen Bell this is Hughes do you need help?

[Southern Belle]

heya hughes,

yes I need your help, im lost with this

sb

[Hughes]

Sourthen Bell what is your ploblem.

[lost-and-found]

She posted it in her top post ^

[Southern Belle]

Heyal,

for an update to video card prob i'm going to have to get a newer card, xp just won't take it or rather accept it. no matter what drivers i use wether it be orig, updated, 3rd party nothing.

so now to find an extreeeemly affordable video card lol

thanks for all the help! {{{hugs}}}
southern belle

[Southern Belle]

heyal,

sorry for the late update lol been going thru my old posts and updating.

problem solved!

i put a gforce 4600 ti card in and didnt take it either but finally got service packs 1 & 2 which 2 was the ace in the hole, but it took it and installed it.

thanks for all the help,
sb