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Token
17-09-04, 23:03
Okay well i wont go into the exact date of my pc but lets just say that it is running on pc100 ram and has no agp slot..

So i went and found a cheap pci video card.. the radeon 7000 pci edetion. Get home and start tryin to install the drivers..

First error message was "cannot find shell.dll"

So i go to windowsupdate and it detects new drivers that i need for video card.

Second error i get after install and restart of Comp..

"Ati drivers not found or not installed properly. Program will now close and drivers not installed"

Can any one help me with what i need to do next. and dont say buy a new mother baord cuz it is a work in progress that will last a couple months. I just want to get this comp to function for now.

Any info will help. Thanks
Dirus
17-09-04, 23:09
Which OS are you using?
Token
17-09-04, 23:10
Windows XP
Dirus
17-09-04, 23:23
Try this.

1) Uninstall the drivers for the videocard if you installed the ones that came from ATI.

2) Open the Device Manager on the Hardware Tab of the System Properties (WinKey + Pause/Break is a shortcut to the system properties) And uninstall your display adapter

3) Reboot the PC

4) Install ATI's latest drivers.

Hopefully that should work.
Token
17-09-04, 23:24
Ill give it a shot thanks
joran420
17-09-04, 23:27
lol an ATI 7000 could barely run NC1 good luck with NC2(i used o have one and got about 6 FPS usually...in PVP id drop to 1-2 FPS....finally upgraded my whole PC just so i could get an AGP card.....much better performance....cost meh about 500.00 total to upgrade meh whole PC (Motherboard, new smokin fast intel chip, new gfx card , new case, recycled meh drives....but i just got a new 180GB hard drive for 89.00 at PC club
Token
17-09-04, 23:27
Where can i get the latest ati drivers? Sorry i am not thinking right today
Dirus
17-09-04, 23:28
http://www.ati.com
Token
17-09-04, 23:40
okay I uninstalled and then reinstalled the drivers and when i restarted comp i got another message saying that the "ATI control panel failed to initialize because not ati driver is installed or it is not working properly. The ATI control panel will now exit." Any ideas about this now?
Lexxuk
17-09-04, 23:46
reinstall the drivers, or buy a geforce
NS_CHROME54
18-09-04, 00:06
you should have gotten a Radeon 9200. it's available in PCI.
Token
18-09-04, 00:07
the radeon 7000 cost me 10$ usd so its not a big loss.. even though i still cant get it tow work :(
NS_CHROME54
18-09-04, 00:18
the radeon 7000 cost me 10$ usd so its not a big loss.. even though i still cant get it tow work :(

what can i say. you get what you pay for :rolleyes:
OpTi
18-09-04, 00:57
the radeon 7000 cost me 10$ usd so its not a big loss.. even though i still cant get it tow work :(

you got ripped off :rolleyes: