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Answer» Running XP Media Center edition, service packs up to date, on a four year old Dell E510.
Got an error message saying "your system has recovered from a serious problem," which appears to have been a CRASH of the video card. The error message says "Address a problem with ATI graphics driver." Automatic updates don't come up with a more recent driver than I've got.
Control panel reveals that the driver is "ATI Radeon X300 SE 128MB Hypermemory." ATI's WEBSITE shows that this driver has been dumped into the "legacy" category and is no longer supported. It does, however, offer me - without any explanation - the opportunity to download software. I've copied this below.
Here's the question: I'm in over my head here, and am concerned that I may make a bad situation worse if I try installing the wrong software. So, if anyone can provide me guidance on whether to go ahead with this - and if so which software option to try - I'd be very grateful. And, if this is the wrong approach altogether, I'd appreciate any other suggestions. Thanks very much.
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By clicking the download button, I agree to the Terms and Conditions. Option 1 - Full Software SUITE Name File Size Revision Number Release Date Download Link Catalyst Software Suite 75.6 MB 9.11 11/17/2009 Download Description: Package Includes: Display Driver Catalyst Control Center WDM Drivers
Option 2 - Individual Downloads Name File Size Revision Number Release Date Download Link WDM Integrated Driver 21.4 MB 9.11 11/17/2009 Download Description:
Package Includes: ATI WDM Integrated Driver
Release Notes
Firstly, never update any non-Microsoft driver through Windows updates. MS has a history of screwing things up. Then, go to Dell site, enter your computer service tag number and download video driver from there. You always go to computer manufacturer first. Uninstall current driver before installing new one.
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