I managed to patch the drivers with rivatuner but when I install them my system is very unstable, the desktop freezes and sometimes restarts itself. The first time I did this (on a fresh xp pro install) it kept re-setting itself over and over untill I switched it off for 5 mins. When I tried to restart just after the bios loaded I got this error - <windows root>\system32\hal.dll I then had to re-install xp pro again. This time I installed dx9, via Hyperion drivers and patched the ati drivers before installing them. Same thing. Thought I'd post as I didn't get the usual artifact, checker board, can't find .sy_ !!!111 problems.
Sorry should have said. It's the R9500 - R9700. System spec: Athlon 1.33 Kt7A 512 Crucial cas-2 RAM Sonicfury soundcard XP Pro Nothing oc'd
Any ideas? I install the patched drivers correctly. The chip type displays 9700 but xp restarts almost immediately and is totally unstable. I have a Chieftec 300W ps - maybe that's the problem?