ATI Catalyst 12.11 Beta 11 Modded driver For Legacy GPU

Sorry dellon must have missed the pm , which is the build to test? and instructions to install it.
I currently have the dna ati catalyst 10.2 installed

 

Try Testing the last Preview Build. The driver comes with
multiple installers. Alternate Installer and AMDSetup.

Try installing the driver Through Both Setup.
Make Sure to use the Latest Preview 2 Build
uploaded on the front page of this forum.

 

iMac w/ Windows 8.1

I have a 27" iMac with Windows 8.1 loaded. The onboard graphics is a ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB. The generic microsoft display driver works, but, if I let windows update the driver or install an AMD driver, my computer makes the device disconnected chime and the screen goes black.

With the latest version of the drivers offered here, the problem persists, but it also make the device connected chime and disconnected chime cyclicly. The screen remains black until I boot into safe mode and return the driver to the generic microsoft one.

I have a theory that the primary problem is the built in iMac display talking to the video card correctly, others on this forum have mentioned being able to connect with one kind cable or adaptor but not another- but being a built in iMac display I don't have the option to try and reconnect it via hdmi or anything.

Any advice on how to get this working would be greatly appreciated.

 

@dellon132 I'm going to try to reinstall you last build, the PRE 2 with your last DX9 Switcher pack, let me test, and I'll feedback if I sucedeed or failed.

Edit 1: Mamamia pizzeria ! It worked ! No BsOD, i'll test if I can switch to the "performance" gfx, Notice that I tried to update the driver because faststartup on Windows 8.1 didn't worked anymore with the build that i was using previoulsy.

Edit 2 : When switching my gfx, I get a BsOD IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL, but when i rebooted the computer, the gfx was normal, the driver applied for both of my cards, please optimise switching graphic part dellon, and it will be amazing !

 

Most Black Screen Bugs can be resolved when Users do a Full Cleanup of all installed Drivers. This can be done by downloading the latest Uploaded Dx9 Switcher from the First page in this thread. Next extract it and perform a Full Driver Cleanup.

Note: Starting With the Newly Uploaded Preview 2 Cleaner
The resolved a bug in which using the Driver Cleaner Would result
in a Black Screen.

Well I already made changes to the driver for Mobility HD 5000
and HD 6000 Users so I may release an experimental Build.

 

My god dellon i think it worked this time i think almost . Well here are the things i did
1) ran cleaner 1 chose option remove amd software
2)ran cleaner 2 chose option fresh install
ran the setup , clicked next on everything , which was probably a mistake since i dont need the signature method so it installed . with one failure for driver signature one .
THE DISPLAY driver actually worked
i am on 13.114.6.0 now .
The only sad part is the catalyst control center wont open , it crashes if try to open it but i can change the settings if right click the icon in startup space but if i click on open it crashes.
any idea what to do , i can do without the catalyst anyways the display driver is important and it works.
if you can provide a solution how to get the control center to work , i can start testing things.

EDIT: nvm restarted again and the control center works , WE HAVE DONE IT after about 40 tries from last year it works haha thanks dellon
http://imgur.com/yPgjEzQ

now of course i will be testing the following and update results , since its important for me
1) video playback sub hd , hd Result: works great no stuttering or errors
2)online watch : twitch , youtube (browser chrome) Result: works fine no issues
3)gaming : dx9.0c games and opengl 2.1 or less games from steam Result:Ran about 4 games , 2 old ones and euro truck simulator 2 for open gl test , all seems to work fine
we have a Winner here
is there anything else i should try? everything seems to work great

 

Ok, then let me clarify
I have followed every scrap of instructions I can find and it always ends in a black screen. When the instructions are ambiguous I've iterated through each interpretation I could think of.

To wit-

1)
I boot into safe mode
I use the simple cleanUP utility
I run option 1 to remove software
then I run option 2 to remove drivers
I select to remove upgradeable drivers, because if I select to remove fresh installation it prompts me to reboot and acts like I still have drivers installed

after the cleanUP utility says everything is gone, and if I can check device manager and it doesn’t have the updated microsoft ati driver, I reboot into normal windows

2)
occasionally it boots up normally
often it boots up to a black screen

if it boots to a black screen, I go back to part 1)

sometimes it will boot up normally, then windows will decide to update the display driver on its own to the microsoft ati wddi driver and will give me the device disconnected chime and go to a black screen while I’m still trying to fix this problem (windows update is turned off and told not to update drivers, this still happens anyways). If this happens, I go back to part 1)

3)
if it does not go to a black screen, I try some variation of installing the amd drivers

if I use the regular installer, I don’t receive any error messages, just the computer will make the device connected chime, then make the device disconnected chime and the screen will go black. I’ll manually power down the machine and return to part 1)

If I use the Alternate Installer included with the download (which I run as administrator), it gets as far as installing the first .inf file, makes the device disconnected chime, and the screen goes black. I return to part 1)

If I use the regular installer through setup, it gets as far as the popup asking me if I’m sure I want to install, I select yes, then it makes the device disconnected chime and the screen goes black. Shortly after it makes the device connected chime, but the screen stays black. I return to part 1)

If I install using the Upgradable driver option on previous versions of the utilities, screen goes to black, device disconnected chime, then device connected chime, cyclically. (the latest unified version of the cleanUP utility just keeps uninstalling over and over again). I return to part 1)

I've tried iterations in normal vs safe mode, I've tried iterations with different versions of the software. I've tried manually installing the associated .inf files. I've tried installing and uninstalling through device manager. I've tried updating through windows. I have spent hours and have not found any combination that results in something other than a black screen. the Microsoft Basic Display Driver is the only constant that currently works.

 

I tried this driver with my ancient desktop when I just upgraded it to windows 8 (not 8.1, my cpu doesn't support 8.1). It got through about halfway with the installation and then there was a bunch of static garbage on the screen. I could heard the hdd spinning so I know it was still installing. After things quieted down I manually powered off the computer since I couldn't see what I was doing. When I turned it back on things seemed to work fine and I could access all the resolutions but my second monitor seems to have some display lag, almost like it is not being accelerated by hardware.

I restarted the computer again and got nothing but static garbage on the screen. I think I might have to try FLEM with some other drivers but I haven't quite figured out how to to use it.

Anyone with an ancient radeon 9800xt been able to get these to work?

Here are my specs:

Athlon 64 3000+
win 8 x64 (this was a fresh format)
3 gig ram
9800XT

 

While that's Great to hear, there is only one thing that requires Testing
for Previous Legacy users since you already did the basic Test.
Launch the AMD Settings Optimizer then Select Option 2.
This Switcher allows Previous Legacy Users to Switch btw color Settings
and Display Settings when using Catalyst Control Center.

Before Installing the Display Driver
Try applying the xGGpuM Recovery Time
by running the tool as an administrator.
This tool can be Found in the Dx9 Switcher
Folder.

When you say your screen becomes garbled. Are you by chance referring to
to the Black Screen Bug?
Try running both included cleaners. Use N for the Package Cleaner
and F for the Driver Cleaner. Next attempt to install the Driver Though
AMD Setup custom install. When the list of Packages appear Select all
and UN-check the Signature Workaround. After doing so attempt to install
all selected Packages again.

Other Thoughts
Which driver did you try to install Previously?
are you installing the Latest (PRE 2) Driver
uploaded on the front page?

 

ah yes some settings like display resolution, color etc was blocked out , will do this and report back
done it works as well

 

Thanks for the tips! I was using your official release so I just tried PRE2 and I got the same garbled screen as seen here
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Sorry, forumwon't let me post links
however when I powered down the computer everything was perfect when it started back up. I could feel that both monitors were benefitting from hardware acceleration instead of just the primary monitor like before. I could tell by dragging a window around the screen to see how smooth it is.

The only problem is if I attempt to boot into unsigned driver mode in win8, then I get the garbled screen every single time. Also sometimes when just booting up normally if I am unlucky then the garbled screen with show up. Lastly, if I right click on a flash video with flash x64 and a x64 browser such as cyberfox or waterfox then flash crashes instantly. That one is not a big deal though because I never right click them anyway.

I will try to clean and install with the alernate installer method and see what happens.

Thanks for your awesome work on these, I hope you get hired by AMD!

 

Update to post above - tried using alternate installer, worked fine until I restarted the computer which gave me garbled screen, restarted a second time and it works fine. As long as I keep the computer running and I don't try to go into unsigned driver mode then I'm good

 

Hey Dellon,
i wanna know if there something to fix Blocky/Jagged/Pixelated Shadows in games coz it really looks sucks :S ,, max settings high & ultra nothing :|
example like there many ppl uploaded many videos of that shadow bug the same i've :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIMvmyvq5uw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay0NMUhVEJo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEJDVQIG-9A&feature=youtube_gdata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2iTynDKm1Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BObbmHqQiVM
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2162788

 

Thanks for sharing your results. Seems like Previous Legacy Mobility Support is working as intended.

I'll try updating Previous Legacy Desktop Support as an attempt
to resolve the garbled screen and Flash Player bug. Thanks for posting.

This bug seems to be a Global Problem. (Nvidia and AMD)
Have you tried forcing Anti Aliasing or applying 3RD Party
Method of Anti Aliasing.

AMD Catalyst
MSLAA
Default AA
Anisotropic Filtering

3RD Party
SMAA
FXAA

 

What is the best driver for sapphire Radeon HD 3870

 

I recommend using the Latest Preview 3 Driver as it contains
all changes seen in the Latest Dx9 Switcher and Preview 2 Driver.

NOTE:
Legacy Users experiencing Directx Errors when attempting to play
BattleField 4 should try Updating BF4 to UPDATE 2.

UPDATE FOR ALL SUPPORTED OS 01/10/2013

Installation Guide
-Download and Extract
-Run aSimple Cleanup Utility. (Perform a Normal AMD Cleanup)
-Run aSimple Driver Cleanup.
Select the Cleaner you would like to use.
<->Cleaner For installing the Latest Upgradable Build
<->Cleaner For installing the Latest AMD Display Driver.
-Install the Display Driver or the Upgradable Build Through AMD Setup
Note: Some Users may have to rely on the Signature Workaround to load the Display Driver into the System. Therefore
Users may want to Use the Custom Installation method and make
sure Signature Workaround and the Display Driver is Checked.
-Installation Complete

Notes:
-Resolves a bug resulting in Green Screen Videos for some
HD 5000 and 6000 Users.
-Resolves a bug causing HD 5000 and 6000 Mobility Users
to lose their brightness control option. (Applies to most Users)
-Resolved a bug causing the Performance Switchers to not
work correctly.
-Updated the aSimple Cleanup Utility and the Alternate Installer
to resolve a bug with the AMD Software Check.
-Updated the Driver to resolve a bug in which some
users ID's were broken.
-Updated Legacy Support to resolve a possible ID Collision
between HD 5000 and 6000 Gpu Users
-Attempts resolve bug in Which Switchable Graphic Users
experiences a Bsod when installing or Switching between
Graphic Cards.
-Updated Previous Legacy Desktop Graphic Card Support
as an attempt to resolve x64Bit Flash Player Crash and
Black and White Screen on boot.
-Attempts to resolve a bug in which Crossfire Profiles are
missing for Legacy Users.
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-Resolved a Bug causing the Flash GPU Acceleration Switcher
to not work when used with Mozilla Firefox.
-Integrated the Package Cleaner and the Driver Cleaner into
one shortcut as an attempt to simply Cleaning for Users that
dislike launching both Cleaners.
-Resolved a bug causing Hydravision Files and Folder to not
be removed when removal of all Software is used. This of
course does not happen with the Normal (AMD Only) Option.
-Users using the Software level Cleaner should expect a minor
or major speed up depending on you computer performance.
-The Cleaner now allows Users to Exit the Cleaner Via the Close
button (Normal Red X button placed on the right of an
application or folder)
-Added Viewing of all installed Drivers via the Driver Cleanup
-Updated the Firefox Text Corruption fix (Precisely applies the
patch) as the previous version was a bit messy.)
-Updated the GPU Restarter re-apply DXVA and Resolve OpenGL Settings?
-Added Pop-in Option in which Additional Cleaning Option becomes available when the UPD Build and Driver Signature is Installed. (Driver Cleaner)?
-Package Cleaner is now almost Completely automated as it's capable of Uninstalling Future AMD Application Packages. (Software)
-Updated the code for the iCrossfireX Gpu Switcher.
-Attempts to resolve a bug in which the Alternate Installer
shows Catalyst Control Center as not installed for x32Bit Users.
-Resolves a bug in which Previous Legacy Mobility Users may
experience an Application Crash when using OpenGL Applications
-Resolves a bug causing the Performance Switchers to not
work for x32Bit Users.
-Updated the Package Cleaner to change the message displayed
so users have a better understanding of what the Full Cleanup
does.
-Corrected a few installation bugs for x32Bit Users.
In which Previous Legacy Users may experience an installation Failure
when attempting to install the driver or possibly a Black Screen during
the installation Process.
-Updated Some driver related components
-Added the latest Application Profile (NFS Rivals etc.)
-Added installation Check to the Package Cleaner so Users can
no what software or driver is currently installed on their system.
-Updated the Package Cleaner Full Cleanup Option to resolve a
bug in which some Software remained installed.
- Added Support for HD 3870 Users and other Users
with different Graphic Cards.
-Integrated iAMD Version Switcher to the newly Added
AMD Optimizer. This Switcher will allow Users to Unlock
or Enable/Disable Options that are unavailable in the
Current Catalyst Control Center.
Note:
This Feature is not Fully Implemented in the PRE BUILD
Enabling certain options will disable other options
when making changes to the 3D Settings.
-Added a New Switcher to the AMD Settings
Optimizer. This Switcher is for Previous Legacy Users
encountering Problems when attempting to Change
Video Settings or Image Scaling Settings in Catalyst
Control Center.
-Officially Added Support for Previous Legacy Mobility Graphic Cards.
-Attempts to Resolve a Bug causing Previous Legacy Graphics to exhibit
bugs in which the Following Catalyst Control Center Options does not work:
<->The Picture in the Video tab appears to be missing
<->Selection an on the Video tab does not apply
-Attempts to resolve a bug in which owners of Previous Legacy Graphic Cards
may lose Aero Support in Windows 7 and Vista.
-Attempts to resolve a bug in which Previous Legacy Owners may experience
lost of Video Playback through Windows Media Player and other Media Players
-Added an Alternate Installer to assist Users in installing Drivers
and Software when both AMDSetup and Device Manager Fails.
The Newly added Installer is capable of installing and Checking to
see if a Driver or Software is installed.
-Resolved a bug resulting in a Black Screen when
aSimple Driver Cleanup is Used.
-Resolved a bug in which aSimple CleanUP Full Clean was missing
one of it's cleaning process.
-Resolved a bug in which Catalyst Install Manager would not
re-install Visual C++ 2010
-Updated Dxva Settings as an attempt to resolve a bug
in which results in slow videos.

Note:
-Users can use the iAMD Version Changer to change there Catalyst version
from 12.11 to AMD Catalyst 13.11.
-Switchable Graphics Users should provide a detail feedback stating how the latest driver functions on their setup.

Pending Changes
-Adding a Low Powered Switcher for Mobility HD 4000 Users and Below.
-Adding a Switcher Capable of allowing Users to revert to a Previously
Working\Stable Build. (For HD 2000 Series - HD 4000 Series)

Download Link: (Re-Uploaded)
ATI Catalyst 12.11 B11 HotFix 10 P6 V11.10.6.8.5 Un-Official Build (PRE 3)

 

Thanks for the update

 

Hi, with Chrome 32 on Windows 8.1, my 4850 HD will not play Instagram or Vine videos.

 

I disabled D3D11 on Chrome and now the videos play. Chrome has that turned on automatically because it thinks my video card is a newer model...

 

Tried
11.10.6.8.3 - no brightness control, green screen in Flash
V11.10.6.8.5 Un-Official Build (PRE 2) - does not install, possibly because of signature

Looks like cleaner 9.10.9.0 corrupts my Intel Turbo Boost and Wacom Device drivers