Vista Ultimate & the ATI Radeon driver [ Edited ]

[ice]

I just got my first Thinkpad ever, a W500! WOOHOO!

As soon as I got my machine, I installed Windows Vista Ultimate 32-Bit on it since I already had a copy of Vista Ultimate with me. I believe it originally came with a 64-Bit install of Visa Home Basic.

After the fresh install, I downloaded the ThinkCenter System update tool, from Lenovo.com, and let it do its thing, updated Vista, etc. After a couple of reboots, I saw that I was using the Integrated graphics card. So, I installed the ATI Radeon driver and rebooted my machine.

Still, my machine is using the integrated graphics card, instead of the discrete. When I go to the Device manager, the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 shows up with a yellow '!' and says "This device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the drivers required for this device. (Code 31)"

What do I need to do to get this working again?

Message Edited by ice on 10-02-2008 01:02 AM

[andyP Community SuperMod]

Have you tried installing the driver with discrete graphics selected in BIOS? You can then change BIOS back to switchable afterwards.

[ice]

I tried that today. This didnt work. Device Manager still shows me that it is using the Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family and the yellow '!' still shows up on the ATI Radeon 3650. The error message and the error code is still the same.

Any help?

[ice · Accepted solution]

Thanks. I believe after changing the BIOS settings, I hit ESC instead of F10. So, I didnt save the settings. Now I have my graphics card working correctly.