Success. In the DriverHeaven forum for Radeon and Win XP, there was a posting about Omega, a popular packaging of the ATI drivers that seems to have faded away. In that thread, an owner of a Thinkpad T41 complained that he was having a particular problem. Thus was indicated that the version of Omega under discussion, which corresponded to Catalyst 7.1, would support both Mobility Radeon and AGP. I DL'd Catalyst 7.1.2, the last of the 7.1 series, and last of the 7 series too. I noted that the 8 series for WinXP was considerably smaller in MB, so perhaps that's when they dropped the AGP and Mobility Radeon support.
The right-click desktop says that it supports 1920x1080 in an external monitor. We'll see what happens when the monster arrives. The Catalyst Control Center looks great. Thank you, David Ross! >To add to the confusion, the latest Catalyst version at the >DriverHeaven website, Catalyst 8.12 (the one I DL'd), does not >seem to be the latest Catalyst version. I see mention of the >availability of 9.x in posts. > >I'm not sure why they have all those versions of Catalyst >available, yet don't mention AGP on either the modder page or >the Catalyst download page. > >There is also something called an "AGP hotfix" which came out >in conjunction with the Catalyst releases. For example 8.8 and >8.9. These get talked about in the DriverHeaven forums, but I >haven't located a description of what they are supposed >to do. > > >>> They told me to use the latest Catalyst. If I need an earlier >>> Catalyst version, as you suggest, I am unable to determine >>> which version, despite some time searching their forum, putting >>> appropriate terms in google, and following up the hits. >> >>I will check later tonight to see what we have running on my son's T42. >>However, that one is a fairly old one (maybe 6.x) so as to be compatible >>with some games of his. >> >>David >> >>> >>> I'll try again, adding the term AGP to my searches. >>> >>>>If you just try the desktop drivers, without following exactly the >>>>instructions involving the mod tool, this is what will happen. The reason >>>>is that ATI has intentionally (and unnecessarily) excluded Mobility Radeon >>>>from the list of chipsets Catalyst supports, the process at the website is >>>>designed to circumvent this crippling. >>>> >>>>Another problem that might arise is that since a few years ago, only every >>>>other release of Catalyst supports AGP graphics, so you need to make sure >>>>that the one you download includes AGP chipsets (like the X32). >>>> >>>>David >>>> >>>> >>>>-------------------------------------------------- >>>>From: "Jonathan Berry" <[email protected]> >>>>Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 11:26 AM >>>>To: <[email protected]> >>>>Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Widescreen monitor and X32 >>>> >>>>> Everything seemed to go smoothly, but after I rebooted >>>>> I got this message: >>>>> >>>>> "No ATI graphics driver is installed, or the ATI driver is not >>>>> functioning properly. Please install the ATI driver >>>>> appropriate for your ATI hardware [OK]" >>>>> >>>>> which also comes up when you right click the desktop and click >>>>> Catalyst. >>>>> >>>>> The right click desktop Settings are now pretty basic. No >>>>> external monitor, for example. >>>>> >>>>> Perhaps the problem relates to my downloading the latest >>>>> (8.12) Catalyst XP drivers rather than using the method David >>>>> suggested. >>>>> >>>>> The instructions *did* state: >>>>> 3: Download the newest desktop [sic] drivers from www.ati.com (or get >>>>> them from Driver Heaven Downloads). >>>>> >>>>> I got Catalyst from Driver Heaven, as the ATI (AMD) site did >>>>> not navigate properly for me in Firefox. >>>>> >>>>> I tried to look up what version of Catalyst I should be using >>>>> by searching the DriverHeaven forums, but unfortunately they >>>>> don't allow a search for multiple keywords such as "Thinkpad >>>>> X32", while searches for "Thinkpad" and "X32" separately are >>>>> pointless. Too bad IBM didn't skip from X31 to X33, omitting >>>>> the number corresponding to 2 to the power 5. >>>>> >>>>> I guess I could re-install the Lenovo ATI drivers that I >>>>> DL'd this morning. That should bring back the capability to >>>>> have an external monitor, albeit not of the desired resolution. >>>>> >>>>> I googled a blog entry in Chinese (which I don't read) which >>>>> seemed to indicate that a mod of the Catalyst 6.5 drivers >>>>> (Omega V3.8.252) from 2006 might work. I'm investigating .... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>You want to install the highest version of the ATI Catalyst drivers that >>>>>>support the X32 chipset. The problem is that ATI won't let the Catalyst >>>>>>drivers install on laptops, but you can make them install using a thing >>>>>>called "modtool". Start here: http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool.php >>>>>> >>>>>>David >>>>>> >>>>>>-------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>From: "Jonathan Berry" <[email protected]> >>>>>>Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 4:35 AM >>>>>>To: <[email protected]> >>>>>>Subject: [Thinkpad] Widescreen monitor and X32 >>>>>> >>>>>>> There's a 1900x1080 monitor coming into the household, and I'm >>>>>>> wondering how I might best make use of it with my X32. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The following thread >>>>>>> http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=77753 >>>>>>> contains a discussion pertaining to Intel chipsets >>>>>>> (for the X4* models). It's a bit difficult to follow, for >>>>>>> Little Old Me, but it does seem that with some tinkering >>>>>>> you can get a wide monitor to fully work on an X4*-- >>>>>>> but since the X32 has as its graphics card an >>>>>>> ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 >>>>>>> maybe it doesn't apply. The poster writes about looking >>>>>>> at ig*.inf files which don't exist on my computer, I guess >>>>>>> because ig means "Intel Graphics". I have a lot of ati*.inf >>>>>>> files instead. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I also looked in the Thinkwiki and didn't find much. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On the desktop, the X32 gives options only for installing >>>>>>> 4:3 external monitors. That doesn't change when I install >>>>>>> the .inf file for the wide monitor. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Or is my best approach just to tempt the other computer user >>>>>>> (who has a desktop) with the wide monitor and hope to glom on to her >>>>>>> 4:3 monitor? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> And while I'm here, is there any chance of using a monitor >>>>>>> sideways as an external monitor? For example 1080x1920 >>>>>>> (of course I'm dreaming) or 1024x1280 (the 90 degree rotation >>>>>>> of which, 1280x1024, *is* supported by the X32). >>>>>>> >>>>>> > -- happy Jonathan Berry and Erika http://members.shaw.ca/berry5868/fun.htm _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
