yes ATI driver is causing problem a lot compared tpo nvidia (ati always ad bad driver much b4 the radeon)

i got a ati 9600pro with nforce2 mobo and amd chip. i ad so many problem installing driver i discovered thats to install ati driver corectly once and for all you have to reboot computer in safe mode use search and delete ALL file starting with ATI and also get rid of any microsoft backup...

reboot in normal mode do another search ati*.* delete any you see now install the driver from ati.,.

it shud work after

yep.....that was my way, too

but now i did a new install of windows with sp2 rc and then the installation works fine!
unbelievable *smile*

but i wonder how to kick the "60hz bug"? without any tools!

Registry Biene?

its all within the registry ... just take a reg monitoring tool ... do that changes you want and save em to a .reg file ... so after reinstall just reapply em via double click ... or browse the web for premade .reg file
anyway the way more easy version is to have a modded monitor inf like I do have ... there is no more need to mod anything ... it just works

We all see Mertsch deserves his "MEGA GEEK" rating

1) Install drivers
a) Uninstall ATI drivers (catalysts) and ATI's control panel from Control Panel-> add/remove.
b) Reboot, click cancel to whatever driver install prompt. use Driver Cleaner** http://www.driverheaven.net/cleaner/, select ATI and click clean.
c) Install latest Catalyst*** http://ati.com/support/driver.html
d) Reboot.


2) Install monitor drivers
a) Get monitor drivers** from your monitor site, or do a search in google. Unzip to a folder(eg. monitor)
b) Right click on My Computer-> Properties -> Hardware Tab -> Device Manager -> Click on plus arrow of 'Monitors' (it should show 'default monitor')
c) Right click on default monitor-> driver tab -> update driver -> display list of known drivers -> have disk -> Browse to your unzipped folder (eg. monitor) and select your monitor model.
d) No need to reboot... yet.



3) Use refreshlock for optimal refresh rates settings
a) Close, then re-open Refreshlock, http://www.impactblues.com/tools/RefreshLock.zip (unzip to probably my documents)
b) Scroll down the detected frequencies and make sure they are correct (refer to your manual).
c) Click on for refresh overriding, and click save. Go to tools-> advanced settings, check Run program on boot.
d) Reboot**, refreshlock should auto run at the taskbar.
e) Go to display properties, Settings tab-> advanced, select display, click on monitor, change the maximum refresh to the on your monitor can use. (For example, my monitor's highest is 160hz on 640x480, so I chose 160hz.)
f) Click apply, and refresh lock will change the refresh rates to the optimal one that it reads from your monitor's drivers.


I hope i can help u .Cu Tek

I don't know what my monitor is

it´s that big thing in front of you !!

so, i tried Refreshlock
no chance to kick the 60hz out of the games !

i want my NVdrivers back :-(

sorry no poblems here ,on D3D or OpenGL ,i have everyone optimal refreshing

so get a modded monitor .inf !!!
did you say you got one ?
just ICQ it to mee and I'll have a look ... also search for my modding thread ... everything is said there

60HZ Problem in all game?? OpenGL or D3D Games?

yep tekwar....
in all games, but in windows i can reach higher RefreshRates


@Mertsch

ok, i have an original Monitor-driver wich fits normaly 100% but u can take a look at it
hope u can Find/Fix something

I need to know my make/model of monitor to get drivers. Any ideas?

to know what´s the name of ur monitor, look at the back, normaly there is a sign with the modell-name

ok
probs are solved !

Summary

The Installation probs:
are solved since i did a fresh install of Windows

The 60hz "bug":
the prob i have is that i played the games in 1280x1024
now, since i use ATI , my Monitor can´t use more than 60hz in this resolutions
so, in lower res i can go up to 85hz in 1024x768
means: my Monitor is too old for those HZ in higher Resolutions