hi there
i just recieved my new x800xl (agp) yesterday and i had it installed and tested it and all was fine but this morning i decided to format and reinstall windows xp,now the card is installed but just after it installs the card it starts searching for display drivers (the cd doesnt seem to have any on) which causes 2 devices to be listed as "unknown device" in the hardware list.
so i try installing the latest ati drivers form the site (which caused the pc to hang first time) but then eventually installed but still the unknown devices wont go away,this is totally wierd becouse according to windows the card and drivers are installed already yet the space where it was when it wasnt installed (bottom of hardware list with xclamation marks) now shows 2 devices as unknown but up at the top when i click on display adapters it has the card listed as "x800 series (and underneath that) x800 secondary" as it should be!
needless to say im totally confused becouse i dont have any other "display" as it states in the balloon on startup when it prompts me to install them and starts "searching for drivers" ,my monitor is recognised as "plug and play on radeon x800 series" as it should be,ive also tried installing from the list of drivers within windows but halfway through the install the computer just reboots caused by a serious error.
can any1 shed any light please,ive tried uninstalling but its the same everytime nomatter what i do i jus cant install these "phantom" display(s) although the routine it takes me through is exactly the same as installing a radeon card where primary and secondary are installed after eachother.
by the way the disk doesnt have any display drivers on it only has the card drivers,im using the latest cat,s from ati as display drivers,and i dont use service packs for windows xp.
thanx.
mic.