3820TG Owner's Lounge - Part Two

[AcerAce]

AMD (ATI) Catalyst Drivers 12.8 has been released!

Release Notes

[duffman452001]

AMD (ATI) Catalyst Drivers 12.8 has been released!

Release Notes

Just installed

[sumdumguy]

I tried to grab it the official way and this is what I got

[lakondas]

Hi again,
i've got some serious problem. I'm trying to install windows XP, without ACPI. But the installer hangs up after loading the drivers (before getting to the partition thingy). I've tried several windows copies, both with switchable and intel graphics , and now with the modded bios, with the intel card only, but the installer always hangs there, doing nothing. Maybe somebody knows the solution here... Messing with ACPI settings in bios maybe?

[adelos]

hey guys who was able to install ATI drivers on Windows 8?
i already tried last Acer drivers and they crashed 2 installation so far same thing for windows 8 preview from AMD site
the default drivers of windows 8 are good but no switching
it does install for the AMD and the intel but the AMD card shows disabled all the time even plugged in power

[AcerAce]

It's this one you want: 12-8_vista_win7_win8_64_dd_ccc.exe

Also, graphics has to be set to discrete in BIOS.

[adelos]

thanks for the link, I actually found them on AMD before I see yours.
installed ok but did not switch back the bios to switchable.

[Chatboy 91]

Hey guys, I just got an Intel Centrino 6230 yesterday, and I can't get it to work in my 3820TG. Oddly enough the Bluetooth seems to work, but the WiFi radio refuses to turn on or even be recognized in my device manager. I have the latest drivers from Intel, and I updated my BIOS as well. The radio still turns on and off on my previous card, but nothing I do seems to solicit a response from the new Intel.

To the people who are using this card, what did you do to get it to work? What drivers are you using, what hotkey software, etc.?

Thanks a lot for the info guys.

[geokilla]

i have had similar problems, seems that some how that the software is dis-abled, found that it was an easy fix (wasnt easy to find out how to do it first time)

left click on "Start"
right click on "Computer", left click on "Properties"
left click on "Device Manager"
left click on "Display Adapters"
double click on "ATi Radeon HD (whatever you have)"

somewhere on that pop up window (4 Tabs), it will say that the device has stopped working and if you want to "enable" it.

last night i tried to BF3, and i couldnt, origin said that my hard/soft ware didnt support DX11 or what ever...
so i did the above steps, "enabled" it, went back and all worked...

hope that this makes sense, and works for you....

Did not work as everything is enabled already.

Try restarting the service AMD External Events Utility.

Still doesn't work. I ended up uninstalling the drivers and just using the BIOS to switch graphics instead by using the latest Intel and AMD drivers. No more hybrid drivers

[keelnbr]

After updating the drivers as per too456's wonderful consolidation post, wifi can no longer be toggled by Launch Manager v5.0.6

Bluetooth still works.

Any advise on this issue is much appreciated.