SW 2007 x64 Graphics probelms ATi card

[woolly]

We are experiencing problem with the display graphics in SW 2007 x64. We are using the SW specified drivers for the ATi fire GL 7100 (256Mb).
It seems you can be working fine change windows in SW and the graphics won't update, the feature tree etc is fine but all you can see is the screen you had on before. Has anyone else seen this happen??
We have 4Gb of ram running in high spec workstations on windows XP Pro x64.

Thanks

Woolly

 

[StefanHamminga]

That driver is an oldie... you could try the 8.223.4.1 package (for the FireGL V7200) or you can use driver 8.353. Supported adapters:

http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp64/firegl-xp64.html

Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer

 

[SincoTC]

I have an ATI FireGL V7100 and had the same problem switching between windows. I was using the SW certified driver 8.163.1. Switching to Software OpenGL cured the problem and indicated driver problems. My VAR suggested uninstalling all card drivers before reinstalling the certified driver, but this did no good at all. I then tried the driver cleaning tool i found recomended on this forum, before reinstalling, but it still didn't work. Finally, I downloaded the latest uncertified ATI driver for the card 8.323.0.0 (6/12/2006) from the ATI site and this has worked very well. Testing it (and deliberately pushing my luck), I have had as many as seven assemblies (including our biggest), several parts and a couple of drawings all open at once, I can switch between these with no troubles and even open an eDrawings viewer and load a large assembly at the same time.

I have now been using this driver for a couple of months with no problems other than that mentioned below.

However, I have found a method of killing it. Open the eDrawing viewer FIRST with a model over about 3.5Mb in size and SW will load with a hole to the desktop where the Main display pane should be and the system locks solid. Smaller than 3.5Mb, or opened AFTER SW, then all is fine.

One related anomaly that I have reported to my VAR, but they have not yet come back with an explanation, is that whilst Windows Device Manager correctly reports the installed ATI Driver Version and date, the RX Diagnostic report always shows an incorrect driver and date, so I guess it's looking in the wrong place!