If I remember correctly Omega's didn't work for me either... I'll wait for a newer driver because his last one is 7-12 me thinks...
It is really weird that the Ati drivers causes these sort of things. I know that they are main suspects in this case but we have to keep an open mind and check other leads as well.
i have a few ideas for "experimentation" to try and isolate the problem
1) Have anyone who have experienced the problem tried using a different VGA and/or main board?
I have tried using an Ati HD 2600 for testing, but it doesn't count(and, obviously, it didn't work)
if possible, we need someone to test it on an Nvidia card and/or replaced main board(with the same model).
if someone replaces something, and the problem appears or disappears any info would be value
Main board
new/old model and revision if possible), New and old Bios vr. PCI-E or AGP(new vs. Old)
VGA: Compeny(Asus Radeon/nNvidia for example) suffix(GTO, XT etc.) drivers(Official,Omega's. witch vr?)
OS: XP, Vista? 32/64Bit?
2)also, if someone who suffer from these could provide evidence on the absence of the problem on Omega drivers and the registry value 22point8 has aforementioned?(For xp and Vista)
3)the same (question nu. 2) applies with someone who hasn't experienced the problem and we'll need the registry values of the Ati factory Drivers and Omega Driver's Value as well (For XP and Vista)
4) don't we need to name this phenomena?
I say the Triangles of Doom! :P
anyway, I know this may be difficult to accomplish but if more and more people would volunteer to help we may be able to prove/dispute our claim about the drivers. and maybe to find a solution on our own(As Ati, doesn't really care, apparently)
Since I have both Xp and Vista, I'll try Omega Drivers on both OS's.
speaking of vista, did Omega solved the Driver signing problem on Vista x64? normally that OS is designed to allow the installation of Signed drivers only(witch is secure, but may cause problems on some hardware manifacturers)
Last edited by Degeon; March 16th, 2008 at 16:03..
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