radeon viewsonic vista display

after installing vista 5384 and installing the vista drivers from ATI for the radeon 9600 the monitor screen flickers every 2-3 seconds, I have tried all the various refresh rates and resolution settings but the flicker persists, I have it set up on a dual boot system with XP and everything else seems to work incredibly well just the screen problem in vista, when I boot to XP the flicker goes. viewsonic dont seem to have any vista drivers available, anyone got any ideas on a fix for this?
thanks

Yup, also have a radeon 9600XT and in 5384 I get a black stripe (about 1 -2 inches thick) that flashes in random places on screen. The mouse also freezes for the duration of this flash.
Here's the "fix":
Just update the driver either to the one that came with windows or to the one from ATI's website, and the problem goes away AS LONG AS YOU DON'T RESTART WINDOWS. Once you do, the problem comes back. Hibernation does not cause the comeback, so use that.
Hope that helps.

Had exactly the same effect the "first" time I installed 5384. Dont whatever you do try and fix it and do use the Hibernate feature as mentioned in the other reply. I have since reinstalled 5384 many times and have been unable to replicate this problem (which is weird) and am now running without any hardware accelleration whatsoever. So blink every few seconds and put up with it till there is an official patch because as far as I can see there are precious few Radeon owners out here who can see the Glass interface and run games (if indeed any run in Vista).

"far-site" wrote:

after installing vista 5384 and installing the vista drivers from ATI for the radeon 9600 the monitor screen flickers every 2-3 seconds, I have tried all the various refresh rates and resolution settings but the flicker persists, I have it set up on a dual boot system with XP and everything else seems to work incredibly well just the screen problem in vista, when I boot to XP the flicker goes. viewsonic dont seem to have any vista drivers available, anyone got any ideas on a fix for this?
thanks

You can add me to this list, same problem. I have also posted under this topic about this, so it seems we not alone. So is it only ATI user that are effected, or is there Nvidia or other Brand card users out there with this problem, or a solution or fix to this flash/flickering? http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup&tid=8fad10ff-8aa7-4bd8-a815-a3deb78ce5d2&cat=&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=en-us&m=1&p=1
Regards Jannie
"Julian" wrote:

Had exactly the same effect the "first" time I installed 5384. Dont whatever you do try and fix it and do use the Hibernate feature as mentioned in the other reply. I have since reinstalled 5384 many times and have been unable to replicate this problem (which is weird) and am now running without any hardware accelleration whatsoever. So blink every few seconds and put up with it till there is an official patch because as far as I can see there are precious few Radeon owners out here who can see the Glass interface and run games (if indeed any run in Vista).

"far-site" wrote:
after installing vista 5384 and installing the vista drivers from ATI for the radeon 9600 the monitor screen flickers every 2-3 seconds, I have tried all the various refresh rates and resolution settings but the flicker persists, I have it set up on a dual boot system with XP and everything else seems to work incredibly well just the screen problem in vista, when I boot to XP the flicker goes. viewsonic dont seem to have any vista drivers available, anyone got any ideas on a fix for this?
thanks

"Julian" wrote:

Had exactly the same effect the "first" time I installed 5384. Dont whatever you do try and fix it and do use the Hibernate feature as mentioned in the other reply. I have since reinstalled 5384 many times and have been unable to replicate this problem (which is weird) and am now running without any hardware accelleration whatsoever. So blink every few seconds and put up with it till there is an official patch because as far as I can see there are precious few Radeon owners out here who can see the Glass interface and run games (if indeed any run in Vista).

"far-site" wrote:
after installing vista 5384 and installing the vista drivers from ATI for the radeon 9600 the monitor screen flickers every 2-3 seconds, I have tried all the various refresh rates and resolution settings but the flicker persists, I have it set up on a dual boot system with XP and everything else seems to work incredibly well just the screen problem in vista, when I boot to XP the flicker goes. viewsonic dont seem to have any vista drivers available, anyone got any ideas on a fix for this?
thanks

You can add me to this list, same problem. I have also posted under this topic about this, so it seems we not alone. So is it only ATI user that are effected, or is there Nvidia or other Brand card users out there with this problem, or a solution or fix to this flash/flickering? http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup&tid=8fad10ff-8aa7-4bd8-a815-a3deb78ce5d2&cat=&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=en-us&m=1&p=1
Regards Jannie

You can add me to this list, same problem. I have also posted under another topic "flashing screen after installation" about this, so it seems we not alone. So is it only ATI user that are effected, or is there Nvidia or other Brand card users out there with this problem, or a solution or fix to this flash/flickering?
Regards Jannie
"Julian" wrote:

Had exactly the same effect the "first" time I installed 5384. Dont whatever you do try and fix it and do use the Hibernate feature as mentioned in the other reply. I have since reinstalled 5384 many times and have been unable to replicate this problem (which is weird) and am now running without any hardware accelleration whatsoever. So blink every few seconds and put up with it till there is an official patch because as far as I can see there are precious few Radeon owners out here who can see the Glass interface and run games (if indeed any run in Vista).

"far-site" wrote:
after installing vista 5384 and installing the vista drivers from ATI for the radeon 9600 the monitor screen flickers every 2-3 seconds, I have tried all the various refresh rates and resolution settings but the flicker persists, I have it set up on a dual boot system with XP and everything else seems to work incredibly well just the screen problem in vista, when I boot to XP the flicker goes. viewsonic dont seem to have any vista drivers available, anyone got any ideas on a fix for this?
thanks

I have the issue on the secondairy display. not on the primairy. What i also have is that the display after reboot or commin back from hybernation come's into 1024x768 instead of 1280x1024. Everytime i have to reset the dispay to the right resolution.
Anyone any suggestions?
"far-site" wrote:

after installing vista 5384 and installing the vista drivers from ATI for the radeon 9600 the monitor screen flickers every 2-3 seconds, I have tried all the various refresh rates and resolution settings but the flicker persists, I have it set up on a dual boot system with XP and everything else seems to work incredibly well just the screen problem in vista, when I boot to XP the flicker goes. viewsonic dont seem to have any vista drivers available, anyone got any ideas on a fix for this?
thanks

I am using a Radeon X800XT AIW and it runs perfectly with Glass and all. No flickers or issues with the Vista drivers.

I ran the Upgrade advsor program on a Machine with a 9250 Radeon it said that I would need to get vista drivers for it so i brought a Geforce 6200 which the upgrade advisor said would work wounders.
"far-site" wrote:

after installing vista 5384 and installing the vista drivers from ATI for the radeon 9600 the monitor screen flickers every 2-3 seconds, I have tried all the various refresh rates and resolution settings but the flicker persists, I have it set up on a dual boot system with XP and everything else seems to work incredibly well just the screen problem in vista, when I boot to XP the flicker goes. viewsonic dont seem to have any vista drivers available, anyone got any ideas on a fix for this?
thanks

Nope, it's not just ATI. I have an nVidia 7600GT PCI-e card and my screen flickers too. Does everyone have a Viewsonic monitor? That's what I have.
"Jannie" wrote:

You can add me to this list, same problem. I have also posted under this topic about this, so it seems we not alone. So is it only ATI user that are effected, or is there Nvidia or other Brand card users out there with this problem, or a solution or fix to this flash/flickering? http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup&tid=8fad10ff-8aa7-4bd8-a815-a3deb78ce5d2&cat=&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=en-us&m=1&p=1
Regards Jannie
"Julian" wrote:
Had exactly the same effect the "first" time I installed 5384. Dont whatever you do try and fix it and do use the Hibernate feature as mentioned in the other reply. I have since reinstalled 5384 many times and have been unable to replicate this problem (which is weird) and am now running without any hardware accelleration whatsoever. So blink every few seconds and put up with it till there is an official patch because as far as I can see there are precious few Radeon owners out here who can see the Glass interface and run games (if indeed any run in Vista).

"far-site" wrote:
after installing vista 5384 and installing the vista drivers from ATI for the radeon 9600 the monitor screen flickers every 2-3 seconds, I have tried all the various refresh rates and resolution settings but the flicker persists, I have it set up on a dual boot system with XP and everything else seems to work incredibly well just the screen problem in vista, when I boot to XP the flicker goes. viewsonic dont seem to have any vista drivers available, anyone got any ideas on a fix for this?
thanks

I'm in the same boat actually, Graham.
I've submitted a beta client bug report to Microsoft about the flicker problem. Right now, I'm multi-booting between XP and Vista, and the Vista install (although a little sluggish) is working fairly well.
I must say though, the Radeon driver for the 9200 on Vista is painful (with the flicker problem). I find myself relieved majorly to just look away from the screen at times. I've tried multiple screen refresh rates and sizes, with no real luck. Apparently, others are having the same problem. It's a headache maker to be sure. :)
Besides that, the TV out of the card isn't working either, not that that worries me too much at this juncture. Also can't get the monitor driver to take. I've got a Korean Data Systems, Visual Sensations VS-195e. (19 inch) The monitor driver is there, but Vista defaults to the Plug and Play model, and won't allow me to switch to the present but dead KDS Visual Sensations driver... go figure.
I was hoping that Omegadrivers might have some test drivers for the Vista platform for the Sapphire Radeon 9200 SE Series, but no go yet.
Hope Microsoft can do something about the flicker issue. Hard to test the thing when yer peepers are burnin out of yer head! :))
If you guys find a solution, let me know, K?
Curt Newfoundland, Canada
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"Graham" wrote:

I ran the Upgrade advsor program on a Machine with a 9250 Radeon it said that I would need to get vista drivers for it so i brought a Geforce 6200 which the upgrade advisor said would work wounders.
"far-site" wrote:
after installing vista 5384 and installing the vista drivers from ATI for the radeon 9600 the monitor screen flickers every 2-3 seconds, I have tried all the various refresh rates and resolution settings but the flicker persists, I have it set up on a dual boot system with XP and everything else seems to work incredibly well just the screen problem in vista, when I boot to XP the flicker goes. viewsonic dont seem to have any vista drivers available, anyone got any ideas on a fix for this?
thanks