[crjdriver]

ATI has stopped releasing new drivers for win2k. If you have a new video card like a 3850, 3870, etc; you must run xp or vista.

I have made an app that will allow you to install the latest ati driver [currently 8.3] in win2k. If anyone needs this, you can PM me and I will send you the app. It is 900K so not a big deal. I have to write a set of instructions on how to use it however it is pretty simple to use.
I will leave this as a sticky for a while to see if anyone needs this app.

Update. There seems to be some "issues" with drivers later than 8.3 so I would go to the driver archive and download driver 8.3 or earlier.

I never thought this would be so popular. Since there is a problem using PM for first time posters, I have uploaded the file to this site.

http://www.filefactory.com/file/7baf...2k_ati_app_rar

[rainforest123]

Thanks.



RF123

[crjdriver]

It seems no one uses win2k any longer since no one has PM me for the hack to fix the driver. Oh well.

[rainforest123]

c:
OR, it could be that those of us who use Win 2000 use video cards with nVidia chips.


RF123

[crjdriver]

I think nvidia did the same thing for the 9xxx series; stopped win2k support. I am not sure since I have not tried to install one of those cards.

[bukky]

Well, ermmm....I could actually use such a thing!

I have win2000 and a sapphire HD 3870 (ati radeon)...I didn't know they didn't release win2000 drivers anymore! :-(

Can you please help me?

[crjdriver]

Originally Posted by bukky

Well, ermmm....I could actually use such a thing!

I have win2000 and a sapphire HD 3870 (ati radeon)...I didn't know they didn't release win2000 drivers anymore! :-(

Can you please help me?

I sent you the app via email.

[bukky]

Since you were so kind to send me the app, I'll give some feedback. As I emailed, I had some problems (BSOD) when I tried it with the 8.5 version. (BTW, if you ever adapt it to that latest driver, give me a sign! :-) ) Since you recommended using 8.3 then, I downloaded that version.

Now, I would not recommend d/l the whole catalist suite, since that did/does give some trouble with the adapted version, aparently. (Maybe that's partially why it didn't work with the 8.5 version too, though I must say there's also a big difference in folder-structure and what not between those versions.) Thus, ultimately, I decided to d/l only the drivers (8.3). (Small suggestion; maybe be a bit more clear in your read-me - for the noobs, I mean :-p - where to put it; with the 8.5 suite, it was clearly indicated as a subfolder 'drivers', but not so with the driver-package of the 8.3 version. But, of course, since the cmd line script says when it found the drivers (or not), it's not that big of a problem).

Ok, so, to make a long story short: it worked perfectly! Well, at least untill now; I haven't tried any games or anything. I guess it has all the functionalities the normal drivers have though, right? But it recognised it as a 3800 card, and the drivers work - can change the settings and such, etc.

So, a big thnks to you!

[crjdriver]

Yes, it does work well. I changed the readme.txt file to say download driver only. I never install CCC so I just assumed others would do the same.

[rainforest123]

c:
I have no experience with the 9xxx series nVidia chipset.

RF123

[Firemouth]

I would be interested in the driver for the ATI radeon hd 3870, if you don't mind.

[pagedude]

I just got a new HD3470 card. I downloaded the ATI 8.3 driver, obtained this utility from crjdriver, ran the update and installed the updated driver.
Voila! It worked, the primary adapter is properly detected and is working perfectly for my purposes!
Thank you crjdriver, outstanding work! You have saved me from the excruciating pain of twiddling around in 640x480

[dimych]

I would be interested in this driver too.

[needthedriver]

I would like to be able to use Win 2K with my new 3780.
my old AIW 1850 worked great till it died.

[Bugrist]

Hi crjdriver,

I'd really appreciate if you could pass me your app for HD radeons to work on win2k !
I have an HD 3450...will it work on it ?