Radeon X1600 Driver - Macbook Pro 17" C2D

Hi,

have you tried the Mobility Modder Tool from here http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool/ in cinjunction with the latest ATI Driver from here http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html

Or you can this download link for the 7.11 Mobility Catalyst Drivers: http://www.ati.com/online/mobilecatalyst/

You need to have the .NET Framework 2.0 from installed prior to installing any of these drivers.

Get it here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd -aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en

Hope it helps.

Good Luck

Stefan

I have been waiting for a fix for this, I'm beginning to believe it's never going to happen. My screen flickers like there's no tomorrrow in Vista and The Mac Genius told me that there is nothing that can be done. He said that Apple will only support boot camp itself, not what's installed on it. I said, "But it's Apple's X1600 Driver, shouldn't they support that? He shrugged and said there was nothing he could do. So, I found a post much like the one above that had me attempt to hack a fireGL driver into running in Vista on my x1600. It worked in that Vista says I am now running a MackbookPro FireGL V5200 when I look in Device manager, but I still have the flicker issue. If I choose certain shades of bluish backgrounds, it makes it look as if the whole screen has dot crawl. I have tried Power Strip and countless other hopeful remedies with no luck. I am by no means a novice Mac or PC user, but this problem is making me feel like one. Apple, please fix this! Thanks, I love apple and I love Macs, but my PC friends are laughing at the disco show that my awsome 17" display turns into every time I boot into Vista. Hellllp. By the way, they don't laugh when I boot into Leopard because they know Vista is craptacular. ; ) Please help...

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I am having this same issue. It went from occasional to constant after upgrading to Leopard and the new firmware. Ugh!!! Hopefully there is a patch/fix for this soon enough, as it is very frustrating.

I still have the Driver CD from BootCamp 1.2 and can send it to anyone that needs it. sohrobotic@rcn.com

This is VERY interesting. I have a Mac Book Pro from April 2006 (X1600 chipset) and I can run in Windows XP running Star Wars Galaxies for literally hours with no problems.

My issue is that occasionally Windows XP will not boot! After the long Windows XP boot screen, the screen goes blank, backlight turns off, and ....

When it does boot, the backlight comes back on, the cursor shows up and then the desktop.

On rare occasion, Windows just stays on the boot screen - forever, and I end up pressing the power button 'till the machine turns off.

AMD/ATI now refers everyone to the OEM for mobility updates.. I have a MacBookPro running Vista 32 via BootCamp. At home I connect to a Dell 24". On the Mac side all is fine (full resolution, rotation, etc,etc.)On the Vista side works OK but will not go to full resolution (1200x1920 or whatever)

Catalyst control panel recognizes full res but will not reset from 1200x990 or whatever. Any thoughts out there. Apple does not seem to give a hoot.

You're not alone. I have a similar machine (MacBook Pro 17" 2.16 GHz). I have a bluish tint on my display and to compound the problem, since the driver is defective, I cannot project my display on any projector. I was able to do so when Boot Camp was in beta mode, but not since I installed Leopard.

It's disappointing that no one from Apple has responded to this post. And it is indicative of how much of a neophyte Apple is in trying to enter the true business community. MacBook's with Intel processors are a great start, but not if Apple doesn't quickly figure out how to support the Windows environment that it states it can with Boot Camp.

If Apple does not plan to take this seriously, then they should really be refunding the purchase price of the MacBook Pro and the software for those customers that bought it specifically because of the promise Apple made to support a Windows environment. And I would think that every customer who bought the machine specifically for Boot Camp has a great class action suit in the works.

Step up and take some responsibility Apple! You're not dealing in a child's world anymore. These are real issues from people that do work other than graphic design!

I too am having this issue that was not a problem before Leopard (was fine under Tiger with Boot Camp Beta).

I have a 17" MBP 2.33GHz with ATI X1600 graphics, Leopard and Windows XP Pro 32-bit in Boot Camp.
In Boot Camp XP, common gray and blue backgrounds or any image with a fine matrix pattern or gradient flicker at a high frequency like it can't decide what color to display in each pixel. This is obviously a display driver issue since the same programs look just fine running under Parallels (linked to the same Boot Camp install). The same programs also look fine running in Boot Camp on my Mac Pro with ATI HD 2600 XT.
Most of the applications I want to use in Boot Camp XP have these flickering gray backgrounds, so I fear I am in danger of inducing a seizure! This renders my Boot Camp unusable for me. Most PC software I can run fine under Parallels, but the high-performance 3D graphics apps require Boot Camp to run smoothly.
Hopefully Apple will acknowledge this issue and fix the driver soon.
-Jeff

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When I boot Windows XP the screen appears with the grassy hillside and then the cursor is frozen... have tried unplugging the mouse and keyboard but doesn't help... frustrated... help!

Apple released the "MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.5" last week. This fixed all graphic issues on my MacBook with Leopard, Boot Camp and Win XP.
It seems that the finally fixed the issue...

Well, this Firmware patch has provided a definite improvement. But there is still a little flickering left on my Macbook Pro 2.33 GHz.

My graphics info is as following:

ATI Radeon X1600:

Chipset Model: ATY,RadeonX1600
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x71c5
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-xxxxxx-158
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.158

Thank you, Apple, for this fix - but there is still more work to do!