suggest you uninstall the driver in safe mode and install the latest version.

hi jvcupo,

i also have inspiron 9100 with the same problem as yours. what did you do to solve the problem regarding ati2dvag?

cheers

Hi zonder naam,

I still havent found a solution yet. When I do, I will share it with you.

jvcupo

 

Hi jvcupo,

I found this site this morning:

http://www.abxzone.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-28206.html

Hey zonder naam,

I went do Dell.com and searched for "ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 video driver updates". I downloaded the first update on the list, and so far I have no problems. Follow the installation instructions exactly. I had to do it twice because I made a mistake.

If it happens again I will try your link.

Jvcupo

 

Hey zonder naam

Dont bother with the update. It didn't last long. I followed your link to solution by "cobrakaun"

hi Jvcupo,

I did the same, and end up with the same results as yours...getting slow! so many problems I have with my DELL inspiron 9100,i.e. lcd, video driver, small letters... don't know what will happen next.

cheers,

zonder naam

 

You may want to try the omega drivers and use driver cleaner pro before installing new drivers as it cleans up leftover junk files that are left behind when uninstalling through control pane>add and remove programs.

 

http://www.drivercleaner.net/professional.html

http://www.omegadrivers.net/

Best Wishes

 

 

Inspiron XPS Gen 2
770 (2.13 GHz/2MB Cache/533 MHz Fsb
7800 Go GTX 17" 1920X1200
100 gig hardrive 2 GIG's Ram
AUDIGY 2 ZS PCMCIA sound card
Logitech Z 5300 5.1 Speakers
OS Windows XP Pro sp2
Logitech MX 1000 Cordless Laser Mouse
Nostromo n52 Game pad

Halleluiah! I have (at least for today) overcome the ATI driver infinite loop bug.

I installed the drivers on www.omegadrivers.net.
I had been struggling with the ATI infinite loop for over a year. This Inspiron 9100/Radeon 9700 had not booted normally on the first try since February, 2005. I had made three runs at Dell Tech support (I have the three year extended warranty) with no success. Under their very polite and patient guidance I did the following:
1. I reloaded the latest ATI drivers from Dell.
2. I reformatted my hard drive and reloaded all my software.
3. Last week Dell sent me a replacement hard drive as disk errors had begun to crop up in the diagnostics. I loaded an image of my old hard drive (Acronis True Image and a Maxtor external Firewire drive, if you are interested). Then I uninstalled and then reloaded the ATI drivers.

None of these had worked. I was about to try a totally clean instal from the Dell CD's when I stumbled across this reference to the www.omegadrivers.net site. I figured why not give it a try.

Bingo! For the first time in over a year my laptop booted up normally. Being a cynic, I will wait a week or two before declaring victory, however it looks promising.

I used:
Radeon Omega Drivers 3.8.231 (Catalyst 6.3)
under the XP operating system.

It took a couple of attempts to download it, but following their instructions (see the FAQ) and uninstalled the ATI control panel prior to installation, all went as advertised. Good luck. I hope Dell looks into this.