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Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card?

From Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.setup, comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card?
Date 2012-04-15 13:16 -0700
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On 04/15/2012 12:38 PM, Ant wrote:
> On 4/15/2012 11:56 AM PT, Bobbie Sellers typed:
>
>> On 04/15/2012 11:01 AM, Ant wrote:
>>> Hello.
>>>
>>> I am trying to figure out if my video card driver or hardware is failing
>>> due to rare and random hard lock ups/crashes (require me to hit reset
>>> button) when playing videos in my old Windows XP Pro. SP3 machine:
>>> online Flash videos, MPEG-2, and TS files. I don't want to reinstall OS
>>> from scratch/add another HDD to test this. I was wondering if there were
>>> any live discs/USB flash medias that come with the latest close source
>>> ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card?
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance. :)
>>
>> Best bet is Knoppix 7/
>
> It comes with ATI/AMD's closed video driver? I didn't know that. I will
> have to wait for it to be released to the public (still has v6.7.1 on
> its web site). :(

	Then try an older Knoppix.  I had really good
results with it(7) in Live Mode.  If you really have
an older card you might get better results with the
older versions.
	Good luck
	bliss

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Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2012-04-15 11:01 -0700
  Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-04-15 19:16 +0100
    Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2012-04-15 11:27 -0700
  Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-04-15 18:51 +0000
  Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2012-04-15 11:56 -0700
    Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2012-04-15 12:38 -0700
      Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2012-04-15 13:16 -0700
        Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-04-15 20:47 +0000
          Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2012-04-15 23:26 -0700
        Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2012-04-15 23:25 -0700
          Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2012-04-16 07:42 -0700
  Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? Danno <WhoaBaby@MySecretPlace.org> - 2012-04-16 01:49 -0600
    Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-04-16 13:53 +0000
    Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2012-04-17 12:46 -0500
      Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2012-04-17 14:31 -0400
        Re: Is there a live disc/USB flash media that come with the latest close source ATI/AMD video drivers for my old Radeon 4870 video card? Danno <WhoaBaby@MySecretPlace.org> - 2012-04-17 13:40 -0600

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