AMD C-60; Catalyst Drivers Will Not Install

[outlw6669]

Hey all,

A few days back I picked up an AMD C-60 powered netbook, an ASUS 1015BX to be exact.
As the stock HD is not terribly large, and Windows 7 Starter is quite terrible, the first thing I did was stick 4GB RAM into it, swap the HD and install Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit.

Now, the issue I am having is that the video drivers will not install properly.
When attempting to install the AMD official driver packages the 'Vision Engine Control Center' is installed but it only lists information on the CPU.
The driver listed on ASUS' support site (x86 only, like most of their drivers for this netbook ) does install CCC but it can not be opened.

With all attempted driver installations the Device Manager lists the GPU as a 'Standard VGA Display Adapter'.
Additionally, I was sure to update Windows to SP1 before installing any drivers (as required with 11.9).

So far I have tried reinstalling Windows 64-Bit, then Windows 32-Bit and trying driver versions 11.9-11.5 along with the ASUS supplied driver on the 32-Bit install.
At no time has the driver been accepted, although I am sure the hardware is working as the drivers on the original instillation where.

So, does anyone have any ideas on how I could solve this?
With the AMD C and E series being so popular now, and me not being the only one with This Issue, I am sure someone here has encountered and solved this issue.
Maybe it would be possible to take the driver straight out of the stock instillation (I have not yet formatted the disk)?

Thanks in advance,
outlw

 

[outlw6669]

Yes, there are hardly any 64-Bit drivers listed for this netbook :-/

Good idea with using the 1215BX drivers, I will have to give them a try if ASUS support can not help me

 

[knubbl]

I have an Eee Pc 1015BX with C-60 (Radeon 6290) too and sucessfully installed VGA drivers with Direct3D support even for Windows XP 32 by modifying the .inf file manually. I haven't tried Windows 7 64 yet but I'm sure it will work the same way.
(Now I have XP drivers for all devices of the 1015BX C-60, although ASUS, shame on them, doesn't offer any on their site)

How-to:
Download the Catalyst driver pack and start it then abort it. It will unpack itself to C:\ATI\support\<package_name>
The .inf file can be found at C:\ATI\support\<package_name>\packages\drivers\display\...
Change "DEV_9805" (Radeon HD 6200 series) to "DEV_9807" (Radeon 6290 of the C-60 APU) in the file.
Now you can install the driver via control panel->system->device manager.
Reboot when done.

(CCC - Catalyst Control Center may not be installed with 11-9 Catalyst package -> install manually from "c:\ati\support\<package>\apps\ccc\core-static")

 

[outlw6669]

Welcome to the forums!

Thanks for the tip, I will defiantly give it a try if ASUS support fails me
I just wish they had working drivers listed in the first place...

 

[knubbl]

In order to find drivers for the other devices you need to identify your hardware. In the device manager you can see the PCI "VEN" and "DEV" IDs. For some device drivers "SUBSYS" is also important.
I googled for them and got the device names and also found Windows 7 64 bit drivers.


This is what i found out:


AMD Chipset
AMD AHCI Controller (SATA drivers: "http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/downloads.aspx" not available for Windows XP)
1002:4390

SM-Bus
(included with Catalyst AMD south bridge drivers)
1002:4385

Graphic adapter
Radeon 6290, C-60 APU
(no official graphic driver from AMD/ATI available for C-60 APU)
1002:9807:84E41043

Audio
Realtek ALC269 (driver package "http://dlsvr04.asus.com/pub/ASUS/EeePC/1015B/6373_PG322_Win7_XP.zip" seems fine)
10EC:0269
ATI HDMI Audio (bundled with AMD Catalyst Display Driver)
1002:aa01


Network adapter
Atheros 8152/8158 (Atheros AR8131)
1969:2062 (VEN_1969&DEV_2062&SUBSYS_84681043)
driver: win7-l1c-1.0.0.36-whql.zip

Wireless network adapter:
Azurewave AW-NE785H / Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter
168c:002b (PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_002B&SUBSYS_10891A3B)
driver: win7-9.2.0.113-whql.zip

TouchPad
Elantech TouchPad (detected as PS/2 device)
(package listed under Win7-32 on ASUS page for 1015BX supports 32&64 bit XP,Vista,7)
driver: ETD8_0_5_3_ps2drv_WHQL.zip

Azurewave Realtek PC Camera (UVC compatible)
13d3:5711
640x480
Image is noisy and FPS is about 5-10 if light is bad (the cam seems to adjust the exposure time automatically)
FPS increases with brighter lighting conditions to 20-30
(I recommend to increase sharpness in the device settings)
driver: realtek_pc_camera_drivers_v6_1_7600_0077_whql.7z (http://files.hlama.net/drivers_update/drv_digital_cameras/drv_webcameras/drv_realtek_webcams/858-realtek-pc-camera-driver-v6176000077-whql.html) -> not really needed, Windows internal drivers work also

Keyboard filter driver
(used for the special FN keys)

 

[outlw6669]

And ASUS has responded -_-

Dear Mr. [outlw],

please do a Systemrecovery, we does not do Support for OS installation which done by your own.

For Recovery please press F9 at the Eeepc Logo, this only works if the Partition still exist, if not you only can send the unit to our Service for reiinstall the OS.

Bitte fügen Sie einer Antwort immer den gesamten Schriftverkehr bei!

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Really?
If reinstalling your OS is not supported, why even have a driver support page for this netbook (let alone drivers for other OS')?
I am disappointed in you ASUS

Well, I guess I will try the above suggestions tonight...

 

[hagak]

😱 Ohhh!

How kind is that... 😀 Don't worry: I bet the 1215BX drivers will work with WIN7 Home Premium SP1. If they were not, get a hammer, give the ASUS a nice treatment, throw it away and by an ACER... :lol: For the Acer I already know the solution...

Let us know about the result...

 

[outlw6669]

Well, what do you know.
The latest 1215B GPU Drivers actually worked!

 

[hagak]

😉

Oh, Yes!

Now, it's time to throw the hammer away, get a bottle of champagne instead, and enjoy the life...

Probably, we should post this info somewhere, where it's more available. I think many other guys-girls could find it useful...

Have fun with the netbook!

Best regards,

Krisztian

 

[shziz]

i have the same problem, unfortunately the 1215b drivers didnt work at all for me 🙁

 

[hagak]

Hello,

So You have an ASUS 1015B with C-60 and HD6290 and You want to upgrade to 64Bit Windows 7?

For us the 64Bit Windows 7 Home Premium SERVICE PACK 1 and the 1215B 64Bit VGA Driver combo was the solution.

There must be something to do with the OS Service Pack. Before I tried to install the proper drivers on 64Bit Win7 Home Premium but that OS did not have the SP1 integrated, and the driver did not work.

Later on, I installed the OS from another disc with SP1 integrated, then tried the 64Bit VGA driver and it is now perfect. Everything works just fine.

It must be O.K...

 

[shziz]

let me check if the sp1 is already installed, thx for the advice.

 

[shziz]

after hours of updating windows, unfortunately the 6290 is still recognized as "standart vga-adapter". I downloaded the ASUS_VGA_V8_792_0 file from the 1215b support and have windows sp1 installed. The OS is Windows 7 Professional x64 btw. Maybe tomorrow i´ll have more luck , gn8 everybody and kudos to everyone who got theirs working, i´ll get there eventually

 

[hagak]

I'm afraid You'll need to install HOME PREMIUM 64Bit - WIN7 Professional won't work. Unfortunatelly I don't know why, but these drivers are sticked to this OS. As You could read in the ASUS "support" answer this C-50 or C-60 APU seems to be very sensitive to the factory hardware and software enviroment. Our idea was to recreate this enviroment with WIN7 Home Premium 64Bit and the driver that outlw6669 used for ASUS 1015B...

In my oppinion things should be working the way outlw6669 installed them...

Good luck!

 

[outlw6669]

ASUS has also updated their 1015BX Windows 7 32-Bit driver page with new GPU drivers.
As most of their drivers are 32-Bit only, and this netbook tops out at 4GB RAM anyways, I would recommend installing Win 7 Pro x32.
As with the above, make sure you have SP1 installed before trying the drivers (or just create a USB installer with a trial version of Windows 7 that includes the SP1 updates).

 

[knubbl]

Here's a AMD GFX driver package for Win7 64 & Vista 64 with modified *.inf files to match PCI IDs DEV_9806,DEV_9807:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z3FG0HML

I haven't tested it yet but I suppose it works.
It's from the original AMD "11-9_vista64_win7_64" package ( http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/radeon_win7-64.aspx ).
The Brazos platform Ontario APUS (C-30,C-50,C-60), as Zacate APUs, are all using Bobcat GPUs. The driver is the same for all.

 

[ecarlson]

Has anyone tried the latest "AMD Catalyst 11.10 Version 3 Preview Driver" on their C60 based netbook?

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/GPU124AMDCat1110PreDriverV3.aspx

 

[outlw6669]

Not yet here.
Since I finally got the drivers working in the first place, I have pretty much left it be.
The next package I plan to try is 11.11, when released.
If that works I will leave further feedback.

 

[outlw6669]

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[nikorr]

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