I just installed Windows 8 Enterprise Trial version on HP nx9420 laptop (2GHz dual core prosessor, 4gb memory, ATI Motility Radeon X1600 graphics card with 256mb own memory, 1680x1050 native display resolution) on second partition, side by side with existing Windows 7. 

Installation succeeded perfect, except Windows 8 couldn't install, nor did find from Windows Update display driver for ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics card. Only Microsoft generic display driver was installed and it offered maximum 1450x800 resolution, so not laptops native 1680x1050 screen resolution. 

Windows 7 can install working ATI driver right from Windows Update for that graphics card (version 8.561.0.0 dated 1.12.2008). 

Laptop manufacturer HP has latest, old driver for Vista (version 8.453.0.0 dated 22.1.2008), so I installed that, selecting compatibility mode Vista with setup-program in Windows 8. That installed, but seems to have some problems, telling of missing library, maybe with some ATI extra diplay manager software and C++ 2005 library, that it installed. 

MY QUESTION: Is there some problems with Windows 8 and that ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics card? Why isn't the Windows 7 -version of ATI mobility radeon X1600 display driver available in Windows Update for Windows 8 too? 

• Edited by MinaIte Tuesday, September 25, 2012 4:22 PM

So the problem with Windows 8 64-bit installation now is, that it can't install drivers for ATI Mobility Radeon x1600, neither from Win 8 64-bit installation media, nor from Windows Update -service - it just installs generic windows display driver. 

If one installs older Vista-version drivers for that graphics card, there may be problems that on boot laptop flickers several minutes display and then either gives Windows 8 login screen or just keeps flickering, varying time to time.

I know that there is latest legacy driver package at ATI, but that doesn't support Mobility Radeon Xnnn-models, it only supports plain Xnnn-models. If one tries to install with that, it says that graphic card (so mobility radeon -models) isn't supported.  So these won't work. 

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Legacy/Pages/radeonaiw_vista64.aspx

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BUT THEN I FOUND A WAY TO FIX PROBLEM

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With Internet Explorer (this doesn't work with other browsers!) I checked Microsoft's update catalog service (where it-support of companies can download windows update -packages for centralized testing before deployment to workstations of them), so - do this with administrator-user in Windows: 

http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/ 

That asks to install Microsoft add-on in IE to use that service at first, so do it. 

Then in search field, in upright, search "mobility radeon x1600" and you'll find those driver-packages that Microsoft Update -service offers. There are x86 and amd64 drivers of that graphics cards for Windows 7  (version 8.561.0.0 dated 1.12.2008). 

One can download those Windows 7 -version drivers from that update catalog on a folder as cab-file and then to use that package to update graphics card drivers, in Device manager, graphics card properties and updating drivers from the download folder of those update catalog drivers (one can unpac cab-file with 7-zip or such).

I managed to do that and got those drivers (version 8.561.0.0 dated 1.12.2008) installed and working on Windows 8 and now ATI mobility radeon X1600 works like a charm in Windows 8 too (like it does with Windows 7). 

So, why Windows 8 install / windows update -service don't offer that same ATI mobility radeon driver for Windows 8 on laptop with that ati mobility radeon x1600 or why doesn't it recognize ati mobility radeon x1600 on that hp-laptop, thus the driver works with it? That works for Windows 7 installation / from windows update -service and that same driver seems to work perfect in Windows 8 too, like it does with Windows 7. 

• Edited by MinaIte Tuesday, September 25, 2012 4:57 PM
• Marked as answer by Niki HanModerator Monday, October 08, 2012 9:19 AM

Hi there,

I am lost. I have just bought and installed Windows 8 Pro (32 bit x86) on my old laptop Asus A6J. The accelerated videocard (ATI Radeon Mobility X1600) does not work and it seems almost impossible to install the drivers.

I have tried almost everything as descibed above.

All the time I am facing the error:

The selected driver for the device does not support this Windows version.

Right click on desktop-> Screen resolution -> Advanced Properties show the following type of videoboard: Video Board Microsoft Basic, and any attempt to update the driver fails.

Please, help me on fixing this issue... Otherwise I have lost money and time with W8 and I have to go back to Vista or XP

thanks

 - EDIT -

Solved!

The following WDDM driver must be used:

ATI Technologies Inc. driver update for ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)

• Edited by x1600 Sunday, December 30, 2012 1:24 PM

hi X1600

I have the same troubles. Can you tell me where you found this WDDM driver and how you managed to install it?

best regards!

• Edited by WilbertE Thursday, January 10, 2013 1:46 PM

I had the same problem and just resolved it.

Follow the steps given by MinaIte but instead typing "mobility radeon x1600", type what x1600 suggested "ATI Technologies Inc. driver update for ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)".

Then go to Control Panel > Hardware & Sound> Device Manager and install the downloaded driver for the graphic card device (in my case it was called: Display Adapter)

• Proposed as answer by gugus Thursday, January 17, 2013 8:10 PM

Victory at last. Thank you all: Mr Minalte, Mr Ziegler, X1600 and Mike Warrenovsky!

Asus A6ja: follow the Minalte post. Make sure you download the WDDM drivers (vista) X86 architecture.

In device manager I removed the display adapter 2 times. Thirst the basic adapter. After removal windows8 finds another PnP adapter. I removed this one also. Afterwards Windows showed a VGA adapter with a yellow questionmark in the device manager.

I then updated the drivers of this VGA/questionmark adapter and pointed to the unzipped WDDM driver files.

Ready!

Best regards

W.

• Edited by WilbertE Saturday, January 26, 2013 10:09 AM

Hello

What about full 3D acceleration in MS driver - with my radeon x1600 is v. poor.