Ati Driver Installation Issues: Inf File Not Found

[slngsht]

So I was trying to go from using my 8800gt to my 4850, and uninstalled all my drivers and then used DH DriverCleaner to do housecleaning afterwards. I then went to install Catalyst 8.11 drivers, but the following popped up:

 

 

 

I then uninstalled it, ran drivercleaner again, and came up with the same issue. I then did some digging around and found out that driver cleaners delete the inf file, and that file is needed, but not supplied by 8.10 and later, which IMHO is silly. I also read that if you go and install 8.9, it will put the INF file back, and then you can install the later drivers, so I gave that a go.

 

I installed 8.9 successfully and it seems to work fine. I then tried to install 8.11 over top of it, and it gave me the INF error again.

 

Does anybody have a suggestion how to overcome this?

[Fogel]

Try this:

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=52502

[Angry_Games]

yep had this problem...downloaded the driver-only file, rebooted, and installed it...now works perfectly (this was with 8.11)

[slngsht]

Yeah, I was using the driver only version, because I encountered a similar problem before. Those tips didn't help, but thanks for looking into it for me.

 

I did get the problem fixed though. I ran into a thread elsewhere with the 8.12 beta drivers. I downloaded and installed successfully.

 

If you want the links, here they are.

 

XP 32 and 64 bit

Vista 32 and 64 bit

[IVIYTH0S]

has 8.12 really improved performance or was it all a hoax (or simply the fact that it's a beta may not fully utilize the performance increases)

[damian]

Try this:

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=52502

That's a great guide, I hardly use Driver cleaner software any more.