Ati 8500le 128mb problem, screen is all green.

[Airwolf 50]

I have just upgraded to this new card because my old card really sucked, and i couldnt fix it, and now when i open ofp when it usually says codemasters, bohemia, pirated software isnt worth purchasing etc.... that is all black, and then i hear the music and everything is 100% green. I looked on the avonladys faqs, and saw to disable wbuffer in the config, but it was already disabled so i dont know what to do! Please help! i bought this card just so i could play this game!

[TerranAce007 0]

That happens if you don't completely uninstall previous drivers. You didnt say which card you had before, but it works similar for ATI and nVidia.

1.) Goto add/remove programs in control panel, and uninstall ATI display drivers & Multimedia Center. Standard VGA drivers are automatically used.

2.) reboot

3.) Run "regedit" from the start menu. goto "My computer\HKEY_LOCACL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ You will see two keys with ATI in them, Delete "ATI technologies." The other one is for the ATI multimedia center, and you should delete it also.

4.) Goto find files or folders, then search for "ATI*.*" in C:\Windows. Look through the files first to make sure the search doesn't pull up the wrong stuff, then delete all the files, folder, and executables that start with "ati." If you had an nVidia card before, theres a utility that will search for an remove remaining files. If you didnt wipe off nvidia drivers completey, they might still be there. Get it at www.guru3d.com.

5.) Reboot

6.) Run the .exe for the driver you want to use, install it, and reboot, and OFP should work.

If you're a little unsure about doing this, and think you might screw something up, then you should wait. those are the steps that I take whenever I install a new driver, and it works for me. If you do it, make sure to back up your registry first, so if you have problems, you can restore it.

in regedit, just select "My Computer," and goto file, then export registry, and save it somewhere.

I tried speeding up the process once, and deleted the registry keys before I rebooted after uninstalling the drivers, and I ended up reinstalling Windows.

[kaifas 0]

if that dident work try remove the W-buffer support in D3D control panel....my radeon 8500 retail 64 mb always goes all green if i activate that