AMD Catalyst 12.3 AGP HotFix

AMD Catalyst

AMD Catalyst 12.3 AGP Hotfix for HD2xxx/HD3xxx/HD4xxx Graphic Cards. Available for Windows XP, Vista and 7.

Driver Packaging Version: 8.951-120308a-135951E-ATI
Catalyst Version: 12.3
2D Driver Version: 8.01.01.1235
Direct3D Version: 7.14.10.0894
OpenGL Version: 6.14.10.11566
Catalyst Control Center Version: 2012.0309.43.976

Issue Description:
With one of the following graphics products installed in the system:

  • AMD Radeon™ HD 4xxx series of AGP graphics products
  • AMD Radeon™  HD 3xxx series of AGP graphics products
  • AMD Radeon™  HD 2xxx series of AGP graphics products

One of the following errors may occur during installation of the AMD Catalyst Software:

  • “No compatible hardware found” error message appears when using the AMD Catalyst drivers provided on the AMD Graphics Drivers & Software page.
  • A conflict between Microsoft DirectX® and the AMD Radeon™ HD AGP series graphics cards.

Recommendation:
The following drivers have been created to help resolve the the issue.

Download Links

AMD Catalyst 12.3 AGP HotFix Win 7 | Vista (64-bit)
AMD Catalyst 12.3 AGP HotFix Win 7 | Vista (32-bit)
AMD Catalyst 12.3 AGP HotFix Win XP (64-bit)
AMD Catalyst 12.3 AGP HotFix Win XP (32-bit)

Supported Desktop Cards:

AMD68B8.1 = “AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series”
AMD94C1.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro”
AMD94C1.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT”
AMD9400.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO”
AMD9400.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT”
AMD9581.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series”
AMD9501.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 3870″
AMD94C3.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 2350 Series”
AMD94C3.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400″
AMD94C1.3 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro”
AMD94C3.3 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO”
AMD94C1.4 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT”
AMD68F9.1 = “AMD Radeon HD 6350″
AMD689C.1 = “ASUS ARES”
AMD68E1.1 = “ASUS EAH5450 Series”
AMD689C.2 = “ASUS EAH5870 Series”
AMD944A.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series”
AMD68E1.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series”
AMD68E1.3 = “ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series”
AMD94C3.4 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO”
AMD94C3.5 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO”
AMD94C1.5 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT”
AMD9552.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series”
AMD9552.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series”
AMD944A.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series”
AMD68E1.4 = “ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series”
AMD68E1.5 = “ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series”
AMD68E1.6 = “ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series”
AMD68E1.7 = “ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series”
AMD9498.1 = “ATI Radeon HDG 4670″
AMD94C3.6 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400″
AMD94C3.7 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400″
AMD94C3.8 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400″
AMD94C3.9 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO”
AMD94C1.6 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT”
AMD94C1.7 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT”
AMD94C1.8 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT”
AMD94C1.9 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT”
AMD944A.3 = “ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series”
AMD68E1.8 = “ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series”
AMD68E1.9 = “ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series”
AMD94C3.10 = “ATI Radeon HD 2350 Series”
AMD94C3.11 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 LE”
AMD9591.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series”
AMD9581.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series”
AMD9583.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series”
AMD9552.3 = “ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series”
AMD68E1.10 = “ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series”
AMD68F9.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 6230″
AMD68E1.11 = “ATI Radeon HD 6230″
AMD68F9.3 = “ATI Radeon HD 6250″
AMD68E1.12 = “ATI Radeon HD 6250″
AMD68F9.4 = “ATI Radeon HD 6290″
AMD68DA.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 6390″
AMD68D9.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 6510″
AMD68BE.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 6750″
AMD9552.4 = “VisionTek Radeon 4350″
AMD944A.4 = “ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series”
AMD9552.5 = “VisionTek Radeon 4350″
AMD9598.1 = “VisionTek Radeon HD 2600 Pro”
AMD9598.2 = “VisionTek Radeon HD 2600 XT”
AMD68E1.13 = “VisionTek Radeon HD 5450″
AMD68F9.5 = “AMD Radeon HD 6350A Graphics”
AMD68BE.2 = “AMD Radeon HD 6750″
AMD94C3.12 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO”
AMD954F.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 4550″
AMD954F.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 4550″
AMD9555.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 4550″
AMD9498.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 4650″
AMD9498.3 = “ATI Radeon HD 4650″
AMD9498.4 = “ATI Radeon HD 4650″
AMD9498.5 = “ATI Radeon HD 4670″
AMD9498.6 = “ATI Radeon HD 4670″
AMD94B3.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 4770″
AMD944A.5 = “ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series”
AMD944C.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 4830″
AMD944C.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 4830″
AMD9442.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 4850″
AMD9442.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 4850″
AMD9440.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 4870″
AMD9440.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 4870″
AMD9440.3 = “ATI Radeon HD 4870″
AMD9440.4 = “ATI Radeon HD 4870″
AMD9441.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2″
AMD68E1.14 = “ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series”
AMD9555.2 = “ATI Radeon HD4300/HD4500 series”
AMD954F.3 = “XFX Radeon HD 4570″
AMD68BE.3 = “AMD Radeon HD 6750″
AMD94C3.13 = “ATI Radeon HD 2350 Series”
AMD94C3.14 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO”
AMD94C3.15 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO”
AMD94C3.16 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO”
AMD94C3.17 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO”
AMD94C3.18 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO”
AMD95C0.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 3570″
AMD9589.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series”
AMD95C5.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 4250″
AMD9552.6 = “ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series”
AMD9553.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series”
AMD954F.4 = “ATI Radeon HD 4450″
AMD954F.5 = “ATI Radeon HD 4520″
AMD9540.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 4590″
AMD9598.3 = “ATI Radeon HD 4610″
AMD9598.4 = “ATI Radeon HD 4610″
AMD9490.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 4710″
AMD944A.6 = “ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series”
AMD944E.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 4810 Series”
AMD944E.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 4810 series”
AMD68E1.15 = “ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series”
AMD68E1.16 = “ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series”
AMD68F9.6 = “ATI Radeon HD 5470″
AMD68E1.17 = “ATI Radeon HD 5470″
AMD68F9.7 = “ATI Radeon HD 5490″
AMD68F9.8 = “ATI Radeon HD 5530″
AMD68DA.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 5630″
AMD68D8.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 5690″
AMD68D8.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 5730″
AMD6899.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 5850X2″
AMD68DA.3 = “ATI Radeon HD 6390″
AMD68D9.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 6510″
AMD68BE.4 = “ATI Radeon HD 6750″
AMD9555.3 = “ATI Radeon HD4300/HD4500 series”
AMD954F.6 = “Sapphire Radeon HD4570″
AMD94C3.19 = “ATI Radeon HD 2350 Series”
AMD94C3.20 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 LE”
AMD9589.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series”
AMD95C5.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 4250″
AMD9552.7 = “ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series”
AMD954F.7 = “ATI Radeon HD 4450″
AMD954F.8 = “ATI Radeon HD 4520″
AMD9540.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 4590″
AMD9598.5 = “ATI Radeon HD 4610″
AMD9498.7 = “ATI Radeon HD 4700″
AMD9490.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 4710″
AMD9498.8 = “ATI Radeon HD 4720″
AMD944E.3 = “ATI Radeon HD 4730 Series”
AMD944A.7 = “ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series”
AMD944E.4 = “ATI Radeon HD 4810 Series”
AMD944E.5 = “ATI Radeon HD 4820″
AMD68E1.18 = “ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series”
AMD68E1.19 = “ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series”
AMD68F9.9 = “ATI Radeon HD 5470″
AMD68F9.10 = “ATI Radeon HD 5490″
AMD68F9.11 = “ATI Radeon HD 5530″
AMD68DA.4 = “ATI Radeon HD 5630″
AMD68D8.3 = “ATI Radeon HD 5730″
AMD9596.1 = “VisionTek Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP”
AMD94C3.21 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400″
AMD9552.8 = “ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series”
AMD954F.9 = “ATI Radeon HD 4450″
AMD9490.3 = “ATI Radeon HD 4710″
AMD944A.8 = “ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series”
AMD68E1.20 = “ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series”
AMD68F9.12 = “ATI Radeon HD 5470″
AMD68F9.13 = “ATI Radeon HD 5470″
AMD68F9.14 = “ATI Radeon HD 5490″
AMD68DA.5 = “ATI Radeon HD 5630″
AMD68D9.3 = “ATI Radeon HD 5630″
AMD68D8.4 = “ATI Radeon HD 5690″
AMD68D8.5 = “ATI Radeon HD 5730″
AMD68F9.15 = “ATI Radeon HD 6230″
AMD68F9.16 = “ATI Radeon HD 6250″
AMD68F9.17 = “ATI Radeon HD 6290″
AMD68DA.6 = “ATI Radeon HD 6390″
AMD68D9.4 = “ATI Radeon HD 6510″
AMD68BE.5 = “ATI Radeon HD 6750″
AMD68F9.18 = “ATI Radeon HD 6230″
AMD9591.2 = “VisionTek Radeon HD 2600/3600 Series”
AMD68F9.19 = “ATI Radeon HD 6250″
AMD68F9.20 = “ATI Radeon HD 6290″
AMD9519.1 = “AMD FireStream 9170″
AMD9452.1 = “AMD FireStream 9250″
AMD9450.1 = “AMD FireStream 9270″
AMD688D.1 = “AMD FireStream 9350″
AMD688C.1 = “AMD FireStream 9370″
AMD9804.1 = “AMD Radeon HD 6200 series Graphics”
AMD9805.1 = “AMD Radeon HD 6200 series Graphics”
AMD9807.1 = “AMD Radeon HD 6290 Graphics”
AMD9802.1 = “AMD Radeon HD 6300 series Graphics”
AMD9803.1 = “AMD Radeon HD 6300 series Graphics”
AMD9806.1 = “AMD Radeon HD 6320 Graphics”
AMD6770.1 = “AMD Radeon HD 6400 Series”
AMD6779.1 = “AMD Radeon HD 6450″
AMD6759.1 = “AMD Radeon HD 6500 Series”
AMD6758.1 = “AMD Radeon HD 6600 Series”
AMD6750.1 = “AMD Radeon HD 6600A Series”
AMD68BA.1 = “AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series”
AMD68BF.1 = “AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series”
AMD673E.1 = “AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series”
AMD6738.1 = “AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series”
AMD6739.1 = “AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series”
AMD689B.1 = “AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series”
AMD6718.1 = “AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series”
AMD6719.1 = “AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series”
AMD671F.1 = “AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series”
AMD671D.1 = “AMD Radeon HD 6990″
AMD9649.1 = “AMD Radeon(TM) HD 6480G”
AMD9616.1 = “ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics”
AMD9611.1 = “ATI Radeon 3100 Graphics”
AMD94C7.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 2350″
AMD94C3.22 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 Series”
AMD94C1.10 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 Series”
AMD94C4.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 Series”
AMD94C6.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 Series”
AMD94CC.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 2400 Series”
AMD9589.3 = “ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO”
AMD958A.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 2600 X2 Series”
AMD9588.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT”
AMD9586.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 2600/3600 Series”
AMD9587.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 2600/3600 Series”
AMD9405.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT”
AMD9400.3 = “ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT”
AMD9610.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics”
AMD9614.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 3300 Graphics”
AMD95C0.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 3400 Series”
AMD95C5.3 = “ATI Radeon HD 3400 Series”
AMD95C6.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 3450″
AMD95C9.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 3450″
AMD9598.6 = “ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series”
AMD9596.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series”
AMD9597.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series”
AMD9501.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series”
AMD9505.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series”
AMD9507.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 3830″
AMD9515.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP”
AMD9513.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2″
AMD950F.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2″
AMD9710.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 4200″
AMD9715.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 4250″
AMD9714.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 4290″
AMD954F.10 = “ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series”
AMD9540.3 = “ATI Radeon HD 4550″
AMD9490.4 = “ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series”
AMD9498.9 = “ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series”
AMD9495.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series”
AMD9487.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series”
AMD944E.6 = “ATI Radeon HD 4700 Series”
AMD944E.7 = “ATI Radeon HD 4700 Series”
AMD94B4.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 4700 Series”
AMD94B3.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 4770″
AMD94B5.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 4770″
AMD9440.5 = “ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series”
AMD9442.3 = “ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series”
AMD944C.3 = “ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series”
AMD9460.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series”
AMD9462.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series”
AMD9443.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2″
AMD9441.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2″
AMD68F9.21 = “ATI Radeon HD 5450″
AMD68DA.7 = “ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series”
AMD68D9.5 = “ATI Radeon HD 5570″
AMD68B9.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 5600/5700″
AMD68D8.6 = “ATI Radeon HD 5670″
AMD68B8.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series”
AMD68BE.6 = “ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series”
AMD6898.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series”
AMD6899.2 = “ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series”
AMD689E.1 = “ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series”
AMD689C.3 = “ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series”
  • SolidEther

    I remember when I first bought my SAPPHIRE 2600 PRO AGP they had no working drivers! Not even the disc that came in the box! ME and a group of pioneers found a way to write the infs to at least recognize the AGP cards. They only had PCI drivers available at the time. But even though we got them to install it took us at sapphire forums ( I believe were the pioneered of the AGP Radeon design) and others many gripes to ATI (not AMD yet) to make a hotfix. Now these hotfixes have monthly releases and are working well- the AGP Radeons proved to be a viable upgrade that previously everyone counted out they were and are still a more used than expected interface.

    • swissPups

      @SolidEther Amen to that!
      My AGP 2600 is long gone, but I still remember the hoops we all had to jump through just to get our ‘new’ cards to work.
      It’s nice to know theyr’e making up for it by supporting them now 4+ years on! :)

  • AGP_Forever

    Is anyone still rocking an older PC running Windows 7 or windows 8 CP with a Radeon HD 2xxx/3xxx/4xxx series AGP card?

    Did AMD / ATI ever fix the driver crashes / BSODs with AGP cards under Windows 7 when Aero Glass is enabled?

    These horrible issues started when they moved the driver from WDDM 1.0 to WDDM 1.1.

    Watching a YouTube flash video in a web browser when Aero is enabled results in a freeze and driver restart. You have to move the mouse pointer constantly for the video to play. If you leave the mouse pointer for a while, the video stops and the driver crashes / restarts. A few freezes like that and you get a BSOD. This happens on the desktop as well, not just when browsing.

    Did anyone ever report this major bug to ATI/AMD?

    But that’s not all – this issue gets a hundred times worse under Windows 8.
    It’s so bad that it renders these cards unusable with this OS. With Windows 8, there’s no option to disable Aero / DWM, so you’re guaranteed to get a BSOD.

    P.S. The Sapphire HD 2600 Pro AGP was a fantastic card.
    It worked like a champ under Windows XP – decent performance in older 3D games, it could run even Crysis at 800×600, very low power consumption and it added the much needed ability to play back high-bandwidth, full HD videos (with postprocessing!) with zero CPU usage :) Even the fastest single core CPU would choke playing such a video in software mode with the most optimized media player.