I should have posted this earlier, but better late than never!

After working on my previous issue with texture corruption in 3D with my Radeon HD 3650, I was perplexed as to why I could not install the v8.9 drivers and CCC, considering the HD 3650 is listed as being supported by version 8.9. I dug into the installer and actually found the issue, and it was simple to fix!

As it turns out, the v8.9 drivers and CCC do support the Radeon HD 3650, but perhaps the card manufacturers – though using the same chipset – identify the chipset differently. The problem I had that prevented my 3650 from being supported was that its Hardware IDs are reported as

However, the supported Hardware ID for the ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP is

PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9596

Thus the only solution that I came up with was also the working solution, and this is what I came up with.

The v8.9 installer comes in two flavors. ATI provides an installer for the Catalyst Control Center (CCC) which includes the drivers, and a standalone installer for the drivers if you don’t want CCC. Either way, the solution is the same. Please note, though, I’m using Windows XP. This solution may not work for Vista users. If it does work in Vista, please let me know.

1. Download the installer (either one) from the AMD/ATI site here.
2. Run the installer.
3. If the installer alerts you that supported hardware was not found, click ok. The installer will close.
4. Open either of the following folders, depending on your installer:
   C:\ATISUPPORT8-9_xp32_dd_68898XP_INF
   C:\ATISUPPORT8-9_xp32_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_68898DriverXP_INF
5. Open the following file in a text editor:
   CX_68898.inf
6. Locate the heading on line 34:
   [ATI.Mfg.NTx86]
7. Add an extra line below the heading and insert the following text:
   "ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP" = ati2mtag_RV630, PCIVEN_1002&DEV_9596&SUBSYS_00281043
8. Save the file and run either of the following, depending on your installer:
   C:\ATISUPPORT8-9_xp32_dd_68898\Setup.exe
   C:\ATISUPPORT8-9_xp32_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_68898\Setup.exe

If everything goes according to plan, you will have the current drivers and CCC if you chose the CCC installer.