Windows 10: Anyone Using A Radeon 4850 with Win 10?

My father has a Compaq PC running Win 8.1 right now. He is unable to upgrade to Win 10 due to his onboard Nvidia 6150 SE Geforce 430 graphics chip. I have a spare Palit Radeon 4850 video card I was going to ship to him for use in his system. He wants to try Win 10 really bad as he hates Win 8.1. He lives about 300 miles away so I can't just drive over and install it.
Is anyone running Win 10 using a Radeon 4850? Win 10 install keeps telling him his onboard video chip won't work with Windows 10. If this card will allow him to install Windows 10 I want to send it to him. Thanks.

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radeon 4850 support

We are volunteers willing to help you try to resolve this issue.

Yes, there is a problem with the latest Windows Updates.

Right Click Start Button - Device Manager - Display Adapter - double-click the adapter - Driver's tab - use Roll back driver.

If that does not work or is unavailable do the below.

Updating to the latest video driver or possibly reverting back to an older version usually corrects the issue.

Download the latest and any other older driver you wish to try from the System/Motherboard Maker's Site and also check the actual video device maker (such as Intel, Nvidia or AMD/ATI). Do not install yet.

Make a Restore Point :

Start - type in --> Restore ......... find at top and click on - then use Create

Use this method to remove the present video drivers.

Display Driver Uninstaller

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Then install the desired driver you previously downloaded.

Please let us know the results and if you need further assistance.

 

radeon 4850 support

Option 1:

Open Start > Settings > System > Display

Press Windows key + X

Click Device Manager

Expand Display adapters

Right click the current display adapter

Click Properties

Click Driver tab

Click Rollback driver if the option is available

If not

Right click the current display adapter

Click Uninstall

Exit Device Manager

Restart

I recommend you uninstall the KB4048955

Press Windows key + R

Type: appwiz.cpl

Hit Enter

Click View installed updates

Select the recent update

(This is the update you want to uninstall KB4048955)

Right click it then click uninstall.

Restart then see if stability is restored.

The update might try to install again. So, try blocking it.

Is there an option or work around to block updates or hardware drivers that might cause problems?

Yes, Microsoft has released a KB update (KB3073930) that will let users block or hide Windows or driver updates.

You can download it at the following link:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3073930

If its the icons and toolbars, then Go back to Start > Settings > System > Display

Click in the Scale and layout list box, try another scale such as 125 to see if that works or play around with custom scaling.

Option 2:

Perform a repair upgrade

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/wiki...

 

Not quite that old, but I run one machine with a 5770. Looks
like it is.

 

The only problem he will run into is the drivers, the latest 15.7.x only support the HD5xxx series and up:

AMD Catalyst™ 15.7 Driver for Windows® Release Notes


He may be able to get it working with an older driver, he will just lose out on DX12 support.

 

Look here, there's drivers there for your graphics card and windows 10 : ATI Radeon HD 4850 Drivers Download for Windows 10, 8.1, 7, Vista, XP

 

Thank you so much for the help. And I know my father appreciates it too.