ATI 9700 Pro drivers screwie?

[NovaStar]

ok... my current system is:

AMD Athalon 1GHz
512MB Ram
ATI Radion 9700 Pro 128mb Vid card
Windows XP


ok.. i DO have with Windows XP Service pack installed, and everything from my BIOS to my Sound Card is updated Driver wize.. but here is my problem.


For some odd reason, i Cannot, no way, at all, possibly use the updated Drivers for the Radion 9700 Pro... if i use anything other than the old CD Standard Drivers, i start getting anything from:

1) Lockups durring games.
2) My moniter will simply cut off (computer still runs, not locked up) as if it is not recieving any signal from the Computer, and goes into its "sleep Mode"
3) Computer will show a error message after Restarts (after #1 happens, stateing that a vidio driver failed to complete a drawing opperation.


Have any of you guys heard of this happening, or ever seen it happen? or have it happen to you?... and have any idea how to fix it? =)