CoH not starting OpenGL error

I use an ASUS Notebook G73Jh series with a Radeon HD 5870 Graphics Card and in the past it has worked wonderfully. Now I can't even start CoF, because I keep getting the message, "An OpenGL driver for your video card 'ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series' was not found. The Game will not run with your current configuration." I have all my drivers updated from AMD and have Catalyst 12.1 on my computer and I used amd driver downloader to auto detect my drivers. I have no tech-savvy skills what so ever, so any help would be appreciated. I ran CoH Helper and here are the results.

---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---

DxDiag gathered at January 29, 2012 13:08 (-08:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506)
System Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
System Model: G73Jh
BIOS: BIOS Date: 10/30/09 15:13:23 Ver: 08.00.10
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 740 @ 1.73GHz (8 CPUs), ~1.7GHz
Memory: 6144MB
.Net Memory Report: 3785MB out of 6068MB available
Page File: 9447MB (2688MB currently in use)
C Drive: (ST9640320AS) 490151MB out of 588476MB (83%) free
E Drive: (HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GT32N) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7601.17514 (64-bit version)

Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.

No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series
Manufacturer / Chip: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. / ATI display adapter (0x68A0)
Video Memory: 3790 MB
Driver Version: 8.930.0.0
Driver Date: 12/5/2011 7:16:00 PM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6473
Driver Date: 12/31/1999 4:00:00 PM

Sound Device Description: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6473
Driver Date: 12/31/1999 4:00:00 PM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: G73Jh
Motherboard Version: 1.0
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Name: BIOS Date: 10/30/09 15:13:23 Ver: 08.00.10
BIOS Version: _ASUS_ - 6222004
BIOS Release: 20100727000000.000000+000


Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1024x768
3D Resolution: 1024x768 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes


Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 5000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No


Anti-aliasing: Unknown (0)
Anisotropic Filtering: None
Texture LOD Bias: Crisp
Water Effects: Medium quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High


World Texture Level: Unknown (3)
Character Texture Level: Unknown (4)
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 0.510
Entity Detail Level: 0.510
Shadows Enabled: No
Shadow Mode: Shadow maps
Shadow Map Shader: Low quality
Environmental Reflections: Disabled
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Occlusion Strength: Off
Blur: Bilateral
Ambient Resolution: Performance


Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: No
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes

Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 0.600
Music Sound Volume: 0.600

Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.500
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: Unknown bytes/second
Current Game Version: ?
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\NCsoft\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found

I would try doing a clean uninstallation of your video drivers using a tool like Driver Sweeper, then reinstall them.

Basically, uninstall the drivers from your Control Panel / Programs and Features, restart and boot into Safe Mode by pressing F8 while the system is loading and run Driver Sweeper from Safe Mode to get rid of all your remaining driver components and registry settings. Then, reboot back into normal Windows and reinstall the ATI drivers that you feel work best with your laptop (11.4, 11.9 and 11.12 were all generally pretty good if I recall correctly).

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Originally Posted by Nethergoat it's NEVER too late to pad your /ignore list!

Thanks for the help, on a related note though does anyone know where to find old ATI display drivers, I have been searching the web and I can't find anything for Windows 7 64bit.

So does anyone have a link they can post to help? Because I am at wits end and haven't been able to find old 11.9/11.3 software for 7. I found stuff for Vista but not 7. I really want to play CoF but I just can't start it.

Vista drivers should work just fine on Win 7... but if they don't, that's what you installed Driver Sweeper for. >_>

Sorry, I don't generally game on a laptop and didn't realize the old drivers weren't available the way the old desktop drivers are...

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Originally Posted by Nethergoat it's NEVER too late to pad your /ignore list!

Sorry Tex, that doesn't work for the Mobility drivers, only the Desktop drivers.

The only way I've been able to get the desktop drivers to install for a mobility card is to use one of the modder tools like Mobility Modder, and I'm not sure if it's working with current versions of the driver.

To the OP. The Vista and 7 drivers are the same for ATI cards, the only difference is between the 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

Oops, I missed that it was a Mobility GPU. Yes, the Vista and Windows 7 driver are the same. They both use the same drivers. As WarLordMars pointed out, the only difference is between 32-bit and 64-bit driver version. You need the 64-bit.