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Answer» Delete all your drivers and try the ones Windows Update provides. 9/10 times they've got the right goods.NEVER use drivers from Windows Update. Always OBTAIN drivers from the OEM websites.Driver needs driver to drive driver. Does that mean the chauffeur needs a taxi? Delete all your drivers ...Ignore that advice.Let me rephrase that. Delete the drivers for the "Graphics Card". Windows will load default graphics settings which will look like crap with the 300x600 resolution and 16 colors. THEN let windows update do the drivers. The 'reason' I suggest windows update is because when it comes to graphics cards, guessing your exact version and model (especially on a laptop) can be a pain. There can be six different control CHIPS for the "ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 IGP (RS350M)" and six different drivers, even though they're branded practically the same. I've been down this road a few times myself, guys. Stick with Windows Update first. It's the easiest and fastest chance to find the correct drivers before trying other things.Quote from: Allan on December 01, 2009, 05:49:05 AM NEVER use drivers from Windows Update. Always obtain drivers from the OEM websites.Quote from: Lyniaer on December 01, 2009, 11:36:58 AM Let me rephrase that. Delete the drivers for the "Graphics Card". Windows will load default graphics settings which will look like crap with the 300x600 resolution and 16 colors. THEN let windows update do the drivers.the default driver is 640x480 with 256 colours on XP and higher. Oh- and it won't matter; you'll need to literally delete the INF files for the original drivers too, the specific DLLS from %systemroot%\dllcache, and so on or ELSE windows will identify the vendorID and deviceID of the graphics card, match it up to the INF file, and reinstall the same drivers anyway. Quote The 'reason' I suggest windows update is because when it comes to graphics cards, guessing your exact version and model (especially on a laptop) can be a pain. There should be no guessing. For laptops you get the download from the system manufacturer. (that is, if you have, say, a toshiba with a built in Nvidia GPU, you do to the toshiba site, not the nvidia site). For independent graphics cards you go to the vendors site (PNY, BFGTech, etc) first; if you cannot find the drivers there use the reference drivers from the chip maker. And the reason you do not use drivers from MS Update is because Microsoft "cripples" the drivers so they will be compatible with the vast majority of systems. But what you are getting is not what the driver author / provider intended. You download the driver from the video card provider and you KNOW what you are getting. As BC says, in the case of laptops you go to the website of the laptop manufacturer. But NOT to Windows Update. |
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