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Oct 6 2009, 12:15 AM
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Authentic Member ![]() ![]() Group: Authentic Member Posts: 60 Joined: 26-June 09 From: Finland Member No.: 86,441 Operating System: Windows XP home |
My motherboard and some memory got busted, so I took the pc to some chap who fixed it over night. Everything is honkey-doory except that he had to put an older motherboard in (to save me a LOT of cash), which meant another older video card as well. Now my pc wants me to install a vga-compatible video card driver, but with an internet search (install driver automatically) the pc finds nothing. What am I to do? Thanks. This post has been edited by Tanglang1989: Oct 6 2009, 12:16 AM |
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Oct 6 2009, 04:17 AM
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![]() Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Visiting Tech Posts: 889 Joined: 15-May 09 From: UK Member No.: 85,793 Operating System: Win 98se, Windows 2000, xp Home sp3, xp Pro sp3, Vista Ultimate 32bit\64bit. |
Vista is a funny beast with old(er) hardware, and some hardware just simply will not work with it, all you can do here is go to the makers site of the video card, and see what drivers they have, if you can give us the make\model of your card and we can look to see what drivers are about for you, but if vista can't find a driver I fear there may be none about..
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Oct 6 2009, 11:03 AM
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![]() Tech Team Group: Administrator Posts: 6,928 Joined: 15-May 05 From: California Member No.: 32,477 Operating System: Win98, Win2k Pro, XP Pro, XP Home |
I think Tanglang1989 is referring to use in XP.
Correct me if I'm wrong. You should be able to download a vga compliant driver from the MotherBoard manufacturer site. Once you have installed that driver, you should next be able to search for a specific driver for your new (older) video card at the video card manufacturer's site. Best Regards P.S. Seems to me that's the kind of thing that the tech should have done for you when selling you a new (older) motherboard and video card. |
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Oct 7 2009, 09:08 AM
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Authentic Member ![]() ![]() Group: Authentic Member Posts: 60 Joined: 26-June 09 From: Finland Member No.: 86,441 Operating System: Windows XP home |
Vista is a funny beast with old(er) hardware, and some hardware just simply will not work with it, all you can do here is go to the makers site of the video card, and see what drivers they have, if you can give us the make\model of your card and we can look to see what drivers are about for you, but if vista can't find a driver I fear there may be none about.. Woops, forgot to say that it is an XP computer. Oh, and as for the second comment; yes, I suppose he should have. I have to ask him what motherboard it is so I can download it. Thanks |
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