Driver Update VGA SiS 741

J

John

I have been prompted by PC Pitstop to update my display driver and I
downloaded the latest from the Silicon Graphics web site.

However, when I try to install it I get a box headed "InstallFunct.dll"
"InstallDriver For VGA () fail 2: Get Last Error () =005"

Any ideas?
 
J

John John - MVP

John said:
I have been prompted by PC Pitstop to update my display driver and I
downloaded the latest from the Silicon Graphics web site.

However, when I try to install it I get a box headed "InstallFunct.dll"
"InstallDriver For VGA () fail 2: Get Last Error () =005"

Any ideas?

Yes, forget about PC Pitsop!

John
 
J

John John - MVP

John said:
Would you suggest that I should forget about trying to update my
driver?

Yes, if you aren't having any problem and if the new driver is refusing
to install why bother? Keeping on trying to install the driver might
cause more damage than what it's worth! If you really want to install
the driver then you should check the support site for your display
adapter or contact them and see what they have to say. The only other
thing that I can suggest is to make sure that you have downloaded the
proper driver for your adapter and operating system.

By and large driver updates don't usually add new features to your
devices, they might just be released to work with features on newer
devices yet be compatible with older devices. Many display adapters use
the same driver for a certain series, for example you might have a
certain 9600 XYZ adapter and this year the company introduced a new 9650
XYZ adapter with a few new features and at the same time they released
new drivers for the features on the new adapter. Manufacturers don't
like to have too many different drivers, too much trouble trying to
maintain too many drivers, it's inefficient for their business, so they
only publish one set of drivers for a certain series of devices. You
can update your drivers if you want, but if all that the drivers do is
allow the newer 9650 XYZ adapter to run features that your 9600 XYZ
adapter doesn't have then they will do absolutely nothing for your
adapter. Sometimes the drivers are not fully regression tested for all
software/hardware combinations for the older product and the new driver
might even cause problems with the older adapter. Or the newer driver
might have a yet unknown bug that will later cause problems, for
example, not too long ago there was a series of newer ATI Catalyst
drivers that were found to be buggy and for a while a lot of folks who
had installed the new drivers were having a lot of problems and their
only recourse was to roll back the drivers to an older version. Users
on ATI forums and other help sites were told to wait and *not* to
install the newer drivers if they had certain series of adapters.

Another reason why newer drivers might be released is to address
specific issues that might not even exist on your computer. For example
a certain combination of hardware might cause problems, or a certain CAD
software program might have specific problems with the display adapter.
These issues might not even affect you at all, you should read the
release notes for the driver and find out what's new with the drivers.
Most of the time it doesn't hurt anything to install new drivers, but a
lot of the time it also does nothing to improve anything on your
computer. If you aren't having any problems with your computer why
bother with buggy drivers that don't want to install and that may
ultimately bug up your computer? There are times when it is best to
leave well enough alone, I think that in your case this is one of these
times.

John
 
J

John

John John - MVP said:
Yes, if you aren't having any problem and if the new driver is refusing to
install why bother? Keeping on trying to install the driver might cause
more damage than what it's worth! If you really want to install the
driver then you should check the support site for your display adapter or
contact them and see what they have to say. The only other thing that I
can suggest is to make sure that you have downloaded the proper driver for
your adapter and operating system.

By and large driver updates don't usually add new features to your
devices, they might just be released to work with features on newer
devices yet be compatible with older devices. Many display adapters use
the same driver for a certain series, for example you might have a certain
9600 XYZ adapter and this year the company introduced a new 9650 XYZ
adapter with a few new features and at the same time they released new
drivers for the features on the new adapter. Manufacturers don't like to
have too many different drivers, too much trouble trying to maintain too
many drivers, it's inefficient for their business, so they only publish
one set of drivers for a certain series of devices. You can update your
drivers if you want, but if all that the drivers do is allow the newer
9650 XYZ adapter to run features that your 9600 XYZ adapter doesn't have
then they will do absolutely nothing for your adapter. Sometimes the
drivers are not fully regression tested for all software/hardware
combinations for the older product and the new driver might even cause
problems with the older adapter. Or the newer driver might have a yet
unknown bug that will later cause problems, for example, not too long ago
there was a series of newer ATI Catalyst drivers that were found to be
buggy and for a while a lot of folks who had installed the new drivers
were having a lot of problems and their only recourse was to roll back the
drivers to an older version. Users on ATI forums and other help sites
were told to wait and *not* to install the newer drivers if they had
certain series of adapters.

Another reason why newer drivers might be released is to address specific
issues that might not even exist on your computer. For example a certain
combination of hardware might cause problems, or a certain CAD software
program might have specific problems with the display adapter. These
issues might not even affect you at all, you should read the release notes
for the driver and find out what's new with the drivers. Most of the time
it doesn't hurt anything to install new drivers, but a lot of the time it
also does nothing to improve anything on your computer. If you aren't
having any problems with your computer why bother with buggy drivers that
don't want to install and that may ultimately bug up your computer? There
are times when it is best to leave well enough alone, I think that in your
case this is one of these times.

John


Seems good advice (against a tide of sites that warn that my drivers need
updating.) I'll leave alone!
 
J

John John - MVP

John said:
Would you suggest that I should forget about trying to update my
driver?

Yes, if you aren't having any problem and if the new driver is refusing
to install why bother? Keeping on trying to install the driver might
cause more damage than what it's worth! If you really want to install
the driver then you should check the support site for your display
adapter or contact them and see what they have to say. The only other
thing that I can suggest is to make sure that you have downloaded the
proper driver for your adapter and operating system.

By and large driver updates don't usually add new features to your
devices, they might just be released to work with features on newer
devices yet be compatible with older devices. Many display adapters use
the same driver for a certain series, for example you might have a
certain 9600abc adapter and this year the company introduced a new
9650abc adapter with a few new features and at the same time they
released new drivers for the features on the new adapter. Manufacturers
don't like to have too many different drivers, too much trouble trying
to maintain too many drivers, it's inefficient for their business, so
they only publish one set of drivers for a certain series of devices.
You can update your drivers if you want, but if all that the drivers do
is allow the newer 9650abc adapter to run features that your 9600abc
adapter doesn't have then they will do absolutely nothing for your
adapter. Sometimes the drivers are not fully regression tested for all
software/hardware combinations for the older product and the new driver
might even cause problems with the older adapter. Or the newer driver
might have a yet unknown bug that will later cause problems, for
example, not too long ago there was a series of newer ATI Catalyst
drivers that were found to be buggy and for a while a lot of folks who
had installed the new drivers were having a lot of problems and their
only recourse was to roll back the drivers to an older version. Users
on ATI forums and other help sites were told to wait and not to install
the newer drivers if they had certain series of adapters.

Another reason why newer drivers might be released is to address
specific issues that might not even exist on your computer. For example
a certain combination of hardware might cause problems, or a certain CAD
software program might have specific problems with the display adapter.
These issues might not even affect you at all, you should read the
release notes for the driver and find out what's new with the drivers.
Most of the time it doesn't hurt anything to install new drivers, but a
lot of the time it also does nothing to improve anything on your
computer. If you aren't having any problems with your computer why
bother with buggy drivers that don't want to install and that may
ultimately bug up your computer? There are times when it is best to
leave well enough alone, I think that in your case this is one of these
times.

John
 
L

LVTravel

John said:
Would you suggest that I should forget about trying to update my driver?

By the way, SIS has not updated their drivers for XP since 2004 for that
model integrated graphic product. They do not show drivers for Vista in any
flavor.
 
S

Shenan Stanley

John said:
I have been prompted by PC Pitstop to update my display driver and I
downloaded the latest from the Silicon Graphics web site.

However, when I try to install it I get a box headed
"InstallFunct.dll" "InstallDriver For VGA () fail 2: Get Last Error
() =005"
Any ideas?

Stop going to "PC PitStop".

Only get drivers for your hardware if there is some decent reason to. Just
because there exists a newer version does not mean you need it. If you are
not having issues or upgrading to a newer OS or a major service pack update
in soe cases - there is seldom any definite need to upgrade a device driver
of any sort.

Given what you have/where you have chosen to post - you probably don't even
need to upgrade your video device driver.
 

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