Graphics Card

[Jonathan]

Hi all hope u can help.

Ive recently installed Windows XP Pro on the machine and
for some reason the computer does not detect the graphics
card. Ive tried to insall the latest drivers for the
graphics card and nothing has changed. Im not sure if it
is the right drivers that i have installed but does
anyone know where to find nvidia gforce 4 drivers, the
drivers that i have installed are from www.nvidia.com.

Also as i try to install a game and an error appears
L_Rastreiser: Create Device could not find device for
direct 3d. Then it asks if i have installed the recent
drivers for the graphics card. I have installed the
recent drivers for the card but it dosent detect a card.

Can anyone help please.

Kind reguards Jonathan

 

[Mike Brearley]

I'd recommend removing the curent drivers that you have installed, go into
device manager and remove any and all existing display adapters, reboot and
when the graphics card is detected, point it to the drivers that you
downloaded (have them exracted and ready to install in a directory on your
system).

The download should be from:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_53.03


After that, go to Windows Update Site to see if there are any updates
(direct3d and such).

--
Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.

Mike Brearley (mike_brearley at hotmail dot com)

 

[Jonathan]

Thanks mike but i have a problem.

There is no display adapters in my device manager so that
i can remove them.

Kind Reguards
Jonathan

 

[Mike Brearley]

That is odd. I don't think that I've ever seen a machine that didn't at
least have a default VGA driver listed under display adapters.

How about going into the advanced button on your display properties settings
tab? Under the Adapter Tab, what does it show? Can you click on properies
then on the Driver tab and click update drivers?

--
Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.

Mike Brearley (mike_brearley at hotmail dot com)

 

[Jonathan]

It does not let me use any options and i cannot update
the driver it does not detect the graphics card.

Do u need drivers for the monitor that you are using.

Kind Reguards

 

[Mike Brearley]

You won't be able to detect and install drivers for a monitor until you have
a graphics card properly installed. It's just strange that it's allowing
you to view the desktop and use the computer without a detected display
adapter (even an incorrecly detected display adapter)

--
Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.

Mike Brearley

 

[Jonathan]

Thanks for your help Mike if you have any other
suggestions in how to install my graphics card properly
can you please help.

Kind Reguards
Jonathan