How to repair standard vga driver?

[skysi]

Hi folks,

I uninstalled my old ATI Mobility driver and software on my laptop before
installing the recent ones. After reboot Windows XP(SP2) finds new hadware
(my video controller) and wants to install the standard vga driver for it...
but cant find it anywhere. I could not find that driver manually either. I
must have deleted it during the uninstallation, because there was an error
message during uninstalling about a system file being replaced by an
unrecognized version. Well. after installing the new ATI Catalyst and
rebooting the video defaults to 4 bit. I can start the catalist, though and
get it up to 24 bit and a proper resolution, but after rebooting I'm getting
back to 4 bit video again. What am I missing and how to correct this. PLEASE
help. I don't know what to do.

 

[David R. Norton [MVP]]

Hi folks,

I uninstalled my old ATI Mobility driver and software on my laptop before
installing the recent ones. After reboot Windows XP(SP2) finds new hadware
(my video controller) and wants to install the standard vga driver for it...
but cant find it anywhere. I could not find that driver manually either. I
must have deleted it during the uninstallation, because there was an error
message during uninstalling about a system file being replaced by an
unrecognized version. Well. after installing the new ATI Catalyst and
rebooting the video defaults to 4 bit. I can start the catalist, though and
get it up to 24 bit and a proper resolution, but after rebooting I'm getting
back to 4 bit video again. What am I missing and how to correct this. PLEASE
help. I don't know what to do.

We heard you the first time, posting 4 times was overkill.

I really don't know what your exact problem might be but many laptops use
proprietary drivers that aren't included in XP nor are they available from
ATI (ask me how I know this!). The fix might be to use the restore disk(s)
that came with the laptop and put everything back as it was (be aware that
this will cost you all your data so back up to a CD). Then open the System
properties in Control Panel, select the hardware tab and Device Manager,
click on the display adaptor and write down everything you can find about
what device you have and what drivers are being used. With lots of luck you
just might find a suitable driver on the web somewhere (I did but it took
lots of searching!) and save it to a CD or floppy for future use.