question about video drivers for windows XP

[-Alby Hewlet]

I have an old TTX SVGA 14" monitor that isn't plug-n-play, so my XP system's
display on it is goofy. I get 3 overlapping images of the desktop making it
just about unreadable. I found a zipped driver for it and downloaded it,
extracted, and now have an inf file (or was it an ini file? I forget which)
in a directory on my hard drive.

How do I "load" the driver? Because I can't make out the screen with the
TTX monitor attached I want to do it using my other monitor. Can I just
copy it somewhere in the windows directory and then "install" it somehow? I
never did get this ini/inf driver stuff straight in my head.

Thanks in advance, of course, for any help with this.

Alby

 

[Conor]

I have an old TTX SVGA 14" monitor that isn't plug-n-play, so my XP system's
display on it is goofy. I get 3 overlapping images of the desktop making it
just about unreadable. I found a zipped driver for it and downloaded it,
extracted, and now have an inf file (or was it an ini file? I forget which)
in a directory on my hard drive.

How do I "load" the driver? Because I can't make out the screen with the
TTX monitor attached I want to do it using my other monitor. Can I just
copy it somewhere in the windows directory and then "install" it somehow? I
never did get this ini/inf driver stuff straight in my head.

Thanks in advance, of course, for any help with this.

Extract all the files to a temp directory. Click on Control Panel,
Display, Properties, Advanced, Monitr, Driver, Update driver. Select
the option that says you have a driver and point it to the temp
directory you've stuck the files in.

 

[hawk]

Well, the inf file contains instructions for the OS on how to
configure and use the monitor. It is not really a driver. But, I think
all you do is go through the install driver procedure and specify the
directory where the inf file is. Probably better to put it in
Windows/system directory. I have used an inf file for an Intel chip
set. There was a long procedure on how to "install" it.

hawk

 

[Adam S]

I have an old TTX SVGA 14" monitor that isn't plug-n-play, so my XP system's
display on it is goofy. I get 3 overlapping images of the desktop making it
just about unreadable. I found a zipped driver for it and downloaded it,
extracted, and now have an inf file (or was it an ini file? I forget which)
in a directory on my hard drive.

How do I "load" the driver? Because I can't make out the screen with the
TTX monitor attached I want to do it using my other monitor. Can I just
copy it somewhere in the windows directory and then "install" it somehow? I
never did get this ini/inf driver stuff straight in my head.

Multiple images usually is a refresh rate problem, try turning them down to
60Hz and see if its any better. (may flicker like mad, but at least you
should be able to see what is going on)

Adam S

 

[JAD]

SAFE MODE then do as conor says, safe mode SHOULD let you see the
screen normally. If this is a TFT LCD etc, then your video card may
need adjusting from a CRT before hooking up the other.