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wilson
December 9th 03, 10:37 AM
I just found the solution to my problem. I needed to
install an AGP driver for my mother board[a new
motherboard, my old one is dead.]. Now everything is
working fine. Thank you very much for your time. =)

>-----Original Message-----
>Thanks for your tips, Mossel. But I don't see the
>option "Uninstall Driver" for the path u provided for me
>[this may be weird, but that's why I am here asking for
>help]. I thought of choosing the option "Do not use
this
>device" under "Properties | Settings | Advanced |
Adapter
>| Properties | General | Device Usage" but I am afraid I
>won't be able to see anything again after disabling the
>device. Any comments?
>
>By the way, my display card is indeed nVidia based, with
>64M RAM on board. It was no problem detecting it when I
>first had my WinXP installed.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Due to some reason i just had my WinXP repaired(booted
>>up
>>>the machine through WinXP disk, clicked "install" and
>>>then chose "Repair").
>>>
>>>Now the problem comes in, WinXP is not using the
>correct
>>>driver for my display card now. When I go into the
>>>settings of "Display Properties". It doesn't allow me
>to
>>>update the displayer driver and when go into "Monitor
>>>Type", it's showing "Default Monitor" and again, I am
>>not
>>>allowed to change anything. I tried "Device
>>Management",
>>>but it doesn't show me the "displayer adapter".
>>>
>>>Would anyone please tell me what I should do now? It
>>>doesn't allow me to set higher resolution with 32 bit
>>>color now... e__e
>>
>>The safest method is changing back to the VGA display
>>driver by uninstalling the existing display driver:
>>
>>Properties | Settings | Advanced | Adapter | Properties
>|
>>Driver --> Click on "Uninstall Driver."
>>
>>After rebooting (in VGA mode), install the appropriate
>>driver for your graphics card. Note that "default
>>monitor" is ok in XP as long as the monitor is plug-and-
>>play, signalling back to the graphics card what
>>resolutions and refresh rates it is capable off.
>>
>>When XP first came out, getting the refresh rates right
>>was troublesome. SO make sure to update XP (service
>>packs, patches) before installing the graphics card.
>>
>>As long as your graphics card is ATI or nVidia based,
>you
>>should have no trouble getting an appropriate and
stable
>>driver from the manufacturers' support sites. With
>lesser
>>known brands, make sure the driver supports XP.
>>
>>I have a box of older graphics cards at home, none of
>>which has driver support for XP :-)
>>.
>>
>.
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