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video controller vga compatible
Hi,
this problem seems to be common. I recently uninstalled ICQ, after which VGA compatible is missing, Stand By is not available, screen looks like not adjusted to proper resolution and fonts are somehow blurry. When starting, windows prompts to install a software for a new hardware found, but it is not possible to do in Device Manager (Windows cannot find this software, neither reinstall. This is what I can see when clicking video controller and video controller VGA compatible under other devices (all with yellow question marks) in the Device Manager: The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28) To reinstall the drivers for this device, click Reinstall Driver. According to some Microsoft release, on some conditions computer starts using OEM video controller instead of Windows one. Does anybody know what is the way to fix the problem with no restore all the factory settings? (ASUSA6F, Windows XP prof SP2) Thank you. |
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video controller vga compatible
Thank you for a advice; I downloaded this utility but there is no impact on
the system. According to Microsoft article 268852, the system is using the standard VGA mode, not OEM video driver. There is no hibernate or stand by -mode and video controller (vga compatible) is under other devices. In addition, search utility cannot find oem#.inf or oem#.pnf. should I download a new driver? "Rich Barry" wrote: You may want to try the Inf Update Utility Number 3 http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filt...bmit=Go%21#DRV "j.m." wrote in message ... Hi, this problem seems to be common. I recently uninstalled ICQ, after which VGA compatible is missing, Stand By is not available, screen looks like not adjusted to proper resolution and fonts are somehow blurry. When starting, windows prompts to install a software for a new hardware found, but it is not possible to do in Device Manager (Windows cannot find this software, neither reinstall. This is what I can see when clicking video controller and video controller VGA compatible under other devices (all with yellow question marks) in the Device Manager: The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28) To reinstall the drivers for this device, click Reinstall Driver. According to some Microsoft release, on some conditions computer starts using OEM video controller instead of Windows one. Does anybody know what is the way to fix the problem with no restore all the factory settings? (ASUSA6F, Windows XP prof SP2) Thank you. |
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j.m. wrote:
Thank you for a advice; I downloaded this utility but there is no impact on the system. According to Microsoft article 268852, the system is using the standard VGA mode, not OEM video driver. There is no hibernate or stand by -mode and video controller (vga compatible) is under other devices. In addition, search utility cannot find oem#.inf or oem#.pnf. should I download a new driver? Do you have backups of your personal data ? I would make sure your email database, and any personal files have been copied to an external storage device. That is just in case you have to restore your computer from the restore partition. You might want to read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restore_point It sounds like you have sustained major damage to the OS install. Maybe the problem is caused by malware. I find it hard to believe a "utility" could do so much damage. On some OSes, you can create a new "Hardware Profile", which would require all the drivers to be reinstalled. Have you noticed any changes to the boot sequence for your computer ? Was there an extra step required during the boot process ? http://www.microsoft.com/library/med...prof01_big.gif http://oopsilon.com/06/texts/vmware-...oot-select.png Paul "Rich Barry" wrote: You may want to try the Inf Update Utility Number 3 http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filt...bmit=Go%21#DRV "j.m." wrote in message ... Hi, this problem seems to be common. I recently uninstalled ICQ, after which VGA compatible is missing, Stand By is not available, screen looks like not adjusted to proper resolution and fonts are somehow blurry. When starting, windows prompts to install a software for a new hardware found, but it is not possible to do in Device Manager (Windows cannot find this software, neither reinstall. This is what I can see when clicking video controller and video controller VGA compatible under other devices (all with yellow question marks) in the Device Manager: The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28) To reinstall the drivers for this device, click Reinstall Driver. According to some Microsoft release, on some conditions computer starts using OEM video controller instead of Windows one. Does anybody know what is the way to fix the problem with no restore all the factory settings? (ASUSA6F, Windows XP prof SP2) Thank you. |
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thank you very much for a advice. I already tried to restore the system from
different restore points, every time I got a note that nothing has been changed in the system since the restore point. System is stable, there are no changes neither extra steps during the boot. During the start, the system doesn't notify anymore that a new hardware found, neither prompt to install a driver. In comparison with previous (old) state, the only difference is 1)stand-by when shuting down is not available, 2)the fonts are a little bit blurry, not sharp and icons are streched like on the wide screen TV. All settings checked, so I'll try the Hardware profile then(I have all back-ups of the files etc. at external hard disk and memory sticks). What do you think about the option to install a totally new driver? Thank you. "Paul" wrote: j.m. wrote: Thank you for a advice; I downloaded this utility but there is no impact on the system. According to Microsoft article 268852, the system is using the standard VGA mode, not OEM video driver. There is no hibernate or stand by -mode and video controller (vga compatible) is under other devices. In addition, search utility cannot find oem#.inf or oem#.pnf. should I download a new driver? Do you have backups of your personal data ? I would make sure your email database, and any personal files have been copied to an external storage device. That is just in case you have to restore your computer from the restore partition. You might want to read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restore_point It sounds like you have sustained major damage to the OS install. Maybe the problem is caused by malware. I find it hard to believe a "utility" could do so much damage. On some OSes, you can create a new "Hardware Profile", which would require all the drivers to be reinstalled. Have you noticed any changes to the boot sequence for your computer ? Was there an extra step required during the boot process ? http://www.microsoft.com/library/med...prof01_big.gif http://oopsilon.com/06/texts/vmware-...oot-select.png Paul "Rich Barry" wrote: You may want to try the Inf Update Utility Number 3 http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filt...bmit=Go%21#DRV "j.m." wrote in message ... Hi, this problem seems to be common. I recently uninstalled ICQ, after which VGA compatible is missing, Stand By is not available, screen looks like not adjusted to proper resolution and fonts are somehow blurry. When starting, windows prompts to install a software for a new hardware found, but it is not possible to do in Device Manager (Windows cannot find this software, neither reinstall. This is what I can see when clicking video controller and video controller VGA compatible under other devices (all with yellow question marks) in the Device Manager: The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28) To reinstall the drivers for this device, click Reinstall Driver. According to some Microsoft release, on some conditions computer starts using OEM video controller instead of Windows one. Does anybody know what is the way to fix the problem with no restore all the factory settings? (ASUSA6F, Windows XP prof SP2) Thank you. |
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video controller vga compatible
j.m. wrote:
thank you very much for a advice. I already tried to restore the system from different restore points, every time I got a note that nothing has been changed in the system since the restore point. System is stable, there are no changes neither extra steps during the boot. During the start, the system doesn't notify anymore that a new hardware found, neither prompt to install a driver. In comparison with previous (old) state, the only difference is 1)stand-by when shuting down is not available, 2)the fonts are a little bit blurry, not sharp and icons are streched like on the wide screen TV. All settings checked, so I'll try the Hardware profile then(I have all back-ups of the files etc. at external hard disk and memory sticks). What do you think about the option to install a totally new driver? Thank you. You can install drivers for the hardware devices. It will take you a bit of work to track them down. But a more interesting case, will be your ACPI software. That is what handles power management, and offers to do standby and shutdown properly. Go to Device Manager. Click on the "Computer" entry. Mine reads "ACPI Multiprocessor". Right click on the entry, and you can see a driver tab. One of the files is HAL.dll and the word "HAL", stands for Hardware Abstraction Layer. To change the HAL, you can do a driver update - but it only works for certain choices of existing HALs. If the computer entry says "Standard PC", you might not be able to fix that, short of doing a reinstall. Changing from "ACPI Uniprocessor" to "ACPI Multiprocessor" is easy, but "Standard PC" means there was no ACPI at all. You can check around, but I've never seen a recipe for fixing that. I'd be curious as to what is in the Computer entry, because that might offer a clue as to what happened. Paul |
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here is what I see the ComputerASPI Multiprocessor PCProperties3 driver
files: system32\hal.dll, system32\ntkrnlpa.exe, system32\ntoskrnl.exe. General: ACPI Multiprocessor PC, device type: Computer, Manufacturer: Standard computers, Location:Unknown, and status: this device is working properly. Details:device instance ID ROOT\ACPI_HAL\0000 Why Other devicesVideo ControllerVideo Controller vga compatible are with yellow mark of question? "Paul" wrote: j.m. wrote: thank you very much for a advice. I already tried to restore the system from different restore points, every time I got a note that nothing has been changed in the system since the restore point. System is stable, there are no changes neither extra steps during the boot. During the start, the system doesn't notify anymore that a new hardware found, neither prompt to install a driver. In comparison with previous (old) state, the only difference is 1)stand-by when shuting down is not available, 2)the fonts are a little bit blurry, not sharp and icons are streched like on the wide screen TV. All settings checked, so I'll try the Hardware profile then(I have all back-ups of the files etc. at external hard disk and memory sticks). What do you think about the option to install a totally new driver? Thank you. You can install drivers for the hardware devices. It will take you a bit of work to track them down. But a more interesting case, will be your ACPI software. That is what handles power management, and offers to do standby and shutdown properly. Go to Device Manager. Click on the "Computer" entry. Mine reads "ACPI Multiprocessor". Right click on the entry, and you can see a driver tab. One of the files is HAL.dll and the word "HAL", stands for Hardware Abstraction Layer. To change the HAL, you can do a driver update - but it only works for certain choices of existing HALs. If the computer entry says "Standard PC", you might not be able to fix that, short of doing a reinstall. Changing from "ACPI Uniprocessor" to "ACPI Multiprocessor" is easy, but "Standard PC" means there was no ACPI at all. You can check around, but I've never seen a recipe for fixing that. I'd be curious as to what is in the Computer entry, because that might offer a clue as to what happened. Paul |
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video controller vga compatible
j.m. wrote:
here is what I see the ComputerASPI Multiprocessor PCProperties3 driver files: system32\hal.dll, system32\ntkrnlpa.exe, system32\ntoskrnl.exe. General: ACPI Multiprocessor PC, device type: Computer, Manufacturer: Standard computers, Location:Unknown, and status: this device is working properly. Details:device instance ID ROOT\ACPI_HAL\0000 Why Other devicesVideo ControllerVideo Controller vga compatible are with yellow mark of question? OK, what your results tell me, is damage is to the ordinary device drivers, and not to the HAL. To restore Standby, you need to check that the BIOS setting has not changed. Sometimes there is a BIOS setting that refers to S3 Standby. S1 is a higher power state, where the CPU is still running, and just the monitor is blanked. In S3, only the RAM should be powered, and the power is provided so the self-refresh continues to run on each stick. Download this tool from Microsoft. It is a tiny download. It runs in a DOS command window. "dumppo cap" will list the capabilities of ACPI. ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/products/Oem...cpi/dumppo.exe Advice here for setting it back to using S3: http://forums.pcper.com/printthread....3&page=3&pp=15 dumppo admin /ac minsleep=s3 Now, that isn't the end of the story. I have read problem reports, where Standby can disappear from the menu at shutdown, but I don't know how that stuff works. It could be a registry entry, I'm not really sure. For the rest of the stuff, have you tried installing drivers ? Maybe the majority of the remaining work, is just tracking down drivers. Under model A6000, is a subsection for A6F. http://support.asus.com.tw/download/...nguage=e n-us ( From http://support.asus.com.tw/download/...Language=en-us ) HTH, Paul "Paul" wrote: j.m. wrote: thank you very much for a advice. I already tried to restore the system from different restore points, every time I got a note that nothing has been changed in the system since the restore point. System is stable, there are no changes neither extra steps during the boot. During the start, the system doesn't notify anymore that a new hardware found, neither prompt to install a driver. In comparison with previous (old) state, the only difference is 1)stand-by when shuting down is not available, 2)the fonts are a little bit blurry, not sharp and icons are streched like on the wide screen TV. All settings checked, so I'll try the Hardware profile then(I have all back-ups of the files etc. at external hard disk and memory sticks). What do you think about the option to install a totally new driver? Thank you. You can install drivers for the hardware devices. It will take you a bit of work to track them down. But a more interesting case, will be your ACPI software. That is what handles power management, and offers to do standby and shutdown properly. Go to Device Manager. Click on the "Computer" entry. Mine reads "ACPI Multiprocessor". Right click on the entry, and you can see a driver tab. One of the files is HAL.dll and the word "HAL", stands for Hardware Abstraction Layer. To change the HAL, you can do a driver update - but it only works for certain choices of existing HALs. If the computer entry says "Standard PC", you might not be able to fix that, short of doing a reinstall. Changing from "ACPI Uniprocessor" to "ACPI Multiprocessor" is easy, but "Standard PC" means there was no ACPI at all. You can check around, but I've never seen a recipe for fixing that. I'd be curious as to what is in the Computer entry, because that might offer a clue as to what happened. Paul |
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video controller vga compatible
I'm very grateful for you help!
I downloaded a driver for VGA from http://support.asus.com.tw/download/...nguage=e n-us so, now shut down menu works properly stand-by available, the fonts, icons etc. are sharp, device manager indicates a long list of controllers, no question marks. Apparently this OEM vga driver was gone under some conditions yet computer used the standard video mode. Thank you once again. "Paul" wrote: j.m. wrote: here is what I see the ComputerASPI Multiprocessor PCProperties3 driver files: system32\hal.dll, system32\ntkrnlpa.exe, system32\ntoskrnl.exe. General: ACPI Multiprocessor PC, device type: Computer, Manufacturer: Standard computers, Location:Unknown, and status: this device is working properly. Details:device instance ID ROOT\ACPI_HAL\0000 Why Other devicesVideo ControllerVideo Controller vga compatible are with yellow mark of question? OK, what your results tell me, is damage is to the ordinary device drivers, and not to the HAL. To restore Standby, you need to check that the BIOS setting has not changed. Sometimes there is a BIOS setting that refers to S3 Standby. S1 is a higher power state, where the CPU is still running, and just the monitor is blanked. In S3, only the RAM should be powered, and the power is provided so the self-refresh continues to run on each stick. Download this tool from Microsoft. It is a tiny download. It runs in a DOS command window. "dumppo cap" will list the capabilities of ACPI. ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/products/Oem...cpi/dumppo.exe Advice here for setting it back to using S3: http://forums.pcper.com/printthread....3&page=3&pp=15 dumppo admin /ac minsleep=s3 Now, that isn't the end of the story. I have read problem reports, where Standby can disappear from the menu at shutdown, but I don't know how that stuff works. It could be a registry entry, I'm not really sure. For the rest of the stuff, have you tried installing drivers ? Maybe the majority of the remaining work, is just tracking down drivers. Under model A6000, is a subsection for A6F. http://support.asus.com.tw/download/...nguage=e n-us ( From http://support.asus.com.tw/download/...Language=en-us ) HTH, Paul "Paul" wrote: j.m. wrote: thank you very much for a advice. I already tried to restore the system from different restore points, every time I got a note that nothing has been changed in the system since the restore point. System is stable, there are no changes neither extra steps during the boot. During the start, the system doesn't notify anymore that a new hardware found, neither prompt to install a driver. In comparison with previous (old) state, the only difference is 1)stand-by when shuting down is not available, 2)the fonts are a little bit blurry, not sharp and icons are streched like on the wide screen TV. All settings checked, so I'll try the Hardware profile then(I have all back-ups of the files etc. at external hard disk and memory sticks). What do you think about the option to install a totally new driver? Thank you. You can install drivers for the hardware devices. It will take you a bit of work to track them down. But a more interesting case, will be your ACPI software. That is what handles power management, and offers to do standby and shutdown properly. Go to Device Manager. Click on the "Computer" entry. Mine reads "ACPI Multiprocessor". Right click on the entry, and you can see a driver tab. One of the files is HAL.dll and the word "HAL", stands for Hardware Abstraction Layer. To change the HAL, you can do a driver update - but it only works for certain choices of existing HALs. If the computer entry says "Standard PC", you might not be able to fix that, short of doing a reinstall. Changing from "ACPI Uniprocessor" to "ACPI Multiprocessor" is easy, but "Standard PC" means there was no ACPI at all. You can check around, but I've never seen a recipe for fixing that. I'd be curious as to what is in the Computer entry, because that might offer a clue as to what happened. Paul |
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makako
Who cares?
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makako
Sorry, but we are out of bananas. You will need to seek elsewhere.
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video controller vga compatible missing
Hi
even m having prob wid my driver...mine is a ACPI uniprocessor Pc...will it be suitable for me to download the driver from the same site from which J has downloaded??? (http://support.asus.com.tw/download/...nguage=e n-us) Plz help me.. N |
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video controller vga compatible missing
Hi
even m haveing prob wid my driver...mine is a ACPI uniprocessor Pc...will it be suitable me to download the driver from the same site from which J has downloaded??? (http://support.asus.com.tw/download/...nguage=e n-us) Plz help me.. N |
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video controller vga compatible missing
Only if you have the same motherboard.
N wrote: Hi even m having prob wid my driver...mine is a ACPI uniprocessor Pc...will it be suitable for me to download the driver from the same site from which J has downloaded??? (http://support.asus.com.tw/download/...nguage=e n-us) Plz help me.. N |
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N S wrote:
Hi even m having prob wid my driver...mine is a ACPI uniprocessor Pc...will it be suitable for me to download the driver from the same site from which J has downloaded??? (http://support.asus.com.tw/download/...nguage=e n-us) Plz help me.. N I'm sorry, but it isn't at all clear what you're trying to say or ask. Is English a second or third language for you? If so, may I suggest that you try posting your question in a news group dedicated to your native language? I say this not to insult or offend, but rather to point out that you're not likely to get much help, if no one can understand what you're asking. Otherwise, I'd suggest you start by reposting in standard English, complete with paragraphs, complete sentences, capital letters where appropriate, and punctuation. As it is, your post is quite undecipherable: some of the the words used are from the English language, but are completely meaningless as currently assembled. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot |
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