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video card driver

Asked by: sprinken

How can I find what type a video card is? One of my friends reinstalled win98 on an older PC and now he cannot switch the resolution to a value higher than 640x480 and to 256 colors. I know he must install a driver for his video card but where to find it?
I have the following information from DXDiag:

Name: Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA)
Manufacurer: (Standard Display Types)
Monitor: A1554NEL
Main driver: vga.drv

Where can I find a driver for this video card or how can I find what type it is?

Thanks!

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2005-01-15 at 09:53:04ID21275800
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Answers

 

by: SheharyaarSaahilPosted on 2005-01-15 at 09:54:17ID: 13053760

Hello sprinken =)

Download this utility and install it,
EVEREST Home Edition >> http://www.snapfiles.com/get/everest.html

it will give you a list of all the hardware attached to your system, note down the correct version and make of your required device, and then search for the appropiate drivers either on the manufacturere site, or you can also find them on www.driverguide.com

 

by: stevenlewisPosted on 2005-01-15 at 10:01:47ID: 13053790

another method
http://www.pcguide.com/proc/id/video-c.html
Procedure Steps:

Get to an MS-DOS Prompt: If you are running a version of Windows, you need to either open an MS-DOS prompt or shut Windows down to MS-DOS mode.

Enter the "DEBUG" Program: From the DOS prompt, type "debug" and then {Enter}. The system will display a single dash ("-").

Display the Video Card BIOS Area: Type the following, exactly (and nothing else, or you risk doing something to your system that you really don't want to): "d c000:0010". This will display the contents of the beginning part of the video BIOS ROM. The system will display a bunch of hexadecimal digits across most of the screen. On the left-hand side you will see text letters that correspond to these codes. For most video cards, you will see the name of the manufacturer and information about the video chipset type and version number.

Scroll Down If Necessary: On some systems you may need to scroll down further to find the information. Do this by typing just "d" and then {Enter}, one or more times. More information will display on the screen.

Exit "DEBUG": Press "q" and then {Enter} to quit the debug program.


 

by: BillDLPosted on 2005-01-15 at 11:27:36ID: 13054140

When you say "older PC", how old is it?

One thing to check, just to eliminate the possibility (although I'm quite sure this is simply the need for a suitable driver), is as follows:

Start Menu > RUN option > and type MSCONFIG > click "OK"
Click the "Advanced" button on the "General" tab and check to ensure that the following box isn't ticked:
VGA 640x480x16
If it IS ticked, then untick it, click "Apply" and then reboot.

 

by: rayt333Posted on 2005-01-16 at 20:08:15ID: 13060218

If all else fails then open the case and look at the video card for a make and model (may have to remove it from slot an MB to see the info.

Or if this has a built in video card (onboard motherboard video) then you just need to find the make and model of the MB or the system.

If this is a system from a large OEM manufactuer (Compaq, HP, Dell, ect) then try looking at their site for the drivers

 

by: BillDLPosted on 2005-01-16 at 22:36:39ID: 13060764

Hello, Ray, haven't seen you here for ages.  Trust everything is OK with you?  :-)

 

by: gecko_au2003Posted on 2005-01-16 at 22:59:20ID: 13060847

a great utility for that is wcpuid, the first screen it comes up with will be specs of the machine but if you click on each of the buttons in the tool bar it should tell you there.

find it on google.com

 

by: BillDLPosted on 2005-01-16 at 23:28:34ID: 13060948

Doesn't w-CPU-id just ID your CPU?

http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002374/src/download.html
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=435
http://www.webattack.com/get/wcpuid.shtml

Perhaps you intended to quote the "Unknown Device Identifier":
http://www.halfdone.com/Development/UnknownDevices/

392 KB Zip file, no install. Includes the program itself and the pcidevs.txt file.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3908
http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?17000000037304

Updated PCI device list from: http://members.datafast.net.au/dft0802/downloads/pcidevs.txt

NOTE:  Use Craig Hart's original program rather than the one "allegedly" ripped off by HunterSoft (http://www.zhangduo.com/)

http://www.zhangduo.com/udi.exe

Read about the blatant theft of software here:

http://www.halfdone.com/SOTW/UnknownDevicesRip/
http://www.halfdone.com/SOTW/CPCW/
http://www.halfdone.com/SOTW/Message2Huntersoft/

I see HunterSoft have pulled the product page now, but shareware and freeware pages still index the download url.

 

by: gecko_au2003Posted on 2005-01-16 at 23:32:57ID: 13060961

If you go and download the latest version of that in that program wcpuid somewhere it tells you what vga device you have :) also tells you info about your motherboard and if you have an intergrated graphics card you can research the motherboard and find out what graphics card you have:)

 

by: sprinkenPosted on 2005-01-17 at 05:32:49ID: 13062941

thanks to all for your answers

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