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| Thread ID: 57517 | 2005-05-05 01:53:00 | Graphics Display assistance needed | Lovelee (6586) | Press F1 |
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| 352243 | 2005-05-05 01:53:00 | OK now no giggling behind your hand and stuff like that .. I have a rough idea of what Im doing .. but sometimes get stumped .. yesterday I bought the ozzie mag PCAUTHORITY .. (Im needing help with a dvd problem, someone said this issue might help) anyway .. included were 2 discs .. one had a program called NVIDIA Forceware Drivers. As one of the problems Im having is a driver one I decided to load it. Then the comp restarted and my graphics are up the creek !! Ive removed the prog using add/remove and restarted comp .. to no avail .. Ive been to display/settings and the colours are set on 16 bit and there are no other options in the drop down box .. sliding the accelorator does nothing. Sometimes, if it didnt hurt so much, Id kick myself. :dogeye: How do I change the graphics thingy :S |
Lovelee (6586) | ||
| 352244 | 2005-05-05 02:02:00 | Are you sure the videocard u have is a Nvidia based card? NOT an ATI videocard?? If it does use Nvidia drivers, get the latest drivers from here www.nvidia.com If your system is 2000 or XP. The US English version. And yup u need the drivers to get more settings for the resolution. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 352245 | 2005-05-05 02:03:00 | It's best to unload any existing drivers and use the Windows default drivers before installing new video card drivers. Otherwise conflicts and corruption can occur. Make sure you have got rid of all the nVidia drivers/app's from Add/Remove Programs. Go to System > Hardware tab > Device Manager and expand the + next to your Display/Video Adapter. If it is called nVidia xxwhateverxx, doble click > Driver tab > click the uninstall button and follow the prompts from there. Don't be alarmed, it'll be ugly once you reboot (600x800), reinstall or install the new drivers by going back to Device Manager > Display Adapter but this time hit the Install button on the Drivers tab > Browse to the location of the nVidia driver you want to install. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 352246 | 2005-05-05 02:51:00 | OOOO Im sorry fellas .. I didnt explain quite fully enuf I dont have graphics that support this nvidia driver .. what I want to do is go back to the driver that was there .. Ive looked in the system at the device manager and nothing there is referring to this driver file or program. Ive attempted a system restore .. but it says it cant change anything :( |
Lovelee (6586) | ||
| 352247 | 2005-05-05 03:34:00 | Ive been to display/settings and the colours are set on 16 bit............i'll give you a firm 100% guarantee that they're not set at 16bit at all............take another look at the graphics display properties box...........where does it say 16 BIT........if you would so kindly confirm that actually the colours say......16.............and nothign to do wiht "bit"......... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 352248 | 2005-05-05 03:36:00 | 16bit is 64,000 colours and you most likely wouln'dt have noticed any difference in your disply if that's what it's truly set at....... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 352249 | 2005-05-05 03:37:00 | damn shame you did remove that driver cause in the device manager it has an option to 'roll back' to the previous driver which woulda fixed your problem.......you are gonna have to get some program like say........aida or similar to identify what graphics card you actually have and then download the correct driver from nvidia.com or wherever | drcspy (146) | ||
| 352250 | 2005-05-05 04:39:00 | Dr . . you are so right . . it says 16 colours . . Are you the same dr who is a member of XNC ? I dont have anything that requires nvidia drivers :xmouth: Now I realise what I did wrong . The screen almost looks as if its in safe mode . . . it is obvious there are colours missing . . Im wondering if it could be the monitor . . and it has happened at the same time as I did this change . Could that be ? |
Lovelee (6586) | ||
| 352251 | 2005-05-05 04:50:00 | Are you the same dr who is a member of XNC ?.........AH nope it's not the monitor it's definitely the graphics driver | drcspy (146) | ||
| 352252 | 2005-05-05 06:17:00 | Hi Lovelee You need to identify what sort of graphics you have, intergrated which is onboard the motherboard, or a separate Graphic card. If you have a separate graphic card then you need to identify the brand. You haven't mentioned what operating system you have, but try this: Go Start > Run. Enter in dxdiag - OK. Look under the general tab for information about the graphics. Post back here with all the details. Another option is to download this free program - Everest Home Edition (www.lavalys.com) and use that to retrieve information about your hardware. Once the device is identified, then you can download the correct drivers for it and install those. |
Jen (38) | ||
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