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OMFG I need smart computer brains, please help (pg. 3)
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| Mrs.Spice |
ok i think its "128 DDR ATI Radeon 9800"
that i got from the device manager |
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| Mrs.Spice |
| quote: | Originally posted by montie
doesn't say the vid card? thats weird.
change the screensaver/power settings. then reboot and see what happens. if its still donig the same thing boot back into safe mode and then we'll set up the vid card as the standered VGA one so you can get into normal windows, then you can install the drivers for the card. do you happen to know what type of vid card you have exactly? |
thats the thing tho. after i reinstalled xp a few times back i installed the video driver, rebooted and it hibernated. so i dont know if that will help. power settings are not set to hibernate or sleep or anything |
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| montie |
| try fixing the power settings first so your comp. is set to not hibernate or turn off the monitor and such. and then reboot and see what happens |
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| Mrs.Spice |
| quote: | Originally posted by montie
try reinstalling the drivers that came with your computer if you have them.
if that doesnt work go to here http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/....x=6&submit.y=9
and download those drivers and install them
(i think those should be the ones for your card). |
ive done this several times wwith the drivers and utilities cd i got with the comp TODAY lol, is the website different?? |
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| Mrs.Spice |
| quote: | Originally posted by montie
try fixing the power settings first so your comp. is set to not hibernate or turn off the monitor and such. and then reboot and see what happens |
did this as well:sadgreen: :( :( |
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| montie |
daaaaaaamn
well i'd suggest installing the drivers from the ATI website. the ones that came with your comp maybe messed up. |
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| montie |
| also when yo ugo to device manager do you see any errors or exclamation points or anything out of the ordinary? |
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| Mrs.Spice |
| quote: | Originally posted by montie
daaaaaaamn
well i'd suggest installing the drivers from the ATI website. the ones that came with your comp maybe messed up. |
i dont know if i can get online to download it from that comp...u really think the disk and the pre installed drivers were both bad? |
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| montie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mrs.Spice
i dont know if i can get online to download it from that comp...u really think the disk and the pre installed drivers were both bad? |
its possible that the preinstalled drivers that came with your comp are bad.
they shouldnt be tho, but they could have been installed wrong.
you can download the drivers put them on a CD-RW and transfer them over with the new comp in safe mode. |
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| Mrs.Spice |
| quote: | Originally posted by montie
also when yo ugo to device manager do you see any errors or exclamation points or anything out of the ordinary? |
the only question marks are ethernet, multimedia audio control, and PCI controller so nothing weird there
the odd thing is. the color quality is stucj at 32 bit...i cant make it 16
when i do it just goes back to 32:nervous: |
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| xKaoSx |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mrs.Spice
the only question marks are ethernet, multimedia audio control, and PCI controller so nothing weird there
the odd thing is. the color quality is stucj at 32 bit...i cant make it 16
when i do it just goes back to 32:nervous: |
if there is question marks that means they are not installed properly- just go to the site and reinstall ATI's drivers.
you need to reinstall all the drivers with the ?'s |
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