Posted: 3/4/2011 9:22:10 PM EDT
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I've given out memberships before for my computer problems that were solved. Specs: Windows XP SP3, Asus A8V Mobo, GPU: Asus HD3850 AGP Problem: Unable to install videocard drivers and "Display Adapters" doesn't show up on in device manager. I've tried manually selecting the GPU driver file and going through the wizard. I've tried different versions of the drivers. Basically it says the file has installed yada, yada, yada, but when I look in dxdiag it's the vanilla vga.dll that's installed. Please help. If multiple people post the correct solution, the first correct wins. I buy the membership as soon as I verify it's working correctly |
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it may be a hardware issue, I'm curious as to why it doesn't display in the device manager. in the manager do you see anything that has a yellow exclamation point by it? if so that may be your device. if not, I would consider reseating the videocard. if you see a yellow exclamation point you can try right clicking on it and installing or updating the driver automatically that way.
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Open Device Manager > View Menu > select: Show Hidden Devices. If you have the same condition I had you will find duplicate and phantom devices listed. Phantom devices would be for the old hardware that no longer exists. I carefully (always research and verify) removed all the phantoms, then either determined which duplicate was not needed or removed both devices and loaded the drivers fresh. I suspect that you will have a phantom video adapter that is blocking your attempts. |
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http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
The above s/w will verify the type of video card you have You might have to go into safe mode, un-install the old video card s/w - and re-install Another option to see if the video card is working as expected download and burn an ISO of fedora http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD#Download_and_Create_Live_image_or_LiveUSB if the video mode kicks in correctly - you should have good hardware - if it don't - well, could just mean that they don't have good video card support. Often I keep a spare 100 dollar video card around to help check out computers. If this helps - give the membership to someone else |
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Quoted: it may be a hardware issue, I'm curious as to why it doesn't display in the device manager. in the manager do you see anything that has a yellow exclamation point by it? if so that may be your device. if not, I would consider reseating the videocard. if you see a yellow exclamation point you can try right clicking on it and installing or updating the driver automatically that way. Already tried. Tried again. No exclamation points. |
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Quoted: Open Device Manager > View Menu > select: Show Hidden Devices. If you have the same condition I had you will find duplicate and phantom devices listed. Phantom devices would be for the old hardware that no longer exists. I carefully (always research and verify) removed all the phantoms, then either determined which duplicate was not needed or removed both devices and loaded the drivers fresh. I suspect that you will have a phantom video adapter that is blocking your attempts. Nope. |
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Download Driversweeper then follow their instructions on how to completely remove drivers. Reinstall the proper manufacturers drivers. Driver sweeper isn't free. I installed it (demo) and will only let you remove six entries at a time. No beans. Try again. Oh well, it used to be free. Download last working driver version and stick with it. |
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Quoted: What specifically should be uninstalled in safe mode (or rather, what should I use to uninstall it)?http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html The above s/w will verify the type of video card you have You might have to go into safe mode, un-install the old video card s/w - and re-install Another option to see if the video card is working as expected download and burn an ISO of fedora http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD#Download_and_Create_Live_image_or_LiveUSB if the video mode kicks in correctly - you should have good hardware - if it don't - well, could just mean that they don't have good video card support. Often I keep a spare 100 dollar video card around to help check out computers. If this helps - give the membership to someone else |
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Quoted: Won't install any video drivers. The vanilla xp install driver is currently installed, but completely unusable (choppy).Quoted: Quoted: Download Driversweeper then follow their instructions on how to completely remove drivers. Reinstall the proper manufacturers drivers. Driver sweeper isn't free. I installed it (demo) and will only let you remove six entries at a time. No beans. Try again. Oh well, it used to be free. Download last working driver version and stick with it. |
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Quoted: Physically uninstall the video card and boot it up,, shut off and reinstall video card. When you say uninstall the video card, what exactly do you mean? Dxdiag shows the regular XP MS brand drivers. Also, no onboard video. ETA: Nvm...unseat would've been better terminology for me.....I'll give it a shot. |
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Quoted: Just pop the card out and boot it up, BIOS will drop it, then snap back in and boot it up and see if it will take the currently known good driver.Quoted: Physically uninstall the video card and boot it up,, shut off and reinstall video card. When you say uninstall the video card, what exactly do you mean? Dxdiag shows the regular XP MS brand drivers. Also, no onboard video. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Just pop the card out and boot it up, BIOS will drop it, then snap back in and boot it up and see if it will take the currently known good driver.Quoted: Physically uninstall the video card and boot it up,, shut off and reinstall video card. When you say uninstall the video card, what exactly do you mean? Dxdiag shows the regular XP MS brand drivers. Also, no onboard video. Nope and "Display Adapters" still isn't showing up in Device Manager. |
| I usually just removed any darn thing I could find concerning previous card, shut down, pulled old card, installed new, then fired it back up and took it from there. Sometimes I would just force an update and see if XP figured out there was a new card that required a new driver. Also, when all else fails, disable or shut down anti-virus. Rinse, repeat. |
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Quoted: Can you tell us what version of catalyst you were on previously, what version you are trying to install now and what the file name is to your driver update? Also do you have an ATI icon in your tray? I'm not sure what it was previously...8.11 maybe? I tried installing the 8.12 with hotfix catalyst when I screwed up. No ATI icon in the tray (there used to be). I've tried 8.54 as well. They all say they install, but are not when I look up my drivers in DXDIAG. |
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Try this one your product is supported according to the release notes
http://downloads.guru3d.com/downloadget.php?id=2653&file=1&evp=cb4d86dc3d372da10580a7495285105f |
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Quoted: I just tried installing the one you linked. At the end "errors occurred during installation." There was a report to click on, but it wouldn't open it.Quoted: Quoted: Are you using a file you downloaded from the internet or from windows update? It would've been from ATI's site. Can you give me the file name? |
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A couple things... In "F:\ATI\Support" I have these folders all listed: 10-12_agp-hotfix_xp32_dd_ccc 10-12_xp32_dd 10-12_xp32_dd_ccc_ocl 11-1_agp-hotfix_xp32_dd_ccc How do I get rid of all that shit? When I go to add/remove programs there are only two ATI entries: ATI AVIVO Codecs ATI Catalyst Install Manager Also I searched for ATI and looked at the most recent install of the driver you linked This is what's in the 'CX109805.inf' (setup information) folder...if it helps: http://gridirondigest.zxq.net/CX109805.txt |
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Looks like the AGP cards didn't get much ATI/AMD support. I suggest using the Asus released driver that you can find here.
http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?model=EAH3850%20Series&os=17&SLanguage=en-us Grab the ati8751_WinXP32.zip file. |
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Are you just piling these attempts one on another or removing them and restarting between? Restart I'd uninstall any and all ati programs and drivers i could find. Then go back to the one that worked. My card is just as old and i found older drivers worked better anyway. |
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Quoted: How do I remove the drivers? Any free programs out there?Quoted: Quoted: Are you just piling these attempts one on another or removing them and restarting between? Restart I'd uninstall any and all ati programs and drivers i could find. Then go back to the one that worked. My card is just as old and i found older drivers worked better anyway. |
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google no display adapter in device manager shows many people have had the same problem. seems that something fouls up the cpu to apg2/3 driver, and it needs to be uninstalled then reinstalled. sample thread http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1217984.htm if it works, don't bother with giving me a membership... just help someone else if they have a problem and are looking for help on arfcom.... edit something similar, same basic reason.... http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/288198-33-display-adapter-device-manager |
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How do I remove the drivers? Any free programs out there?
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Are you just piling these attempts one on another or removing them and restarting between? Restart I'd uninstall any and all ati programs and drivers i could find. Then go back to the one that worked. My card is just as old and i found older drivers worked better anyway. Select devices in manager and uninstall. on start up don't let windows install anything. I have drive cleaner pro from when it was free but i see they are now charging. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: How do I remove the drivers? Any free programs out there?Quoted: Quoted: Are you just piling these attempts one on another or removing them and restarting between? Restart I'd uninstall any and all ati programs and drivers i could find. Then go back to the one that worked. My card is just as old and i found older drivers worked better anyway. Select devices in manager and uninstall. on start up don't let windows install anything. I have drive cleaner pro from when it was free but i see they are now charging. There is no display adapters category. I guess I may pay for it...it's only 9.99 I think.....sigh. I won't care if it works though. |
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How do I remove the drivers? Any free programs out there?
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Are you just piling these attempts one on another or removing them and restarting between? Restart I'd uninstall any and all ati programs and drivers i could find. Then go back to the one that worked. My card is just as old and i found older drivers worked better anyway. Select devices in manager and uninstall. on start up don't let windows install anything. I have drive cleaner pro from when it was free but i see they are now charging. There is no display adapters category. I guess I may pay for it...it's only 9.99 I think.....sigh. I won't care if it works though. If you don't see it i doub't it will. Look at CM's post |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: How do I remove the drivers? Any free programs out there?Quoted: Quoted: Are you just piling these attempts one on another or removing them and restarting between? Restart I'd uninstall any and all ati programs and drivers i could find. Then go back to the one that worked. My card is just as old and i found older drivers worked better anyway. Select devices in manager and uninstall. on start up don't let windows install anything. I have drive cleaner pro from when it was free but i see they are now charging. There is no display adapters category. I guess I may pay for it...it's only 9.99 I think.....sigh. I won't care if it works though. If you don't see it i doub't it will. Look at CM's post Giving the new VIA 4in1 drivers a shot. |