[AccessD] No display adapter

John Colby jwcolby at ColbyConsulting.com
Tue Apr 11 15:45:03 CDT 2006


>Does it not return a Chip Type under Windows Video?

Nope

>Or a name under PCI/AGP Video|Device Description?

Yep

>Or a Video Adaptor Value under Graphics Processor (GPU)?

Yep.

This is an Emachines laptop which has been functioning fine (for 2 years
now) until I had a problem with NAV not updating it's virus defs.  In the
process of attempting to uninstall that, Windows itself got hosed.  I
performed a "repair" of Windows which hosed the display adapter.  Things are
going down hill.  

In fact the system is ALMOST back to normal, except for the fact that the
video adapter is entirely missing to Windows (and every other program /
utility).  Windows is using some "emergency" graphics adapter AFAICT which
limits me to 800x600 and 1024 x 768 modes.  In fact if I disable THAT
emergency adapter, windows boots up entirely with NOTHING displayed - a
terrifying experience.  Makes me understand how a blind person (who could
once see) must feel.  Anyway, my native mode graphics is 1600 x 1200 IIRC,
and the 1024x768 mode is just ugly - blurry, horrid fonts etc.  

But I cannot get any graphics drivers to install because somehow Windows
"lost" the "graphics adapter" section of the hardware tree, and therefore
the graphics drivers installation programs can't figure out what to do with
the drivers, and just refuse to install.  

So far I have spent probably 40 hours uninstalling NAV (about 6 times before
finally getting a good install) and repairing my windows, then trying to get
these (real) graphics drivers to load.  



John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com 


-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Ralph Bryce
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 4:19 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] No display adapter

John

Does it not return a Chip Type under Windows Video?
Or a name under PCI/AGP Video|Device Description?
Or a Video Adaptor Value under Graphics Processor (GPU)?

If not, what make of machine is it?

Ralph Bryce 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Colby
Sent: 11 April 2006 20:51
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] No display adapter

Man, this thing is nice.  Lots of info.  It sees my physical display adapter
(pci/agp video), but it does not see a windows video.  


John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com 


-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Ralph Bryce
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 2:32 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] No display adapter

John

Have you tried Aida32?

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download181.html

(3MB download)

It's a free sys info tool that will tell you more about your system than
you'll want to know - including what it thinks your display adaptor is.

That may point you to a suitable driver...

Ralph Bryce


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