Monitor and graphics card drivers - Page 2

MovedGoalPosts · 16-10-2004, 20:02

Have a look in control panel > system > hardware > device settings. That will put a "?" against anything that windows XP hasn't got drivers for.

Sometimes though the basic XP installed drivers won't give you the full added functionality as if you use the manufacturer's own install routines. They certainly wont damage your PC if you try and install, just might add things that you don't really use.

Halcyon · 16-10-2004, 20:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamesclarke555

Yes, install from Here, make sure you do this before installing the ATi driver.

Oh dear.
I've put the ATI drivers first.
How much of a mess am I in ?

MovedGoalPosts · 16-10-2004, 21:07

No idea, but can you uninstall the ATI drivers before doing it the right way round. Alternatively try installing the intel drivers and then the ATI ones again. The software either will or won't let you do it.

jamesclarke555 · 16-10-2004, 21:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Halcyon

Oh dear.
I've put the ATI drivers first.
How much of a mess am I in ?

Don't worry, install the Intel chipset drivers and then re-install the ATi driver. Otherwise you could end up with AGP Texturing disabled

16-10-2004, 21:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Halcyon

Oh dear.
I've put the ATI drivers first.
How much of a mess am I in ?

well, is the card properly shown as the primary display adapter in device manager? Is the agp showing as 8x in the advanced display properties?

If it works, as above, i would not change anything until you come across a specific issue, that may need a further look.

<edit> to point out that jamesclarke555 is the bloke who knows what he's on about, here, not me

jamesclarke555 · 16-10-2004, 21:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by homealone

well, is the card properly shown as the primary display adapter in device manager? Is the agp showing as 8x in the advanced display properties?

If it works, as above, i would not change anything until you come across a specific issue, that may need a further look.

You ever played a game with AGP Texturing disabled?

Halcyon, you can check the status of the above by typing dxdiag in the Run command box from the start menu and clicking the Display tab.

Halcyon · 16-10-2004, 21:46

Thanks James and everyone else thats helping me out.
You guys are awesome.

Thats one problem out of 3 out the way.
Now theres just this thats bugging me:

1) I created 1 partition on my SATA drive when installing Win XP Pro.
Once in Windows I only see C: drive with the 55GB I allocated to it.
The rest of the drive of the 120GB is not seen.
Where has it got too ?

2) At boot up I get this error:
"No drive attached to FastTrak controller, The BIOS is not installed"
It then continues as normal with boot up.

Thankyou again

jamesclarke555 · 16-10-2004, 21:54

1) Right click My Computer and select Manage, click on Disk Management. Can you see the 120GB partition in there?

2) You need to disable the onboard Promise controller if you're not using it.

Halcyon · 16-10-2004, 22:16

I've sorted out the error at boot up.
Thanks for that. Thats another worry out the way.
The partition thing is the only problem now.

Its a 120GB drive that I was hoping to split into two drives.
Its obviosuly done the first one but not the second.

See pic attached.

jamesclarke555 · 16-10-2004, 22:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Halcyon

Its a 120GB drive that I was hoping to split into two drives.
Its obviosuly done the first one but not the second.

See pic attached.

I see, o.k.

Right click the second partition and you should be able to format it

Halcyon · 16-10-2004, 22:48

Sorry to keep on asking questions.
I promise Il try and hold back once this is sorted.

I've right clicked the unallocated section and ther eis not an option to format. It just says "New partition".

It needs to be NTFS like the other one.
Do I click new partition then or is that likely to make a 3rd ?

Thanks once again.

jamesclarke555 · 16-10-2004, 22:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Halcyon

Sorry to keep on asking questions.
I promise Il try and hold back once this is sorted.

I've right clicked the unallocated section and ther eis not an option to format. It just says "New partition".

It needs to be NTFS like the other one.
Do I click new partition then or is that likely to make a 3rd ?

Thanks once again.

Yes, sorry I should have been more specific. Create the new partition in the unallocated space, and from there you can format it in NTFS.

Halcyon · 16-10-2004, 23:09

You are a star !!!
Thankyou