Re: Is my graphics card broken ?

grid56126@xxxxxxx wrote:
Hello all

I posted a message a whila ago with regard to problems with graphic
hungry files not opeing on my computer. If I could ask for a bit more
assistance ?

Right clicking on my desktop and going, Properties, settings, advanced,
adapter gives me the following:

Chip type: unavailable
DAC type: unavailable
memory size: unavailable
Adapter string: unavailable
Bios information: unavailable

Thanks to info provided here I uploaded Everest and it tells me I have
an
"nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200" as my Video Adapter and 3D accelerator.

Belarc adviser does not recognise this at all.

I have completely unintstalled all nVidia software / drivers and tried
to start again from the nVidia website but always end up with an error
message stating that "there are no suitable drivers" on my PC.

My latest plan was to remove the Graphics Card to ensure all the
physical connections were OK. I ensured there were no drivers /
Software associated with the card before i did this in the vein hope
that my computer would recognise the graphics card. All seems fine and
as you can see, the PC is working, but still no sign of the graphics
card.

Am I barking up the wrong tree altogether ? My problem continues to be
larger pictures within "fotopic.net" not showing, some thumbnails (web
based) not showing. Unable to run already installed games (Microsoft
flight and trainsims). I get no error messages, they just do not load.
I have been unable to install new games. Google Earth will not run.

I am using Microsodt XP 2000 with service pack 2.

If my card is shot, any suggestions for a good alternative.

Once again thanks for any help on advance, I really miss Google Earth
!!!


Fat Richard


Very interesting. I suspect that you have a laptop with some sort of proprietary video card that uses an nVidia chip but is not a "real" GeForce FX 5200.

What the driver install routine is telling you is that -- like Belarc Adviser -- it isn't finding a video board that it recognizes.

Assuming that your video card came with the computer when you bought it -- and if it's a laptop, that's almost certainly the case -- go to the website of the computer's manufacturer and check for video driver downloads and/or support there.

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