Re: Graphics/Sound not working

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From: Nathan McNulty (nospam_at_msn.com)
Date: 07/22/04


Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 13:16:11 -0700

You simply need to update the drivers. What is the model of your
Toshiba laptop?

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Nathan McNulty
mengze wrote:
> i bought a toshiba laptop already installed with a chinese 
> (mandarin) version of Windows XP Pro, when i upgraded it 
> to an english version of XP Pro (that i bought) all the 
> sound and video drivers stopped working. Whenever i now 
> try to play a game, the computer immediately blue-screens 
> and crashes. Also, no sounds (except the occasional system 
> beep) can be played from anywhere.
> 
> i went to Start>Run>dxdiag and it could not detect 
> anything under display or sound. After upgrading Direct X 
> to 9.0b (from 8.1) using the microsoft website, it DOES 
> detect a graphics card/driver, but still crashes 
> immediantely after i test DirectDraw/Direct 3D or when i 
> try to open any application requiring (as i understand it) 
> a graphics card


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