Re: HELP!!! 128Mb graphic card shows only 32Mb

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From: Nathan McNulty (nospam_at_msn.com)
Date: 08/01/04


Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 01:36:25 -0700

Can you do this? Click Start-Run-Type DXDIAG and click OK. Now go to
the Display tab, and press Alt+Control+PrtScn (print screen). Now open
MS Paint, click Edit, then Paste. Now save this file as picture.jpg
*JPEG* is important. Where it says, Save as Type, click the down arrow
and select JPEG. Now attach that file as a follow up to this post.
Also, maybe try installing the lastest version of DirectX before you try
this and see if that fixes anything. There was a new version released
recently that isn't even on Windows Update yet as it is planned to be
released with Service Pack 2. Here is the link to download DirectX 9.0c:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/0/d/80d7e79d-c0e4-415a-bcca-e229eafe2679/dxwebsetup.exe

----
Nathan McNulty
gafgarion wrote:
> oooow, the black screen with some writings right? it's all 
> about my graphic card info. really, honest.... it shows 
> that i have 128Mb there. 
> 
> on everest home edition, in display tab, it shows 32 Mb, 
> but on direct x display tab it tells 131071Kb available 
> nonlocal memory and 29504Kb available local video memory
> 
> 
>  anyway, there are no geforce4 mx that has 32 Mb, all have 
> 64Mb minimum memory, and my card is 128 Mb.
> when i used windows ME, it still showed 128Mb.
> 
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>The video BIOS sometimes shows before the Motherboard 
> 
> POST Screen.  The 
> 
>>128 MB it said at startup wasn't your System RAM was it?  
> 
> Use Everest 
> 
>>Home from www.lavalys.com to see all the REAL info about 
> 
> your computer. 
> 
>> You may have 128 MB of System RAM and only 32 MB of 
> 
> Video RAM and the 
> 
>>two got mixed up previously.
>>
>>----
>>Nathan McNulty
>>
>>
>>gafgarion wrote:
>>
>>>when i bott up my computer, it says 128mb
>>>one more thing, where can i see my video bios? pls, coz 
>>>i'm a noob, sorry
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>Last thing. When you boot up your computer, are you 
> 
> able 
> 
>>>to see the info 
>>>
>>>
>>>>about the video card?  What does it say? You can also 
> 
> try 
> 
>>>checking to 
>>>
>>>
>>>>see if your BIOS allows you to repost Video on Resume 
>>>
>>>from S3 state to 
>>>
>>>
>>>>see what the Video BIOS says.
>>>>
>>>>----
>>>>Nathan McNulty
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>gafgarion wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>ooops.... sorry, i thought nobody will ever see my 
>>>
>>>topic 
>>>
>>>
>>>>>so i post it again. yep i did that, uninstall n 
> 
> reboot, 
> 
>>>>>the NFR, nope... nothing... still 32 mb. well, no 
>>>
>>>problem 
>>>
>>>
>>>>>when playing games though. thx
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>Also, why make a whole new post about this? You 
> 
> already 
> 
>>>>>made one post 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>earlier and it is still an active topic.  As I said 
> 
> in 
> 
>>>>>the other post 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>(which you can find), remove the device from Device 
>>>>>
>>>>>Manager and remove 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>all drivers from Add/Remove Programs and reboot.  
> 
> This 
> 
>>>I 
>>>
>>>
>>>>>did not 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>mention, but you can try it too.  Download and use 
> 
> this 
> 
>>>>>program to clean 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>up the drivers after you uninstall them:
>>>>>>http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3233.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>>----
>>>>>>Nathan McNulty
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>BAR wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Check with the manufacturer's help desk.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>"gafgarion" wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>my Graphic card shows only 32Mb, i have 128Mb 
>>>
>>>geforce4 
>>>
>>>
>>>>>mx 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>440. i've installed latest driver, i've tried to 
>>>
>>>remove 
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>>the driver first and then install the new driver, 
>>>
>>>still 
>>>
>>>
>>>>>no 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>progress..... what's going on? help me pls....
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>.
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>
>>
>>.
>>


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