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peter
June 7th 04, 06:05 PM
hi to all,
Thank you in advance for reading this. I recently
started using a older model of a laptop. this is a dell
Latitude CPi. When i booted it up with windows 98 the
screen resolution was awful. Right now the only options
are 16 or 2 colors. I can only go to 640x480 resolution.
I have tried many programs to find the name of the video
card so that i could update the driver. Unfortunately, it
keeps telling me that i have a Standard Graphics adapter
(VGA) and i know this is wrong. Where can i find the
actual video card's name. Please Help!! Thanks so much

Joe727
June 8th 04, 02:11 AM
If you just reinstalled Windows, or you cannot change to 256, 16 bit, or 32
bit color, you probably need to reinstall your video card drivers.

To reinstall your video card drivers, you need to know the exact make and
model of your video card in order to install the correct/updated drivers.

There are several ways to determine what kind of video card you have.

1. Check the manual that came with your PC.

2. You can open your PC tower to look at the video card and note the name
and numbers printed on it.

3. You can download and run this program from MajorGeeks.com. It might be
able to determine what kind of video card you have:

AIDA32 - Enterprise System Information 3.93

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=183

To find the Aida32 info you need to post, run the Aida32 program, and click
the + sign next to Computer
on the left side of your screen then click Summary.

Then Right click the information on the *right* side of your screen and
select Copy. You can then paste the information in Notepad or paste it
directly to this newsgroup.

Aida32 will tell you a lot about what's inside your PC. In addition to
telling us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer, please post back
the information Aida32 reports for your:

Motherboard

CPU

Chipset

Display PCI/AGP Video

Display GPU

This information will assist us in finding the correct video drivers, and
directing you to the video card manufacturer's website so you can download
and install them.

*** IMPORTANT *** Remember to tell us the *Brand and Model Number* of your
computer which is printed on your PC case or is listed in the manual that
came with your computer.

Joe"peter" > wrote in message
...
> hi to all,
> Thank you in advance for reading this. I recently
> started using a older model of a laptop. this is a dell
> Latitude CPi. When i booted it up with windows 98 the
> screen resolution was awful. Right now the only options
> are 16 or 2 colors. I can only go to 640x480 resolution.
> I have tried many programs to find the name of the video
> card so that i could update the driver. Unfortunately, it
> keeps telling me that i have a Standard Graphics adapter
> (VGA) and i know this is wrong. Where can i find the
> actual video card's name. Please Help!! Thanks so much
>

June 9th 04, 12:15 AM
Yes, I am having the same troubles. If you have figured
out the problem could you please e-mail me at
. Thanks