computer won't recognise video card

[bethgreen]

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Summary of Problem
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I recently reinstalled Windows XP (Home) and can not get it to recognise my video card at all (Radeon 9200SE). I've tried installing drivers but it tells me to set up a standard VGA driver. I go to install the VGA driver for my motherboard (AOpen MX46-533 Max) and it says the vga device does not exist.

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Specifications
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Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600)
2.40 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
Board: AOpen 1246 9189U10061
System Model: AOpen MX46-533
1024 Megabytes Installed Memory

My screen is an LG Flatron 775FT

Let me know if there's anything else you need to know.

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Error Messages
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When I start the computer I get two error messages related to this, one saying "The ATI Control Panel failed to initialize because no ATI driver is installed." one saying "No ATI graphics driver is installed". I think the first is from a program I installed off the disc that came with my video card and the second is one I downloaded from the ATI website, Catalyst. The error messages are kind of obvious, if I could install the drivers I wouldn't have a problem in the first place, and I'm sure I only need one of these programs installed anyway. Just trying to provide as much information as possible.

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Prior to This
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The reason I reinstalled windows was because whenever I restarted my computer the screen would go in to what seemed to be standby mode (click off, light fades from yellow to orange). This would happen after the boot sequence, when it should have gone to the log in screen. I thought this might have been the video card but thought I would try reinstalling and it hasn't happened since, but there's also no video card recognized, so i'm not sure if it's related.


I've spent the last week looking for how to fix this, I'd be so grateful if anyone can help me at all.

[honvetops]

The standard VGA Driver is required by the system prior to setting up a new driver as it is used in the setup. Without the first the second will not work.

You could write down the driver name it is searching for and go to another pc and copy the driver and place it in the windows/system32 folder or google the file name and get a copy online. Reboot your PC and it should find that driver.

www.driverguide.com gets all the latest drivers and old ones!!

   try this  first

woops >  welcome to the  Forum*

[bethgreen]

The standard VGA Driver is required by the system prior to setting up a new driver as it is used in the setup. Without the first the second will not work.

You could write down the driver name it is searching for and go to another pc and copy the driver and place it in the windows/system32 folder or google the file name and get a copy online. Reboot your PC and it should find that driver.

www.driverguide.com gets all the latest drivers and old ones!!

   try this  first

woops >  welcome to the  Forum*

I have tried downloading the VGA driver for my motherboard from the AOpen website and it goes to initialise the installation then an error box pops up, titled "severe" and it says, "The VGA device does not exist!"

Edit: A bit more info. A bunch of files are extracted to a folder after downloading from the official AOpen website, I go into it and click SETUP.exe, this is what happens afterwards. If i'm downloading the wrong thing, i'd love to know what I should be searching for. This is what I'm downloading. (Link)


PS. Thanks for the warm welcome

[honvetops]

just a guess here on my part but, possibly trying to download a wrong driver or something similiar ?

I am going to look into this a little further, if I am not back relatively soon,  many more  members who can nail this for you will be  "waking up"  shortly   I HOPE !!  Hang in there and I'll keep trying.....

I will concentrate on your mobo vs.  drivers issues  now....

**REVISED**  When you reinstalled your  XP  <   did you also reinstall the  "drivers" for the monitor as well ??

[bethgreen]

Thank you! Let me know if there's anything I can do to help.
I'm usually the one everybody runs to for computer help, I'm a bit embarrassed to be having so much trouble with something that should be so simple

[honvetops]

**REVISED**  When you reinstalled your  XP  <   did you also reinstall the  "drivers" for the monitor as well

[bethgreen]

Ohhh I didn't, I'll try this now and let you know.

[Liquidnitr0g3N]

Windows XP should have already installed a generic VGA driver to use with pretty much any model of video onboard chipset/expansion card when you put the OS on the computer. When you boot the PC and launch the OS to desktop it'll be in a horribly small resolution and the color setting will be very low but it's still a picture.

I've always had problems out of ATI products with drivers and their support and I've owned a Radeon 9250 and a X800..
In my experience building gaming PCs I've not had Windows report a fault with a VGA driver. I would assemble all the parts, even the video card, and then turn it on. The system should automatically pick up all your hardware. (Windows may not have generic drivers for ALL of it, but it'll pick up the devices) The hardware that has no suitable drivers may prompt you to insert a disk for them.. That's where the CD that came with your 9200 comes in. Cancelling the hardware installation via Windows detection and then running the setup utility on the disk is usually what I'd do. Or, if you have no CD but downloaded the driver installer from the company, that works too.

[bethgreen]

Windows XP should have already installed a generic VGA driver to use with pretty much any model of video onboard chipset/expansion card when you put the OS on the computer. When you boot the PC and launch the OS to desktop it'll be in a horribly small resolution and the color setting will be very low but it's still a picture.

I've always had problems out of ATI products with drivers and their support and I've owned a Radeon 9250 and a X800..
In my experience building gaming PCs I've not had Windows report a fault with a VGA driver. I would assemble all the parts, even the video card, and then turn it on. The system should automatically pick up all your hardware. (Windows may not have generic drivers for ALL of it, but it'll pick up the devices) The hardware that has no suitable drivers may prompt you to insert a disk for them.. That's where the CD that came with your 9200 comes in. Cancelling the hardware installation via Windows detection and then running the setup utility on the disk is usually what I'd do. Or, if you have no CD but downloaded the driver installer from the company, that works too.

The desktop looks normal. Scrolling is, for lack of a better word, lagging... that's the only problem i've noticed with the display. I've reseated the video card, cleaned it and all that, windows didn't recognize it when i restarted.

[bethgreen]

**REVISED**  When you reinstalled your  XP  <   did you also reinstall the  "drivers" for the monitor as well

I downloaded drivers for the monitor. In the device manager the "Video Controller (VGA Compatible)" shows up under Display Adapters rather than in Other Devices as it was before but it still has that yellow exclamation mark next to it and I still get the same error messages on trying to install the other drivers.

[Liquidnitr0g3N]

The desktop looks normal. Scrolling is, for lack of a better word, lagging... that's the only problem i've noticed with the display.

Sounds just like the generic Windows drivers I remember, haha. Everytime you move around a window or scroll a page with a scroll bar it looks like it skips and lags around right?

[bethgreen]

The desktop looks normal. Scrolling is, for lack of a better word, lagging... that's the only problem i've noticed with the display.

Sounds just like the generic Windows drivers I remember, haha. Everytime you move around a window or scroll a page with a scroll bar it looks like it skips and lags around right?

Yes, and it takes over a minute to reach the bottom of a long document hahah. I've been trying to fix so long I've gotten used to it, i was at a friend's house the other day and was like "wow! it scrolls so good!" 

[2k_dummy]

In the device manager the "Video Controller (VGA Compatible)"

Right click and select properties. In the driver tab select update driver. Point windows to the ATI driver installation file.

[bethgreen]

In the device manager the "Video Controller (VGA Compatible)"

Right click and select properties. In the driver tab select update driver. Point windows to the ATI driver installation file.

What specific file should I be directing it to? I pointed to the folder it should be in and a message came up saying "The location you specified does not contain any device information files."

[2k_dummy]

Its looking for *.inf files. Use the "have disk" option and point windows directly to the ATI installation file.