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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows NT/2000 => Topic started by: GTM on December 13, 2005, 12:26:54 AM

Title: Need help quickly
Post by: GTM on December 13, 2005, 12:26:54 AM
I accidentally deleed some file named SIS something or other. anyway it appears to have had something to do with my video driver or something. i now only have 16 colors. i need to know what i need to do yo fix this. i got to add/remove hardware and try to troubleshoot the video controller and it says it cant find a driver. pls help thankyou
Title: Re: Need help quickly
Post by: Dell4700 on December 13, 2005, 12:53:40 AM
You can download the video driver(s) from the manufacturer's website or any number of other driver sites.

You will need to know the make and model of your video card.  You can get this from your Video control panel or from your PC's Device Manager.

Simply Google for the URL of the website when you are ready.  For example:  NVIDIA xxxxx GEForce Drivers

Good luck!

Dell
Title: Re: Need help quickly
Post by: GTM on December 13, 2005, 01:57:20 AM
ok the closest thing i can find to is indeo video 5.10 is that the sound card? i went to device drivers clicked video codecs and thats it. the only other thing is divx5.0 is either one of them my vid carD?
Title: Re: Need help quickly
Post by: GTM on December 13, 2005, 02:06:30 AM
i also saw microsoft mpeg-4 codec v1 any of them it?
Title: Re: Need help quickly
Post by: Dell4700 on December 13, 2005, 05:15:09 AM
Nope, sorry.  Those are your video codecs.

Try this:  right click anywhere on your desktop that's empty.  Choose Properties>Settings>Advanced  you should now see a tab with your video card listed (adapter).

Dell
Title: Re: Need help quickly
Post by: Peccavi on December 13, 2005, 07:29:26 AM
Does Rollback Driver help you?
Title: Re: Need help quickly
Post by: GTM on December 13, 2005, 03:03:05 PM
Choose Properties>Settings>Advanced  you should now see a tab with your video card listed (adapter).

It says I Have a VGA adapter.
Title: Re: Need help quickly
Post by: GX1_Man on December 13, 2005, 03:12:17 PM
You will have to find the name of the specific SiS card or chip, then get the correct driver for it.

Guess you learned a lesson about deleting files though, eh?
Title: Re: Need help quickly
Post by: GTM on December 13, 2005, 03:16:13 PM
yeah no crap.


can anyone go here and tell me if this would work.

http://www.softwarepatch.com/utilities/sis-univga.html

the thing i deleted was SIS so i figure it was an SIS drive and this says it works on most back to 5 years old. should i try it?
Title: Re: Need help quickly
Post by: GX1_Man on December 13, 2005, 03:21:31 PM
No, do NOT do that. Download Everest Home Edition (available still at Major Geeks for free) and find out WHAT SiS adapter you have. The wrong thing is worse than nothing.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html
Title: Re: Need help quickly
Post by: GTM on December 13, 2005, 03:27:25 PM
I also went into the properties of the vga card n it says the name is VGASave does that help any? anyways that download says it comes with VGA drivers... i hope it works
Title: Re: Need help quickly
Post by: GTM on December 13, 2005, 03:28:24 PM
Ok i just saw ur post man ill go download that first.
Title: Re: Need help quickly
Post by: GTM on December 13, 2005, 03:36:00 PM
Ok I downloaded the Everest Home edition. It says I have

SiS 330 Mirage Integrated Adapter

im gonna search the SIS page but does anyone else know where i might find a free driver download for this adapter? thankyou
Title: Re: Need help quickly
Post by: GTM on December 13, 2005, 03:39:48 PM
I went to SIS homepage. no SIS 330 mirage integrated

i found this

WELCOME TO SiS DOWNLOAD CENTER.


SiS300/305 Graphic Driver(Win2000/XP)  
File name
300_115_win2kxp.zip  
Version
v1.15  
Release date
2002-11-14
Product supported
SiS300, SiS305,  
File size
8,309KB
OS supported
Windows XP, Windows 2000



Thats the closest thing the SIS page has. Will this work? If not where can i go to find one that will now that i know my exact adapter name.
Title: Re: Need help quickly
Post by: GX1_Man on December 13, 2005, 03:43:10 PM
If using XP or 2000 this is it:

http://www.sis.com/download/download_step1.php

If another O/S (you didn't state what WIndows you were using) go to this page:

http://www.sis.com/download/
Title: Re: Need help quickly
Post by: GTM on December 13, 2005, 03:46:25 PM
Its Windows 2000 im checking out the first one now.
Title: Re: Need help quickly
Post by: GTM on December 13, 2005, 03:47:39 PM
The first link isnt working for me. can u tell me how to get there from the sis homepage
Title: Re: Need help quickly
Post by: Spedz on December 13, 2005, 03:52:20 PM
SIS Homepage (http://www.sis.com/download/)

Just navigate your way through that, you say it doesn't work. Whats not working...?
Title: Re: Need help quickly
Post by: GTM on December 13, 2005, 03:57:23 PM
Well first i only had 16 colors. now everything is black and white. i downloaded the everest and found out my adapter is SIS 330 mirage integrated. i need to know what can be done about fixing this so i can get my colors back. i need to know where to download a driver. i have windows 2000. I have navigated that page and found a download for 300/305 series. i need 330. or will those work?
Title: Re: Need help quickly
Post by: GTM on December 13, 2005, 04:05:30 PM
my motherboard chipset is sis661fx. i do see a download for that on SIS downloads page. grr what should i do?
Title: Re: Need help quickly
Post by: GX1_Man on December 13, 2005, 04:22:33 PM
You will need the motherboard chipset for sure. Do that first. That may correct it. Let us know.