I recently formatted PC & re-installed windows xp on my Dell Dimension 5100…..all thought to be fine til I’ve just discovered DVD’s wont play using the CD/DVD drive….(I’ve ruled out the disk as tried several I know that used to work on it)
I used windows media player v11 & that was telling me I needed a decoder, I dloaded XP codec pack & managed to get WMP to play with the sound now, but still no picture & no error messages this time. I also have installed the xvid codec
I searched the net & found it could be video card probs….so under device manager I found no tab for “display” but under other devices I have yellow “!” against:
Ethernet controller
PCI modem
SM bus controller
Video controller
Video controller (vga compatible)
If I double click any of them they say “driver not installed” but there manufacturer is listed as “unknown” so I’m lost!
I have no other disks left over that I’ve not installed after formatting.
I’ve tried the DirectX diagnostic tool & under display it has under device section:
Name: (blank)
Manufacturer: n/a
Chip type: n/a
…everything under this is ‘n/a’ apart from display mode,
monitor: (blank)
under the drivers section in display it says
Main driver: vga.dll
Version: 5.01.2600.0000 (English)
WHQL Logo’d:yes
Mini VDD: vga.sys
VDD: n/a
DDI version : unknown
Help!!!! Please!!!