Conflow Posted May 13, 2006 Report Posted May 13, 2006 Installing VGA Graphic CardIn response to many who are now purchasing a New VGA Card.Some background:- When 1st supplied your PC has a 'generic in-built' VGA Graphics Adapter on board installed within the Motherboard Hardware so you can see Images from the day of Purchase. If that was not there you could not use your Screen Monitor.* When you go and buy a new VGA Card there is a "bodger way" of installing it or the "correct way" ~* When you go again and buy your next VGA Card and try to install it ~ you will have problems.Why is this ?All VGA Cards need Software to operate -(Microsofts VGA included)- when you install your 1st.VGA your System says O.K go ahead no problems. You install your Card, the System then looks for the CD-Disc Software to run the Card - you go ahead and install it and if things are O.K, well and fine.The BodgerHow many of us install the new VGA "without Software" - cross our fingers and hope that the MS.Library has a set of Drivers for it ??Now we go and get a new 2nd. Card, install it with OR without Software and expect great results - Nada, no way, its not possible.Why Not ?You are asking your Computer to solve an 'enigma' which it can't do ~ sure it will try, but it will make errors of indecision because you have 2 VGA Software Programs on the PC ~ what is it supposed to do ??Proper InstallationFor any Complex Hardware such as modern VGA Cards, always 'Defrag' your PC.Hard Drive before anything. Next find the Software Program of the "old" VGA Card by:- Start Button-->Run/Find-->type in VGA-->it searches for it and there should be some 10-20 entries. Take a 'Screen Print' of these. Now go to your Add/Delete Manager find the VGA Program and delete it. Shut down Re-Start the PC.This returns the PC to its origional Factory settings of its 'generic' origional internal VGA.MonitorNextShut down the PC again and open up the PC.Cabinet, - remove the "old" VGA Card and replace it with the "new" - Wrap everything up and Re-Start. Make sure you have the Software Disc available. The PC will find the new VGA Card and ask you to insert the CD-Disc. Follow the Instructions. When finished, Shut down and Re-Start the PC again.Its absolutely vital that you don't "skip" the Closedown/Restart sequence as this 'initialises' the new VGA.Card.ProblemsFor those of you having 'problems' with direct replacements -review the above- and 'ask' yourself did you follow those procedures ? If not, start again from the beginning and repeat the process. Hope this is of some help to many of you.Brian.Conflow.
Ken Cox Posted May 13, 2006 Report Posted May 13, 2006 a short clip of the instructions included with ati cardsC) PRIOR to USING wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-03-040610a-016126c.exeBe sure to UNINSTALL any previous version of the RADEON display driver prior to installing this version. See the "Un-Install" section for instructions.ken
jevans Posted May 13, 2006 Report Posted May 13, 2006 Installing VGA Graphic CardIn response to many who are now purchasing a New VGA Card. Next find the Software Program of the "old" VGA Card by:- Start Button-->Run/Find-->type in VGA-->it searches for it and there should be some 10-20 entries. Take a 'Screen Print' of these. Now go to your Add/Delete Manager find the VGA Program and delete it. Shut down Re-Start the PC.This returns the PC to its origional Factory settings of its 'generic' origional internal VGA.MonitorNextBrian.Conflow.Brian,Very useful information. But could you elablorate on your instructions above. What do you type in exactly when the "Start, Run" box appears. Selecting "Start" then "Run" gives me a dialog box. But typing find/vga or any comination in this box does not produce a list of programs. Do you mean select the "Search" dialog box? If so, what is the search criterionJeffPS : Were you going to email me some information about the Start menu, or did you not receive my email reply.
Conflow Posted May 13, 2006 Author Report Posted May 13, 2006 Brian,Very useful information. But could you elablorate on your instructions above. What do you type in exactly when the "Start, Run" box appears. Selecting "Start" then "Run" gives me a dialog box. But typing find/vga or any comination in this box does not produce a list of programs. Do you mean select the "Search" dialog box? If so, what is the search criterionJeffPS : Were you going to email me some information about the Start menu, or did you not receive my email reply.Hi Jeff,Yes, I had intended to reply then I saw Igors Posting concerning your VGA.Card and that it may not bereally suitable for PTE.5.0 ~ I assumed that was the end of the matter ~ my apology.You are correct just enter VGA in the 'Search Dialog Box' and it should come up with all the VGA Filessuch as:- vga.exe - vga.dll's - vga.drv's - etc,etc. This is purely for means of identification and whether there are 'duplicates' installed on the System which can create havoc.If that won't work, go into the Add/Remove Manager and find the VGA.Adapter there, delete it and doanother Search ~ whats left are the 'generic' Windows VGA Files ~ don't touch these, just take a note of them of them for future reference.Now continue with the procedure at the Paragraph titled...NEXT.Hope this helps...Brian.Conflow.a short clip of the instructions included with ati cardsC) PRIOR to USING wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-03-040610a-016126c.exeBe sure to UNINSTALL any previous version of the RADEON display driver prior to installing this version. See the "Un-Install" section for instructions.kenKenYou're dead on target about "Uninstall" its so vitally important to do just that !Brian.
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