I had Windows Vista Home Basic (My computer is a Dell) and I was going to reformat because of a bad virus. My bro gave me Vista Home Premium so i used that and started the formatting process. When it finished, i played a game of solitaire and a notice came up saying that hardware acceleration is off (never happened before). When the game opened, the frame rate becomes very low. Im assuming that my graphics card isn’t working properly. I ran DirectX Diagnostics and it didnt detect my graphics card.
I ran Everest and it says that the graphics card is a Standard VGA (if memory serves from 30mins ago).
I bought this computer off ebay a while ago and the seller gave me the following Installation CDs:
o Cyberlink PowerDVD
o Dell Photo All-in-One Printer
o Dell Dimension Computer Software
o Windows Vista Home Basic 32bit
o Dell LCD Flat Panel Monitor
o Norton Anitvirus
I installed them all except the antivirus.
When I opened up my computer (risky for a noob like me :D), I saw three cards (i assumed one was a graphics CARD). I unclipped them and one says Dell Memory and the others have no name. Games were working for me earlier before i uprgraded.
How do i find the graphics card so i can update it?
Is there any other ways to fix this?
Help please ~ ty
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you just need to download the graphics drivers from Dell, look on the bottom of the laptop and make a not of the TAG number – enter this into Dells computer finder and they will even show you the drivers you need.
Standard VGA means that Windows is using the bare minimum settings that are common to all video cards.
What you need to do is find out the video card model (or at least the chipset) and get the proper Vista drivers for the card.
First place I’d look would be the Dell Website Support page for your computer
I am thinking it is not detecting your video card because the windows home premium is probably 64 bit and windows basic is 32 bit. This means that you need to get the 64 bit driver from your video card manufacturer’s website. Make sure if you have 32 bit or 64 bit system before you do this. You can find out by looking clicking start,right click computer then click properties then look under system type to find out.Hope this helps you.
You don’t just need the video card drivers but most all the drivers on the dell website for your computer model.
Actually if you have a Dell you should be able to get the driver at their website here:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx
All you need to do is download it and install it and probably restart the computer.