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Old 09-20-2002, 11:45 PM   #1
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Unknown Video Card


Hiya ppl...

I am setting up a system with win2k, everything went pretty well but i dont have a driver disk for the unknown 8mb video card and wonderful windows did not detect it.

Any ideas on how i can determine what type of video card it is so i can go to the manufactorer's site and get the latest driver!!!

Are there any third party programs which can get info on the card??

PS i have looked on the card itself, it does not say wot card it is!!: )





cheers guys!
 
Old 09-21-2002, 12:55 AM   #2
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Sometimes when a PC boots there is a bit on the screen prior to the POST screen, which reveals something about the video card.

My Savage video card would show something about S3 and my Nvidia card shows "Nvidia" and a bit about the drivers. You won't see this with a cold boot, just do a restart and watch the screen.

j.
 
Old 09-21-2002, 01:01 AM   #3
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If you run Linux (or even if you don't, but use a live eval disc) you could probably see something in dmesg. There are several Live Eval, or rescue discs available that you could try this out on, www.suse.com is 1 of many. Also you could try one of the floppy distros, but I am not a floppy guy myself.

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Old 09-21-2002, 06:01 AM   #4
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yeah linux does not help me here, cause the machine is not mine, i am setting it up for a friend!

I am aware that there should be a little burlb at the start of bootup but with this card i swear there is not!!...i even swapped it with a sis card and checked i was not missing something!!!...i even swapped monitors!!!

MasterC ur saying whack a rescue disk in and get info that way yeah?....will try....


cheers guys!!
 
Old 09-22-2002, 03:56 PM   #5
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Isn't there some strange numbers on the card, somethething like S/N:xxxxxxx, or some letters and numbers in a long row.
Try a search on these, with Google f.ex. and see if something turns up
 
  


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