Drivers

Started by magic2345, January 12, 2008, 11:23:24 pm

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magic2345

I'm going to install a new VGA card (that is its name, right?). What I'm confused about is which one do I do first?
1. Replace the VGA card. or
2. Install the driver.

The VGA card I'm going to install is a Matrox VGA card that has 32 mb of video memory (since my current one sucks, it has only 8 mb of video memory!!!).
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Terra Eternity
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Characters : 3%
Mapping : 1%
Graphics : 3%
Scripts : 20%

Fantasist

If you mean a graphics card, I think you replace your card first, then install drivers.
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magic2345

OK, I'll do just that. Thanks  :D
"The world is not beautiful, therefore it is." -Kino's Journey

"Hm...What would uncle say?....
Life is like the clouds, it has two sides and a silverlining inbetween...Like a sandwich!! When life is hard, you take a bite out of the silverlining...."
-Zuko
_________________________________
Game I'm currently working on:
Terra Eternity
Story : 1%
Characters : 3%
Mapping : 1%
Graphics : 3%
Scripts : 20%

Fantasist

I AM correct, right? Someone confirm please >.<
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Blizzard

January 13, 2008, 09:04:50 am #4 Last Edit: January 13, 2008, 09:05:54 am by Blizzard
Uninstall the old graphics driver. Turn off your PC and change cards. Now run your PC again and most probably Windoze will show everything in 16 colors 640x480 pixels. Now install the new drivers and restart. Actually the restart might not even be required. =X Now it should all work fine.
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magic2345

....  >:(
I did what Fantasist said and the computer crashed and won't turn on again......
Lol j/k.   :P

Thanks for confirming Blizz (I can call you that, can't I?).
"The world is not beautiful, therefore it is." -Kino's Journey

"Hm...What would uncle say?....
Life is like the clouds, it has two sides and a silverlining inbetween...Like a sandwich!! When life is hard, you take a bite out of the silverlining...."
-Zuko
_________________________________
Game I'm currently working on:
Terra Eternity
Story : 1%
Characters : 3%
Mapping : 1%
Graphics : 3%
Scripts : 20%

Blizzard

Of course, everybody does. ^_^
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Nortos

Quote from: magic2345 on January 13, 2008, 09:09:22 am
....  >:(
I did what Fantasist said and the computer crashed and won't turn on again......
Lol j/k.   :P

Thanks for confirming Blizz (I can call you that, can't I?).


:P if it did how r u writing that

Fantasist

QuoteI did what Fantasist said and the computer crashed and won't turn on again......

DON'T EVER DO THAT! God, my heart skipped a beat and I'm not joking!

...<3
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magic2345

Really? Sorry....
Btw, I dunno why, but when I installed the driver, the computer was okay. Then, I turned the computer off and put on the casing. And when I turned it on, I get the same problem as I did before (The I lost all my files problem). I'm not joking this time, but this time, I backed up my files!!! MWAHAHA!!! YEAH!!! BEAT THAT, weird missing problem!!!
"The world is not beautiful, therefore it is." -Kino's Journey

"Hm...What would uncle say?....
Life is like the clouds, it has two sides and a silverlining inbetween...Like a sandwich!! When life is hard, you take a bite out of the silverlining...."
-Zuko
_________________________________
Game I'm currently working on:
Terra Eternity
Story : 1%
Characters : 3%
Mapping : 1%
Graphics : 3%
Scripts : 20%

Nortos

ohh thank god u backed up this time and I don't know what's happening

Fantasist

Why don't you simply format everything and install windows fresh and new?

PS: The problem is beyond my tiny amount of kowledge.
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Blizzard

You know, I learned that reinstalling Windoze is absolutely no solution. Everytime I got a bigger problem and thought the only way to solve it was to re-install Windoze, after the reinstallation, I still had the problem and found out how to actually solve it. I hate reinstalling it since I have to reinstall all the programs, set up all the settings and so on which can altogether take up to a whole day.
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magic2345

OKAY, that is it!!!  >:(  >:(
I'm using my laptop! The computer just broke down for the third time!!! My resolution is buy a new one....and I think the problem is somewhere in the harddisk...
"The world is not beautiful, therefore it is." -Kino's Journey

"Hm...What would uncle say?....
Life is like the clouds, it has two sides and a silverlining inbetween...Like a sandwich!! When life is hard, you take a bite out of the silverlining...."
-Zuko
_________________________________
Game I'm currently working on:
Terra Eternity
Story : 1%
Characters : 3%
Mapping : 1%
Graphics : 3%
Scripts : 20%

Fantasist

Too bad :(
You could get professional help magic.
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