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by delta-ollie

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Hi,

I would like some help on a problem I have encountered after recently reformatting and reinstalling windows XP due to a corrupt HD.
I have managed to get everything going again EXCEPT for my graphics card.

It was a ATI X1300 and worked perfectly until the reinstall, now I try to download and install a driver but it will say I do not have the software or hardware present, so I'm quite confused here.

I am running a Toshiba Satellite A100 notebook
with: 1.83Ghz x2 processor (dual core)
1.5 GB ram
XP proffesional
Chipset intel i945PM
Motherboard MPAD-MSAE customer reference
board

help appreciated, Thanks

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by oh smeg

Of this Toshiba. A 100 isn't sufficient so turn it off close it up and turn it over and look on the bottom for the A100 -S code and post it back here so we can direct you to the correct driver.

Col

by oh smeg

http://tinyurl.com/6hpm86

But you need to be absolutely sure that you have a ATI Video Card as there is a Intel Video Driver available for this as well here

http://tinyurl.com/6e4ac6

And a NVidia Video Driver as well available here

http://tinyurl.com/6hk6nc

Now if you used the Toshiba Recovery Disc all of the necessary drivers should have been loaded but if you used a OEM Windows Disc to reload this computer with you will not have the necessary drivers and you do need to first apply the M'Board chip set drivers which are available to download from here

http://tinyurl.com/68n4ml

And as you have asked elsewhere for the location for the full drivers for this NB they are listed here

http://tinyurl.com/5ujjgr

Col

by boli

This can be a common problem with ATI cards in Retail computers (catalyst drivers). I come accross it quite alot.

Simple answer is download it from Toshiba's driver and support section on their website.

by delta-ollie

Ive been sifting through the Toshiba site for the drivers, but I just have no idea what to look for.

Could someone possibly link me to my laptop?

by thechas

You often need to install the full Intel Chip-Set driver and not just the default Windows driver prior to installing a graphics driver.

What happens is that with just the default driver, the chip-set cannot pass the graphics device information back to Windows.

Chas

by delta-ollie

Thanks for your help so far, I really appreciate it. Are there XP versions of those drivers though? because im running XP.

by oh smeg

With XP installed so it's been Upgraded from Vista. Try this link here for all but the ATI and Intel Video Drivers

http://tinyurl.com/673ydm

The ATI X1300 Driver is available here to download but they do not List Toshiba as a maker who uses this Video Chip Set.

http://tinyurl.com/323g7v

Col

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