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by may_day

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I formatted my cousins HD, after installing a new OS (Win me), i have to install the driver for the video card to be able to have a good display. My problem is that i dont have the correct video card driver so i remove the Video card to see what model and brand is it. But i cannot figure what model or brand the VCard is, the only identification that is written on the card is "vasis5032" , is this the brand or model? I already went to the website of SIS but they say they only manufacture the chips of the video card and not the card itself and I better check the website of the cards manufacturer. How do i know the model and brand of the Video card. pls. help me i need it badly. thanks.

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by thechas

First, many card manufactures use the "reference" drivers anyway, so you should be okay using the 503 drivers from SIS.

On a re-format and fresh install of Windows, you do need to do a few things to have the video function correctly.

Identify the motherboard, and download the drivers for it.
If this is a name brand system, just go to the mfgs web site.
Otherwise, use the tools at either www.motherboards.org or www.wimsbios.com to identify the motherboard mfg.
What you need are both theAGP mini-port, and IDE Bus-master drivers for the motherboard.
These should be installed before any other drivers.

Next, install / update DirectX (from Microsoft)
Most video cards require that DirectX is installed before installing the video card drivers.

Now you can install the drivers for the video card.
There is a good tutorial on identifying who made a card at www.driverguide.com
They also have links to most mfgs driver pages.

Most video card manufactures have a splash screen with there name and the video card model. This shows up before the POST test starts.
Boot the PC with the monitor warmed up to increase the chances of seeing the splash screen.

Chas

by l_shangali

What I think you should do is when you are putting on the computer try watching carefully on top of the screen. It will either dislay the manufacture of the chip or the manufacture of the video card or even display the correct drivers for your videocard.
Or if you have a computer with Windows XP try putting the video card in that computer and after while detecting the card I think it will display the correct drivers.

All the best.

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