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Old 01-03-2008   #1 (permalink)
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Video Driver Needed :: Toshiba Laptop

I have a Toshiba laptop with Windows Vista Home Basic 32bit.

After purchasing a 3d program, I discovered that the "3d" part of the program screws up every time I try and use it.

After a little learning, I discovered that I cannot upgrade the video card and, that upgrading the RAM would help either.

So, now I'm on to questing after a new video driver. Problem is, I have no idea what to look for. And, after reading many forums and comments all over the net ... I am a little afraid of installing a new driver. Seems a lot of people a practically destroyed their machines. Scary stuff.

Can anyone direct me to right driver for my situation?

THE COMPUTER:

Toshiba Satellite A135-S4527

Product Features (grabbed from amazon)

  • 6-pound notebook with 15.4-inch screen and 1.73 GHz Intel Intel Core Duo T2080 processor
  • 120 GB hard drive, 1 GB installed RAM (1 GB), dual-layer DVD/CD burner
  • 54g Wi-Fi LAN (802.11b/g), 10/100 Ethernet, Intel GMA 950 video card with up to 256 MB shared memory
  • Connectivity: 4 USB, 1 FireWire, 1 VGA, 1 S-Video, 1 headphone, 1 microphone, 1 PCMCIA
  • Pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium (with Media Center capabilities)
Processor, Memory, and Motherboard
  • Hardware Platform: PC
  • Processor: 1.73 GHz Intel Core Duo
  • Number of Processors: 2
  • RAM: 1000 MB
  • RAM Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Drive
  • Size: 120 GB
  • Type: Serial ATA
THE SOFTWARE:

Home Designer Pro Deluxe 7 (Downgraded version of Chief Architect).Any ideas?

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Old 01-03-2008   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Video Driver Needed :: Toshiba Laptop

You can try this driver from intel...see if it works for you: Download Locations

At worst it will say that it cant find the device etc... worth a shot

Also here is the drivers from toshibas site for your laptop: Toshiba Support - Content List
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Old 01-03-2008   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Video Driver Needed :: Toshiba Laptop

Thank you!

I downloaded the Intel Driver from Toshiba and the Accelerator driver from Microsoft.

Unfortunately neither helps...but at least it didn't kill my machine!!
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Old 01-03-2008   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Video Driver Needed :: Toshiba Laptop

Are we sure this particular model uses the Intel integrated graphics, as opposed to the Nvidia one also listed on the driver page?

Different revision numbers of the same model could have fairly large differences...
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Old 01-03-2008   #5 (permalink)
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Re: Video Driver Needed :: Toshiba Laptop

If you could please go to the device manager and see what kind of video card it shows you as having.

If its an nvidia card i would get drivers from LaptopVideo2Go & NVIDIA Related News Nvidia doesnt have laptop drivers on their site but laptopvideo2go modifies the drivers and posts laptop video drivers from many OEM companies
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