Graph card not working after reinstalling Vista

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johnnyVall

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Two weeks ago I was having problems with my laptop and asked a friend to look into it. He reinstalled Windows Vista, but somehow left me without most of my drivers. So far, I've been able to reinstall most of them, but I'm still having trouble with my graph card. I have a HP dv6500, with an Nvidia GeForce 7300. I've tried to get the driver from Nvidia, but it says that I have no hardware which can use this driver. When going to my Hardware Manager, it calls my graph card a Standard VGA card.

This totally keeps me from installing games, video editing software or even watching videos: I always get the message that my graph card cannot accelerate.

I totally need help! :(
 

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@johnnyvall did you get Driver Disc with your system.

If yes then kindly use that and install the driver.

That should get the card working
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    HTPC/Desktop PC/Gateway LT2104u
    CPU
    Intel Pentium 4 2.8Ghz with HT/3.0Ghz with HT/Atom N450
    Motherboard
    GIGABYTE GA-81915ME-C/Intel D865GBF/Acer LT21
    Memory
    2x1GB DDR 400Mhz/512x2GB DDR 400Mhz/1GB DDR2-800Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ECS 9800GT 512 DDR3/ Sapphire HD3650 AGP 8x 512MB/Intel 3150
    Sound Card
    Turtle Beach RIVERIA 5.1 SPDIF Out/SoundMAX AD1985/Realtek H
    Monitor(s) Displays
    SONY BRAVIA KLV-32V300A V-Series/ KLV-19T400A/ Built-in
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080/1980x1080/1024x600
    Hard Drives
    MAXTOR 40GB
    WD ESSENTIAL EDITION 1TB USB

    Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB SATA 150/ 250GB Toshiba
    PSU
    OCZ Fatal1ty 550W/
    Case
    Lian-Li v351, Lancool K-62 DragonLord
    Keyboard
    Logitech Combo
    Mouse
    Logitech Combo
    Internet Speed
    512 Kbps
Hello johnnyVall,
Go to the manufacturers site and download, Sound drivers, Video drivers, and most importantly download and install your chipset drivers.

Very often, the only place to get the drivers is from the manufacturers site.

Run this free app, boot into safe mode and run this app, it will get rid of any remnants of any old drivers.
Reboot and install new driver.

Guru3D - Driver Sweeper (Setup) download from Guru3D.com

Go to Device Manager and see if there are any yellow triangles next to anything.

Also, go to the Event Log and check for errors there.

Hope this helps, good luck and post your results.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Build
    CPU
    QX9650 (black box) [email protected]
    Motherboard
    Asus P5Q Premium
    Memory
    8GB-4x2GB Corsair Dominator DDR 2-1066
    Graphics Card(s)
    2 x ASUS EAH 4870 X 2 (Quad)
    Sound Card
    Supreme FX 2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Fujitsu Siemens 22inch flat screen
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    150 Gig WD Raptor
    300 Gig Maxtor
    300 Gig Maxtor, (External)
    PSU
    CoolerMaster 1000
    Case
    CoolerMaster N-Vidia stacker 830
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-U12P x 1x120mm fan, 6x120mm case fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15
    Mouse
    Logitech G5
    Internet Speed
    20Mbps
    Other Info
    Audio FX Pro 5+1 gaming head set
Okay, well unexpected problem: even in no fail mode, the Guru will not work. It only pops up a cmd window, which promptly closes, and then... nothing...

Also, how do I access the Event log?
 

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To get to the Event Log, go to start > Administrator Tools > Event Viewer.

It may be worth checking the file system. Open a command prompt as administrator and type sfc/scannow press enter and let it scan, if errors are found you may need to run it again until clean.

Its better to download the drivers from the makers site.

HP Pavilion dv6500 Entertainment Notebook PC series

Choose your OS and go to the download page, there, you will find all the drivers you need.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Build
    CPU
    QX9650 (black box) [email protected]
    Motherboard
    Asus P5Q Premium
    Memory
    8GB-4x2GB Corsair Dominator DDR 2-1066
    Graphics Card(s)
    2 x ASUS EAH 4870 X 2 (Quad)
    Sound Card
    Supreme FX 2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Fujitsu Siemens 22inch flat screen
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    150 Gig WD Raptor
    300 Gig Maxtor
    300 Gig Maxtor, (External)
    PSU
    CoolerMaster 1000
    Case
    CoolerMaster N-Vidia stacker 830
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-U12P x 1x120mm fan, 6x120mm case fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15
    Mouse
    Logitech G5
    Internet Speed
    20Mbps
    Other Info
    Audio FX Pro 5+1 gaming head set
stoneys-nutz said:
To get to the Event Log, go to start > Administrator Tools > Event Viewer.
Click to expand...

I found quite a buttload of errors: 2.8k. 2.7 of them were either 4375 or 4385 Servicing errors. What do I do with that info?

stoneys-nutz said:
It may be worth checking the file system. Open a command prompt as administrator and type sfc/scannow press enter and let it scan, if errors are found you may need to run it again until clean.
Click to expand...

Did so, and did not get anything!

stoneys-nutz said:
Its better to download the drivers from the makers' site.

HP Pavilion dv6500 Entertainment Notebook PC series

Choose your OS and go to the download page, there, you will find all the drivers you need.
Click to expand...

So totally working! Problem is solved!

Dude, where do you live, I have to go give you a giant smooch!:) Thank you so very much!
 

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