AndyRich Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 I recon its either my gfx or the fact my display drivers are not there :/ they may have been un-installed during factory resets... who knows? if anyone can shed light on the situation or give me a link to something they think i should download please post! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedaye Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Did you get any discs with your PC? You may find the original drivers on there, or even if you have a manual it should have info about your GFX card. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barkermush Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 I think your graphics drivers are there, as it shows them in the Device Manager. If the Gfx card was not connected i don't think the Device Manager would have picked them up. I think it's just that your drivers are missing for your Gfx card. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurakUeda Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Any possibility that your PC is a Packard Bell, and not HP? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurakUeda Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Well, in any case, your model number perfectly matches a Packard Bell Desktop PC: http://www.citylocal.ie/cities/Galway/freeadvert_Packard_Bell_IMedia_S_1839_Desktop_Computer_7470.html Which has a nVidia GeForce 7300 GS GPU Which you can download the driver at below URL: http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/win7-winvista-32bit-258.96-whql-driver-uk.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRich Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 got some details, It is Packard Bell, sorry about that. IMEDIA S 1839 System Model - GA-8I945PM Processor - Intel Pentium D CPU 3.00GHz (2CPUs) Memory - 2048MB RAM Direct X Version - DirectX 9.0c This is my Display section of the dxdiag, it shows nothing is installed, this is my problem. Anyone know what to do??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiitastic Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 how about simply doing a system restore on the computer to a couple of days before this happened ? say it happened August 21st, system restore it to August 19th. click start (bottom left corner of your screen) then Help & Support. System restore is there. this has fixed many problems I have had in the past Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRich Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 Burak, thanks for the help, great suggestion, downloading as we speak... well type... We will see if it works within the next half an hour! Although keep suggestions coming people, with my luck its unlikely to work! :L Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRich Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 System Restore hasnt worked "Wiitastic" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiitastic Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 go to packard bell website and download updated drivers, if it doesnt work, ring up packard bell help line Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barkermush Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Yeah the system restore won't work if you have rebooted your PC. Did you try the installing the driver from the link that BurakUeda posted? It sounds like a close match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedaye Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 looks to me like Burak has the right drivers for you. hopefully this solves all your recent problems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRich Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 The drivers didnt install as they were for windows vista 32-bit If there was one for windows XP that would be great! Burak??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurakUeda Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Aye mate! http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/winxp-258.96-whql-driver-uk.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRich Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 Thanks mate, your a lifesaver After this download i am going to bed, im nackered! its 4:12am for christ sake :L Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRich Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 Failed, couldnt work beacause it couldnt locate any drivers that were compatible with my current hardware... or something along those lines Im going to bed, Anymore solutions welcome, i will read them, just not until tomorrow Thanks for all the help so far, Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurakUeda Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Sorry about that! I found another source, right from the manufacturer's website: ftp://ftp.download.packardbell.com/DESKTOP/iMedia%20%282005-2007%29/Driver/Xp/ This time, most probably your driver is there. However, those drivers are for all the iMedia series produced between 2005 and 2007. So you still have to know what kind of GPU you have, and download the appropriate driver from that list. Options: 1- Take a screwdriver and open the PC, look at the graphic card yourself. 2- Ring Packard Bell customer service and ask them. Good luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRich Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 Thanks Burak, i will try to download this If it doesnt work i wouldnt want to ruin my computer by un-screwing stuff :/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRich Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 ahh, and which one of the list should i choose? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRich Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 Burakkk???? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurakUeda Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 That's what I mentioned in my last post. I don't know. There are lots of graphic drivers there, you have to find out which graphic card you have in your PC. Either you have to ask Packard Bell, or open the box yourself Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRich Posted September 2, 2010 Author Share Posted September 2, 2010 Right, I have gone down the list installing all those things, just to see if one worked, lol but the it says the "Driver Control Panel cannot be installed correctly because your Driver is not working properly." Therefore i believe my display driver somehow broke, hense why it is not there when it is searched for and why nothing is downloadable to get it working again. If anyone knows anything about how to fix broken drivers, or what i must do next, it would be much appriciated Burakkk??? :L Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurakUeda Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Andy, that is worst thing you could do. It is not a good idea to try to install bunch of incompatible/wrong drivers into your computer. The best way was to find out the model of your GPU first, and than check the list if there is any driver with the same model name. Did you check the GPU model by the way? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRich Posted September 4, 2010 Author Share Posted September 4, 2010 No, as i do not know how If you tell me how i can find my GPU, then ill find it, you can tell me what to install, and all will be well Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedaye Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Have you opened up the pc and seen if there are any stickers on it? At the very least there is some sort of indication on the make of the gxc card somewhere then we might be able to suggest something. At the moment we are just guessing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRich Posted September 5, 2010 Author Share Posted September 5, 2010 Ok i will try to find out, thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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