Stupid VGA question

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Mike Armstrong

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This one hurts to ask but, one of my pc's is a crappy e-machines box. It has a MX 4000 PCI video card installed. The device manager shows a yellow question mark next to 'Other devices', its 'Video Controller (VGA Compatable)'. I think somewhere along the line when I was installing the video driver for the graphics card I uninstalled this device or its driver. A search using the Wizard did not come up with anything using the internet and ofcoarse there is no previous driver listed to rollback to. Is the VGA Controller needed since there is a video card installed? Thanks
 
The VGA controller device is used when the graphics card cannot be identified or it doesnt have a driver for it.

Install the drivers then delete the VGA device.
Reboot or scan for hardware changes and it should be picked up.
 
ok
select the vga device and double click it.
select the driver tab and click update/install.

Select "not at this time" for the hardware update wizard, next
Install from a list, next
Dont search, next
untick "show compatible hardware" and find the card.
Follow the prompts to install the driver and reboot.

If you cant find the driver in the list, click the have disk button and browse to the c:\nvidia folder.
find the place where the driver is and select any of the .inf files.
If that doesnt work, try going to the different folders in the driver folder and repeat the above.
 
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