hello

Yes, RedOrb, its me Shorty, you were probably waiting on this..lol

I formatted the computer and the display
settings are at 16 colors and 480 x 800
and no way to change it.
I tried to look up info at HP/Compaq and couldnt find the info, the only things listed in Device manger are:
Standard PCI graphics adapter and whatever monitor is installed (I tried a couple of different ones) Tried updating drivers, but get the "Its already installed" message.
Any ideas? Suggestions?
I could use your (or anyones) help,. please.

Thanks

Usually it's a graphics driver problem (monitors don't usually affect anything much).

Try downloading the correct driver, then uninstall the existing one and reboot before installing the new one.

DerekW

hiya Derek

Thank you for the reply.
My problem was that I didnt know what
driver to get, I couldnt find the need
info, I just now got that Everest, and
am going thru results as I type. And to
tell you the truth, I'm trying to make
heads or tails from what I am looking at.

I appreciate your help very much!

Thank you!

shorty

... in Everest, look under Display/Video.

DerekW

You can obtain the drivers from HP's website. They're very easy to find.

Life is more painless for those who are brainless.

Good God! Go to the below website step3....

Download only.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&os=20&product=93127&lang=en&softwareitem=33954

hi

and a big Thank you to those who replied.
I found the info I needed using Everest, great program! Told me exactly what was on my computer. Belarc gave limited info, which is what I used originally.
Thanks for your help, much appreciated!

and to Mr. Good God....

Yes, I did go there...before you made your
"Good God" remark.
If you read my post correctly, you would have seen that I said my problem was in finding out "Which" driver to install....
because of not being able to find out what card was installed...but I got it from the nice person who first replied and I thank him very much for his reply.
(and my apologies to those who read this nonsense)

shorty

Yes, I prefer Everest (or Aida32) to Belarc because it gives hardware information itself rather than taking info from the drivers that happen to be installed, which could be wrong.

Glad to hear you sorted it and thx for popping back.

Don't mind Street1 he was only being playful and he did provide a link.

DerekW

hiya Derek

My apologies to Street. I took it the wrong way. I do appreciate everyone helping out in my time of need. Its people like you that show there's still decent folk out there!
Thank you so much, and all the best to
you all!

shorty

Thx. CU again sometime.

DerekW

Sorry if I offended you shorty.

Demented sende of humor somtimes I
guess.

Best to you.

sense of humor.LOL at me.

hiya
guys

just wanted to say hiya and again
to say thanks to you all.
Street, I do owe an apology to you,
I dont want to make excuses, but I
think I failed in noticing the sense
of humor because of being all wound
up with the issue I was dealing with.

But anyway...just saying hi and wishing
you all a great weekend!

shorty

Hiya

Worse things happen at sea, think nothing of it. See you again.

DerekW