DaffyD® wrote:
> "Jose" <jose_ease@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:cc0c7a61-c021-4b9a-bb89-8ef3667b7f72@h9g2000yqa.googlegroups.com...
> On Jan 14, 6:52 am, "DaffyD®" <daf...@woohoo.com> wrote:
>> Here's the info. I deleted the System and User Names alsong with some
>> other
>> info.
>>
>> OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
>> Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
>> OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
>> System Manufacturer D850MV
>> System Model MV85010A
>> System Type X86-based PC
>> Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~2407 Mhz
>> BIOS Version/Date Intel Corp. MV85010A.86A.0057.P20.0210251634, 10/25/2002
>> SMBIOS Version 2.3
>> Windows Directory CWINDOWS
>> System Directory CWINDOWS\system32
>> Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
>> Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"
>> Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
>> Available Physical Memory 46.86 MB
>> Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
>> Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
>> Page File Space 1.22 GB
>> Page File Cpagefile.sys
>>
>> Name RAGE 128 PRO Ultra GL AGP (Microsoft Corporation)
>> PNP Device ID
>> PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5446&SUBSYS_7106174B&REV_00\4&36560896&0&0008
>> Adapter Type RAGE128 PRO II, (AGP 4X/PCI), ATI Technologies Inc.
>> compatible
>> Adapter Description RAGE 128 PRO Ultra GL AGP (Microsoft Corporation)
>> Adapter RAM 32.00 MB (33,554,432 bytes)
>> Installed Drivers ati2dvaa.dll
>> Driver Version 5.1.2600.0
>> INF File atiixpaa.inf (ati2mtaa section)
>> Color Planes 1
>> Color Table Entries 4294967296
>> Resolution 1024 x 768 x 60 hertz
>> Bits/Pixel 32
>> Memory Address 0xF0000000-0xF3FFFFFF
>> I/O Port 0x0000C800-0x0000C8FF
>> Memory Address 0xFF8FC000-0xFF8FFFFF
>> IRQ Channel IRQ 16
>> I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
>> I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
>> Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
>>
>
> That is good info.
>
> Here is all I could find so far and and it is not very helpful to me,
> but maybe somebody else can read it and offer some ideas. You may
> have to pull the video card and see what the printing says to see if
> any of these apply.
>
> Is the card itself branded with some manufacturer name and just built
> with ATI components?
>
> http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticle...rVideoDriverNotFoundErrorAppearsWhenInst.aspx
>
> I'll look around some more.
>
> Are you having some issue that compels you to want to install this new
> driver?
>
> I saw this page in my research. In my case, I think the video adapter is a
> chipset instead of being an expansion card. I'd have to pry the cover off
> the box to check for sure. It may seem silly, but the only reason I'm trying
> to do this is that I miss the ATI icon in the taskbar that makes it easier
> to access the display control panel to make changes. It was on this machine
> when I was running Windows 2000 SP4 but when I upgraded to Windows XP SP3 it
> disappeared. I think XP installed a different driver and I'm just trying to
> get the display adapter to revert to how it was under W2K.
>
Does a driver in 2001 include CCC ? I wonder when CCC was introduced ?
Maybe that is the problem.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalyst_Control_Center
"Initial release June 13, 2002 v. 2.1"
I have a more modern ATI card than yours. I installed WinXP SP3 and Microsoft
threw in a driver for my 9800 Pro. It does not include CCC. If I wanted CCC,
I would need to get a driver+CCC package from ati.amd.com . The same may be
true of your card, in that it comes with a driver, but not CCC. But the
thing is, CCC hasn't always existed. Before CCC, there would have been
something else, but perhaps without the tray icon.
The closest driver I've been able to find for your card, is this "reference"
driver, and I'm not even sure this is safe to install in its current form.
The reason I like this one, is the INF has "VEN_1002&DEV_5446" and it has
no SUBSYS field. That implies it works with all cards that have the 5446
chip (5446 Rage 128 Pro Ultra TF). You can find that one here. It supports
multiple languages, which is why the file is bigger than normal.
wxp-ref-6-60-010926m-1868c.exe 9,842,394 bytes
http://www.ctlcorp.com/v2/erms/doc_...\ftproot\PUBLIC\VIDEO\ATI\WINXP\RAGE+PRO\9-02
Your whole device string, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5446&SUBSYS_7106174B, seems to
suggest the card is made by Sapphire (sapphiretech.com). But they don't seem
to have any drivers for it (too old). It was mentioned as being a pull from
a Dell Dimension 4500 ot 4550. If I search the Dell site, the string in
the Dell INF files is like this, and this won't work (won't install).
This appears to be an ATI branded card, whereas your number indicates a
Sapphire (powered-by-ATI) type card. You could, for example, edit the atiixpaa.inf
file in the installer package, and just remove the "&SUBSYS_04091002". But
that is generally a mark of desperation, and doesn't guarantee anything
good will come of it. The thing is, the version.txt file in the Dell download,
says it is for a 16MB card, and not for a 32MB card like yours. So while
people are claiming that card came from a Dell, I still haven't been able
to prove it by finding a matching driver. And if I search the Dell site,
using "RAGE 128 PRO Ultra driver", I don't get any more promising candidates.
VEN_1002&DEV_5446&SUBSYS_04091002
(The Dell download - this should refuse to install, so don't bother.)
http://ftp.us.dell.com/video/R41232.EXE
(The Dell version.txt file)
Title : Video:Rage 128 Ultra 16MB Driver
Version : A08
OEM Name : ATI
OEM Ver : 6.65 WXP
Computers : Dimension - 4200, 4300S, 4400, 4500, 8200; OptiPlex - GX150, GX240, GX400;
OS : Windows XP
Languages : (...)
Created : Mon Apr 8 09:06:08 CDT 2002
So the large and generic "ctlcorp" driver above, is the closest match, based
on it not having a SUBSYS field. That either means the driver really will
work with anything, or it means the driver is hopelessly generic and only
suited for a video card company to edit and make their own driver.
I'm not happy with any of this so far, and I'd probably pull the video
card out of the AGP slot and have a look at it, for identifying marks.
I don't know what would show on it, if it was a Dell. If it had a Dell
part number, you might be able to trace it down on the Dell site.
Paul