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True color display setting disapeared, and display will not change from 16 colors.
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True color display setting disapeared, and display will not change from 16 colors.
Thursday, January 6, 2005 at 12:20 am
Posted by Xionra (3 messages posted)

Recently while trying to update my display driver, since I was going to try out the new Half life 2 demo and would need a better driver( since it recommended that i need an update my display driver to be able to play the game) I went to nvidia.com but really couldnt find any driver with my driver download(my video card is Nvidia Vanta/Vanta LT). Well i went through and tried updating my drivers which ended up in my computer saying all kinds of display problems. It would say things alongs the lines of "display adapter not configured properly"(and could only do things in safe mode) and sometimes while trying to go into Device manager and hiting the "update driver" button sometimes it could not find certain files, and then i would have to tell it to search in my "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\REINSTALLBACKUPS\PCI#VEN_10DE&DEV_002C&SUBSYS_001C10DE" folder it would successfully install but it would then say it would not do the change due to the fact that it may not have been tested by microsoft. Later while trying, i told it to do the change anyways, and my computer seems like its almost close to normal now, except the fact its stuck on 16 colors and is displaying in 640 x 480 and will not let me change it, even after i restart after trying to change it, it continues to saty in 16 colors and 640 x 480. also my true colors display is missing from the list. If anyone could please help i would really appreciate it. some information that may be helpful: Compaq Presario 5000 Microsoft Windows Me Display adpaters: Nvidia Vanata/Vanta Lt Monitors: Compaq MV940 Color Monitor

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re: True color display setting disapeared, and display will not change from 16 colors.
Thursday, January 6, 2005 at 12:46 am
Posted by Jack Gulley (5917 messages posted)

You have a Compaq system.

Have you tried going to the Compaq.com (now HP) web site, entering you system type and model numbers and then under support, look up and download "their" video drivers for "their" system and see if they can sort out your mess.

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re: True color display setting disapeared, and display will not change from 16 colors.
Thursday, January 6, 2005 at 11:58 pm
Posted by Xionra (3 messages posted)

Thank you so much for your help, i had gone to the compaq site before and had no luck with finding any luck, but went back again since it wouldnt hurt, and low and behold, i had kept typing in compaq 5000 as my model number rather than compaq 5wv260, but yeah imy comp is as good as new, thank you for your help.


On Thursday, January 6, 2005 at 12:46 am, Jack Gulley wrote:
>

You have a Compaq system.
>

Have you tried going to the Compaq.com (now HP) web site, entering you system
>type and model numbers and then under support, look up and download "their" video
>drivers for "their" system and see if they can sort out your mess.

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