Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq (
More info?)
Thanks Ben - this one's definitely a keeper. I like your quote about
Microsoft:
"But, then, why would you expect Windows to tell the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth."
I know very little about programming, but I've always hated when Windows
tells you the download or installation is 99% complete and the last 1% takes
as long as the 99 did. I've always said to myself - g-d damned liars!
Anyway. I'll see what I can find about my graphics chipset. My other Armada
7400 has an S3 something or other.
Bryan
<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:4229ce45.4501302@nntp.charter.net...
> I'll repeat: Windows needs to be installed completely for the system to
> work
> right. "Completely" means that the drivers for all the chipsets need to
> be
> installed.
>
> It is a mistake to assume that whatever version of Windows you installed
> has ALL
> the drivers needed to run the computer properly. More often than not,
> this is
> not the case, except for systems which are pre-loaded with Windows at the
> factory.
>
> "Standard Graphics Display Adapter" is the default graphics driver used by
> Windows when it cannot find a driver which is an exact match for the
> graphics
> chipset on the motherboard. In short, Windows is lying to you when it
> looks for
> drivers, and tells you that you've got the best ones available already
> there,
> but at least Windows runs albeit in a degraded mode. (Contrast with Linux
> whcih
> does a 1000% better job of identifying chipsets and loading drivers most
> of the
> time.) But, then, why would you expect Windows to tell the truth, the
> whole
> truth and nothing but the truth. Micro$oft's public relations propaganda
> machine has been bullshitting and fogging at the world for many years.
>
> I do not know which Armada you are talking about or which version of
> Windows you
> are using. But the real problem you have right now is to first figure out
> what
> graphics chip is in the computer and then to download drivers for the chip
> compatible with the version of Windows you are trying to use. If you
> respond
> with the model of Armada and the version of Windows, somebody here will
> probably
> be able to help you some more... Ben Myers
>
> On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 08:47:35 -0500, "bam" <mcca5761@bellsouthblahblah.net>
> wrote:
>
>>
>><ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
>>news:422951d8.69883608@nntp.charter.net...
>>> You need to install drivers for the graphics chip in the system, else
>>> you'll be
>>> stuck with 640x480 and 16 colors. The problem has nothing to do with
>>> the
>>> BIOS,
>>> and nothing to do with the new hard drive. Windows needs to be
>>> installed
>>> completely for the system to work right. This means that the drivers
>>> for
>>> all
>>> the chipsets need to be installed... Ben Myers
>>
>>Sounds good to me - you say "Windows has to be installed completely". What
>>does that mean? How can I more completely install it than just the regular
>>installation?
>>
>>Right now, Windows is seeing the hardware as a Standard Graphics Display
>>Adapter (as I recall). When it looks for drivers it tells me that I've got
>>the best ones available already there.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Bryan
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 23:50:50 -0500, "bam"
>>> <mcca5761@bellsouthblahblah.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Tom Scales" <tomtoo@softhome.net> wrote in message
>>>>news
N8Wd.102109$pc5.98829@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
>>>>> Why?
>>>>>
>>>>> The partition isn't important. It's not the BIOS, it's the BIOS setup
>>>>> program. Just create the bootable floppy and when you need in, boot
>>>>> it!
>>>>
>>>>This all arises from my not being able to enlarge my Windows screen to
>>>>more
>>>>than half it's size. I'm running 16 colors at the smallest screen
>>>>resolution
>>>>(640x800?) From what I've been able to dig up, this was caused by
>>>>putting
>>>>in
>>>>a new hard drive and losing the old BIOS. Somehow this HP Computer
>>>>Settings
>>>>program is supposed to fix this.
>>>>
>>>>As you can probably tell, I'm no whiz kid.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>
>>>>Bryan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram