vga driver issue

[richiejodee]

Hello, after lots of searching im unable to locate a driver for my vga display. iv upgraded my dell dimension 5000 to win7 and unfortunately drivers where not made for my board for win7 🙁. iv read through varies threads on here and most end up solving the problem by using another dirver that just so happens to work but i cant find it, the info they leave at the end of the thread is very limited. Anyone have any ideas ? here is my chipset : intel i915p/i951g in a dell dimension 5000 3g ram. thanks

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Only XP is supported on that model so it doesn't look promising for any later version. I would have checked before installing Win7 on it, and if I discovered that only XP is supported I wouldn't have pursued it any further.

I imagine it's more than just the GPU driver you need, but if that's the only driver you're seeking, well you could overcome that by installing a graphics card (any recent or new card will have Win7 drivers for it).

 

[Mojazz]

You have a rather old system but help is near. Simply use the internet to search for dell dimension 5000 drivers. They are all listed for download for windows 7 and windows 10. Please pay attention to your graphics solution. Is it Nvidia or Ati ? Do not forget to pay attention to the operating system specs. Is yours a 32 bit or 64 bit system? Keep all these parameters in mind . It is too easy to find drivers for your updated operating system.

 

[mshaught]

Hi,
Found this, http://windowssecrets.com/forums/showthread.php/161703-Dell-Dimension-5000-and-Windows-7
and you may also try www.sevenforums.com.

 

[richiejodee]

Only XP is supported on that model so it doesn't look promising for any later version. I would have checked before installing Win7 on it, and if I discovered that only XP is supported I wouldn't have pursued it any further.

I imagine it's more than just the GPU driver you need, but if that's the only driver you're seeking, well you could overcome that by installing a graphics card (any recent or new card will have Win7 drivers for it).

Hello Phill , regards for the reply. Well its weird because windows driver update found all my other drivers with no drama, just the vga, and as for the a graphics card well i have a hd5670 from another system , it fits nicely and the fan spins but once again i dont think my motherboard will support it. When entering bios the board doesnt see the GPU, infact my bios only has the option to set disply to auto/default. No pci details or nothing. On top of that im not using a HD monitor im on a vga display and the HD5670 only had dvi and HD. I might have to through on the towl on this one but there must be something i can do for this one bloody driver. Thanks for taking the time to help, Rich

 

[richiejodee]

You have a rather old system but help is near. Simply use the internet to search for dell dimension 5000 drivers. They are all listed for download for windows 7 and windows 10. Please pay attention to your graphics solution. Is it Nvidia or Ati ? Do not forget to pay attention to the operating system specs. Is yours a 32 bit or 64 bit system? Keep all these parameters in mind . It is too easy to find drivers for your updated operating system.[/qH

Hi , iv done the search already, But i havent tried the Nvidia download (i did see it there) but thought that driver was for a graphics card that was sold in some of the dell dimension 5000 systems when they was new. Im running 64bit and yes it usually is too easy but this one has me stumped. regards