Video Card not detected by Device Manager

[joelin02]

Hello
I am using this system board with this AGP video card on Win XP service pack 3.

I just formatted my computer this morning and the video card is not showing up in the Device Manager under My Computer -> Properties -> Hardware. I also installed the Catalyst drivers for Win XP but the installer did not appear to detect my graphics card.

The odd thing is that I reformatted was successful at installing the Hotfix back in 2011 as well as one month ago (although I had to use an older version of the Hotfix in November).


How can I get the device manager or the Hotfix to detect my video card? I already tried specifying AGP for video in the BIOS.

 

[PhilFrisbie]

You must install the motherboard chipset drivers before the video card will be properly detected.

 

[joelin02]

Which drivers would that be? I installed the two listed
here http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Product/Product_Detail.aspx?DetailID=674&CategoryID=1&MenuID=16&LanID=0 under IDE

VIA HyperionPro Driver
VIA Service Pack (4 in 1)

but I didn't notice any change...my video card still hasn't been detected.

 

[joelin02]

It turns out I had to install the drivers from the Gigabyte site (my video card manufacturer) instead of ATI's generic drivers. I had to specify the exact model on their website. Why don't the ATI ones work? I don't know.

 

[PhilFrisbie]

I would guess that the Gigabyte drivers included some other software that your system was lacking, and that now you should be able to install the latest ATI/AMD driver.

 

[joelin02]

Best answer selected by joelin02.

 

[xXSpecialsoulXx]

Heres a manual that i MADE for this kind of problem , i had the same problem so
i wanna share this manual , its a powerpoint with solutions and programs

i hope this helps

NVIDIA Solucion Manual DRIVER [EN] (46 Mb)
https://mega.co.nz/#!MpZAQJyZ!MySJLk3RELaahbMhx1mSz3qqDc0oPxZ__WZPx65SuLY