:( Pc Problems :( Help Please!!!!

[Axellance]

For a While now i have been haveing issues withthe dusplay driver on my computer. my grapics on my computer go to pre windows 95 and i get an error message forcin me to reboot my computer! if anyone has any clue what i can do i your help will be very appreciated. this error usually occours when i am watching videos but it is becoming more and more common and is begining to happen when looking at simple web pages. please explain what i need to do like you are taking to someone who nows little about computers because i am one of those people.

below is some screen shots displaying the error and messages i receve.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg114/pivot_photo/ststemerror.jpg
my computer begins by freezing for a good 10 to 15 seconds fallowed by the terrible graphics and the error message tat is displayed. after whtch i reboot


http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg114/pivot_photo/error.jpg
upon the roboot and login i receve this message and i click send error report.


http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg114/pivot_photo/12.jpg
clicking send error report brings me to this screen.


http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg114/pivot_photo/234.jpg
whitch is immedeatly fallowed by this screen.


http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg114/pivot_photo/4576.jpg
I click the link to S3 Graphics inc. and it takes me here


Upon reaching that page i click various things to try to get to the bottom of this but i am unable to get anyware.

If you have any idea as to what i should do please help me out. I realize how tedeous it can be to explain these things in detail bit i would appreciate it verry much if you help me out.

[bubukitty]

Had the same prob on my last comp. update your drivers on your graphics card. if it still does it time to upgrade

[Electric Cheese]

agreed. Re-install your graphics drivers, you should be able to do this through windows update.

If that fails, convert to Nvidia (totally not influencing anything :))

[Blahages]

Go into the Add/Remove programs, and uninstall the driver first, then reboot, and try installing the updated driver. By the error message, this driver appears to be the correct one:

http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=420&OSID=1&CatID=1160&SubCatID=112

[Axellance]

thanx for the help you have provided so far however i am unable to dowload updated from microsoft due to my inability to validate my copy of xp i am unshure why this is. and i cant seem update using the link provided by Blahages.

[Axellance]

im sorry for the double post but will can anyone please help me out....i suppose ill have to wait untill the next time my uncle come for a visit....

[Blahages]

thanx for the help you have provided so far however i am unable to dowload updated from microsoft due to my inability to validate my copy of xp i am unshure why this is. and i cant seem update using the link provided by Blahages.

What does it do when you try to use that driver I linked you to?

You should be able to validate your copy of Windows unless for whatever reason it's an pirated/illegal copy.

[Axellance]

ive looked around the internet and appearently there are alot of people with legal copys of windows that are having issues with validating there copy. although you never know with my uncle. I tryed the driver you linked me to...however when it dowloaded a message poped up saying it could not continue and it stoped.

[Blahages]

ive looked areoun the internet and appearently there are alot of people with legal copys of windows that are having issues with validating there copy. i tryed the driver you linked me to...however when it dowloaded a message poped up saying it could not continue and it stoped.

Hmm... I've never had an issue validating a legitimate copy of XP, nor has anyone I know.

Did you remove the video drivers before you tried to install the "new" ones? If not try that.

If you did, and it didn't work, try these:

Try this for your video card: http://drivers.s3graphics.com/en/download/drivers/legacy/ProSavageDDR_420/S3G_ProSavageDDR_winxp_v139433.exe

[Axellance]

Did you remove the video drivers before you tried to install the "new" ones? If not try that.

huh???? i am not so good with computers could you please explain how to do it.

[Blahages]

huh???? i am not so good with computers could you please how to do it.

I did earlier. :P (Well, not quite as extensively)

Start --> Control Panel --> Add/Remove Programs --> Find the S3 Video Driver (I'm sure it'll be called something similar to that, although might not be exact) --> Click Remove --> Follow On-Screen Steps that come up.

When it's finished, reboot. Then, try to install the first thing I gave you. If that doesn't work, use the second.

[Axellance]

Find the S3 Video Driver (I'm sure it'll be called something similar to that, although might not be exact).


would jcs's tweaked winXP savage 2000 driver 1.0 be it...it was under display adapters

also what will happen if i unistall it and then i am unable to install anything from the links provided.

[Blahages]

would jcs's tweaked winXP savage 2000 driver 1.0 be it...it was under display adapters

also what will happen if i unistall it and then i am unable to install anything from the links provided.

I don't know. That sounds odd. I can't find any results for it.

Go into your Device Manager (Start --> Run --> Type "devmgmt.msc" and hit the "+" next to "Display Adapters" and list here what is listed there.

That way, we can know for sure what card you have.

Uninstalling the Driver would just make it look like your screenshot above.

[Axellance]

jcs's tweaked winXP savage 2000 driver 1.0 is the only thing listed...

[Axellance]

hello blahages, someone, anyone can i get some help here?

[Blahages]

Download this:

http://files6.majorgeeks.com/files/db346ccb62d491029b590bbbf0f5c412/systeminfo/UKD_14-20_Beta.zip

And, extract the files. Then, open the file called "UnknownDevices.exe" and when it opens, look for a thing that says "Display Adapters." If you don't see that, hit the "List" menu, and hit "Show" and select "All" then look for it again. Hit the "+" next to it, and then hit the "+" next to the video card shown there. It should list a few things under it, like the Maker of the Video card, then the Full name of the video card.

Also, I'd like to know the Chipset it lists.

Like, For Example, here is the Tree for mine:

The things boxed in with red below is what I want to know:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b191/blahages/VideoCardUnknownDev.jpg

Trying to make sure you get the correct driver before I tell you exactly which one to get.

[Axellance]

well i found out that my uncle got my version of xp off the internet and its not geuine big suprise he is a penny pincher and apearently had not baught a genuine version of any ms operationg system except ME. So im gonna do a fresh install because there are some other errors that i keep running into and if that doesnt fix it which i suspect it wont i will try your last suggestion.

[Blahages]

Well, reinstalling won't take care of the genuineness part of the install... But may take care of the others.

Either way, you're still going to need to know what video card it is exactly before you can get the correct drivers for it.

[0=]

Run this? http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

[Blahages]

Run this? http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

I was going to mention that, but it just appears to look at what Windows thinks it's called, and reports that. So, it'd probably just list "jcs's tweaked winXP savage 2000 driver 1.0" like he was saying shows up in the Device Manager.

[Axellance]

Download this:

http://files6.majorgeeks.com/files/db346ccb62d491029b590bbbf0f5c412/systeminfo/UKD_14-20_Beta.zip

And, extract the files. Then, open the file called "UnknownDevices.exe" and when it opens, look for a thing that says "Display Adapters." If you don't see that, hit the "List" menu, and hit "Show" and select "All" then look for it again. Hit the "+" next to it, and then hit the "+" next to the video card shown there. It should list a few things under it, like the Maker of the Video card, then the Full name of the video card.

Also, I'd like to know the Chipset it lists.

Like, For Example, here is the Tree for mine:

The things boxed in with red below is what I want to know:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b191/blahages/VideoCardUnknownDev.jpg

Trying to make sure you get the correct driver before I tell you exactly which one to get.

i couldnt fallow that link.

[Blahages]

i couldnt fallow that link.

Bah, I forgot, that site makes temp links, so they go away after a short time.

That's at least the second time I've done that. You'd think I'd have learned by now. :P

Go here: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3908.html

[Axellance]

here it is. i am also having issues with scrolling on document and webpages when i scroll its really choppy and not smooth if you know what i mean, this wasnt happening untill the reinstall of xp though.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg114/pivot_photo/help.jpg

[Blahages]

All Right. It was RIDICULOUSLY difficult to find drivers for your Video card for XP. I hope they're right, as there pretty much isn't anything else.

Anyway, After about an hour or so of searching, I finally found an "updated" version of that driver you were using, hosted on a site that doesn't exist anymore, and was able to get it through Archive.org.

http://web.archive.org/web/20021223212235/www.hastec.nl/files/graphics/viper/viper_2/jgcdrivers/jgc310.exe

That's version 3.1 of the driver you were using. Yours was version 1.1.

From what I can find, that was the last "stable" release that was released. And, actually, the manufacturer of your card didn't even make Windows XP Drivers, the card is so old. Someone had to modify them for it.

Download it, Open it, and hit "Extract" Then, open the Device Manager by hitting Start --> Run --> Type "devmgmt.msc" and hit enter. Then, go to Unknown, and find the one that says something about display adatper or something. Should have a "!" next to it. Right click on it, and hit properties, then hit "Update Driver" and tell it to look in "C:\jgc310" Hopefully it'll find it, and install it.

The only other possible one I can find that is sort of updated is:

http://www.khufford.com/drivers/Video/Diamond/Viper-II-Z200/ViperII-WXP-v9.21.01g-5.12.01.9016.rar

Same process should apply here, but you'd need to download Winrar, and use it to extract the file, then point the Update Driver thingy to whatever folder you extract the RAR file to.

[Blahages]

Just a little bump here... I'm wondering if you got everything sorted out. :)