Updating Graphics Driver? Where to begin?

pazza2000

Expand the display adapters section, this should show what type of card you have.


Where exactly is the dispaly adapters section??

pazza2000

Do i download all 3 of the drivers under video? I have entered my service tag and this is the list it presents:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=gen&catid=-1&impid=-1&os=WW1&osl=en&Service!!!!!2S7SH1J

swvillafan

> Click start button, then choose the 'run' option
> Type devmgmt.msc into the run box and press enter
> The device manager box should appear. Expand the display adapters section, this should show what type of card you have.

basmic

Download and run this, and post what it finds for Integrated Graphics:- http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/inf/sb/cs-009266.htm

pazza2000

swvillafan wrote: »

> Click start button, then choose the 'run' option
> Type devmgmt.msc into the run box and press enter
> The device manager box should appear. Expand the display adapters section, this should show what type of card you have.

The Dispay Drivers option is missing for m. It goes Disk Drives, DVD/CD-ROM Drives... etc

swvillafan

Ah OK never mind.

Best thing then is to download the tool that Basmic suggested to find out the exact type of card you have, then download the correct driver from Dell, install it, reboot and you should be good to go!

pazza2000

basmic wrote: »

Download and run this, and post what it finds for Integrated Graphics:- http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/inf/sb/cs-009266.htm

Seems complicated. Im wary...

I have entered my service code and this is the options it gives me. Should i just download every driver incase it isnt the graphics driver. This is becoming to much for a noive like me :-D

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=gen&catid=-1&impid=-1&os=WW1&osl=en&Service!!!!!2S7SH1J

swvillafan

You'll more than likely be the first driver listed on the Dell site, the 915g graphics controller.

Try downloading and installing this one. It should tell you during the install if it doesn't find any compatible hardware in your machine. If it does then try the other Intel driver.

pazza2000

When i download it i just get coding in a seperate IE window. Is that normal. & thats it.... nothing else. Nothing seems to be running/downloading.

Help!!!!

pazza2000

8.593.100.0000 is the driver i need, had a thing called driver genius professional that the neighbour installed. It says that this is the updated driver required for display as the current(not listed) is out of date... does that sound correct?