I’ve done something really stupid and now my display isn’t working properly. As some of you might have seen from previous photos, I use a Compaq Presario X1000 on WinXP (SP2). Had just uninstalled Virtual Drive Creator and deleted all the associated DLLs by mistake. This was compounded by running Windows with Japanese regional settings so all the content of the dialogue boxes was symbolly. Lo and behold, when I rebooted, it was in 800 x 600 VGAsav.
Probably could have just remedied it by downloading and replacing the relevant DLLs but I panicked and uninstalled the ATI driver and control panel and then tried to re-install with updated drivers provided on the ATI website (Catalyst 6.11). Found out that I had to install MS .NET Framework 2.0 first but no joy after that either. “SEVERE. Setup was unable to complete the installation. Try to setup your display adaptor with a standard VGA driver before running setup.”
As far as I can tell (from the Device Manager under System Information), there isn’t even a Display - the ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 isn’t even being detected. I’m guessing that it’s because the “Intel(R) 82855PM Process to AGP Controller - 3341″ has got this yellow exclamation mark next to it: “This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use (Code 12).” From the forum threads I’ve browsed, it seems that this device needs to be enabled before Radeon can be detected and the drivers installed. Tried System Restore but it can’t find any difference between now and the last point. Haven’t do a full reinstall because I don’t have the WinXP install CD.
The display still kind of works and but I can still watch anime but it’s rather rough around the edges with pixellation and websurfing is painful because of refresh drag when I scroll down. Absolutely no mood to blog even though I’ve been delighted by Solid State Society and the MariMite OVA. orz
Well, you have three options:
- try updating your AGP chipset driver:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/scripts-df-external/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=922&lang=eng
(not too sure if this will work as it may be referring to the desktop version rather than the mobile version)
- do what the error message says and temporarily disable one of the devices on your system (like a CD drive or USB device, something)
- grab a copy of xp off your friendly neighbourhood bittorrent site and perform a reinstall using the serial you got with your lappy — i did this the other day on my desktop when my restore cds refused to work
Reformat and reinstall Windows. That’s what I do everytime I screw something up.
I’m not sure if it will work, but did you try the system restore option (all programs->accessories->system tools). I’m not sure if the restore tracks changes the programs you mentioned.
j.valdez, I tried the system restore as well as the Last Known Good Configuration restore (pressed F8 for the option list when booting up).
torpy, thanks for the link. The AGP chipset driver won’t install because apparently a file is missing or corrupt. About your second option, what it looks like is that the AGP controller is in conflict with the VGAsave. I have thought about disabling the VGAsave but then I’ll need an external monitor to work with after that plus there’s no guarantee that, if the conflict is resolved, that the chipset and ATI drivers will install.
Looks like I’ll have to go with your last suggestion (also suggested by Kurogane) for a complete re-install. (Which is also the conclusion that Compaq service support has also reached after trying all sorts of restores and BIOS upgrades.) Sigh. Thanks for everyone’s inputs!