Standard VGA Graphics Adapter

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  1. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 Professional
       #1

    Standard VGA Graphics Adapter


    Sorry I'm not that good with computers but here goes.

    My Computer was working fine until it stopped working then i had to reinstall windos 7. Everything was working fine before but now my graphics adapter is Standard VGA Graphics adapter. Please help!!!

    Model: Alienware m15x
    OS: Windows 7 Professional x64
    And i'm not sure about my graphics card. I downloaded Speccy and all it said was
    Graphics: Generic PnP Monitor (1152x864@1Hz)
    16MB Standard VGA Graphics Adapter (Dell)
    Last edited by OffSuit27; 24 Jan 2013 at 20:35. Reason: I have been trying to find out how to fix this forever and nothing has worked.
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  2. Posts : 834
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64
       #2

    It seems that that laptop came with a nvidia graphics card.
    Can you check the Dell website for drivers:
    Product Selection | Dell United States
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  3. Posts : 2,606
    Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1
       #3

    support.dell.com doesn't list any Windows 8 drivers for that laptop.

    That's probably not a problem. The Win7 drivers should be OK. (You may receive newer drivers from Windows Update, once the graphics adapter is recognized.)

    Your service tag may be helpful in displaying your exact hardware configuration.

    LATER: oops. Somehow I mentally mis-registered OffSuit27 as having upgraded to Win8.

    I'll stick with my recommendation to use the service tag. I hope that it helps, because it looks like that Alienware model had at least a couple of graphics options.
    Last edited by bobkn; 25 Jan 2013 at 14:02. Reason: screwup
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  4. Posts : 4,161
    Windows 7 Pro-x64
       #4

    Why would he want Windows 8 drivers? He re-installed Windows 7 and the drivers are now probably the default drivers.

    Download and install updated drivers from Dell.
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  5. Posts : 834
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64
       #5

    bobkn said:
    support.dell.com doesn't list any Windows 8 drivers for that laptop.

    That's probably not a problem. The Win7 drivers should be OK. (You may receive newer drivers from Windows Update, once the graphics adapter is recognized.)

    Your service tag may be helpful in displaying your exact hardware configuration.
    The OP is using Windows 7 so he should be fine.
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  6. Posts : 3,724
    Windows 10x64 Build 1709
       #6

    http://http://www.geforce.com/drivers

    Or you could try here.
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  7. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 Professional
    Thread Starter
       #7

    indianacarnie said:
    I did the scan for which Driver to download and the website said
    "NVIDIA Products Not Found
    We could not find any NVIDIA products within your system. Please try again or use the manual search."
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  8. Posts : 834
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64
       #8

    OffSuit27 said:
    indianacarnie said:
    I did the scan for which Driver to download and the website said
    "NVIDIA Products Not Found
    We could not find any NVIDIA products within your system. Please try again or use the manual search."
    Have you tried the Dell website I listed earlier?
    Product Selection | Dell United States
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  9. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 Professional
    Thread Starter
       #9

    ionbasa said:
    It seems that that laptop came with a nvidia graphics card.
    Can you check the Dell website for drivers:
    Product Selection | Dell United States
    THe Nvidia website said
    "NVIDIA Products Not Found
    We could not find any NVIDIA products within your system. Please try again or use the manual search."
    any other ideas?
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  10. Posts : 834
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64
       #10

    OffSuit27 said:
    ionbasa said:
    It seems that that laptop came with a nvidia graphics card.
    Can you check the Dell website for drivers:
    Product Selection | Dell United States
    THe Nvidia website said
    "NVIDIA Products Not Found
    We could not find any NVIDIA products within your system. Please try again or use the manual search."
    any other ideas?
    Yes as Alienware is owned by Dell the manufacturer, they may have developed custom drivers for the GPU. By using the Dell website you will get exactly what drivers you need, just use your Service Tag.
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