Aero not supported?

[65Hyper]

Help! I installed Windows 7 in my Windows XP pc. Before installing it, I ran the Compability test and it said "Aero is supported on your machine" but after the installation it won't work! I checked DXDiag and Direct3D, DirectDraw, AGP Texture Acceleration is not available. But when using my XP it was available! QUICK REPLY PLEASE!

 

[ryo]

hello and welcome..
completed fill your system specs so we can know is compatible or not with the OS.

 

[65Hyper]

Time of this report:
Machine name:
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer:
System Model:
BIOS: BIOS Revision: 1.00.07
Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 550 @ 2.00GHz, ~2.0GHz
Memory: 512MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 382MB RAM
Page File: 635MB used, 769MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode

 

[ryo]

hm...can you go to device manager and see the display, is it your VGA card installed it well ??
or you're using onboard VGA card.

 

[Darician]

Also, run HWInfo32 from HWiNFO & HWiNFO32 - Hardware Information and Analysis Tools to see what specific video chipset you have.

 

[cloud8521]

"But when using my XP it was available!" what? xp does not have it

 

[Keiichi25]

"But when using my XP it was available!" what? xp does not have it

Re-read his statement... It was this:

I checked DXDiag and Direct3D, DirectDraw, AGP Texture Acceleration is not available. But when using my XP it was available! QUICK REPLY PLEASE!

To clarify this a little further... Please post your video card.

More than likely, the video card you have is either integrated or at least 4 to 5 years old or just simply not a Direct X 10/11 compatible card, therefore, it will show up as 'Not available' for those functions under the Direct X Diagnostics program for Version 11. XP uses Version 9.0c, which will be fine for an older card, but not if you went to a higher version of Direct X.

You can try a newer version of your drivers for your card, however, I believe Direct X 11 requires some hardware implementation that older cards do not support.

 

[stormy13]

Need a working AGP/GART driver in addition to a working video card driver (not too mention a supported DX 9 card) for Aero to work. Without a working AGP driver, the video card driver cannot install.

 

[Keiichi25]

Need a working AGP/GART driver in addition to a working video card driver (not too mention a supported DX 9 card) for Aero to work. Without a working AGP driver, the video card driver cannot install.

I think you mean a supported DX10 or better card. As his card showed DX9 available when he was in XP and XP only goes up to DX9.0c.

 

[madtownidiot]

It may not be anything wrong with the card at all. I have a an older dell dimension sitting in my shop with a 7600gt agp card that won't work in windows 7 no matter what I do.

 

[Keiichi25]

It may not be anything wrong with the card at all. I have a an older dell dimension sitting in my shop with a 7600gt agp card that won't work in windows 7 no matter what I do.

Well, technically, there is something wrong with the card.

It is a card not supported by the OS.

But in all seriousness, doing a google search, I found this with regards to the 7600GT Card and Direct X:

Is Nvidia 7600 GT direct x 10 compatible? - Yahoo! Answers

While Wikipedia has the following entry:

Windows Aero - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I do not believe the Aero is Direct X 9 supportable... As there are mentions with performance issues with it on Legacy Direct X 9 cards. There is also an blog here where they think Win 7 Aero is leaning more towards Direct X 10.1 capable cards or at least, for performance.

Windows 7 Aero to take advantage of DirectX 10.1 ... where will this leave NVIDIA | ZDNet

 

[stormy13]

Need a working AGP/GART driver in addition to a working video card driver (not too mention a supported DX 9 card) for Aero to work. Without a working AGP driver, the video card driver cannot install.

I think you mean a supported DX10 or better card. As his card showed DX9 available when he was in XP and XP only goes up to DX9.0c.

No I mean exactly what I said, without a working AGP driver (part of the chipset), the driver for the video card will not install. Doesn't matter whether the card is DX 9, 10 or 11. Just look up those with a nforce 3 AGP motherboard, doesn't matter what card they have as there is no working AGP driver for that chipset for Windows 7 and as a result the card won't work.

And DX9 cards work just fine with Aero as long as they have a working driver. I have an old 9800 Pro (and there is a working AGP driver for the chipset on that motherboard), and Aero works with it just fine.

 

[madtownidiot]

I'm online right now with a laptop that was manufactured more than a year before DX10 was released and I've got full aero effects enabled

 

[neo101]

I've got 2x Nvidia 6200 AGP cards 256mb + 512mb - both run Win7 Aero perfectly (on Socket A boards)

Both Dx 9.0c

 

[imeem]

Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 550 @ 2.00GHz, ~2.0GHz

Isn't that processor very bad for windows 7?