"Display Adaptor" missing - not driver related

[mn1028]

Last night I installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, a fresh copy not an upgrade from Vista and my display adaptor is not showing up in the device manager. At first I thought the simple solution would be to install the drivers. But, it seems that windows does not even detect my video card, so the drivers will not even install, because the Hardware is not detected.

I reinstalled XP last night and the video card works perfectly, actually everything works in XP, so I know the video card is not bad.

I just do not understand why Windows 7 does not see the card.
I have tried just about everything I know to do.

I upgraded my MOBO BIOS and installed the latest chipset software.
I physically reinstalled the card, to make sure it was properly seated.
I have tried to "add legacy hardware" from the device manager and selected the "Display Adaptor" option, but all that does is give me a list of intel adaptors, so that does not work.

Please follow the link below.
Here is the original thread that I posted in the nVidia forums
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=157995

System Specs:
OS: Windows 7 64bit
Motherboard: Asus P5WD2-E Premium
Processor: Intel Pentium D Extreme Edition - 3.73ghz
RAM: 4GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800
Video Card: Gigabyte GV-3D1-7950-RH - GeForce 7950 GX2
Monitor: HP 2709m Native Resolution - 1920x1080


Any suggestions would be arrpeciated. Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Jonathan_King]

Welcome!

In your BIOS, is the Primary video card set to PCIe?

 

[mn1028]

Hello Jonathan.

I am pretty sure that I do. I have been through the BIOS and this is the only thing that I can find that relates to the Graphics card.

Sorry for the large picture-using my camera and the ms-paint.

 

[Lordbob75]

If you can load into XP, try downloading and running this: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...90-7659-4BD9-9E51-2497C146AF15&displaylang=en

Your adapter is likely not compatible.

~Lordbob

 

[mn1028]

Microsoft's site states that it is compatible with the 32 & 64 bit versions. But I might reinstall xp and run the compatibility test anyway.
Windows 7 Compatibility Gigabyte Gigabyte GV-3D1-7950-RH Graphics Card

I think I have found what the problem is, but I am not sure how to resolve the problem.

Here is my Device Manager:

Apparently "This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use. (Code 12)"
The two PCI Standard PCI to PCI Bridge items, shown below, are suffering from the lack of resources.

And the the PCI Input device, shown below, has a driver issue. However, I have been unable to resolve the driver issue because I don't know what device it refers to.

If I uninstall the two "PCI Standard PCI to PCI Bridge" items and the "PCI Input Device" and reboot the video card is detected at start up. It is listed in the device manager, but all of the item still have errors.

Seen here

and here

A reboot is required before I can use the items or even install the drivers. Once I reboot the card has disappeared.

Shown here

Any thoughts?
Any experts out there that know about system resources and how to manipulate them, or what the heck is going on?

 

[Frostmourne]

This seems to be IRQ related. Go into your BIOS and disable the COM and serial ports. Then go through the drivers guide in my sig and use the unknown devices app to identify what those devices are. Then with resources freed up, run Windows Update first to check for any compatible driver updates, click the link for optional updates and thoroughly check out if there are any options.

Then get drivers for the unknown apps and GPU and install them one by one. Start with the GPU. If it fails, the Nvidia installer should have extracted them to a folder in your C:\ drive. Right click the entry for the card, select update, have file and point the search at the extracted folder. If you can't find the extracted folder, extract them yourself with Universal Extractor. Then install the rest of the drivers for the other devices.

 

[skunksmash]

did you install your motherboard drivers before trying to install the GFX drivers.??

 

[bobkn]

I concur - looks like you need to install the Intel chipset drivers.

Here's the link to the latest:

Chipset: Intel® Chipset Device Software for Intel® Desktop Boards

I hope that it works for you. Dual GPU cards (like your 7950 GX2) can be a little more persnickety than single ones.

 

[mn1028]

Thanks for the suggestion Frostmourne. I will try all of that today and see if it helps.


skunksmash - I install the MOBO Chipset drivers first. The video drivers will not even install because the nVidia installer can't see the card so I get this error message.

bobkn - I have installed the latest chipset drivers. The File Name - infinst911autol

I installed the OS and then immediately installed the intel chipset drivers and my BIOS is updated. The thing about the BIOS is that the most recent update was back in August of 2006, so maybe that is the problem.

 

[bobkn]

Thanks for the suggestion Frostmourne. I will try all of that today and see if it helps.


skunksmash - I install the MOBO Chipset drivers first. The video drivers will not even install because the nVidia installer can't see the card so I get this error message.

bobkn - I have installed the latest chipset drivers. The File Name - infinst911autol

I installed the OS and then immediately installed the intel chipset drivers and my BIOS is updated. The thing about the BIOS is that the most recent update was back in August of 2006, so maybe that is the problem.

I may have to apologize. On looking at your posts more carefully, I see the "resource" warnings. That doesn't look like anything that would normally result from drivers that were absent.

One thing that you may need that you don't seem to have are the ATK0110 drivers. I received mine through Windows Update, but they are also available for download from Asus:

ASUSTeK Computer Inc.-Support-

(These are only listed through Vista, but I hope that they'll work on Win7.) I'm not knowledgeable about ACPI issues, but they involve controlling devices, so I hope that'll help you.

As regards the Intel chipset drivers, I'm not sure which version you have. The ones I supplied a link to are 9.1.1.1025. I believe that 9.1.1.1013 and later will install on Windows7 without any work-arounds. I suggest that you try the latest; if you already have up-to-date components installed, no actual update will occur.

Good luck.

 

[mn1028]

I have tried everything you guys suggested and I am still having problems. This is quite a mystery. I am begining to think that Windows 7 64bit just does not aggree with my system setup. I hate that I spent money on the OS only to now go back to XP. I wonder if the 32bit version would have these problems?

If anyone has any more ideas, even if your suggestion is to take a large hammer to my machine , I will try it.

 

[neo101]

I have tried everything you guys suggested and I am still having problems. This is quite a mystery. I am begining to think that Windows 7 64bit just does not aggree with my system setup. I hate that I spent money on the OS only to now go back to XP. I wonder if the 32bit version would have these problems?

If anyone has any more ideas, even if your suggestion is to take a large hammer to my machine , I will try it.

Try resetting your Bios to "Optimised Defaults" then DON'T fiddle with it till card is working!

In the old XP days I just used to right click and delete all the highlighted problems and let the system "re-discover" them!

 

[Lordbob75]

Try resetting your Bios to "Optimised Defaults" then DON'T fiddle with it till card is working!

In the old XP days I just used to right click and delete all the highlighted problems and let the system "re-discover" them!

This is a good suggestion.

I would also recommend flashing your BIOS, and making sure the motherboard and BIOS will support your card.
Another option would be to replace that card with another, and see if the problem still occurs. If so, it is not the graphics card.

~Lordbob

 

[mn1028]

I have set my BIOS to the default settings and the same problem is present. I have the latest BIOS update. Also my video card and MOBO work together when I was using XP.

When I start the system in safe mode and disable the "PCI-Input Device" and delete the "PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge"...

...and then "scan for hardware changes" the video card is detected and no error triangle is show.

I can also install the drivers

.

But upon a reboot, the display adaptor dissapears and all error triangles on the PCI items return.

It must be related to resources that are available.

 

[TGSoldier]

Can you install your audio drivers please.

Put the video card in another PCI-e slot.

Then, boot in safe mode and remove the PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge. Also in BIOS , make sure unneeded ports are disabled. Serial, Parallel, fire wire etc.

 

[mn1028]

Can you install your audio drivers please.

Put the video card in another PCI-e slot.

Then, boot in safe mode and remove the PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge. Also in BIOS , make sure unneeded ports are disabled. Serial, Parallel, fire wire etc.

Yeah, I need to install the audio drivers, that will rid me of the "PCI Input Device" error triangle.

I have tried putting the card in the other PCI-E slot and performing the same techniques that I have when it was in the slot that it is now. All serial, parallel and 1394 ports have been disabled, and I still get the same results.

I am beginning to think that Windows 7 just does not like my setup. The combination of the MOBO and the Video Card just does not mesh with Windows 7.

Looks like I will just go back to XP

 

[Shakti]

Dont suppose anyone found a solution for this? Im having the same problem, i got a Radeon X1900XTX i tried everything to install a driver then i came across this thread. Im having the same problem atleast now i know drivers wont install cause the hardware cant even be detected

 

[Rik55]

@shakati
(new issue - first post above - for anyone going to read whole thread)

The Radeon x1900XTX is only supported in the Legacy Catalyst drivers. The Legacy drivers are for XP/Vista but I think you can force an install on Win7 with the Device Manager Have Disk method or maybe Vista Compatibility mode.

Failing that, you could always change these two lines in the drivers .inf file

from

%ATI% = ATI.Mfg, NTamd64.6.0
[ATI.Mfg.NTamd64.6.0]

to

%ATI% = ATI.Mfg, NTamd64.6.1
[ATI.Mfg.NTamd64.6.1]

then install as normal

ATI Catalyst? Legacy Display Driver

 

[Shakti]

This is what I been trying and its working for other people even my friend who has some less known built in ATI agraphics. But these people didnt have the problem of Display Adapter not showing up so i can only assume its gotta do with this. I had to go to Add Legacy Device and select Display Adaptor from that list to even get to Have Disk. When i use Have Disk and select the INF file (i did edit it) nothing happens.....nothing shows up on the list and i cant click next or anything? any ideas?

One other thing If I tried to install a more recent driver supposrted by Vista or Win7 whould it not install anyway even if it dont support my card? I remember accidently doing this in XP but in Win7 i cant get any display drivers to install legacy or up to date.

 

[Shakti]

Problem solved after days of tryin to figure this out all it took was a BIOS update lol