I just upgraded from XP Home to XP Pro and now my monitor is completely messed up! It's all garbled looking and I can't read it, as well as the colors being messed up.

When I go to the device manager it says my display adapter is an unknown device and when I try to reinstall drivers, it says it can't find any drivers.

HELP!

I have an EMachine T2885 system. I was looking for my original installation disk that had XP Home on it, hoping it would have the driver I needed, but I can't find it at the moment!

Any help?

Do you know if your Graphics are on-board or do you have a Graphics Card?


Check: start/run dxdiag | Display > Device


Or please post back this scan: http://www.d-a-l.com/hardware-scan.php

eMachine shows an on-board device unless you have installed your own card.

Video: Intel® Extreme Graphics 3D
64MB Shared memory

http://www.emachines.com/support/pro...es&model=T2885

You will find the basic Intel drivers here:

http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/index.htm

You just need to verify your chipset and or motherboard.

Originally Posted by jephree

You will find the basic Intel drivers here:

http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/index.htm

You just need to verify your chipset and or motherboard.

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I went to this site and this was what was posted for the drivers I need:

Intel® 82845G Graphics Controller
End of Interactive Support Announcement
These products are no longer being manufactured by Intel. Additionally, Intel no longer provides interactive support for these products via telephone or e-mail, nor will Intel provide any future software updates to support new operating systems or improve compatibility with third party devices and software products.
THESE DOCUMENTS ARE PROVIDED FOR HISTORICAL REFERENCE PURPOSES ONLY AND ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS SET FORTH IN THE "LEGAL INFORMATION" LINK BELOW.For information on currently available Intel products, please see www.intel.com and/or developer.intel.com

Also, I found my original emachines set-up disk that had the drivers on it. I tried to reinstall them and it said there was an error.

I have also tried downloading numerous other compatible drivers, none of which will download correctly.

Right now, my monitor is set on the 640x480 lowest setting and also the lowest 4 bit color quality. It will not let me change or adjust either of these. Also, monitor type says default monitor.

The device manager says "unknown device" for the display adapters. When I click reinstall drivers, it takes me through the installation menu and let's me go through the majority of the install for:
Intel(r) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller
Then it warns me this has not passed windows logo testing to verify it's compatibility with windows XP (although this was running perfectly fine on XP Home - it wasn't until I upgraded to XP Pro that I had this problem). I clicked continue anyway. It seems to install almost all of the files and right before it's finished, it says:
Cannot install this hardware
Intel(r) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller
There was a problem installing this hardware
The data is invalid

Any suggestions?

Originally Posted by jephree

Do you know if your Graphics are on-board or do you have a Graphics Card?


Check: start/run dxdiag | Display > Device


Or please post back this scan: http://www.d-a-l.com/hardware-scan.php

eMachine shows an on-board device unless you have installed your own card.

Video: Intel® Extreme Graphics 3D
64MB Shared memory

http://www.emachines.com/support/pro...es&model=T2885

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Thanks! I did this and this was the response I got:

The system is using the generic video driver. Please install video driver provided by the hardware manufacturer.
To test DirectDraw functionality, click the "Test DirectDraw" button above.
Direct3D functionality not available. You should verify that the driver is a final version from the hardware manufacturer.

I have not installed my own card, so this machine would have what came with it.

Do you have any suggestions? This is so frustrating!

Here's what I got back after the hardware scan you suggested above:

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OS Information:
PropertyValue
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional|C:\WINDOWS|\Device\Harddisk0\Partitio n1
Service Pack 2.0
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS


Processor:
PropertyValue
Current Clock Speed 2799
Description x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9
Manufacturer GenuineIntel
Name Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.80GHz


Memory (RAM):
PropertyValue
Bank Label DIMM0
Capacity 536870912

Total Memory Deteced in Hardware: ~512 MB
Memory Reported to Operating System: 503MB

Disk Drives:
PropertyValue
Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model Maxtor 4R080L0
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 81956689920 (~76 GB)
Number of Partitions 1

Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model SAMSUNG HM100JC USB Device
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 100027630080 (~93 GB)
Number of Partitions 1


Installed Printers:
PropertyValue
Name hp officejet 5500 series fax
Port Name USB001
Default False
Driver Name hp officejet 5500 series fax

Name hp officejet 5500 series
Port Name USB001
Default True
Driver Name hp officejet 5500 series

Name PDF995
Port Name PDF995PORT
Default False
Driver Name PDF995 Printer Driver

Name Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
Port Name Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Port:
Default False
Driver Name Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Driver


Motherboard:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer Intel Corporation
Model
Name Base Board
Part Number
Product D845GVSR
Serial Number BQSR40710784
Version AAC67659-200


BIOS:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer Intel Corp.
Name BIOS Date: 02/08/04 19:58:02 Ver: 08.00.08
Release Date 20040208000000.000000+000
Version INTEL - 20040208


Monitor:
PropertyValue
Description Default Monitor
Name Default Monitor
Screen Height 480
Screen Width 640


Keyboard:
PropertyValue
Description Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard


Pointing Device:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer (Standard system devices)
Name USB Human Interface Device


Sound Card:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer Realtek
Description Realtek AC'97 Audio
Device ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_24C5&SUBSYS_02088086&REV_01\3&267 A616A&0&FD


Video Card:
PropertyValue
Adapter Compatibility
Adapter RAM
Description
Installed Display Drivers
Driver Version
Driver Date
Video Mode Description 640 x 480 x 2 colors


DirectX Installation:
PropertyValue
Version 6.03.01.0148


Modem:
PropertyValue
Model PCI SoftV92 Data Fax Modem with SmartCP
Name PCI SoftV92 Data Fax Modem with SmartCP


Network Adapters:
PropertyValue
Description Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description WAN Miniport (ATW)

External Ports:
PropertyValue
External Reference Designator PS2Mouse
External Reference Designator Keyboard
External Reference Designator COM 1
External Reference Designator LPT1
External Reference Designator COM 2
External Reference Designator 1st USB
External Reference Designator 2nd USB
External Reference Designator VIDEO
External Reference Designator RJ-45 Type
External Reference Designator Audio Mic In
External Reference Designator Audio Line In
External Reference Designator Audio Line Out
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator

Expansion Slots:
PropertyValue
Slot Designation J7B2
Slot Designation J8B1
Slot Designation J9B1
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Did you try this driver:

. Video: Intel® Extreme Graphics [WIN2K_XP.EXE] (5410KB) 6.14.10.3762_cert 3/16/2004

http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...4&submit=Go%21

That is direct from your motherboard via Intel.




If that does not work Intel relates this driver to your chipset:

. Graphics Driver [WIN2K_XP14103.EXE] (6037KB) 14.10.3 6/28/2005

http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...4&submit=Go%21