video controller vga compatible

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Hi,
this problem seems to be common.
I recently uninstalled ICQ, after which VGA compatible is missing, Stand By
is not available, screen looks like not adjusted to proper resolution and
fonts are somehow blurry. When starting, windows prompts to install a
software for a new hardware found, but it is not possible to do in Device
Manager (Windows cannot find this software, neither reinstall. This is what I
can see when clicking video controller and video controller VGA compatible
under other devices (all with yellow question marks) in the Device Manager:

<The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)

To reinstall the drivers for this device, click Reinstall Driver.>

According to some Microsoft release, on some conditions computer starts
using OEM video controller instead of Windows one. Does anybody know what is
the way to fix the problem with no restore all the factory settings?
(ASUSA6F, Windows XP prof SP2)

Thank you.
 
Thank you for a advice; I downloaded this utility but there is no impact on
the system. According to Microsoft article 268852, the system is using the
standard VGA mode, not OEM video driver. There is no hibernate or stand by
-mode and video controller (vga compatible) is under other devices. In
addition, search utility cannot find oem#.inf or oem#.pnf.
should I download a new driver?
 
j.m. said:
Thank you for a advice; I downloaded this utility but there is no impact on
the system. According to Microsoft article 268852, the system is using the
standard VGA mode, not OEM video driver. There is no hibernate or stand by
-mode and video controller (vga compatible) is under other devices. In
addition, search utility cannot find oem#.inf or oem#.pnf.
should I download a new driver?
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Do you have backups of your personal data ?

I would make sure your email database, and any personal files have been
copied to an external storage device. That is just in case you have to
restore your computer from the restore partition.

You might want to read this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restore_point

It sounds like you have sustained major damage to the OS install.
Maybe the problem is caused by malware. I find it hard to believe
a "utility" could do so much damage.

On some OSes, you can create a new "Hardware Profile", which would
require all the drivers to be reinstalled. Have you noticed any
changes to the boot sequence for your computer ? Was there an
extra step required during the boot process ?

http://www.microsoft.com/library/me...winntas/maintain/featusability/prof01_big.gif
http://oopsilon.com/06/texts/vmware-windows-boot-select.png

Paul
 
thank you very much for a advice. I already tried to restore the system from
different restore points, every time I got a note that nothing has been
changed in the system since the restore point. System is stable, there are no
changes neither extra steps during the boot. During the start, the system
doesn't notify anymore that a new hardware found, neither prompt to install
a driver. In comparison with previous (old) state, the only difference is
1)stand-by when shuting down is not available, 2)the fonts are a little bit
blurry, not sharp and icons are streched like on the wide screen TV.
All settings checked, so I'll try the Hardware profile then(I have all
back-ups of the files etc. at external hard disk and memory sticks). What do
you think about the option to install a totally new driver?
Thank you.
 
j.m. said:
thank you very much for a advice. I already tried to restore the system from
different restore points, every time I got a note that nothing has been
changed in the system since the restore point. System is stable, there are no
changes neither extra steps during the boot. During the start, the system
doesn't notify anymore that a new hardware found, neither prompt to install
a driver. In comparison with previous (old) state, the only difference is
1)stand-by when shuting down is not available, 2)the fonts are a little bit
blurry, not sharp and icons are streched like on the wide screen TV.
All settings checked, so I'll try the Hardware profile then(I have all
back-ups of the files etc. at external hard disk and memory sticks). What do
you think about the option to install a totally new driver?
Thank you.
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You can install drivers for the hardware devices. It will take you a
bit of work to track them down.

But a more interesting case, will be your ACPI software. That is what
handles power management, and offers to do standby and shutdown
properly.

Go to Device Manager. Click on the "Computer" entry. Mine reads
"ACPI Multiprocessor". Right click on the entry, and you can see a
driver tab. One of the files is HAL.dll and the word "HAL", stands
for Hardware Abstraction Layer. To change the HAL, you can do
a driver update - but it only works for certain choices of
existing HALs. If the computer entry says "Standard PC", you
might not be able to fix that, short of doing a reinstall.
Changing from "ACPI Uniprocessor" to "ACPI Multiprocessor" is
easy, but "Standard PC" means there was no ACPI at all. You can
check around, but I've never seen a recipe for fixing that.

I'd be curious as to what is in the Computer entry, because that
might offer a clue as to what happened.

Paul
 
here is what I see there: Computer>ASPI Multiprocessor PC>Properties>3 driver
files: system32\hal.dll, system32\ntkrnlpa.exe, system32\ntoskrnl.exe.
General: ACPI Multiprocessor PC, device type: Computer, Manufacturer:
Standard computers, Location:Unknown, and status: this device is working
properly. Details:device instance ID ROOT\ACPI_HAL\0000

Why Other devices>Video Controller>Video Controller vga compatible are with
yellow mark of question?
 
j.m. said:
here is what I see there: Computer>ASPI Multiprocessor PC>Properties>3 driver
files: system32\hal.dll, system32\ntkrnlpa.exe, system32\ntoskrnl.exe.
General: ACPI Multiprocessor PC, device type: Computer, Manufacturer:
Standard computers, Location:Unknown, and status: this device is working
properly. Details:device instance ID ROOT\ACPI_HAL\0000

Why Other devices>Video Controller>Video Controller vga compatible are with
yellow mark of question?
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OK, what your results tell me, is damage is to the ordinary device
drivers, and not to the HAL.

To restore Standby, you need to check that the BIOS setting has not changed.
Sometimes there is a BIOS setting that refers to S3 Standby. S1 is a higher
power state, where the CPU is still running, and just the monitor is
blanked. In S3, only the RAM should be powered, and the power is provided
so the self-refresh continues to run on each stick.

Download this tool from Microsoft. It is a tiny download. It runs in a DOS
command window. "dumppo cap" will list the capabilities of ACPI.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/products/Oemtest/v1.1/WOSTest/Tools/Acpi/dumppo.exe

Advice here for setting it back to using S3:
http://forums.pcper.com/printthread.php?t=190313&page=3&pp=15

dumppo admin /ac minsleep=s3

Now, that isn't the end of the story. I have read problem reports, where
Standby can disappear from the menu at shutdown, but I don't know how that
stuff works. It could be a registry entry, I'm not really sure.

For the rest of the stuff, have you tried installing drivers ?

Maybe the majority of the remaining work, is just tracking down drivers.
Under model A6000, is a subsection for A6F.

http://support.asus.com.tw/download/download_item.aspx?product=3&model=A6F&SLanguage=en-us

( From http://support.asus.com.tw/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us )

HTH,
Paul
 
N said:
Hi

even m having prob wid my driver...mine is a ACPI uniprocessor Pc...will it be suitable for me to download the driver from the same site from which J has downloaded???
(http://support.asus.com.tw/download/download_item.aspx?product=3&model=A6F&SLanguage=en-us)

Plz help me..

N
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I'm sorry, but it isn't at all clear what you're trying to say or ask.

Is English a second or third language for you? If so, may I
suggest that you try posting your question in a news group dedicated to
your native language? I say this not to insult or offend, but rather to
point out that you're not likely to get much help, if no one can
understand what you're asking.

Otherwise, I'd suggest you start by reposting in standard English,
complete with paragraphs, complete sentences, capital letters where
appropriate, and punctuation. As it is, your post is quite
undecipherable: some of the the words used are from the English
language, but are completely meaningless as currently assembled.


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hello

i have the same problem

how did you figure out which drivers were the correct VGA drivers?

the ASUS Navigation Wizard" cannot be downloaded for some strange reason...

thanks

GT
Hi,
this problem seems to be common.
I recently uninstalled ICQ, after which VGA compatible is missing, Stand By
is not available, screen looks like not adjusted to proper resolution and
fonts are somehow blurry. When starting, windows prompts to install a
software for a new hardware found, but it is not possible to do in Device
Manager (Windows cannot find this software, neither reinstall. This is what I
can see when clicking video controller and video controller VGA compatible
under other devices (all with yellow question marks) in the Device Manager:

<The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)

To reinstall the drivers for this device, click Reinstall Driver.>

According to some Microsoft release, on some conditions computer starts
using OEM video controller instead of Windows one. Does anybody know what is
the way to fix the problem with no restore all the factory settings?
(ASUSA6F, Windows XP prof SP2)

Thank you.
On Saturday, August 25, 2007 3:18 PM Rich Barry wrote:
You may want to try the Inf Update Utility Number 3
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/fil...rofessional&lang=eng&strOSs=44&submit=Go!#DRV




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On Friday, September 26, 2008 9:57 AM Tom [Pepper] Willett wrote:
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