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This is what I have Dell Dimension 8100 Standard PCI Graphics adapter VGA Dell M991 Screen wiindows ME   I only get 640 x 480 pixels with 16 colors I need the driver Not on any disk I have or at Dells down loads Not sure which one I need Thanks Mike

europa303 · Answer

Go to Device Manager and expand the Display Adaptor section.  What does it say there for your video?

europa303 · Answer

Mike3, to have a chance of the right driver you may need to post everything it says in Device Manager, under display adaptors, including the list of manufacturers.

MikeMikeMike · Answer

It has a list of manufacturers for standard adapters it only lists standard PCI graphics adapter

MikeMikeMike · Answer

They are all listed there. Windows keeps saying that the best driver is already installed. There must be a update somewere but its not on my computer

MikeMikeMike · Answer

If I go to Dell downloads for Dimension 8100, windows ME there are no video drivers listed for a standard PCI  graphics adapter VGA And no Drivers for a M911 display

sleeplesman · Answer

you could try the m991.exe from this address.. ftp://ftp.dell.com/monitors/
or the R44148.EXE for the 992 monitor. as for the video drivers. you will need to figure out which one is in your machine. the page lists 8 different sets of drivers for the video card. in the mean time you can just change your standart pci graphics driver to a super vga driver to shapen you picture while you figure out what you have.

MikeMikeMike · Answer

I had it show all the compatible hardware and got STANDARD PCI GRAPHICS VGA 6-8-2000. this adaptor only gives me 800 x 600 pixels at 16 bit color. ooops this should of said 640 x 480 not 800 x 600

MikeMikeMike · Answer

Ok I have some improvement here.

I opened the M991exe

I had it show all the compatible hardware and got STANDARD PCI GRAPHICS VGA 6-8-2000. this adaptor only gives me 800 x 600 pixels at 16 bit color.

I clicked on show all hardware and loaded SUPER VGA. Windows said this was not compatible but I loaded it anyways. Now I can get 800 x 600 pixels at 16 bit color.

Under the monitor tab I have 1024 x 768 32 bit loaded. I loaded this from M991exe but it also said it was not compatible when I loaded it. I need a driver that will give me 1024 x 768. (I think)

Do I need to open the computer and get a name off the graphics card? Will there be one if the computer just says it’s a standard PCI graphics VGA adapter?

DELL-Chris M · Answer

MikeMikeMike, Your video card is the GeForce 2MX NV11.

MikeMikeMike · Answer

GeForce 2MX NV11   So were can I find this driver? It's not on my computer and I can't find it on the web. It seems to be made by MSI.

MikeMikeMike · Answer

Stop the presses !!!!!

I just found my packing slip

It says I have 32MB NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 4X AGP Graphics Card with TV-Out

I tried one of the NVIDIA drivers and it worked. I have a load of options for setting now

Thanks for all the help

Mike

europa303 · Answer

Way to go Mike.  That's the info we were looking for and you're good to go.

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