sc0ott
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Started to get this message when i first turn on my PC ever since i took out all the wires connecting to the back of the tower because they were all tangled.
When i play movies the quality isnt as good, and you can see little pixels.
Tried searching for a video driver online but I gave up. It was more complicated than i thought.
Any ideas how to fix this?
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willay
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Is your video card onboard or a separate card?
I'm thinking if its a separate card maybe you moved it slightly when tugging the wires about?
Might be worth opening up the side of the case to make sure everything is inserted properly, then reinstall the video drivers.
The video drivers would correct the issue with shit graphics, but I'm not sure how you've got to this moment!
Do you know what graphics card you have? (will need name and model number)
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sc0ott
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It says ATI radeon x300 SE PCI express on the tower.
Not sure, how would i know if its onboard or separate?
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willay
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Generally when you look at the back of a tower PC you'll have a bunch of ports grouped together like the USB, Network, Sound, Serial. If the VGA/DVI port is grouped up with them is onboard, if its not grouped with them its generally separate.
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And by you saying PCI express I'm guessing its separate as thats the interface on the motherboard.
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btw do you know who makes the card?
I've got a list here of possible makes:
Connect3D
GeCube
Giga-Byte Technology Co., Ltd
Hightech (HIS)
Palit Microsytems
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this looks like less work for both of us:
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/auto_detect.aspx
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sc0ott
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This is the back of the tower
How would i find out who made it?
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willay
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separate, check that last link I posted. It should automatically find what drivers you need? Let me know how you get on
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sc0ott
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Downloaded the file and when i try to run it, it comes up the main page but closes after a second. Doesnt seem to be working
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Thats not good 
Whats the make and model of the PC? look slike a HP?
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sc0ott
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Its an advent t9206.
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willay
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what you running, windows 7 32bit?
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driver here: http://www2.ati.com/drivers/10-2_legacy_vista32-64_wdm.exe
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sc0ott
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Windows xp
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sc0ott
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Im trying the legacy xp32 full suite software.
The one you linked failed to initialise? So it couldnt install
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sc0ott
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Working now 
There is now a little red ATI logo at the bottom right of the screen. I now remember that being there before but was gone when i started having the problem.
Cheeeers.
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Glad we got there in the end mate, you are welcome!
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