- May 2, 2014
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Hi, somewhat of am upgrading novice here looking for some advice on how to solve a problem.
I recently upgraded a Dell XPS 210 (Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86 GHz, Intel P965 PCI Express, integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3000) from the original XP to Windows 7 (32 bit). Everything installed fine, but now after I use it for a few minutes I get this error:
"Display driver Intel Graphics Media Acceleration Driver for Windows Vista R stopped responding and has successfully recovered". That happens a few times, and then the screen just goes black. The computer stays on, but then I have to force restart to get the display to work again.
I searched here for display driver updates here and didn't see any for Windows 7:
http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/Product/xps-210
…however, I did find a Windows 7 (32 bit) driver for the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator here:
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?lang=eng&DwnldID=18223
…and I downloaded that, installed it, and restarted… but the same problem keeps happening.
So that's where I'm at. Do I need to install a new graphics card? If so, which one should I get? I've seen some threads elsewhere that say while this computer has a PCI-E x16 expansion slot, any graphics card installed would have to be a half-height or low profile one. More importantly, whatever card I'd get would have to have drivers for Windows 7… but I've honestly never upgraded a graphics card before so I'm not sure if that's what I need to do or which one to get if I need it. I've seen people elsewhere suggest an ATI Radeon X1300 Pro, but would that work with Windows 7?
Here's a link to the owners manual for this computer with all the tech specs as well:
ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_xps_desktop/xps-210_Owner's%20Manual_en-us.pdf
Any help or advice on other graphics cards (or any other fixes) would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Also, I first posted this thread in the Graphics & Displays forum, and it was removed... I'm guessing because I posted it in the wrong place? There was no explanation of why it was removed (I read the forum rules and I can't see any other reason), so trying again here.
I recently upgraded a Dell XPS 210 (Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86 GHz, Intel P965 PCI Express, integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3000) from the original XP to Windows 7 (32 bit). Everything installed fine, but now after I use it for a few minutes I get this error:
"Display driver Intel Graphics Media Acceleration Driver for Windows Vista R stopped responding and has successfully recovered". That happens a few times, and then the screen just goes black. The computer stays on, but then I have to force restart to get the display to work again.
I searched here for display driver updates here and didn't see any for Windows 7:
http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/Product/xps-210
…however, I did find a Windows 7 (32 bit) driver for the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator here:
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?lang=eng&DwnldID=18223
…and I downloaded that, installed it, and restarted… but the same problem keeps happening.
So that's where I'm at. Do I need to install a new graphics card? If so, which one should I get? I've seen some threads elsewhere that say while this computer has a PCI-E x16 expansion slot, any graphics card installed would have to be a half-height or low profile one. More importantly, whatever card I'd get would have to have drivers for Windows 7… but I've honestly never upgraded a graphics card before so I'm not sure if that's what I need to do or which one to get if I need it. I've seen people elsewhere suggest an ATI Radeon X1300 Pro, but would that work with Windows 7?
Here's a link to the owners manual for this computer with all the tech specs as well:
ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_xps_desktop/xps-210_Owner's%20Manual_en-us.pdf
Any help or advice on other graphics cards (or any other fixes) would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Also, I first posted this thread in the Graphics & Displays forum, and it was removed... I'm guessing because I posted it in the wrong place? There was no explanation of why it was removed (I read the forum rules and I can't see any other reason), so trying again here.
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