No display adapter listed in Control Panel

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?)

Look for updated graphics drivers from the IBM website (if there are none
for XP, try those for Windows 2000)
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Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com

"Keith" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0a5901c49676$f87dae30$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> I have a second hand IBM Thinkpad running XP Pro. In
> Control Panel>System>Device Manager I have no display
> adapter listed, and I think as a result my video
> performance is suffering.
>
> I tried playing a DVD in it, and got an error message
> saying i needed to reduce screen resolution. Didn't fix it.
>
> Has an S3 Savage MX (8MB RAM) installed, and PC Doctor
> detects it, as does WinS3ID, the 'what graphics card do
> you have' app from S3.
>
> Have tried installing the driver but get an error message
> and installation stops. (Have an error log file if you
> wish to see it.)
>
> Add New Hardware wizard doesn't discover it either.
> Wondering if I have a registry problem, and if whether I
> remove any keys referring to the card it will either let
> me install the drivers or perhaps add new hardware might
> work at that point.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Keith
>
> BIOS up to date, 256M RAM