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Danofer   11-16-2009 at 07:50:08 AM

Okay so I just install windows 7 32bit(clean install, not upgrade) and it's not recognizing my graphics card. All it says is "Standard VGA adapter".

I've tried installing drivers but it never works and I also tried uninstalling the standard vga adapter via device manager too but it reinstalled itself.

Any solutions? :??: Btw my graphics card is a ATI Radeon xpress 200.

Way back when windows 7 was in beta and i was a beta tester everything worked fine.

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Ati radeon express 200 is an old onboard chip. There are no Win 7 drivers listed under 'embedded' on the ATI driver site for the ATI Radeon Express 200. That onboard chip is not compatible with Windows 7. If your MB has a PCIE slot, perhaps install a suitable graphics vard in the slot.

The Radeon express 200 driver is listed here under 'embedded'. XP driver only.

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx

EDIT: I noticed there are Vista drivers for the RE 200 integrated chipset. Try those. Vista>Integrated>radeon Express 200.
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Silver Win 7 badge The_Prophecy   11-16-2009 at 07:55:05 AM

How have you been installing them? Running the setup.exe for the Catalyst driver? Or installing via the device manager by manually picking the file from the extracted catalyst installer?

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Danofer   11-16-2009 at 09:16:58 PM

The_Prophecy wrote :

How have you been installing them? Running the setup.exe for the Catalyst driver? Or installing via the device manager by manually picking the file from the extracted catalyst installer?




I tried both and they both failed. :[ :(

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Silver Win 7 badge The_Prophecy   11-16-2009 at 10:28:31 PM

Do you have another computer you could put the card in to see whether that will properly detect the video? Seems right now like there is something wrong with the card...

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ulysses35   11-16-2009 at 11:47:19 PM

If you have no other PC to use as a test bed - try running GPUz to see if it can correctly identify the card. If it shows up ok then its likely to be a software problem.

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Danofer   11-17-2009 at 12:01:51 AM

The_Prophecy wrote :

Do you have another computer you could put the card in to see whether that will properly detect the video? Seems right now like there is something wrong with the card...



But it was working fine when I was using windows xp.... :[

And no I don't have another system to test with.

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Danofer   11-17-2009 at 12:05:05 AM

ulysses35 wrote :

If you have no other PC to use as a test bed - try running GPUz to see if it can correctly identify the card. If it shows up ok then its likely to be a software problem.




So should I reinstall win7 again?

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badge   11-17-2009 at 12:06:15 AM
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Ati radeon express 200 is an old onboard chip. There are no Win 7 drivers listed under 'embedded' on the ATI driver site for the ATI Radeon Express 200. That onboard chip is not compatible with Windows 7. If your MB has a PCIE slot, perhaps install a suitable graphics vard in the slot.

The Radeon express 200 driver is listed here under 'embedded'. XP driver only.

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx

EDIT: I noticed there are Vista drivers for the RE 200 integrated chipset. Try those. Vista>Integrated>radeon Express 200.

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badge   11-17-2009 at 12:33:28 AM

Yeah, I have had a system with the Radeon Express 200 chipset running as a workstation for many years. I also repaired one for an employee. That Vista driver will likely work with Windows 7.

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Danofer   11-17-2009 at 12:37:37 AM

badge wrote :

Yeah, I have had a system with the Radeon Express 200 chipset running as a workstation for many years. I also repaired one for an employee. That Vista driver will likely work with Windows 7.



So how should I install it? Just clicking on the setup?

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badge   11-17-2009 at 12:41:34 AM

Yeah, go to the ATI driver page, use the Vista driver 32 or 64 whatever win 7 application matches. The RE 200 chipset/driver is located under 'embedded'. You should see it there. Install it.

EDIT driver is under integrated.


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silverron   11-17-2009 at 12:47:02 AM

When in doubt, cleck out the graphic card driver page for most recent drivers - from XP Pro to Win7 demands this in some cases!

Lots of brain power here! :D

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badge   11-17-2009 at 12:49:34 AM

silverron wrote :

When in doubt, cleck out the graphic card driver page for most recent drivers - from XP Pro to Win7 demands this in some cases!

Lots of brain power here! :D




OP does not have graphics card. The MB has an onboard integrated radeon Express 200 chipset.


Edit Also, the chipset is old enough to not have had a driver update for years. See legacy support.


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Danofer   11-17-2009 at 12:53:23 AM

badge wrote :

Ati radeon express 200 is an old onboard chip. There are no Win 7 drivers listed under 'embedded' on the ATI driver site for the ATI Radeon Express 200. That onboard chip is not compatible with Windows 7. If your MB has a PCIE slot, perhaps install a suitable graphics vard in the slot.

The Radeon express 200 driver is listed here under 'embedded'. XP driver only.

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx

EDIT: I noticed there are Vista drivers for the RE 200 integrated chipset. Try those. Vista>Integrated>radeon Express 200.



THANKS ALOT!!!! :DDDDDD It worked.
Selecting you as best answer.
Thanks again! :)

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badge   11-17-2009 at 01:00:58 AM

Your welcome.

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