Do we have a computer fixer on board?

[angels4u]

I looked again in device manager under sound control and wonder if I can let it update with browsing from my computer instead of windows looking online?

[angels4u]

or maybe roll back driver?

[angels4u]

I see now that I have  restore date Jan 3 2011,can I go back that far?

[Mcgyver]

Honestly, at this point in time and before we go much farther...we need to run chkdsk again in case of corrupted data/bad sectors/etc.

 

Since the video is running in vga mode and is stable right now, chkdsk should be able to complete its check.

 

Start>type cmd in the search box and right click on the cmd icon and select Run As Administrator

 

type in chkdsk /r (remember that there is a space between the k and /) and hit enter

 

When you get the message that the volume is locked and asking if you want to run it at start up, type y (for yes) and hit enter

 

type exit and hit enter

 

Reboot the machine and let it run.

 

We really need to do this before we start to roll back audio drivers etc.

[missmuffet]

You guys doing this and that reminds my of a incident I had with Dell.

I was having some horrible problems with my computer.I called Dell and got their techs on-line.We went over this and that for at least 3 hours.Well,I noticed a strange electrical smell.My hard drive was smoking.The Dell tech freaked out.I got a whole new hard drive out of the situation.   

[OneLight]

it say that it could overwrite the file c/user/dorater/appdata/locall/temp/nvidia/geforceexperienceinstaller temp/setup.exe

You should delete this and any other temp file in your temp directory.  Then step back to post #103 and return to install from the NVIDIA company.  If all that is showing up for video drives in her device manager is VGA, there is the issue, the video driver is not installed.

 

As for the sound, check the device manager to see what sound drivers are installed.

[Mcgyver]

 

it say that it could overwrite the file c/user/dorater/appdata/locall/temp/nvidia/geforceexperienceinstaller temp/setup.exe

You should delete this and any other temp file in your temp directory.  Then step back to post #103 and return to install from the NVIDIA company.  If all that is showing up for video drives in her device manager is VGA, there is the issue, the video driver is not installed.

 

As for the sound, check the device manager to see what sound drivers are installed.

 

 

Can't hurt...to delete that: Start> type %temp% and press Enter.

 

When the temp folder opens, navigate to c/user/dorater/appdata/locall/temp/nvidia/geforceexperienceinstaller temp/setup.exe  and simply delete it (click to highlight, RIGHT Click and select delete).

 

close the window and try to install the driver from the NVIDIA website again...

 

Vista should have identified and installed a driver on the initial reboot after we got rid of the corrupted driver...but Vista is funny sometimes...Now I remember why I went to Windows 7 LOL

[The_Patriot21]

I might add, I dont believe this computer even has a integrated video card, the VGA drive is just the default driver that will work with anything (like mcgyver has pointed out) and Im still leaning towards the faulty video card. Its functioning enough to allow you to have a image on screen-but it is malfunctioning enough that its not performing like a nvidia 210-which is why NVIDIA doesnt recognize it, and manually installing the driver always stops.  I would definetly run chkdsk, all this stuff likely did corrupt some file entries, but without actually being there and having another video card to swap it out with, Im confident enough to say that the card you have is toast.

[Mcgyver]

I might add, I dont believe this computer even has a integrated video card, the VGA drive is just the default driver that will work with anything (like mcgyver has pointed out) and Im still leaning towards the faulty video card. Its functioning enough to allow you to have a image on screen-but it is malfunctioning enough that its not performing like a nvidia 210-which is why NVIDIA doesnt recognize it, and manually installing the driver always stops.  I would definetly run chkdsk, all this stuff likely did corrupt some file entries, but without actually being there and having another video card to swap it out with, Im confident enough to say that the card you have is toast.

 

I'm thinking along the same lines...after re-reading and thinking about the thread from the beginning I am in agreement that the root cause is a bad video card. Chkdsk definitely needs to be run, if for no other reason than all the changes we've made...but I think that it's time to just go ahead and get another video card...even if we manage to install the proper driver, there's no guarantee that you won't have the same problem next week.

[The_Patriot21]

Problem Im having in recomending a new video card, is the weak power supply-that system only has a 220 watt PSU. Even the 210s on the market  such as this recomend 300 watts (though 220 should in theory run them, its possible the 210 in that HP was a toned down one made specifically for HP)  and most video cards that are upgrades require a 350-400 watt power supply, and being that its a slimline computer upgrading the power supply can be tricky.