Low resolution after hard drive instal

Gritsngravy · 01-01-2006, 12:45 AM

I just put a new hard drive in my dell inspiron 1150 and now I only have low resolution, 640x480 and it will not let me change the resolution under the settings. Are there drivers I need to instal, or any ideas of what I need to do?

Xycron · 01-01-2006, 01:26 AM

Try installing new video card driver's. Go to your video card manufactorer's website and download them.

Gritsngravy · 01-01-2006, 02:53 AM

Where do I go to find out my type of video card? I looked under system info., but cant seem to find the type or brand of card.

computerhakk · 01-01-2006, 04:23 AM

look on your card. is there any logos or anything on the card? any serial numbers or codes on the card?

Xycron · 01-01-2006, 05:24 AM

What operatiing system do you have?

If you have window's XP go to start run dxdiag then go to display and it will tell you there.

**The_Other_One** · 01-01-2006, 06:11 AM

wCPUID or CPUz will also tell you you're chipset info, including video

alanuofm · 01-02-2006, 12:23 AM

you can find all the drivers you need here:

http://support.dell.com/support/down...ex.aspx?~ck=mn

just select the appropriate fields

01-01-2006, 12:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
Gritsngravy New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2	Low resolution after hard drive instal I just put a new hard drive in my dell inspiron 1150 and now I only have low resolution, 640x480 and it will not let me change the resolution under the settings. Are there drivers I need to instal, or any ideas of what I need to do?

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Gritsngravy New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2	Where do I go to find out my type of video card? I looked under system info., but cant seem to find the type or brand of card. Last edited by Gritsngravy; 01-01-2006 at 02:59 AM.

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computerhakk VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: THOJhakk county Posts: 3,634	look on your card. is there any logos or anything on the card? any serial numbers or codes on the card? __________________ "Remember, wrong advice may be worse than no advice at all." ::COMPUTERHAKK:::

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01-01-2006, 01:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
Xycron banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,098	Try installing new video card driver's. Go to your video card manufactorer's website and download them.

01-01-2006, 05:24 AM	#5 (permalink)
Xycron banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,098	What operatiing system do you have? If you have window's XP go to start run dxdiag then go to display and it will tell you there.

01-02-2006, 12:23 AM	#7 (permalink)
alanuofm Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,630	you can find all the drivers you need here: http://support.dell.com/support/down...ex.aspx?~ck=mn just select the appropriate fields