Monitor Resolution Questions-Reformatted Dell

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rydin4life

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I reformatted a friends xp machine and I need the drivers for the monitor from Dell. i downloaded and ran them, but I still can't adjust the resolution above 640x480. When I go into device manager the "VGA Controller" has the famed yellow exclamation mark beside it. How do I get the drivers for the vga controller since that is apparently the problem, and I don't see them on Dell's site. The pc is a dimension 2400 and the monitor is an e773c.
 
footballdude2k3 said:
drivers tell computers what they are allowed to do, basically it sets the limits for them
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It does not really "set the limit" for them. The card itself does. You could play a bunch of games with different types of GFX drivers, they'll play the same. It's the hardware that sets the limits for them ;)

Most likely you'll need the sound card drivers and USB/RAID drivers too...
 
I know what drivers do and I already have the sound card driver. I downloaded the monitor drivers and it still doesn't work. I think I need something to install the VGA controller, without that the monitor drivers are worthless correct?
 
rydin4life said:
I know what drivers do and I already have the sound card driver. I downloaded the monitor drivers and it still doesn't work. I think I need something to install the VGA controller, without that the monitor drivers are worthless correct?
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Windows can usually take care of monitor drivers, it's the video card drivers. Go to the dell site on the post above and download the video driver.
 
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