PC question
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bamhm182
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look inside the case, find the card where your monitor is plugged into, what's it look like? Most people here can tell you which it is if you just decribe it. Give the color, location compared to the PCI slots, and about how long it is and I can pretty much guarantee that you'll get a response quickly. Or if your monitor is plugged directly into the mobo, then it's usually the top one.
Video Card Type
The following debug routine will list the type of video card within your computer. This is an excellent way of determining the chipset on the card or the card within your computer without opening the computer.
At the C:\> type debug
-d c000:0040
After typing the above command you should receive several lines of text similar to:
C000:00400000000000000000-0000000000000000................C000:0050E9637B00B4104927-E9FE2BE9F72B504D.c{...I'..+..+PMC000:0060494458005B000000-00A000B000B800C0IDX.[...........C000:0070005B535442206E56-4944494120544E54.[STB nVIDIA TNTC000:0080207665722E20312E-3130200D0A001B43ver. 1.10 ....CC000:00906F70797269676874-2843293139393820opyright(C)1998C000:00A05354422053797374-656D7320496E630DSTB Systems Inc.C000:00B00A00226C2C0A0100-C350247FE8603658.."1,....P$..'6X
As you can pick out in the above dump this gives you enough information to determine the make and the year made on the video card. On line 4 you can see the make of this video card which in this case is a N VIDIA TNT which would be the Riva TNT chipset. The next line you notice the version of the card and finally the line thereafter is the copyright or the year manufactured generally.
If you are unable to capture any information which sounds like the video card you can also type
-d c000:0090 http://www.thecomputerdoctors.com/video_card_type.htm
How do I determine what type of video card I have? http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000258.htm
Method One:
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The following debug routine will list the type of video card within your computer. This is an excellent way of determining the chipset on the card or the card within your computer without opening the computer.
At the C:\> type debug
-d c000:0040
After typing the above command you should receive several lines of text similar to:
C000:00400000000000000000-0000000000000000................C000:0050E9637B00B4104927-E9FE2BE9F72B504D.c{...I'..+..+PMC000:0060494458005B000000-00A000B000B800C0IDX.[...........C000:0070005B535442206E56-4944494120544E54.[STB nVIDIA TNTC000:0080207665722E20312E-3130200D0A001B43ver. 1.10 ....CC000:00906F70797269676874-2843293139393820opyright(C)1998C000:00A05354422053797374-656D7320496E630DSTB Systems Inc.C000:00B00A00226C2C0A0100-C350247FE8603658.."1,....P$..'6X
As you can pick out in the above dump this gives you enough information to determine the make and the year made on the video card. On line 4 you can see the make of this video card which in this case is a N VIDIA TNT which would be the Riva TNT chipset. The next line you notice the version of the card and finally the line thereafter is the copyright or the year manufactured generally.
If you are unable to capture any information which sounds like the video card you can also type
-d c000:0090 http://www.thecomputerdoctors.com/video_card_type.htm
How do I determine what type of video card I have? http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000258.htm
Method One:
Many versions of Microsoft Windows will automatically detect and install your video card. Assuming no video issues currently exist with the video card you can determine the type of video card under display adapters in Device Manager.
Knowing the make and model board you can look up the specifications if you don't recognise the type of card installed as well.
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