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From: John John - MVP on 4 May 2010 15:42 Try to update the driver from within the Device Manager. Right click on the adapter and follow the prompts and instructions. See: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310123 Explanation of error codes generated by Device Manager in Windows XP Professional John LURKER wrote: > Yes, > And the Device Manager showed the nVidia drivers, however, the Device > Manager Properties of Display adapters still shows > > Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but > cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41) > > I currently uninstalled and removed the video card, and have returned to > the built in adapter on the motherboard and installed the drivers that > came with the motherboard VGA. > > It now correctly shows the adapter as > "Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chip set Family" > > Yellow Exclamation point is there, and still says... > Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but > cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41) > > My think is thus: > No matter what motherboard, > no matter what video card, > the fault is consistent. > > That tells me that the problems is in Windows XP. It is the only thing > that is common. > > What I need to understand is how does the driver/Windows configuration > find the hardware? What ever is involved with that process, must have a > setting that does not get changed any more. > > Lurker > (carl) > > > On 5/4/2010 1:40 PM, John John - MVP wrote: >> Did you install the video drivers provided by the manufacturer of the >> video card? >> >> John >> >> LURKER wrote: >>> I need help really bad. Hardware Manager yellow exclamation mark is >>> cast in stone on "Display adapters". >>> Of course I have only one. >>> >>> Message that is the big clue seems to be cast in stone, even with new >>> motherboard. >>> >>> Scenario: >>> Starts back in 2006. >>> Installed Gigabyte motherboard and I could never get rid of the yellow >>> exclamation, even after loading the S3 drives from the CD that came >>> with the MB. >>> >>> Everything seemed to work fine, so I finally went on with life, until >>> the video adapter failed, and I put in a cheap nVidia video card. >>> Same old story. Hardware Manager correctly identified the card and all >>> worked well, but the exclamation mark still there. >>> >>> Device Status: >>> Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but >>> cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41) >>> >>> Google Earth would not run in HD 3D even thought the DXDiag said it >>> was okay. However, dxdiag also told me: >>> >>> The system is using the generic video driver. Please install video >>> driver provided by the hardware manufacturer. >>> DirectDraw test results: All tests were successful. >>> Direct3D functionality not available. You should verify that the >>> driver is a final version from the hardware manufacturer. >>> >>> To shorten the story, I have upgraded MB and processor, and tried the >>> built in VGA, >>> same problem. >>> >>> I have tried 2 video cards: >>> Ge Force 7300 GT AGP (old MB) >>> Ge Force 9400 GT PCI-e (new MB) >>> >>> Same old problem. >>> >>> My thoughts... >>> The original installation of XP Home has some registry settings that >>> are not getting cleared or updated. >>> >>> I am very familiar with and comfortable with Registry. I need to know >>> how the registry keys identify which driver to tie to which video >>> card. I need to track this down. The video card software is not >>> clearing or resetting a very old pointer. >>> Huh? >>> >>> Note: >>> Motherboard replacement was through using Repair, and then fixing the >>> problems that regression to SP 2 created. >>>
From: John John - MVP on 4 May 2010 15:50
You said in your earlier post that you "...Installed Gigabyte motherboard...". This was a replacement board on an existing Windows XP installation? Did you do an in-place upgrade (reinstall) of the operating system after you replaced the board? John LURKER wrote: > Yes, > And the Device Manager showed the nVidia drivers, however, the Device > Manager Properties of Display adapters still shows > > Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but > cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41) > > I currently uninstalled and removed the video card, and have returned to > the built in adapter on the motherboard and installed the drivers that > came with the motherboard VGA. > > It now correctly shows the adapter as > "Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chip set Family" > > Yellow Exclamation point is there, and still says... > Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but > cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41) > > My think is thus: > No matter what motherboard, > no matter what video card, > the fault is consistent. > > That tells me that the problems is in Windows XP. It is the only thing > that is common. > > What I need to understand is how does the driver/Windows configuration > find the hardware? What ever is involved with that process, must have a > setting that does not get changed any more. > > Lurker > (carl) > > > On 5/4/2010 1:40 PM, John John - MVP wrote: >> Did you install the video drivers provided by the manufacturer of the >> video card? >> >> John >> >> LURKER wrote: >>> I need help really bad. Hardware Manager yellow exclamation mark is >>> cast in stone on "Display adapters". >>> Of course I have only one. >>> >>> Message that is the big clue seems to be cast in stone, even with new >>> motherboard. >>> >>> Scenario: >>> Starts back in 2006. >>> Installed Gigabyte motherboard and I could never get rid of the yellow >>> exclamation, even after loading the S3 drives from the CD that came >>> with the MB. >>> >>> Everything seemed to work fine, so I finally went on with life, until >>> the video adapter failed, and I put in a cheap nVidia video card. >>> Same old story. Hardware Manager correctly identified the card and all >>> worked well, but the exclamation mark still there. >>> >>> Device Status: >>> Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but >>> cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41) >>> >>> Google Earth would not run in HD 3D even thought the DXDiag said it >>> was okay. However, dxdiag also told me: >>> >>> The system is using the generic video driver. Please install video >>> driver provided by the hardware manufacturer. >>> DirectDraw test results: All tests were successful. >>> Direct3D functionality not available. You should verify that the >>> driver is a final version from the hardware manufacturer. >>> >>> To shorten the story, I have upgraded MB and processor, and tried the >>> built in VGA, >>> same problem. >>> >>> I have tried 2 video cards: >>> Ge Force 7300 GT AGP (old MB) >>> Ge Force 9400 GT PCI-e (new MB) >>> >>> Same old problem. >>> >>> My thoughts... >>> The original installation of XP Home has some registry settings that >>> are not getting cleared or updated. >>> >>> I am very familiar with and comfortable with Registry. I need to know >>> how the registry keys identify which driver to tie to which video >>> card. I need to track this down. The video card software is not >>> clearing or resetting a very old pointer. >>> Huh? >>> >>> Note: >>> Motherboard replacement was through using Repair, and then fixing the >>> problems that regression to SP 2 created. >>> |