Aero dissapeared, slow graphics/WEI = 1.0

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Jochen1

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Hey everyone, a few weeks ago my laptop's graphics stopped working correctly.
Something that was really bothering me was that Aero dissapeared. A simple reboot didn't work. I'm using a Dell and I have an option on my laptop to do a factory reset (this includes the laptop returns to the state the first time you booted it), I took a back up, did the reset, but the problem persisted.

I checked my WEI, normally my lowest score is 5,1 for memory. But now my scores for Graphics and Gaming Graphics are both 1,0.
My graphics card is an NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX.
I have downloaded the latest drivers from NVIDIA multiple times and done quite some research on the internet, but nothing I find really resembles my problem.

I had a period that the scores went back to normal and Aero returned, but after a Windows Update those went away again.
This is really starting to bother me now because my laptop is getting very slow of this and I can't watch anything on full screen properly anymore.

If someone can, please help me! Feel free to ask for any more information.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS M1730
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
    Sound Card
    SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
Jochen1 said:
Hey everyone, a few weeks ago my laptop's graphics stopped working correctly.
Something that was really bothering me was that Aero dissapeared. A simple reboot didn't work. I'm using a Dell and I have an option on my laptop to do a factory reset (this includes the laptop returns to the state the first time you booted it), I took a back up, did the reset, but the problem persisted.

I checked my WEI, normally my lowest score is 5,1 for memory. But now my scores for Graphics and Gaming Graphics are both 1,0.
My graphics card is an NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX.
I have downloaded the latest drivers from NVIDIA multiple times and done quite some research on the internet, but nothing I find really resembles my problem.

I had a period that the scores went back to normal and Aero returned, but after a Windows Update those went away again.
This is really starting to bother me now because my laptop is getting very slow of this and I can't watch anything on full screen properly anymore.

If someone can, please help me! Feel free to ask for any more information.
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Hi jochen1 and welcome to vista forums, it sounds like your graphics drivers are no longer working correctly, but since you've already tried downloading and re-installing the drivers again(unless they were the desktop version) I would look for other things stopping the drivers from loading correctly.


first of all, can I ask you to look at the device manager (right click computer and click on properties, on the left is device manager), on the screen can you navigate to display adapters and see if there is anything with a yellow warning sign in there, if there is then right click and update drivers for the problematic device.


MrNeeds
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q6600 @ 2.8GHz
    Motherboard
    Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
    Memory
    8Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC888 7.1 Audio, Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Headset
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell S2409W 16:9, HDMi, DVI & VGA
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 7200rpm 250Gb SATA, Samsung 7200rpm 750Gb SATA, WD 7200rpm 1TB SCSI SATA.
    PSU
    Xigmatek 750W Quad sli quad core 80% eff
    Case
    Antec 900 Gaming Case
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS9700-NT NVIDIA Tritium, Dominator RAM cooler
    Mouse
    Razor Lachesis Banshee V2 Blue, 4000DPI
    Keyboard
    Logitech generic keyboard
    Internet Speed
    16Mb Sky bb
    Other Info
    Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows, Wireless Xbox 360 Pad, Wireless Xbox 360 Les Paul Guitar
MrNeeds said:
Jochen1 said:
Hey everyone, a few weeks ago my laptop's graphics stopped working correctly.
Something that was really bothering me was that Aero dissapeared. A simple reboot didn't work. I'm using a Dell and I have an option on my laptop to do a factory reset (this includes the laptop returns to the state the first time you booted it), I took a back up, did the reset, but the problem persisted.

I checked my WEI, normally my lowest score is 5,1 for memory. But now my scores for Graphics and Gaming Graphics are both 1,0.
My graphics card is an NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX.
I have downloaded the latest drivers from NVIDIA multiple times and done quite some research on the internet, but nothing I find really resembles my problem.

I had a period that the scores went back to normal and Aero returned, but after a Windows Update those went away again.
This is really starting to bother me now because my laptop is getting very slow of this and I can't watch anything on full screen properly anymore.

If someone can, please help me! Feel free to ask for any more information.
Click to expand...

Hi jochen1 and welcome to vista forums, it sounds like your graphics drivers are no longer working correctly, but since you've already tried downloading and re-installing the drivers again(unless they were the desktop version) I would look for other things stopping the drivers from loading correctly.


first of all, can I ask you to look at the device manager (right click computer and click on properties, on the left is device manager), on the screen can you navigate to display adapters and see if there is anything with a yellow warning sign in there, if there is then right click and update drivers for the problematic device.


MrNeeds
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Hey MrNeeds, there was indeed a yellow warning sign, but no new drivers could be found when I tried to update them the way you said.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS M1730
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
    Sound Card
    SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
Hi jochen, thanks for the info, I suspect that you would need the drivers from dell's site for it to work correctly, here is a link to the uk site and the model of your xps, hopefully it will be of some use, just choose the "video" category and look for nvidia driver - 8800m gtx SLI, that should be the correct driver.
http://support.euro.dell.com/suppor...bIndex=&scanSupported=False&scanConsent=False
Hope this helps

MrNeeds
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q6600 @ 2.8GHz
    Motherboard
    Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
    Memory
    8Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC888 7.1 Audio, Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Headset
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell S2409W 16:9, HDMi, DVI & VGA
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 7200rpm 250Gb SATA, Samsung 7200rpm 750Gb SATA, WD 7200rpm 1TB SCSI SATA.
    PSU
    Xigmatek 750W Quad sli quad core 80% eff
    Case
    Antec 900 Gaming Case
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS9700-NT NVIDIA Tritium, Dominator RAM cooler
    Mouse
    Razor Lachesis Banshee V2 Blue, 4000DPI
    Keyboard
    Logitech generic keyboard
    Internet Speed
    16Mb Sky bb
    Other Info
    Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows, Wireless Xbox 360 Pad, Wireless Xbox 360 Les Paul Guitar
MrNeeds said:
Hi jochen, thanks for the info, I suspect that you would need the drivers from dell's site for it to work correctly, here is a link to the uk site and the model of your xps, hopefully it will be of some use, just choose the "video" category and look for nvidia driver - 8800m gtx SLI, that should be the correct driver.
Drivers & Downloads
Hope this helps

MrNeeds
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Alright, I installed the driver and rebooted my laptop but I don't see any difference and the problems persist. I also found out that when I try to open the NVIDIA-Control Panel in my Control Panel a warning pops up that says that I'm not using any monitors that are connected to an NVIDIA GPU.
+ When I try to refresh my WEI score the scan no longer test the Graphics and Gaming Graphics. I read somewhere that you need a score of at least 3.2 (or something like that) to be able to use Aero, I was wondering if there was any relation between this and my problems.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS M1730
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
    Sound Card
    SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
Jochen1 said:
MrNeeds said:
Hi jochen, thanks for the info, I suspect that you would need the drivers from dell's site for it to work correctly, here is a link to the uk site and the model of your xps, hopefully it will be of some use, just choose the "video" category and look for nvidia driver - 8800m gtx SLI, that should be the correct driver.
Drivers & Downloads
Hope this helps

MrNeeds
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Alright, I installed the driver and rebooted my laptop but I don't see any difference and the problems persist. I also found out that when I try to open the NVIDIA-Control Panel in my Control Panel a warning pops up that says that I'm not using any monitors that are connected to an NVIDIA GPU.
+ When I try to refresh my WEI score the scan no longer test the Graphics and Gaming Graphics. I read somewhere that you need a score of at least 3.2 (or something like that) to be able to use Aero, I was wondering if there was any relation between this and my problems.
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Sounds like a bit of a coincidence doesn't it? Can you right click your desktop and go to personalise, then click on display settings, can you tell me what is in the drop down menu as the primary display?

I suspect that your monitor may have been uninstalled, which is strange as most dell monitors (built in or other) usually have individual drivers, but the fact of the matter is, the drivers for your monitor are pre-packaged in the drivers you downloaded from dell's website, strange how it hasn't installed though, maybe try and install it while elevated(right click and run as administrator), that may fix the problem.

Dave
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q6600 @ 2.8GHz
    Motherboard
    Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
    Memory
    8Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC888 7.1 Audio, Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Headset
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell S2409W 16:9, HDMi, DVI & VGA
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 7200rpm 250Gb SATA, Samsung 7200rpm 750Gb SATA, WD 7200rpm 1TB SCSI SATA.
    PSU
    Xigmatek 750W Quad sli quad core 80% eff
    Case
    Antec 900 Gaming Case
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS9700-NT NVIDIA Tritium, Dominator RAM cooler
    Mouse
    Razor Lachesis Banshee V2 Blue, 4000DPI
    Keyboard
    Logitech generic keyboard
    Internet Speed
    16Mb Sky bb
    Other Info
    Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows, Wireless Xbox 360 Pad, Wireless Xbox 360 Les Paul Guitar
MrNeeds said:
Jochen1 said:
MrNeeds said:
Hi jochen, thanks for the info, I suspect that you would need the drivers from dell's site for it to work correctly, here is a link to the uk site and the model of your xps, hopefully it will be of some use, just choose the "video" category and look for nvidia driver - 8800m gtx SLI, that should be the correct driver.
Drivers & Downloads
Hope this helps

MrNeeds
Click to expand...

Alright, I installed the driver and rebooted my laptop but I don't see any difference and the problems persist. I also found out that when I try to open the NVIDIA-Control Panel in my Control Panel a warning pops up that says that I'm not using any monitors that are connected to an NVIDIA GPU.
+ When I try to refresh my WEI score the scan no longer test the Graphics and Gaming Graphics. I read somewhere that you need a score of at least 3.2 (or something like that) to be able to use Aero, I was wondering if there was any relation between this and my problems.
Click to expand...

Sounds like a bit of a coincidence doesn't it? Can you right click your desktop and go to personalise, then click on display settings, can you tell me what is in the drop down menu as the primary display?

I suspect that your monitor may have been uninstalled, which is strange as most dell monitors (built in or other) usually have individual drivers, but the fact of the matter is, the drivers for your monitor are pre-packaged in the drivers you downloaded from dell's website, strange how it hasn't installed though, maybe try and install it while elevated(right click and run as administrator), that may fix the problem.

Dave
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I guess you were right concerning the problem my monitor might be inunstalled. After following your steps all I get to see is this:

wdfgdf.jpg


It's in Dutch as I am from Belgium but I guess the most of it is clear. (<niet beschikbaar> & n.v.t. both kind of mean "not available".)

I also installed the driver again the way you said but I don't see any changes.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS M1730
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
    Sound Card
    SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
Hey guys, i'm sorry if i'm posting on wrong topic or whatever, cause i don't know exactly what is the problem, i searched for solving problem on many sites, i can't find it.
The other forums are too old, and since you guys talking about graphic probs, i think my video card is working wrong.
It's nvidia GeForce 8400M GS, i did format, installed Vista Ultimate 64bit, and installed all drivers, in manage device window, there are no yellow warning sign, the display adapter shows vid.card is GeForce 8400M GS, seems drivers are all updated, but everything with video is running so slow, movies, games and even photos, video quality is bad than before format. I don't know if it's problem with video card or something, i never reinstalled vista before, i used to use XP and know how to format and install drivers with that, i mean not in this laptop (another computer). Guys can you please help me, maybe it's different problem, i just don't know what to do.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Graphics card(s)
    GeForce 8400m gs
Jochen1 said:
Patonb said:
Thats not your monitor, but the gpu info.

See what gpu-z reports
GPU-Z Video card GPU Information Utility

Do you have a tv tuner too?
Click to expand...

I don't have a tv tuner.

gpu-z report:
Click to expand...

Weird.

Gpu-z isn't reporting the speed of the 2nd card.

Your drivers pretty old.. I'd try the newest on from nvidia,
NVIDIA DRIVERS 266.58 WHQL If youre on 32bit Vista.

Is there a bios setting to turn sli off?

I'm thinking you may have 1 bum card!

Doh thats english... But theres no dutch....
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
Patonb said:
Jochen1 said:
Patonb said:
Thats not your monitor, but the gpu info.

See what gpu-z reports
GPU-Z Video card GPU Information Utility

Do you have a tv tuner too?
Click to expand...

I don't have a tv tuner.

gpu-z report:
Click to expand...

Weird.

Gpu-z isn't reporting the speed of the 2nd card.

Your drivers pretty old.. I'd try the newest on from nvidia,
NVIDIA DRIVERS 266.58 WHQL If youre on 32bit Vista.

Is there a bios setting to turn sli off?

I'm thinking you may have 1 bum card!

Doh thats english... But theres no dutch....
Click to expand...

Hey Patonb,

I have installed those drivers many times before with no luck :(
And all I see in my BIOS is this:

Foto012.jpg


Under the Video option all I can change is the brightness.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS M1730
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
    Sound Card
    SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
Today I booted my laptop and logged in, and a message popped up in the taskbar telling me SLI was disabled and it gave me the option to enable it back, I clicked on the pop up, (Aero was back and everything,) it opened up the NVIDIA Control Panel, I hit the option to enable it, it told me to restart the computer, I did, and now Aero is gone again and I can't open the NVIDIA Control Panel anymore like before. :(
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS M1730
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
    Sound Card
    SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
I think you have a bad card. 8 series are natorious for over heating and breaking solder connections.

Edit....

The sets 600 on ebay!
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
Thanks for the help! But I guess a new computer will be the better option.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS M1730
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo T9300 @ 2.50GHz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
    Sound Card
    SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
Your puter is a $1600 system or more.

So its a hard choice.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
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