Eisforerock
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So I'm running a Dell Studio XPS 1640
16" LED Display
Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 2.4GHz
4 Gb DDR3 RAM
Supposedly ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670
with 512 Mb dedicated DDR3
500 Gb HDD
Anyways. After Weeks of struggles with the BSoD, I decided to just reinstall Vista with the disc and start from scratch. Packed my photos, music, a few programs that I no longer had data discs for, and a few games onto my external hard drive and ran the disc. After reinstallation I noticed my screen looking, well, ugly. Resolution now maxes out at 1152 x 864. Attached is a screen cap of my device manager after the reinstallation. It lists only audio things under "Audio, Video & Game Controllers" and the only thing under Display is a broken Standard VGA Graphics Adapter.
I've tried reinstalling drivers from the disc, from Dell's website, and even from ATI's website, but I'm still stuck with this unappealing display. What should I do?
I can't even run games, as I receive an error message telling me no suitable graphics device could be found before the game shuts itself down. My laptop receives a "Dell Experience Index" rating of a miserable 1 right now.
Oh, side-note: My keyboard used to be backlit, but is no longer, making my customary but somewhat cliche dark room with no lights but the screen scenario difficult.
16" LED Display
Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 2.4GHz
4 Gb DDR3 RAM
Supposedly ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670
with 512 Mb dedicated DDR3
500 Gb HDD
Anyways. After Weeks of struggles with the BSoD, I decided to just reinstall Vista with the disc and start from scratch. Packed my photos, music, a few programs that I no longer had data discs for, and a few games onto my external hard drive and ran the disc. After reinstallation I noticed my screen looking, well, ugly. Resolution now maxes out at 1152 x 864. Attached is a screen cap of my device manager after the reinstallation. It lists only audio things under "Audio, Video & Game Controllers" and the only thing under Display is a broken Standard VGA Graphics Adapter.
I've tried reinstalling drivers from the disc, from Dell's website, and even from ATI's website, but I'm still stuck with this unappealing display. What should I do?
I can't even run games, as I receive an error message telling me no suitable graphics device could be found before the game shuts itself down. My laptop receives a "Dell Experience Index" rating of a miserable 1 right now.
Oh, side-note: My keyboard used to be backlit, but is no longer, making my customary but somewhat cliche dark room with no lights but the screen scenario difficult.
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