video driver problem

I had some malware problems back in january and after correcting the problem, my video card is not recognized anymore by Windows...

I have a Radeon 1300 installed. When I go in the hardware tab, under the video card properties, the message says that the driver was loaded but the video card not found. I tried with another video card (Matrox) to make sure another card would work with a different driver. I had the same problem. I am stuck with the basic vga video driver.

To make sure it wasn't the slot used by the video card, I changed my hard disk with the one I ghosted after my initial Windows installation. Both video cards are working 100%.

I would like to have my video driver working again without reinstalling Windows. Is there a "repair" mode hidden somewhere that could get me back a working video card?

Thanks for some advice!

 

Uninstall the driver through Device Manager & let Windows search for the driver after reboot.

Download the Radeon driver from ATI/AMD website & install it.

 

Exactly the steps I have done a few times with 2 different video cards (ATI, nVidia) with the same results...

 

Are you downloading the driver from AMD Catalyst™ Display Driver ?

 

If it is the X1300 for Windows XP you will find it here.
You have not stated your OS.

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownlo...px?type=2.4.1&product=2.4.1.3.13&lang=English

hawk22

 

I downloaded the driver and installed it again (Windows XP pro sp3!). I get the same result; the ATI control center software adds to it: no ATI video card detected...

There is something keeping the OS from detecting any video cards I put in; even if I change the ATI card for a Matrox, install the Matrox driver, same results!

 

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If you swap out the graphics (video) adapter and install software and drivers for various adapters it can create more problems than you started with.

If you want to install a new adapter, go to Add or Remove Programs (Programs and Features in Vista/win 7) and uninstall the drivers and software for any previous graphics adapters. Shut down and put the new card in. Start up and run the driver/software CD for the new adapter.

You should find these sorts of instructions in the installation information for the new adapter.

If you install drivers/software for several graphics adapters, my experience is that the versions of files can get mixed. I totally uninstall previous drivers/software before installing a new adapter. [You can run some adapters to run side-by-side, say, one running in the graphics adapter slot, the other running in a PCI slot, but in some circumstances it will not work (as above)].

The other situation I wonder about is if the graphics adapter slot has dirt/grease in it. I was going to install a card in a slot the other day when I saw a "dust-bunny" sitting on the slot. I was careful to remove the dust before installing the new card. You said an original image of Windows worked, that might mean the slot/connectors may not be dirty, so my suggestion of corrupt (mismatched) files could be the reason.

Matt