I recently formatted PC & re-installed windows xp on my Dell Dimension 5100…..all thought to be fine til I’ve just discovered DVD’s wont play using the CD/DVD drive….(I’ve ruled out the disk as tried several I know that used to work on it) I used windows media player v11 & that was telling me I needed a decoder, I dloaded XP codec pack & managed to get WMP to play with the sound now, but still no picture & no error messages this time. I also have installed the xvid codec I searched the net & found it could be video card probs….so under device manager I found no tab for “display” but under other devices I have yellow “!” against: Ethernet controller PCI modem SM bus controller Video controller Video controller (vga compatible) If I double click any of them they say “driver not installed” but there manufacturer is listed as “unknown” so I’m lost! I have no other disks left over that I’ve not installed after formatting. I’ve tried the DirectX diagnostic tool & under display it has under device section: Name: (blank) Manufacturer: n/a Chip type: n/a …everything under this is ‘n/a’ apart from display mode, monitor: (blank) under the drivers section in display it says Main driver: vga.dll Version: 5.01.2600.0000 (English) WHQL Logo’d:yes Mini VDD: vga.sys VDD: n/a DDI version : unknown Help!!!! Please!!! is it poss that somethings falled out of the unit when i had it out to unplug/plug in devices?!
No, what you've done is reinstall windows without having reinstalled the driver for your video card. Go here and get the appropriate driver for your video card (If you're not sure, then either use the CD that came with the PC or ask Dell about which one you have) http://support.dell.com/support/dow...mID=DIMENSION 5100&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid
