[beetee]

I have noticed yellow question marks at 2 entries in the device manager that I want to rectify,they are under other devices
-other PCI Brigde Device-
and - Video Controller(VGA compatible)-.
There are no details for these devices in the properties tab.
Does anyone know what these are and how to fix the problem?
thanks
Brian
my system details are as follows-
System Information
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Time of this report: 1/16/2008, 22:23:44
Machine name: PC
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
System Model: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3000+, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.8GHz
Memory: 960MB RAM
Page File: 348MB used, 1197MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode
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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: The system is using the generic video driver. Please install video driver provided by the hardware manufacturer. Direct3D functionality not available. You should verify that the driver is a final version from the hardware manufacturer.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.
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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)
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Display Devices
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Card name:
Manufacturer:
Chip type:
DAC type:
Device Key: Enum\
Display Memory: n/a
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (1Hz)
Monitor:
Monitor Max Res:
Driver Name: vga.dll
Driver Version: 5.01.2600.0000 (English)
DDI Version: unknown
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 8/4/2004 12:00:00, 9344 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: vga.sys
Mini VDD Date: 8/4/2004 12:00:00, 20992 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B70EE0-4340-11CF-B063-282AAEC2C835}
Vendor ID: 0x0000
Device ID: 0x0000
SubSys ID: 0x00000000
Revision ID: 0x0000
Revision ID: 0x0000
Video Accel:
Deinterlace Caps: n/a
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Not Available
D3D Status: Not Available
AGP Status: Not Available
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run

[cheesewheels99]

well the video controller one is ur video card install the drivers that came with it or find out wat it is and download the drivers and the pc bridge device im guessing is for your motherboard install the drivers for that to

[beetee]

Thanks cheesewheels,
have been trying to find out what make/model the video card and motherboard are but cannot find it,when I bought the PC I didnt receive any drivers with it.
brian

[cheesewheels99]

what kind is it like a dell or something? or homemade?

[beetee]

Home made-

[cheesewheels99]

try opening it up the motherboard may say something like what it is or the graphics card DONT TOUCH ANYTHING!

[philthomas]

Originally Posted by beetee have been trying to find out what make/model the video card and motherboard are but cannot find it,when I bought the PC I didnt receive any drivers with it. brian

Download and run Everest Home from the downloads section here ..... this should tell you.

[beetee]

Cheers Phil,
will try everest home thanks,I am not too familiar with a Pcs innards.
thanks brian

[beetee]

I have discovered the motherboard is a NVIDIA nforce 520 and downloaded the drivers.
But I still have the two entries on the device manager with the question marks-
video controller(VGA compatible)
other PCI Bridge device.

I still cannot find out what the graphics card is,can anyone help any further??
thanks
brian

[cheesewheels99]

i think then they both may be for the graphics card i dont no of any other way of identifing it other then opening it and looking at the graphics card

[beetee]

well pc is open
Can see ASRock sata 11 but i think thats the motherboard.
Is it possible that I have been duped and there is no graphics card present??

[cheesewheels99]

is there any pci cards or anything? if not then it is onboard

[beetee]

It just seems to be one board,no other cards connected,just usb connecters,blue monitor connector,pink connecter.
Sorry for being a pain I am a lost cause,I may have to just take it to someone who knows about these thing.

[serverguy]

Hi beetee

Are you having any problems with your computer at the moment? This would help to diagnose the problems.

The PCI Bridge entry is probably not worth worrying about too much unless something on your computer is not actually working. It could be any number of things.

From the description you give about the motherboard it would appear that you do not have a graphics card.

This is a picture of a graphics card



And another showing a graphics card and another PCI card installed on the motherboard.



Admittantly not a very good picture but it does give you an idea of what it looks like.

If your monitor connector plugs into the motherboard then you definitely have onboard video.

Post back a reply to my earlier questions and I will be able to advise you what to do from there.

[beetee]

Serverguy,
I am having no problem with my computer,its just when I got it built,I was told that it would have the capacity to run 2 monitor from it at once.As I really need to run 2 monitors at the min,I was looking into graphics cards etc,and I thought the yellow question marks in device manager were something to do with it
Therefore I have posted on the forum,but as you see I know just about zilch how these machines work.
Anyway,after looking again,I dont think there is a graphics card in the machine.
Thanks
Brian