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"Graphics help"

Tried to install a new game on my PC today and after the installation i was greeted by a message saying

*failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters in this system, Please make sure you have a DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapter and have installed the latest drivers provided by the manufacturer*

So at that point i figured all i had to do was get Directx 9.0 as i've just recently reformatted my hard drive to put Windows XP on and i wouldn't have it on yet, however after downloading it and going through the set up screen all it did was instantly say it had installed all the components. I thought that was weird as usually it takes a while for the bar to go across as it's downloading and applying stuff.

Sure enough i try the game again and it says the same thing. So i decide to try and install another game hoping it would load up and install Directx 9 for me. Then i get greeted by another error message saying it can't load the game up.

So i check my device manager and apparently i don't have a graphics card, however i can change display and colour settings and i can also play Football Manager 2005 fine. So as i'm useless at hardware problems i can't figure out what the problem is, surely if my computer will load up Football Manager 2005 there's a graphics card somewhere about

Got it working now, pretty much what you said it was Gerrid. Got my friend to help me by remote assistance over msn and he got it working.

Thanks to everyone for your help. Much appreciated

Yeah, it doesnt necessarily matter where you've got it plugged in. I uninstalled my GFX card (not physically), but my monitor was still plugged into the graphics card and it continued to function...

Ah yes I remember why I was having trouble now, I didn't have any drivers for my card and WME decided it didn't want to recognise my gfx card.

Anyway, I think it's almost certain that your reformat has caused your onboard gfx to override your card. So, like Chipp says, search for new hardware and install the drivers and whatnot, and everything should be fine.

gerrid wrote:
> but I'm sure someone here will know how to reinstall a graphics card.

Put card in, install drivers, go to bios turn off onboard graphics and boot up windows.

Chippxero wrote:
> If it was running off onboard he would have had to plug his monitor in
> to the onboard port.

Not necessarily. Sometimes it recognises the GFX card as a PCI bridge and can still run the monitor from where it's plugged in. It happened to me when I reformatted. I wasn't around when my dad tried to fix it, but he phoned up ntl and they helped him sort, which was nice of them. Unfortunately that means that I can't be a great deal of help, but I'm sure someone here will know how to reinstall a graphics card.

Ah ok, i think that may be the case as like i said when i look in device manager i apparently don't have a graphics card plus that would explain why i can play Footie Manager but nothing else.

Drat now i've got to go searching for the install disk

Maybe not then after Chip's post hehe

If it was running off onboard he would have had to plug his monitor in to the onboard port.

Just a guess here, but after reformatting your computer are you sure you reinstalled your graphics card? Because if your motherboard has onboard graphics and Windows is feeling stupid, it won't recognise what you've got stuck in your AGP slot and will automatically revert to your onboard graphics.

When you look in your system or display settings, does it mention your graphics card? If not then you're probably running off onboard graphics. That would suffice for Premier Manager, but not for anything else. You'll need to, basically, reinstall your graphics card if this is the case.

It may take up to an hour to do, but well worth it.

cheers