No Display Adapter in Vista Ultimate

[skoka]

Hi,

Motherboard: Asus M2A-VM.
OS: Vista Home Premium.

I have increased the onboard video in the BIOS to 256MB. My 2GB RAM shows up as 1790MB in the System information in Vista. My windows Experience index is 1.0 as the Graphics and Gaming Graphics sub scores are both 1.0

I have downloaded the latest Catalyst driver from ATI and installed it yet I do not find Display Adapter in Device Manager (Control Panel --> System --> Device Manager).

When I run Media Center, it tells me that I do not have the minimum 64MB video RAM to run Media Center TV capture.

I have included some screenshots of the Windows Experience Index and Device Manager at
http://www.srikanthkoka.com/dm.jpg
http://www.srikanthkoka.com/wei.jpg

Can somebody please help me?

 

[NewMaxx]

I located the minimum system requirements for Media Center under Vista, here's the Powerpoint I found (slides 5-10 for hardware requirements):

Media Center PPT

Assuming your TV Tuner meets its requirements, slide 7 looks to be the key to your problem. Your on-board video should meet those specs, in fact it should be Aero-capable, but for that to be true your video scores would have to be 3.0 or higher, I believe.

Chances are the driver is not properly installed.

Here are the newest Catalysts for your IGP (on-board video based on X1250):
http://ati.amd.com/support/dri...ntegrated-vista32.html

If you still have issues after that, try the chipset driver from Asus which should include video, found here:
http://support.asus.com/downlo...age=en-us&model=M2A-VM

 

[skoka]

Hi NewMaxx,

Thanks for taking the trouble to go through the Media Center Requirements. I do have a hardware assisted TV Tuner (Win-TV PVR 150 MCE) that is MCE certified.

I have already tried installing the latest catalyst driver. It did not help. Asus support has asked me to download the new drivers for the chipset (144MB) and try with it. I highly doubt how good it is going to be.

I have run out of options for now.

I will try installing KnoppMyth and see if it recognizes my integrated video or may be even try a live CD of SimplyMepis.

Thanks for your time and help.

 

[NewMaxx]

I did link the chipset drivers above, and you're correct, they are 147.6MB for Vista. The main reason I pointed out the requirements is to show that your video score was very much incorrect and is the cause of your MCE problems. I'm not certain how else to fix it beyond trying those drivers, unless there is a configuration issue in the BIOS, but certainly changing or dual-booting OS is an option.

 

[skoka]

Hi All,

I managed to solve the problems by downloading the latest BIOS. Now the SATA drives are visible to Vista and I could also enable the onBoard video.

Thanks.
Srikanth