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    A200 Graphics Card

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Vtecin5th, Jan 14, 2009.

  1. Vtecin5th

    Vtecin5th Newbie

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    hey guys
    i have a toshiba satellite a200.
    it said it had a NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300, but not long ago i reformated my computer and now it says its a mobile intel(R) 965 express chipset family and it wont play some of my games.

    Do i have to do somthing to get it back to that or what?
    thanks to anyone that can help
     
    Vtecin5th, Jan 14, 2009
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  2. R4000

    R4000 Notebook Virtuoso

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    That sounds strange. Do you have an unkown device in Device Manager, or something that says "generic vga"? If so, download and install the appropriate geforce driver from the Toshiba website and see if the 7300 is detected....


    :)
     
    R4000, Jan 14, 2009
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    ntsan Notebook Consultant

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    Hmm.. self evaporating geforce....?
     
    ntsan, Jan 14, 2009
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  4. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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    Go to the Toshiba website and download the latest driver for your graphics card. Install it and everything should be back to normal.
     
    crash, Jan 14, 2009
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  5. Vtecin5th

    Vtecin5th Newbie

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    in the device manager it just has mobile intel(R) 965 express chipset family twice. ill download the latest drivers and let yous know
     
    Vtecin5th, Jan 15, 2009
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    ok i downloaded a driver for the geforce and it said it was sucessfully installed. but when i check it still says mobile intel(R) 965 express chipset family. the laptop was origionally on windows vista but i used the toshiba recovery cd and made it go down to xp. do i have to uninstall the intel driver 1st?
     
    Vtecin5th, Jan 15, 2009
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  7. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Go back into the Device Manager and expand Display Adapters. Is the GeForce card listed there? Also, is there anything listed with a question mark next to it?
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Jan 15, 2009
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    The gma965 ia the x3100. Why don't try installing the nvidia drivers and see what happens?
     
    Ayle, Jan 15, 2009
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    Under display adapters it still says mobile intel(R) 965 express chipset but it has it there twice. And no ? in there. And yes i have tryed installing the latest drivers but nothing seems to happen. Do i have to uninstall the intel graphics card first?
     
    Vtecin5th, Jan 15, 2009
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  10. R4000

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    Are you sure there is a Go 7300 on there? I didn't think the Toshibas had some sort of hybridized dual graphics system back then, as I've never heard of an GMA X3100 and Go 7300 together.

    Did you ever by chance send this unit in for service? If so, they likely replaced the system board with the wrong one.
     
    R4000, Jan 15, 2009
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