Help!!!!Video driver problem?????

jimbo1406

I really dont know exactl y what the problem is here, but when i am on the web, and i scroll up or down, my screen kind of takes a while to catch up to where i scroll to. Does that make sense? If i hold the down key it also doesn't scrool smoothly. Also if click and hold the scroll bar on the right of any page it just slowly but surely moves. I think it's a video controller or driver problem. I'm new to this so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

RWB

Well it sounds exactly like you dont have a video driver installed. Only the default XP driver. You'll need to figure out what kind of video card you have in your system and install the latest drivers for it.

jimbo1406

thats what i figured. all it says is video controller vga compatible...

jimbo1406

i just got this laptop and i am new at cleaning them out and getting them runnig, its good except for this problem. i think when i was uninstalling things i deleted theATI control center, not knowing what it was!!!!!!!it's a dell inspiron5100 any suggestions on how to find out what kind of card its is. I tried to download thedriver from the dell website, but when i try to run the download it says that the zip file is part of a multi disk set and prompts me to insert the last disk which i dont have. and on the ATI sit i cant find anythin cuz i dont know what kind of card it is

RWB

You could download the official ATi drivers.. here
http://short-media.com/download.php?d=552

Or my personal favorite, the omega drivers without the bloaty control center crap.
http://short-media.com/download.php?d=553

jimbo1406

Any idea which one i should download b/c i 'm not sure which one i have. the computer is a dell inspiron 5100. i just cleaned all the spy/mal/ad etc using the other forum and it's running good, i got it for 50 bucks off some dummy who thougt it was broke.

jimbo1406

i tried both links, and ran into problems both ways, the ATI process prompted me to update my display adapter and try again, which i dont know how to do. and the omega process stopped 95 percent done, and changed a few things on device manager under/ now the display adapter doesnt have a yellow exclamation mark, but the video controller (vga compatible) does?
if i click on video controller vga compatible this is what i see under the general tab

device type: display adapters

manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc. (Omega 3.8.252)

location: PCI bus 1, device 0, function 0

under device status it says this
This device is not configured correctly. (Code 1)

To reinstall the drivers for this device, click Reinstall Driver.

jimbo1406

I fixed it. I went on the dell website, downloaded the file saved it , ran it and its good now, no scrolling problems, it took a day, but i figured it out