My computer is stuck in 600X400 res and bit color. plese help!!

[Dcore07]

so a friend of mine asked me to help reformat his computer and install windows xp in it. I've done this before with tons of other computers and i've never had this Problem.

before i did this i booted his machine and it loaded well. so i know the gfx card worked prior to my reformat.

anyway so i installed windows, everything went well.
i booted it up and now its on a 4 bit color and it looks like crap.

I tried downloading programs like everest to detect the type of card it has on it but it comes up with N/a for its manufacture and model number.

i checked the device manager and on other devices i have

ethernet controller
multimedia audio controller
video controller ( VGA Compatible )

here is additional info about the comp.

its running windows xp pro
Intel(R)
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz
1.80Ghz 265 of ram

now i dont know the brand of this computer because on the case it doesn't say. but when the Boot screen loads it says Gateway and in front of the machine it says E series. so i imagine its a Gateway E series machine. i tried searching and i couldn't find the computer i have

Any Help will be Deeply appreciated

 

[synergy]

It might have a service tag or serial number that you can use on Gateway's site to download the drivers for that model. If not, open up the case and see if there is a video card in it (not onboard). If there is then get the model number off of it and go to the appropriate site to get the drivers. The problem is that you don't have the drivers loaded, so Windows doesn't know how to send commands to the display adapter.

 

[Dcore07]

So apparently the makers of this computer was Gateway but when i got to Gateway and Produce the serial number they send me over to MPC MPC Computers Support Site

i put the serial and they have NO records of it. I called the customer help line and they Filed for BANKRUPTCY!... can u believe this ****??

i dont know what to do.. is there another way to install this driver?

the Serial btw is 0029805208

 

[Hefemeister]

is it onboard or a video card? have you run cpuz to get the model of the motherboard?

 

[Dcore07]

is it onboard or a video card? have you run cpuz to get the model of the motherboard?

how do i do that?

I most likely its on the MOtherboard.

 

[philbar71]

run cpu-z to see what model the mobo is. if all else fails you can tear it apart and see what kind of video it has.

 

[Hefemeister]

Download this and run it and post back the motherboard model. With that info we can track down drivers.

 

[Dcore07]

okay here are all the specs for the Mother board

Motherboard Properties
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Motherboard ID - 63-0100-000001-00101111-021303-iBRKDL_G$RG84510A
Motherboard Name - Intel Rexburg D845GRG
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Front side Bus Properties
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Bus Type - Intel GTL+
Bus Width - 64bit
Real clock -100mhz (QDR)
Effective Clock - 400Mhz
Bandwith - 3200Mb/s
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Memory Bus Properties
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Bus Type - DDR SDRAM
Bus Width - 64 bit
Dram:FSB Ratio - 4:3
Real Clock - 133 Mhz ( DDR )
Effective Clock - 267 Mhz
Bandwith - 2133mb/s
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Chipset Properties
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Bus Type - Intel Hub Interface
Bus Width - 8 bit
Real Clock - 67 Mhz ( QDR )
Effective ClocK 267 MHz
Bandwith - 267 Mb/s
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Motherboard Physical Info
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CPU Sockets/slots - 1
Expansion /Slots - 3PCI,1 AGP
RAM SLots - 2DIMM
Intergrated Devices - Audio, Video
Form Factor - Micro ATX
Motherboard Size - 210 mm x 240 mm
Motherboard chipset - i845G
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Motherboard Manufacturer
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Company Name - Intel Corporation
Product Information - Intel® Motherboards
Bios Download - Http://downloadcenter.intel.com/default.aspx

 

[Hefemeister]

ding ding ding

 

[Dcore07]

ding ding ding

wow. thanks bro.

Only one problem. i dont know how to install them. i put them on my Desktop and unzipped it and it automatically sent it to a temp file.... nothing happened so i restarted the machine and nothing seems different