No graphic driver Installed - vgasave?

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I've been stuck with finding the right graphic driver for mb MSI PM8M-V N1996 VT8237R 2.4GHz...

Recently I have formatted my HDD for Window error but forgot to copy any necessary driver for new XP installation. After I successfully installed XP SP2 on my desktop computer, I realized it could not play some games that were previously fine. After a throughout check, Ac'97 sound driver, SCSI/RAID and Video Controller (VGA Compatible) was not automatically install.

Sound driver issue was solved along but now I'm stuck with RAID and graphic drivers. For graphic, its driver were never install to begin with and it used vgasave which will not render some games and even apps/movies.

I tried to find possible related driver but none of them failed (minimum requirement not met)... Can anyone help me with this problem...

Window XP Pro SP2 OEM Version
Intel(R)
Intel(R) Pentium 4 2.4Ghz
728MB RAM (512 and 256)
Motherboard MSI N1996 VT8237R

(only this what I could find with normal inspection)

Thanks in advance...

[zelkea]

While looking for drivers for you I found this post:

"Hi, well you guys have all been fooled by the N1996 in big alphanumerics. That some Australian certification number. The normal place for board numbers is between the PCI slots on most brands of motherboard. If you look there you will see MS-6178 ver x.x or some other number...
Ok the mystery is solved, the board is not N1996 but MS 6178 ver 1.1 in my True Blue PC. Go to MSI Global ? Computer, Laptop, Notebook, Desktop, Mainboard, Graphics and more Bios, driver, manuals, everything!

so ignore the N1996 on any board...and keep looking for the number between the slots."

Can you double check the model of your motherboard. Or take a picture of and post it here?

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Oh, I didn't realize the the board numbers between PCI Slot. Here's what I found on it...

PM8M-VH MS7104 VER 3.0

And I was wrong when I just guessing it was PM8M-V, not PM8M-VH

[zelkea]

No problem, Ok that is what we needed.

I found your motherboard page here: http://www.msi.com/product/mb/PM8M-V.html

Go to the download tab and select your os and download your driver.

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I've tried it couple of times but it's not working...
It won't install the driver and log file shows nothing (zero byte)

Is it because of the vgasave do I need to install it in safe mode?

Here's what I downloaded from MSI site

File name: KM400_71.zip

[zelkea]

what os are you running?

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Window XP Pro SP2 x32

[zelkea]

I am showing a different file name.

File Name: KM400_73.zip

http://www.msi.com/service/download/driver-2530.html

[zelkea]

Oooppps didn't look up, you said XP in the original post... let me know if that last link works for you.

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Also not working either... Still show the same error...
Also did try other driver like Intel GMA series but no avail too...

[zelkea]

How big is the file after you download it?

[zelkea]

After you download the file are you able to successfully extract it?

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About 14MB in size (13.8MB approx)
Can I use force install for this driver?

[zelkea]

So you were able to download and extract it and you get the error when you run the setup?

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Yes I was able to extract it after I download it which reveal 2 folder Win2k-XP and Win98-ME... I run the setup inside Win2k-XP and it extracted to temp folder, follow the instruction and all but when it tried to install it show error and advice to look inside Windows directory for log file...

I found 0.log file in the directory but show nothing inside...

[zelkea]

HHhhhmmmmm, give me a second to look at something.

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Thanks...

[zelkea]

No Problem, Ok so it looks like the MSI has a web based auto update feature:

http://www.msi.com/service/liveupdate/

Since we can't get the download to work why don't you give the live update a shot.

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Ok... I'll try to use that and update this thread after I tried it...

[zelkea]

Fingers are crossed!