Your video card or drivers not compatible

Hi,

Your Sony VAIO VGNC Series were desiged for Windows Vista. Windows XP is compatible with this computer as well. The Video adapter installed in this computer Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950. According to Intel, this video adapter is compatible for Microsoft Windows* XP, Windows* XP 64bit, Media Center Edition 2004/2005, Windows 2000; Linux-compatible (Xfree86 source available). The only way this computer will work perfectly is to downgrade your Windows 7 to any of the mentioned Windows versions.


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Hello xvanpersiex, these are "Full Specifications" of your [Graghis Card].
"Check this to the 'Specs' of the "Motherboard to see if it 'Supports' the Graphic Card?"
"Try 'disconnecting, and reconnecting' the "Graphis Card"
Verify that 'all' the "Connections" are "Tightly Inserted."
*Go to the Control Panel > Device Manager > AGP Graphic Card > Verify Installed? >
Update Driver! > Restart Computer"

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ATI Radeon X1650Pro (AGP 8x, 512MB) General

• Device Type Graphics adapter
  

• Enclosure Type Plug-in card
  

• Vista Capability This graphics card is capable of running the new Aero interface featured in Windows Vista Home Premium and higher.
  

• Interface Type AGP 8x
  

Processor / Memory

• Graphics Processor / Vendor ATI Radeon X1650 Pro
  

• Graphics Card Performance This card's graphics processor and memory mean that it is not recommended for most games, but it will still be fine for office applications and other normal computing tasks.
  

• RAMDAC Clock Speed 400.0 MHz
  

• Video Memory Installed 512.0 MB
  

• Technology DDR2 SDRAM 128-bit
  

• Features Avivo Technology
  

Video Input

• Type None
  

Video Output

• API Supported OpenGL 2.0,
  DirectX 9.0
  

• Max Monitors Supported 2.0
  

• TV Interface HDTV out
  

• Analog Video Format S-Video,
  Composite video
  

• Digital Video Standard Digital Visual Interface (DVI)
  

Expansion / Connectivity

• Interfaces 1.0 x DVI-I (dual link) - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15),
  1.0 x HDTV output - 29 pin combined DVI,
  1.0 x VGA
  

• Compatible Slots 1.0 x AGP
  

Miscellaneous

• Microsoft Certifications Certified for Windows Vista
  

Software / System Requirements

• OS Required Microsoft Windows XP,
  Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005,
  Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition,
  Microsoft Windows Vista
  

• Recommended Power Supply 350.0 Watt
  

• Peripheral / Interface Devices CD-ROM
  

look at the video drivers, they may be corrupted, right click in my computer,then click manage, click on device manager, expand display adapters and you will see the model of your video card, right click on it and click uninstall, then restart your computer, windows will reinstall the driver automatically, let me know if that worked

Not compatible or not working well with windows 7?
(making a program work with windows 7)

Maybe, It doesn't work because the driver/application you installed is for other versions of operating system. I am also using windows 7 like you so don't you worry, You can still use your old installer/driver from other versions of operating systems. Just remember that before installing any program in a windows 7 Operating System Computer, Use "troubleshoot compatibility". Right Click the Icon of your program installer/application first, then choose "troubleshoot compatibility". This will allow you to choose on what type operating system your program will run. Just reply back if it still doesn't work.:D rate and vote for me:))

try reinstalling the video drivers card drivers from the driver CD they are named as
VGA, Display or Video

It sounds to me like you need a new driver for the LAN adapter that is compatible with Windows 7 64 bit. Right click on Computer under the start menu, chose manage, and open the Device Manager applet. Look for your network card under Network adapters. Right click on your adapter and click on properties. Go to the driver tab and click on update driver. You can also try uninstalling the driver from there and then have the computer scan of new hardware from the device manager screen and let Windows reinstall the driver. Let me know what you find so I can help you further troubleshoot if this does not fix the problem.

Okay, Media center does not work with some Wintv HVR's yet it will work with the software it came with and sometimes media center will use the wintv software to make it work but its sketchy. If you want a more media center compatiable card look at www.microsoft.com website they have a list of media center compatable Tv tuner cards, Trust me I am having the same problem with my tuner card now and its not wintv its a RCA and its under windows 7 this is just the thing here not all card work with media center.

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think you'll find the drivers for the tuner are not compatible with windows 7. according to the hp website this is an xp machine. download the windows 7 compatibility checker from here to check http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1B544E90-7659-4BD9-9E51-2497C146AF15&displaylang=en

What is the Dell model name?

Did you put in and install the drivers from the drivers CD that comes with the PC? The drivers are on a separate CD from Windows and need to be installed separately after Windows is finished.

If you've gone through the driver installs, including the graphics driver, and you still get the message, post back and I'll help you find the right driver.

Hope this helps!

i would suggest that you either roll back your driver for the graphics card or do a system restore to a date previous to when the drivers were updated, this wil show in the system restore dates boxes. You are probably running the generic windows driver for your graphics, it's better to see what updates you are installing before updating any hardware drivers.