: :what the hell are you talking about?
I am in need of a video driver for an HP n3295 laptop computer.
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: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?product=61771〈=en&os=181&cc=us&lc=en& dlc=en&
: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?product=61771〈=en&os=181&cc=us&lc=en &dlc=en&docname=thp00585
: Most of the N3000 series have the Trident Cyberblade graphics controller
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: IBM driver: (works with any cyberblade)
: http://www.opendrivers.com/driver/215373/Trident-CyberBlade-Video-Driver.html
: note: that there are MANY revisions/versions of the cyberblade line, you need to determine which your laptop has.
: the method below will id any video chipset used in a system.
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: So how do you find out what video controller you do have without yanking the cover off your machine?
: And what if it's a laptop computer?
: Yanking the cover off is not a convenient or wise option to take in that case (for most of us).
: The answer, is to use Debug.
: Open a command prompt (this works for all versions of Windows except NT3.51 and earlier) and type Debug.
: If the system complains that it can't find debug, you're probably on some variant of Windows 95 or later.
: In that case, be sure to specify c:\windows\command\debug.
: You'll be greeted by Debug's ultra uninformative prompt which is a meager minus sign (-).
: At the prompt, type the following, then hit Enter.
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: Note: this can be done in windows's DOS BOX or by a normal boot floppy that has the DEBUG command
: copied to the disk.
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: d C000:0010
: You should get output similar to the following:
: C000:0010 44 45 4F 20 0D 00 00 00-F4 00 AE 12 00 00 49 42 DEO ..........IB
: C000:0020 4D 20 56 47 41 20 43 6F-6D 70 61 74 69 62 6C 65 M VGA Compatible
: C000:0030 01 00 00 00 80 10 87 D5-30 33 2F 31 34 2F 30 32 ........03/14/02
: C000:0040 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
: C000:0050 E9 5B 74 00 00 00 00 00-E9 F7 11 E9 FE 11 50 4D .[t...........PM
: C000:0060 49 44 58 00 5B 00 00 00-00 A0 00 B0 00 B8 00 C0 IDX.[...........
: C000:0070 00 5B FF 7F 4E 56 00 05-14 C5 53 F0 44 01 11 03 .[..NV....S.D...
: C000:0080 00 00 00 00 B0 B9 44 BB-F8 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 ......D.........
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: Type d at the prompt and press Enter again. Here's the output:
: C000:0090 0C 01 50 00 8C 77 71 28-55 69 AF 69 3D 6E F2 6D ..P..wq(Ui.i=n.m
: C000:00A0 06 6E 9F 01 C2 01 FA C0-00 01 01 00 3F 3E 37 36 .n..........?>76
: C000:00B0 B4 C0 69 52 6A 80 1A 06-00 40 0D 03 00 14 B9 64 ..iRj....@.....d
: C000:00C0 B9 6A B9 82 B9 8E B9 8E-B9 64 B9 C0 C2 C6 C2 00 .j.......d......
: C000:00D0 00 00 00 CC C2 CF C2 00-00 00 00 00 6B D0 6A 00 ............k.j.
: C000:00E0 00 00 00 00 D5 00 00 D2-C2 F0 6A E0 6A 00 00 00 ..........j.j...
: C000:00F0 00 00 00 00 50 43 49 52-DE 10 12 01 00 00 18 00 ....PCIR........
: C000:0100 00 00 00 03 6E 00 01 00-00 80 00 00 4E 56 49 44 ....n.......NVID
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: And then type d and press Enter one more time to get this output:
: C000:0110 49 41 20 47 65 46 6F 72-63 65 32 20 47 4F 20 56 IA GeForce2 GO V
: C000:0120 47 41 20 42 49 4F 53 0D-0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 GA BIOS.........
: C000:0130 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
: C000:0140 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
: C000:0150 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 56 65 72 .............Ver
: C000:0160 73 69 6F 6E 20 33 2E 31-31 2E 30 31 2E 34 34 2E sion 3.11.01.44.
: C000:0170 42 34 20 0D 0A 00 43 6F-70 79 72 69 67 68 74 20 B4 ...Copyright
: C000:0180 28 43 29 20 31 39 39 36-2D 32 30 30 31 20 4E 56 (C) 1996-2001 NV
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: As you can see, output reads in this order across the screen:
: Memory Location
: ?that's the part that looks like C000:0010
: What's in the memory at that location?All those Hex combinations like 49 41 ?
: The ASCI translation of those Hex values?the part that looks like words! that's what.
: Most video cards will have their BIOS signature showing in the first block of output.
: Some will start later in memory and still others,
: like the NVIDIA card in this laptop will have the rest of the information in the 3rd block.
: The character, d, to Debug, means Dump Memory and that's precisely what it's doing here.
: So, reading the above information, what kind of video card is in this computer?
: There it is at the end of the second memory block dump and most of the 3rd dump:
: NVIDIA GeForce2 GO with BIOS revision 3.11.01.44
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: To Quit either simply power off (if in real dos) or if in a dos box close the box
: and ignore the msg about will loose unsave d data
: or simply just type the letter Q (for quit) at the " - " prompt and press ENTER
: to stop the debug program and this will return you to a normal prompt.
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: Now you know that all you've got to do is go download drivers for an NVIDIA GeForce2Go video card
: and any Flash BIOS revisions to get things up to date and finally move to a nicer screen resolution!
: Windows Device Manager does a good job of telling you about your Display Adapter most of the time.
: But it's always telling you only which driver it has loaded
: and it never tells you exactly what's in your system unless you have precisely the right driver loaded.
: Now you know how to find out for sure what driver you should be using by using the Debug command.
Support Information:
: : Device Type:
Notebook
: : Manufacturer:
Hewlett Packard (HP)
: : Model:
n3295 notebook
: : Interface:
IDE
: : Operating System:
Windows ME
: : Age of Device:
< 2 years old
: : FCCID:
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DRIVER NEEDED: Hewlett Packard (HP) n3295 notebook (Windows ME)
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