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Graphics card recognized as standard VGA adapter

Anonymous
2013-08-04T15:38:29+00:00

So i recently rebooted my laptop leaving it with no drives, then i installed the drives i could find and the one drive that was left was the graphics drive, I have a AMD Raedon 6480 and i coudnt find a drier anywhere. Now when i go to the Hardware Manager there is a small exclamation mark and the device is called Standard VGA Adapter and does not say AMD Raedon 6480. If someone could help me update and install the driver, that would be great.

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Anonymous
2013-08-05T16:01:32+00:00

Hi shahzeab,

Go to this location in your browser:

http://www8.hp.com/uk/en/drivers.html

Then click on the "Find now" button as indicated in the screenshot I've supplied

Install any plugins/software you're prompted to install.

You could be asked to switch off any pop up blockers enabled in your browser, which you will need to do for the HP "Detect my product" plugin/software to work.

Heres how to switch off pop up blocking in Internet Explorer:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909604/en-gb

The plugin should then detect which exact model of laptop you have

At which point a webpage should appear indicating which model of laptop you have. It will look like this:

Click on "Software and Driver Downloads" link next to the pic that displays a laptop:

On the following page click on the link that displays the OS currently installed on your laptop

Lastly click on the "Driver - Graphics" link and you'll see the driver for your "AMD Raedon 6480" listed - download that driver and install.

At this point I would also install any other drivers you've detected that are out of date (along with your AMD Raedon 6480 video card driver) and restart the OS

Please get back to me if this doesn't fix the problem.

Martin

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-08-05T17:37:23+00:00

    Thanks ill try that later and i dont have the recovery disc, i lost it a while ago... 

    Ill try the website and get back to you

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-08-05T15:43:22+00:00

    If you used the HP recovery disks or the hidden recovery partition all the correct drivers would have been installed.

    If you subsequently use windows update and selected to install recommended updates and not just Important updates, that is what caused your problem

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-08-05T15:34:35+00:00

    Oh, i have a HP Pavillion G6 but im not sure what the exact model it is apart from that. Anything else you need to know that would help?

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-08-04T15:57:07+00:00

    Hi Shahzeab,

    You just need to go to your laptop manufacturers support website and download the appropriate driver for it. You didn't say what type of laptop you have so I can't point you to the correct download location....

    Hope this helps

    Martin

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