major probs installing graphic card drivers (ati)

[stepp]

my brother is having serious problems....he reinstalled windows again (keeping all his old files and programmes etc etc). Now when he tries installing the catalyst ati drivers he gets " error try installing a vga driver then continue with setup" .

Ive been into device manager and theres no sign of ANY display adapters...this is really pissing me off now as hes bugging the living **** out of me. lol

anyone got any ides wot the prob could be?

hoping in advance

stepp

[Nuttapper]

the Pc is running in a very low quality display mode at the moment then? What card is it exactly.

[stepp]

radeon 9600 non pro m8

[Nuttapper]

Is it running the basic setup? 4 colours 600x800 screen res?

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[stepp]

we tried hitting F8 and running the machine in VGA mode......now we cant get nothing on the screen!

it does all the usuall windows xp loading screen, then nothing, blank screen.

Its like its loaded the desktop up but we cant see it! arrghhhh nightmare! lol

[Nuttapper]

can you run it in safe mode? it should run in safe mode ok? if it booted before you must have removed the display adapter?

either safe mode or previous good configuration

[stepp]

nope tried both m8......does the normal loading thing then a blank screen.....if i move the mouse and click about the hard drive kicks in...so i guess windows is loaded just cant see anything!

think i might need a pci vid card to see wot im doing?