Something Wrong With Vista Upgrade? (34-bit)

Posted: 06-26-2006, 11:47 AM

Wormhole

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Hi,
i upgraded to vista, first for some reason when i upgraded it started
computer and went to 4-bit and the lowest resolution, then explorer.exe
started crashing. My computer meet the specifications but just vista wont
work. Explorer.exe starts crashing when i open a folder or Control Panel or
anything i can change settings but it wont let me move up to 34-bit colour
and 1204-874 (or something like that) it just stays at: 4-bit colour and
lowest resolution, any help?

Thanks,
Wormhole

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Foofy

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Re: Something Wrong With Vista Upgrade? (34-bit)

Posted: 06-26-2006, 12:32 PM

You can start by installing the latest drivers for your video card. That
said, I had to do a clean install as my computer had a BSOD every time I
used explorer to see any folder on my C drive, eventually crashing every
time it got to the end of setting up the desktop. No BSOD with the clean
install so far.

"Wormhole" <Wormhole@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:548D2536-83BE-45EA-929F-43080B4D2246@microsoft.com...

> Hi,
> i upgraded to vista, first for some reason when i upgraded it started
> computer and went to 4-bit and the lowest resolution, then explorer.exe
> started crashing. My computer meet the specifications but just vista wont
> work. Explorer.exe starts crashing when i open a folder or Control Panel
> or
> anything i can change settings but it wont let me move up to 34-bit colour
> and 1204-874 (or something like that) it just stays at: 4-bit colour and
> lowest resolution, any help?
>
> Thanks,
> Wormhole

Paul Landay

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Re: Something Wrong With Vista Upgrade? (34-bit)

Posted: 06-26-2006, 01:53 PM

Wormhole wrote:

> Hi,
> i upgraded to vista, first for some reason when i upgraded it started
> computer and went to 4-bit and the lowest resolution, then explorer.exe
> started crashing. My computer meet the specifications but just vista wont
> work. Explorer.exe starts crashing when i open a folder or Control Panel or
> anything i can change settings but it wont let me move up to 34-bit colour
> and 1204-874 (or something like that) it just stays at: 4-bit colour and
> lowest resolution, any help?
>
> Thanks,
> Wormhole

I had the 640x480,4bit color problem when I installed Vista Beta2 also.
In my case the problem was fixed by updating the BIOS, so that Vista
could accurately detect the capabilities of the graphics card (Intel
Brookdale-G chipset). I hope that helps.

Paul Landay

Wormhole

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Re: Something Wrong With Vista Upgrade? (34-bit)

Posted: 06-26-2006, 02:10 PM

Hmmm how would i update my BIOS??

"Paul Landay" wrote:

> Wormhole wrote:
> > Hi,
> > i upgraded to vista, first for some reason when i upgraded it started
> > computer and went to 4-bit and the lowest resolution, then explorer.exe
> > started crashing. My computer meet the specifications but just vista wont
> > work. Explorer.exe starts crashing when i open a folder or Control Panel or
> > anything i can change settings but it wont let me move up to 34-bit colour
> > and 1204-874 (or something like that) it just stays at: 4-bit colour and
> > lowest resolution, any help?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Wormhole
>
> I had the 640x480,4bit color problem when I installed Vista Beta2 also.
> In my case the problem was fixed by updating the BIOS, so that Vista
> could accurately detect the capabilities of the graphics card (Intel
> Brookdale-G chipset). I hope that helps.
>
> Paul Landay
>

Colin Barnhorst

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Re: Something Wrong With Vista Upgrade? (34-bit)

Posted: 06-26-2006, 02:40 PM

You check your BIOS version number against the manufacturer's website to see
if a later version is available. If so, you carefully follow the directions
on the website. The consequences of making a mistake while flashing a BIOS
are winding up with a non-working machine.

"Wormhole" <Wormhole@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:016DE421-9AD1-4CB4-9D97-7B282A48AC87@microsoft.com...

> Hmmm how would i update my BIOS??
>
> "Paul Landay" wrote:
>
>> Wormhole wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> > i upgraded to vista, first for some reason when i upgraded it started
>> > computer and went to 4-bit and the lowest resolution, then explorer.exe
>> > started crashing. My computer meet the specifications but just vista
>> > wont
>> > work. Explorer.exe starts crashing when i open a folder or Control
>> > Panel or
>> > anything i can change settings but it wont let me move up to 34-bit
>> > colour
>> > and 1204-874 (or something like that) it just stays at: 4-bit colour
>> > and
>> > lowest resolution, any help?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Wormhole
>>
>> I had the 640x480,4bit color problem when I installed Vista Beta2 also.
>> In my case the problem was fixed by updating the BIOS, so that Vista
>> could accurately detect the capabilities of the graphics card (Intel
>> Brookdale-G chipset). I hope that helps.
>>
>> Paul Landay
>>

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