What Is a Video Card Driver?

The graphics card driver is the program used to drive the graphics card. It is the software corresponding to the hardware. A driver is a small piece of code added to the operating system that contains information about the hardware device.

With this information, the computer can communicate with the device.

Generally, the graphics card is included in the accessory CD of the computer configuration.

After reinstalling the system, the first thing to do is to install the correct drivers, including the graphics card driver installation. However, during installation, I often encounter the problem that the installation fails. How should I properly install the graphics driver?

The driver installation also requires certain methods and operating steps, otherwise it may cause the installation to fail.

(1) Many graphics cards, especially Matrox graphics cards, need to be set in the BIOS to ensure the correct installation of the graphics card driver. So when starting the machine, press the "Del" key to enter the BIOS setup, find the "ChipsetFeaturesSetup" option, set the "AssignIRQToVGA" in it to "Enable", then save and exit. If this item is set to "Disable", its driver cannot be installed correctly. In addition, for ATI graphics cards, you need to set the graphics card to a standard VGA graphics card before installing the accompanying driver.

(2) The driver installation needs to be performed in a certain order, otherwise the installation may fail. For graphics card installation, it is worth noting that after installing the operating system, you must install the motherboard chipset patch, especially for motherboards using the VIA chipset, you must remember to install the latest 4IN1 patch on the motherboard . (3) When installing the driver, it is not recommended to directly click on setup.exe to install, you can follow the steps below:

1. After entering the "Device Manager", right-click the name of the video card under "Display Card", and then click "Properties" in the right-click menu.

2. After entering the properties of the graphics card, click the "Driver" tab, select "Update Driver", and then select "Display a list of known device drivers and select a specific driver from them."

3. When the driver list pops up, select "Have Disk". Then click the "Browse" button, find the folder where the driver is located in the pop-up search window, press the "Open" button, and finally confirm.

4. At this point, the names of many display chips appear in the driver list. According to your graphics card type, select one and press "OK" to complete the installation. If the program is a non-WHQL version, the system will pop up a warning window, ignore it, click "Yes" to continue the installation, and finally restart the computer according to the system prompts.

In addition, it is worth noting that the graphics card driver installation error may also be caused by the graphics card is not installed in place, so when installing the graphics card, you must pay attention to the graphics card gold finger to be fully inserted into the AGP slot. ^[1]