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The debug command is usually helpful in identifying the video card.
To start debug:
Click on "Start" then click "Run" Type in "debug" then click "OK"
You will be presented with a "-" prompt. Type in "d c000:0000" then press enter.
You will see something like this:
C000:0010 44 45 4F 20 0D 00 00 00-38 01 60 0D 00 00 49 42 DEO ....8.`...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 B0 10 2E AC-30 38 2F 31 33 2F 30 33 ........08/13/03
C000:0040 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
C000:0050 E9 BC E2 00 00 00 00 00-3F D0 30 7E 80 20 40 81 ........?.0~. @.
C000:0060 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 80-22 00 A5 8B E9 B7 C9 E9 ........".......
C000:0070 BE C9 50 4D 49 44 6C 00-6F 00 00 00 00 A0 00 B0 ..PMIDl.o.......
The information we want to be looking at is in the third column. If no valuable information is found, type "d c000:0070" then press enter.
C000:0080 00 B8 00 C0 00 33 0A F6-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .....3..........
C000:0090 FF 7F 4E 56 00 05 27 B2-1A 78 27 20 34 04 00 00 ..NV..'..x' 4...
C000:00A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF 06-00 00 00 00 00 00 50 01 ..............P.
C000:00B0 50 00 07 4D A0 19 14 3D-6E 3D 20 44 D5 43 E9 43 P..M...=n= D.C.C
C000:00C0 10 02 33 02 49 6E 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 06 C8 ..3.In..........
C000:00D0 A7 5A A8 60 AE 0A 00 30-57 05 00 82 6E 40 6F 48 .Z.`...0W...n@oH
C000:00E0 6F 68 6F 98 6F 98 6F 40-6F 70 DB 32 DC 00 00 00 oho.o.o@op.2....
In this case, there is still no information which identifies the video card, so we want to type "d c000:00e0" then press enter.
C000:00F0 00 00 00 00 00 C4 DC C5-DC 08 A9 D8 A8 00 00 00 ................
C000:0100 00 00 00 09 E5 AE D7 F8-A8 E8 A8 00 00 6C 6E 4F .............lnO
C000:0110 6E 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 FF FF 02 00 00 n...............
C000:0120 48 E4 4F E4 55 E4 B2 6F-C6 E5 00 00 28 23 18 01 H.O.U..o....(#..
C000:0130 65 6E 64 20 62 6D 70 00-50 43 49 52 DE 10 22 03 end bmp.PCIR..".
C000:0140 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 03-78 00 01 00 00 80 00 00 ........x.......
C000:0150 47 65 46 6F 72 63 65 20-46 58 20 35 32 30 30 20 GeForce FX 5200
This time, we can see information which identifies our video card. In this case, a GeForce FX 5200.
If the video card still can't be identified by this step, try the following commands, pressing enter after each one.
d c000:0150
d c000:01c0
d c000:0230
If after these 3 additional commands, the video card isn't identified, the case will need to be opened to physically inspect the video card.
First answer by Digitalanarchy. Last edit by Digitalanarchy. Contributor trust: 160 [recommend contributor]. Question popularity: 34 [recommend question]
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