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3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
hi allso um yeah, while uninstalling something the other night i also managed to delete the driver for my graphics card...
anybody know where i can download a (free) driver for a via card (vt82c686b - yes i know, it's a fairly ancient one!)...
you have no idea how bizarre hop looks in only 16 colours...
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Location: Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
ok goiung to take a guess that you've got a VIA ProSavage PN133T ("TwisterT") North Bridge that integrates S3 Graphics Savage4 2D/3D graphics core, and the VIA VT82C686B ("Super South") South Bridge.
as, as you can see, a VT82C686B is not a graphics card.
follow the instructions on this page : https://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=5&ArticleID=387
downloading and running WinS3ID.EXE to identify the graphics chipset, and then use the same websites download section to locate the appropriate drivers.
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Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Written by: Yakumo
ok goiung to take a guess that you've got a VIA ProSavage PN133T ("TwisterT") North Bridge that integrates S3 Graphics Savage4 2D/3D graphics core, and the VIA VT82C686B ("Super South") South Bridge.
as, as you can see, a VT82C686B is not a graphics card.
Oh god yeh I can plainly see that
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Location: Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
lol, yeah, ok, too used to posting on tech forums. Just meant that the VT82C686B is a different kind of chip
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Location: limbo, Australia
was as plain as the nose on my face... not that my nose is plain, you understand... rather a fine nose, in fact... well, so I'm told...
what were we talking about again?
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3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
yakumo i have no idea what you just said!
but i will read it again & try to follow your advice!! 
the vt82cblahblahblah was the only thing in there that seemed to have some numbers on it...plus my housemate's ex told me that was my graphics card...i really have no idea if that's the thing i deleted...
but i'm guessing it is cos my computer went from having lots & lots of colours to a measley 16 colours!? 
thanks yakumo!
i hope it works!! do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
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2,303 posts
Location: Brisbane
Woman.... huh, you just cant leave them alone for a second. *giggles* silly gita has gone all 16 bitted. Hope you've managed to figure it out girlie!!
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431 posts
Location: Lincoln, United Kingdom
Basically what Yakumo is saying is that your motherboard has some chips that tell the graphics card what to do, and need a driver to do so properly, and the graphics card needs a driver to then process that information, and create what you see on screen.
So if youve lost the driver for that part of the mother board, the other options, are to either -
dig out any old disks that came with the computer and look for a motherboard driver disk (should say on it). OR try and find any paperwork from when it was new with a spec sheet, that tells you the make and model of the motherboard. (this is where yakumos solution comes in)
OR buy a motherboard/memory bundle (thats already assembled and tested) and replace the old one, which is an upgrade that will cure slow computer syndrome aswell, but requires you to re-install windows (effectively start again). hope this helps!
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3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
ooh! good thinking sketch!
i just turned my computer on to follow yakumo's instructions...i'm pretty sure i have a box of computer bits (read: disks, instructions, spare mouse, etc.) somewhere!! wooh!*runs off to search for the magic box*
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if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
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3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
dammit!
i found the box!
but no disk
but it has an "easy installation guide" which has a picture of the inside of the computer!! wooh!
this piece of paper tells me that i have a "VIA PLE133T chipset (VT8601T + VT82C686B) with integrated Trident Blade3D graphic engine"
i think i'm more confused now but! i have google! & that link from yakumo, so i might type all that in there & cross my fingers!!
wish me luck!!
do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
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3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
so i googled...found & downloaded this ...now what?!
it's a zip file...so i unzipped it...but nothing happened...there are still lots of zipped files...i selected them all in winzip & it seemed to be opening them...but the monitor is still in 16 colours!
*pout* i want a new computer!
do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
addict
449 posts
Location: Australia
Written by: gita
this piece of paper tells me that i have a "VIA PLE133T chipset (VT8601T + VT82C686B) with integrated Trident Blade3D graphic engine"
VIA PLE133T chipset? There's a chipset that has 133T in it's model number!? lol!
addict
449 posts
Location: Australia
Do you use windows CE? that website says that's what the drivers are for...
addict
449 posts
Location: Australia
Trident Blade3D graphic engine sounds like a video card, here are the drivers for it (if they're the ones you deleted:
https://www.softwarepatch.com/utilities/blade-3d.html
What operating system are you using? Make sure u choose the right download.
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Ive just offered Gita a visit from the UCOF mobile computer repair service
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Location: limbo, Australia
jonny UCOF to........ the rescue!!!
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3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
i'm using windows 2000 unfortunately...i had xp until someone decided my computer + wireless broadband = evil. i liked xp better...
i'm not quite sure what's funny about 133T in the model number...
as that stupid redhead would say "please explain?"wooh! ucof mobile computer repair service!!
do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Gita, read this
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3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
thanks ucof!
umm...yes...
well...i'm kind of glad i had no idea why that was funny! *ducks for cover & runs from those computer nerd types* 
do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
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3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
WOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
thanks to the wonderful services of the ucof mobile computer repair service, my computer has now regained all those hundreds of other colours & is back to its more useful self!!! 
YAY!!! thanking you very muchly mr ucof!! now...to get the mods to delete this (now useless) thread!
*wanders off*
do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
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3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
hi all!!just resurrecting an old thread here...for the purpose of asking if anyone knows how to delete a "mywebsearch" toolbar?
for some reason i joined zwinky (& swiftly deleted my account!) but it left me with this mywebsearch toolbar.
yes i hit "uninstall mywebsearch"...amazingly there is always some error so the silly thing can't be deleted...& right clicking with the mouse appears to do absolutely nothing...
do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
Elusive and Bearded
3,597 posts
Location: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
try going to start then control panel then add/remove prgrams try to find it on the list an uninstall from there.
This is assuming you use windows.
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10,530 posts
Location: They seek him here, they seek him there...
I googled it. Second result.
https://www.pchell.com/support/mywebsearch.shtml
There ya go. Use that
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15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Gita my lovely,
https://www.spybotupdates.com/files/spybotsd15.exe
Install that, update it, run it once a week to stay clear of all nasties
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3,777 posts
Location: brizvegas, Australia
thanks peoples!
tis all gone now!!! YAY!! i knew there had to be a logical fix for it...but it was getting kinda late & my eyes (& brain) were fuzzy...
THANKYOU!!!!
do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
2,303 posts
Location: Brisbane
Your blaming it being late to the fact your brain is fuzzy.... hmmm me wonders if this is a ploy. Is it alway late????
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Homer rocks!!!!
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