Graphic Problems - An easy Fix to most issues :)

Well then, this post I decided to publish after having several issues over the past 4 years.

Graphic issues can range from getting the dreaded blue screen of death (BSOD), to simply display issues such as games crashing and applications looking odd like.

The one thing you must always do in any graphics issue is up date your driver (or try older drivers) !

Though make sure you do it right because you'll be amazed at how many people do it wrong !

Four simple steps:

1) Download the latest driver from your Graphics Card Manufacturers web site (or chip set site)

Q. I don't know what my Graphics Card is?
A. It's easy to find out, download and install an application called Everest Freeware
-- To date version 2.20 is the most up to date but you can look at these Google results for a more up to date version of the application.
-- Use the summary part, found under the 'Computer' menu (the left toolbar)
-- Your Graphics Card (hardware which is used for graphics displayed on your monitor) will be next to the heading 'Display / Video Adapter'.

Q. I can't tell what the manufacture of my graphics card is, so what driver do I download?
A. If you don't know your manufacture then download the latest Graphics Driver from the chipset manufacture:

- nVidia (GeForce etc ... nVidia has always had better graphics driver support in my personal opinion)
or
- ATI (Radeon etc)

Select the Graphics Card you have, and your OS (Operating System) and then download the driver.


2) Once you have downloaded the latest driver, keep it on your desktop or in your 'My Documents' folder (just somewhere where you can remember where it is)

3) Uninstal your current graphics driver (found in your control panel > add / remove programs) .. those on Vista you will need to go to Program Features within your control panel

-- Do not just install the latest driver on top of your currently installed driver or else you will begin to experience problems !

4) Once uninstalled reboot your PC (or laptop), your OS will install a default VGA driver once it has booted up (which is a basic graphics driver).

Now run the latest graphics driver installer to install the most up to date driver. When asked reboot after it has installed successfully.

-- Note: Even if your PC / Laptop does not ask to reboot, it is recommended you do so just so your OS can register the newly installed hardware properly.

That's it !