Hi people

I bought an old packard bell computer from a friend i reinstalled xp professional and have had no luck at all finding the drivers for it.
i've tried the NEC INTERNATIONAL website and the packard bell website
i'll post the belarc profile below please someone help me!.

Operating System new – server roles System Model Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United Kingdom)
Installed: 22/09/2011 22:07:27 Packard Bell NEC P852002501
System Serial Number: 031357320674
Chassis Serial Number: 50424E
Enclosure Type: Desktop Processor a Main Circuit Board b 2.15 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Not hyper-threaded Board: NEC COMPUTERS INTERNATIONAL MS-6786
Bus Clock: 166 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD V1.0 06/26/2003 new USB Storage Use in past 30 Days (mouse over last used for details) new Hosted Virtual Machines (mouse over name for details) Last Used USB Flash Disk, s/n AA04012700015436, rev 1100 22/09/2011 18:10:19*
* Possibly used again before the reboot following this time. None discovered Drives new – drive encryption Memory Modules c,d 120.02 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
114.95 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4040B [Optical drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

ST3120025A [Hard drive] (120.03 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 5JT0KZTN, rev 4.04, SMART Status: Healthy 1024 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 512 MB
Slot 'A1' has 512 MB Local Drive Volumes new – volume encryption




c: (NTFS on drive 0) 120.02 GB 114.95 GB free

Network Drives None discovered Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers local user accountslast logon Owner 22/09/2011 18:19:06 (admin) local system accounts Administrator never (admin) ASPNET never
Guest never
HelpAssistant never
SUPPORT_388945a0 never

Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account Microsoft Shared Fax Driver on SHRFAX: Microsoft XPS Document Writer on XPSPort: Controllers Display Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
VIA Bus Master IDE Controller - 0571 None discovered Bus Adapters Multimedia VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller (3x)
VIA USB Enhanced Host Controller Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device Virus Protection [Back to Top] Group Policies No details available None discovered Communications new – connection speed & status Other Devices Smart Link 56K Voice Modem






↑ Realtek RTL8187 Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps USB 2.0 Network Adapter primary Auto IP Address: 192.168.1.4 / 24
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Dhcp Server: 192.168.1.1
Physical Address: E0:B9:A5:92:45:9B VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter Networking Dns Server: 192.168.1.1

You might try Driver Max, it gives you 2 free driver downloads per day. I'm not fond of these types of driver programs, but it may be your best bet. - DriverMax - free driver updates

Hi thanks for the reply. i have read through all the stickys and had no luck. i just need the video drivers i located the sound drivers by reading in another forum just the pesky video driver now. im going to give driver max a go now. the graphics card in question isnt on the main board its in one of the pci? slots i think? heres what it says when i run "dxdiag"


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System Information
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Time of this report: 9/23/2011, 08:58:26
Machine name: COMPUTER-6658
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_qfe.101209-1646)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Packard Bell NEC
System Model: 00000000000000000000000
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2700+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 300MB used, 2161MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: The system is using the generic video driver. Please install video driver provided by the hardware manufacturer. Direct3D functionality not available. You should verify that the driver is a final version from the hardware manufacturer.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name:
Manufacturer:
Chip type:
DAC type:
Device Key: Enum\
Display Memory: n/a
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (1Hz)
Monitor:
Monitor Max Res:
Driver Name: vga.dll
Driver Version: 5.01.2600.0000 (English)
DDI Version: unknown
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 4/14/2008 13:00:00, 9344 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: vga.sys
Mini VDD Date: 4/14/2008 13:00:00, 20992 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B70EE0-4340-11CF-B063-282AAEC2C835}
Vendor ID: 0x0000
Device ID: 0x0000
SubSys ID: 0x00000000
Revision ID: 0x0000
Revision ID: 0x0000
Video Accel:
Deinterlace Caps: n/a
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Not Available
D3D Status: Not Available
AGP Status: Not Available
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run

If Driver Max doesn't find it, which it should for any video driver, go to device manager and expand display adapters. Double click on the one listed and then go to the details tab. Change the dropdown menu to hardware ids and then copy and paste here what it shows in the box below. We can use that to find your driver for you.