VGA - Help

I have purchased a new game, downloaded the latest DirectX software but the
game will not work.

It apears that the video controller (VGA) on my lap top is switched off. I
cannot get this switched back on by conventional means as the system cannot
detect the hardware. It is promting me to insert a disc that I may have
received when I purchased the lap top. I did not receive one.

Does anyone have any ideas about how I can overcome this?

What resolution are you trying to send to the external PC monitor/TV that
you have connected to your laptops VGA connector?
DX9 software only works if your internal graphics card/chip also supports
DX9.

"fiveofive" <fiveofive@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have purchased a new game, downloaded the latest DirectX software but the
> game will not work.
>
> It apears that the video controller (VGA) on my lap top is switched off. I
> cannot get this switched back on by conventional means as the system
> cannot
> detect the hardware. It is promting me to insert a disc that I may have
> received when I purchased the lap top. I did not receive one.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas about how I can overcome this?