New firmware is available for a 915 chipset will support Vista?

I recently updated my a830n Pavilion to Vista Home Premium to XP Home Edition. I understand that the chipset doesn't support Aero. However, I also have problems with running games used to run under XP. I downloaded the latest Intel .inf files, have not found a driver level later on HP sites for the chipset (running 6.14.10.4656) and tried a myriad other things proposed by other forums and the people including the 'compatibility' mode attempt (not even an optiion anywhere I can find), change resolutions, etc.

Two things, I've noticed, however. I no longer see the Intel icon in my system tray and Device Manager initially only showed 'generic PnP monitor' for my display device. I have a Compaq FP 7317 installed. I manually installed the software for the monitor and it is now one of the monitors in the device as a FP 7317 Manager.

The error I get consistently when you try to start chess games is "..". Unable to initialize the display device. Try acceleration hardware setting Full... "I tried all settings from full to low to no change. Someone has any ideas as to what can be done, if anything to solve this problem?

R2P2, welcome to the forum.

Because the computer is almost 7 years old, I don't think that HP will provide software updates.

Vista requires more memory than XP.  I suggest at least 2 GB.  In addition, add a dedicated video card will help.  You should check the power of the power supply unit (PSU).  Then, you will need to ensure that the video card will work correctly with this power.  I think that the power will be 250W.  You can check by opening the case and by reading the label on the power supply.

At some point, the cost of upgrades will be more that the computer is worth.  You will have to decide whether to save your money for a new computer or to make the updates.

Note: You must install the patches for the games before playing them.

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