How to install Windows 7 VGA driver on Dell GX260

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August 20, 2009
by Brian Jackson
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This is a short guide on solving the problem when trying to install the VGA driver on a Dell GX260 when Windows 7 is installed.

Step #1

Install Windows 7 on the Dell GX260 computer. (Refer to my other articles for using ImageX and WinPE 3.0 boot environment for capturing and applying images).

Step #2

Once you have Windows 7 installed, at least for me, Windows Updates didn’t pick up the VGA driver automatically; leaving you with a very large resolution which is unusable.

Step #3

Download the Intel 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller driver (R126990.EXE). (Download Here) The drivers on Dell’s website do not work for Windows Vista or Windows 7.

GX260 - R126990 driver

GX260 - R126990 driver

Step #4

Once you have the R126990.EXE downloaded, you will need to extract the contents of the EXE to a folder. I suggest using 7-zip or Winrar. Download 7-Zip

GX260 - Extracting the driver.

GX260 - Extracting the driver.

Step #5

Now that you have the driver extracted you are going to have to install the driver manually in compatibility mode. Go into the folder you just extracted and right click on the setup.exe and go to properties and then the compatibility mode tab. You will want to enable compatibility mode for Windows Service Pack 3 and also select “Run as Administrator.”

Run in Compatibility Mode

Run in Compatibility Mode

Step #6

Click Apply, then click OK. Now run the setup.exe as you normally would and it shouldn’t complain about OS not being compatible.

  • http://www.zoombits.de/kamera-zubehoer/ tasche für digitalkamera

    Hi…
    Thank you so much for sharing such a nice information. That would solve all the problems for installing windows 7 on Dell-gx260. Good work! Keep it up.

  • http://www.brianleejackson.com Brian Jackson

    Your very welcome. Just sharing the information that I wish knew beforehand. Check out the rest of my articles and let me know what you think.

  • Nathan

    DOES NOT WORK!

  • http://www.brianleejackson.com Brian Jackson

    I think there are a couple different revisions of the GX260, which means they could have put out some batches with different motherboards and possibly different graphics controllers. I will try and see if I can find out which revision the ones I tested this on were. I used this driver on around 35 GX260′s; all with Windows 7 and worked just fine.

  • Jon Johnsen

    As Nathan said, this does not work.

  • http://www.brianleejackson.com Brian Jackson

    Sorry about that Nathan and Jon. I have updated steps #5 and #6 with the correct procedure. It does work, I just did this on 4 GX260′s yesterday. Updates them to normal resolution of 1280 x 1024. If you have any other questions just let me know. Have a nice day.

  • GerhardStefan

    Thanks! This works!

  • Rajneel

    does not work…the driver file does not extract fully..its says insert last disk..please help

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  • Alan

    Many thanks, followed your instruction and I now have windows 7 running at 1024 x 768 32bit.

    Regards

    AL

  • http://www.brianleejackson.com Brian Jackson

    @ Alan : You are very welcome. I wish there had been a tutorial out when I first tried this. I literally spent 2-3 hours trying different drivers, looking up motherboard info… etc. I hope this little tutorial helps save people time :) Have a great evening!

  • Mohamed Abd El naser

    thx so much , it’s working well :) .

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  • ahsan

    thx dude its great idea thx again….

  • http://none Adil

    when i right click and go in the properties.. its not givng me any compatibility mode tab.
    NOTE.. I have installed windows 7 and i want to run the aero theme.. right now its runing with old dull blue theme…

  • http://none Adil

    k its there.. the compatibility tab.. but damm i want to run aero theme…

  • http://www.brianleejackson.com Brian Jackson

    @Adil : I don’t know if GX260 is capable of running Aero theme with integrated graphics. The lowest model I have seen run Aero with onboard is GX280.

  • Rj

    Hey Brian hope you can help, I’ve just read the support and advice you have given regarding screen resolution using win 7 on a GX260.
    Do you know if the same method will work on a SX260? (I hope so).
    I have recently installed win 7 with high expectations, only to discover that I’m unable to modify/change the RES.
    It does not give me any reasonable options apart from 640 x 480 (if you can call that reasonable) I’m also running it through an HDTV.
    I was able to adjust the settings (eventually) when using VISTA but I am totally stumped with this OS.

    Hope you can advise and keep up the good work….

    (I’d be lost if it weren’t for people like you)

  • http://www.brianleejackson.com Brian Jackson

    @ RJ : Sorry I don’t have any way to test a SX260. What you will want to do is find out what Graphics Controller driver your motherboard has and then try going to either Dell or Intel and downloading the graphics controller driver. This is different than simply downloading the VGA driver from Dell for that model. You want to find the base graphics controller driver. Let me know how it goes! :) Good luck.

  • Bjarni

    Works great, thx alot for sharing this information, great work :)

  • Cooper

    Thank you very much worked great!!

  • http://www.brianleejackson.com Brian Jackson

    @Bjarni : You’re welcome! Also note, this procedure has to be done for the GX270′s with Windows 7 as well.

  • Samir

    Hi Brain,

    I just followed your tutorial to the T, and I get an error message: This system does not meet the minimum requirements for installing the software. Setup will exit.

    Any ideas?

    Thank you,
    Samir

  • Samir

    Hey Brain,

    I was mistaken! I was trying to install the driver you suggest on a PCI NVIDIA card. Totally slipped my mind that I had install the card to obtain better resolution. Thank you for the tutorial on how to use XP Mode, as I need that information to install the legacy driver for my card!

    Regards,
    Samir

  • Duke

    Dude,

    How can i say this? I LOVE YOU!!! Lol. Thanks so much man, my Dell is finally up and running with Windows 7 at more res. I can finally see the APPLY buttons.

    Great job man. Keep up!

    Duke

  • JADS

    This worked for me on GX260!!!! You are the man!

  • Frustrated

    what are the minimum requirements because my laptop is not a weak system but it says it does not meet minimum requirements. please help.

  • Carl Pozyck

    I tried this and got an error message saying, “An unknown error has occurred. Setup will exit.”

  • Samad

    Hello Brian nice work.. the setup extracted and executed OK but it gave an error “minimum requirements does not meet” any idea ??

  • darren

    thx man worked a treat

  • jfl1960

    I just tried this on my sx260 and does not work unfortunately keeps telling me my to update my driver even after installing the driver you recommended,.

  • reejay

    nice info man! can u pleeezz guide me is there any way to run the aero feature on gx260?? or is there a possibility to change da vdo card if it doesnt support aero????

  • vit

    hi, i have a problem with install, im trying install win7 on my dell gx 260 and when i should select device(hdd) to install, my dell cannot find it, i can load driver but i cannot find it on website.
    i bought it few days ago. my hdd is called Western Digital WD800JB. do you know any advise?could you please help me?
    thank you vit

  • look at you model number!!!!

    Hi, I see alot of people talking about systems that are not the exact model you have list in this articale, Maybe they can’t read english or blind? lol People the guy made this page for the ~~Dell GX260~~ not dell gx270 or sx260 wake up! read the specs about your computer before you assume you have the same hardware inside. easy to do people, search in google!!!! stop blasting this guys post about a different system and make a thread somewhere else or maybe he has it on his blog somewhere else. search thats what the interent is for.

  • http://www.brianleejackson.com Brian Jackson

    @person above: Thank you for the compliment lol… Ya a lot of people obviously don’t read the title. I have done this many times on this model and it works flawlessly every time. Unfortunately I just don’t have the time to respond to everybody’s comments…

  • talha

    hi brain, in dell GX260 network driver will istall automatically . and please tell me about audio driver

  • http://nil reyme

    it never worked buddy….it says….this systm doesnt meet the maxim. requirement brah brah brah ….help me out!

  • KQ

    love ya brain it worked perfectly !!!! God Bless u

  • JOHN

    (Refer to my other articles for using ImageX and WinPE 3.0 boot environment for capturing and applying images).

    What do you mean by that inside the parentheses? I wish to fully reformat my xp into windows7 i.e. remove all my data. Will this finally allow good graphics on my dell? Please reply to my email if you could. Many thanks.

  • http://www.brianleejackson.com Brian Jackson
  • final solution

    it’s good solution…thank lot

  • sameer (pakistan)

    Lots of Thanks……………. that was great

  • vaibhav

    I can’t use Aero in my dell GX270 model
    Plz Tell Me supported Drivers link For My Pc..

  • Hoan

    This tip’s great, it worked on our old PC. Thanks!

  • http://www.brianleejackson.com Brian Jackson

    Your welcome!

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