VIA display drivers for Win7?

[Logik]

Here are overall system details:

Operating System
MS Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 54 °C
Venice 90nm Technology
RAM
2.0GB Single-Channel DDR @ 167MHz (2.5-3-3-7)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. K8M800-8237 (Socket 754)
Graphics
505E (1024x768@60Hz)
VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP
Hard Drives
156GB Seagate ST3160215A ATA Device (PATA) 43 °C
Optical Drives
SONY DVD RW DRU-190A ATA Device
Audio
Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio Controller

Here are the details of Mboard:

Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Model K8M800-8237
Chipset Vendor VIA
Chipset Model K8M400 (VT8380)
Chipset Revision 00
Southbridge Vendor VIA
Southbridge Model VT8237
Southbridge Revision 00

this PC belongs to a frnd of mine. problem is: he got windows 7. but this display drivers not supporting AERO. i googled & found out that VIA never released drivers above XP for this particular piece of hardware.

I tried to download drivers from this link of softpedia which claims it works on Win Vista. (so should on Win7) .But no luck.

Q1) Is it true this VIA chipset have no drivers for Vista/7?

after bit more search i came across this post:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/fi-FI/w7itprohardware/thread/1d98f375-88e2-4b75-a46f-1a2e2925d9f6

Q2) can this trick work with win7 32 bit? if yes, any hints? or i should use as it is?

Logik

PS: Q3) he have LG CRT monitor with max resolution: 1024x728. do aero works on these monitors?

[brightspark]

Hey Logik,

Q1) Is it true this VIA chipset have no drivers for Vista/7?

Yes, there are no drivers available which support the later OS's.

Q2) can this trick work with win7 32 bit? if yes, any hints? or i should use as it is?

No. If you read a little further on you will see that in the next post the OP says that it didn't work and he had to go back to using VGA.

PS: Q3) he have LG CRT monitor with max resolution: 1024x728. do aero works on these monitors?

Don't see why it wouldn't. Requirements for Aero are more about memory and graphics capabilities of the computer than the monitor.

Best solution would be to install a dedicated graphic card. Considering the age of the mobo it will probably include a slot for AGP cards.

Cheers......Jim

[Logik]

Thanks Jim,
Even i recommended him to go for GFX card.