What is this computer missing?

[DaSord213]

Well, my brother bought a computer I found on craigslist. It was fine, we could run things just fine. Then something went wrong, we had to reinstall XP. Yes, XP. I tried starting up one of my games, when I got an error about Direct3D, I check the DxDiag, guess what; no graphics card... I haven't looked inside yet, but it struck me odd that I could run games before, and now anything that scrolls scrolls very weirdly. The DxDiag is attached.

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[Bleep]

You forgot to reinstall your Graphics Drivers. Since your Rig doesn't have a graphics card (or one you are obviously not posting since you didn't check it well enough from inside), you may have to download your Motherboard's Chipset and Onboard Video Drivers.

[DaSord213]

That might be it, I'll try that. Arg. That'll be fun.

you didn't check it well enough from

I haven't looked inside yet

Ahem.

[Bleep]

I know, which is why i specifically typed in that way and manner.

[DaSord213]

I just looked inside, I didn't see anything to tell what manufacturer of the graphics card that is inside is. It's odd, there's two of the plug-ins, don't know what they're called, the blue once for display. Only one of them works though, which is what I'm using.

[Bleep]

Which in my case, means you have onboard graphics. If you ever need PC building tips, could've just gone to a good friend who's great at making them. I can build an awesome one with only 500 dollars that is gaming capable and can run all new games flawlessly (My current Rig Upgrade costed only 350 dollars).

[Ethan]

On your GPU, there will be a certain serial number type thing. Google all the numbers and see if one leads you to the GPU type.