Laptop HD transplant:

[Pharmacology]

So, I had an old laptop that became unusable due to the processor messing up (among other things.)  It would give the capslock  flashes which meant "processor is loose, disconnected, etc..."
Since this was in the middle of my P4 year, I just bought a new one.

Then, since I had an even older one that had a busted hard drive, but was otherwise functional,  I made a FRANKENLAPTOP.
I took the hard-drive out of the bad-processor-lappy,  and put it into the bad-hd  lappy.
It booted up, and everything seemed ok...   

Until I noticed the video looked like *expletive deleted*it. The resolution looks horrible too.  At first I put it down to the fact that I've been staring at the HI DEFF screen on the newest one, but then I realized that it is still looking for the old video card, etc...
I tried using search for hardware, but that didn't work.

If I downloaded the drivers for the video card, etc... would it correct the issues?

I'd like to use this one as my travel laptop, as the new Qosmio  is huge, and I'm afraid to mess it up.

I don't have it with me right this second, so I'll post the particulars later.

[lee n. field]

If I downloaded the drivers for the video card, etc... would it correct the issues?

Should.  Check your windows device manager for other flagged items, download from manufacturer's support site and install.  You'll also want a "chipset driver" if they have one.

What you have done is trivial pc tech work.

[Ben]

What the fellow above me said. If you're unsure of your video card, run Belarc or similar so you get the correct drivers. You should probably uninstall the old drivers first to ensure no conflicts.

[Pharmacology]

Should.  Check your windows device manager for other flagged items, download from manufacturer's support site and install.  You'll also want a "chipset driver" if they have one. What you have done is trivial pc tech work.

What the fellow above me said. If you're unsure of your video card, run Belarc or similar so you get the correct drivers. You should probably uninstall the old drivers first to ensure no conflicts.

Thanks, guys.

Yeah,  I took a few "computer maintenance" classes in high school, and could do most everything back then.
I've since forgotten just about everything about them.

[lee n. field]

What the fellow above me said. If you're unsure of your video card, run Belarc or similar so you get the correct drivers. You should probably uninstall the old drivers first to ensure no conflicts.

I've never used Belarc.  If I have some confusion about exactly what's in something, I'll boot a linux live cd, open a terminal and run "lspci" for detailed information about hardware.  Then hit The G00gle for drivers if needed.