Windows 10: Display is shown as Microsoft Basic Display Adapter

Discus and support Display is shown as Microsoft Basic Display Adapter in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; I've got windows 10 on an alienware 15 R3. it came with a intel HD Graphics 630 and NVIDIA 1070 integrated GPUs. The 1070 broke, resulting in a... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by shadowboss258, May 25, 2020.

  1. Display is shown as Microsoft Basic Display Adapter


    I've got windows 10 on an alienware 15 R3. it came with a intel HD Graphics 630 and NVIDIA 1070 integrated GPUs. The 1070 broke, resulting in a blackscreen unless disabled. Today, i got the Razor core X external GPU runner and a RTX 2070, got everything set up, all the drivers installed, everything updated, etc. Im not missing any files or drivers, all files and drivers are the right version, etc etc.

    After i deleted the 1070 driver because it wasnt working and restarted my computer, the 2 correct GPUs will show in device manager the Intel HD Graphics 630, and RTX 2070, but when i run dxdiag, it'll show 2 displays despite me only using my laptop's screen. The first and main display my laptops screen will show as Microsoft Basic Display Adapter, and the 2nd display will show as either the intel GPU or the NVIDIA GPU i can change this by disabling or enabling the cards from the device manager.

    This is a problem for 2 reasons, it looks disgusting normally, wont let me run some games, and it keeps me from being able to open up NVIDIA control panel to mess with my display and graphics settings results in a "NVIDIA Display settings are not available. You are not currently using a display attached to an NVIDIA GPU" error" making it impossible to make my RTX card default for my games, making is impossible to play most games.

    Geforce experience helps slightly by forcing some games to default to the RTX but anything with its own launcher minecraft, farcry 3 [along with any other ubisoft game], escape from tarkov, cod MW, etc etc refuses to launch because the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter doesnt have the right options to launch it.

    Anything i can find online for help is rediciously old and half the settings that show up dont show up now because the windows version is either outdated, or not windows 10. I just want to play my games again man. Please tell me someone knows how to fix this, or default graphics cards without going into NVIDIA control panel. I need it to default to the intel card so i can launch the game with the display settings, but with my RTX card if that makes sense???

    :)
     
    shadowboss258, May 25, 2020
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  2. Arabh Jha Win User

    Microsoft basic display adapter

    The name of GPU is not shown in device manager, it's showing MICROSOFT BASIC DISPLAY ADAPTER.

    And when I try to upgrade GPU DRIVERS it's told best drivers are already installed.

    And Nvidia installer cannot continue is also being written when I try to install it by Nvidia game ready drivers.

    Please Answer
     
    Arabh Jha, May 25, 2020
    #2
  3. No Display after Microsoft Basic Display Adapter

    Hi,

    As you are facing issues with changing the brightness on your device, do not worry we will help you with this issue.

    Provide us additional information to assist you better:

    • What is the make and model of your computer?
    • What exactly happens when you try to change the brightness on your device?

    Make sure that you are able to access the display on your device to follow the below troubleshooting step.

    I suggest you to download the latest drivers from the manufacturer's website, place the computer in Safe mode with Networking, uninstall the existing drivers, re-install the new drivers manually and check if it helps.

    Step 1: Boot the device to Safe mode and uninstall the existing drivers and restart the computer.

    Refer: Start your PC in safe mode in Windows 10


    Step 2: Steps to Uninstall the Display Adapter driver.

    • Press Windows key + X key when you are at desktop.
    • Select Device Manager.
    • Expand Display Adapter.
    • Right click on the Display Adapter and click on
      Uninstall.

    Refer to the article by Ander Da Costa on
    How to: Install and Update drivers in Windows
    10,
    try to install the drivers in compatibility mode.

    Step 3: Follow the below steps to
    place the computer in normal mode.

    • Press Windows + R keys to open
      Run command.
    • Type msconfig and press
      Enter.
    • In the System Configuration window, click on
      General tab.
    • Select Start-up selection as
      Normal startup, click on Apply
      and Ok.
    • Follow onscreen instructions.

    Hope it helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of changing the brightness for further assistance.

    Thank you.
     
    Deepika Gowda, May 25, 2020
    #3
  4. ImmLaiko Win User

    Display is shown as Microsoft Basic Display Adapter

    Microsoft Basic Display Adapter

    I have a GTX 1050ti but device manager shows Microsoft Basic Display Adapter i tried updating it but it didn't work i tried updating my OS to Windows 10 but it still shows "Microsoft Basic Display Adapter"

    i tried plugging my graphics card to other computers it works but it shows Microsoft Basic Display Adapter on my computer.

    this shows up when i try to update my driver.


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    ImmLaiko, May 25, 2020
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