Connect Dell Inspiron 6400 to VIZIO E601i-A3 60-inch 1080p LED HDTV using VGA Connector

are you sure about the driver/chip? You may need to double check - was this an upgrade/ change of OS from a Vista machine? Or could it be direct x? read below.... otherwise I have no idea sorry ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300 The Mobility Radeon HD 2300 graphic card for laptops is the successor of the X1300 and supports only DirectX9 (according the informations of the AMD homepage). The performance shall be somewhat above the X1300 and therefore present average or worse game performance. AMD / ATI tells that the relation of performance/Watt has been improved. Rumours tell that the chip is only a renamed X1300 / X1350 video chip.
A difference to the X2300 are the amplified video options (UVD).
The HD 2300 graphic processor is certified for Windows Vista and supports the Windows Aero Glass Interface.
Manufacturer ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2000 Series Mobility Radeon HD 2300 4/2 cores @ 480 MHz 128 Bit @ 400 MHz Codename M71 Architecture RV5xx Pipelines 4 / 2 Pixel- / Vertexshader Core Speed * 480 MHz Memory Speed * 400 MHz Memory Bus Width 128 Bit Memory Type DDR1/DDR2/GDDR3 Shared Memory no
HyperMemory wird unterst?tzt DirectX DirectX 9c, Shader 3.0 Transistors 115 Million technology 90 nm Features 90nm manufacturing process, PCI Express X16 Interrace, PowerPlay 6.0, Avivo Video architecture (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, WMV9, VC-1 acceleration), 64-bit floating point HDR, Ultra-Threaded Shader Engine, OpenGL 2.0 Date of Announcement Link to Manufacturer Page http://ati.amd.com/products/MobilityRade...

Remove the card and reinstall it to reseat it. This will make sure the card has a good, secure connection. Then, check the cabling from the card to your monitor.

check your system vga out put is working or not, conform this by connecting another monitor or connect monitor to another computer.

If your notebook si NEC?LaVie RX?LR700/8E then the VGA chip is Mobility Radeon 9600
http://www.opendrivers.com/driver/291088/ati-mobility-radeon-9600-9700-x300-x600-x700-x1300-x1400-x1600-driver-9.3-windows-xp-free-download.html
At the middle of the page there is button

follow this dell link

• http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R91865&formatcnt=0&libid=0&typeid=-1&dateid=-1&formatid=-1&source=-1&fileid=119690

How to Install Dell Inspiron 9200 notebook ATI Mobility Radeon 9700... This step-by-step guide describers how to obtain and install Dell Inspiron 9200 notebook ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 Driver Windows XP drivers for Windows.
1. Define your Dell Notebook device model.

2. Define your operating system to install your Dell Notebook device. Note: Update Drivers in Win Vista

3. Browse Notebook Drivers.

4. Find Dell Notebook Drivers.

5. Select Dell Inspiron 9200 notebook ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 Driver Windows XP.

6. Download Dell Inspiron 9200 notebook ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 Driver Windows XP. Note: you can update all Drivers automatically with RadarSync (Freeware) or Driver Detective (Shareware).

7. Install Dell Inspiron 9200 notebook ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 Driver Windows XP.

8. Restart or reboot your computer to finish your driver installation. Note: you can backup your computer drivers before updating.

did you restart after you made the changes,usually sometimes you may have to

Maybe you have enough video memory, but the way your video card processes all the graphics is less than enough to what SIMS 3 requires.

Please take a look at the sims 3 requirements and read the review about your laptop below.

EA has released the minimum system requirements for The Sims 3, which is out on February 20.

The specs, which emerged on site Gaming Today,show both desktop and laptop minimum requirements, though it should bestressed that the game probably won't run like butter on these rigs.

See the specs below:

PC / Desktop
XP (Service Pack 2)
Pentium IV 2.0 GHz / Athlon XP 2000+
1 GB Memory
Graphics
GeForce FX 5900 / Radeon 9500
Graphics Ram
128 MB

Vista (Service Pack 1)
Pentium IV 2.4 GHz / Athlon XP 2400+
1.5 GB Memory
GeForce FX 5900 / Radeon 9500
128 MB Graphics RAM


Laptop
XP (Service Pack 2)
Processor Pentium IV 2.4 GHz / Athlon XP 2400+
1.5 GB Memory
GeForce Go 6200 / Radeon mobile 9600
128 MB Graphics RAM

Vista (Service Pack 1)
Pentium IV 2.4 GHz / Athlon XP 2400+
2.0 GB Memory
GeForce Go 6200 / Radeon mobile 9600
128 MB Graphics RAM


This is Situation Publishing Ltd. review:

With the advent of Intel's Core 2 Duo processors we're at lastbeginning to see the kind of power and portability that was beingclaimed, somewhat optimistically, back in the early days of notebookcomputing. Not one to miss out, Dell has rolled out its Core 2 Duobased Inspiron 6400...The 6400, like so much of the Dell range, comes in a variety ofuser-defined guises so bear this in mind when it comes to theperformance numbers and features I'll be making reference to. Indeed,in the time we've had the notebook, a Dell special offer has upped thememory to 2GB from the two 512MB modules of DDR 2 SDRAM featured in ourversion.

Our particular model also came equipped with Intel's impressive newmobile Core 2 Duo processor, the T7200, which ticks along at 2.0GHz offa 667MHz frontside bus. 4MB of shared L2 cache helps speed things alongtoo. Like the entire mobile range of Core 2 Duo processors it operatesat between 1.0375V and 1.3V and runs comparatively cool for its speed.
Furthermore, our test unit arrived with an ATI Mobility Radeon X1400graphics chip and not the X1300 currently offered on Dell's website asstandard for all but the most basic version of the 6400. The X1400upgrade will set you back around £47 and is probably worth the extramoney seeing as the X1300 combined with the 15.4in WSXGA+ screen willnot be compatible with Windows Vista. In addition all models - again,except the basic one - now come equipped with an 8x dual-layer DVD°R/RWdrive. The hard disk is a Samsung 120GB SATA unit which should fend offobsolescence over the life of the notebook

VerdictWith a base price - for the T7200 Core 2 Duo - of £789 inc. VAT andshipping, the Inspiron 6400 is an excellent and affordable route intothe Core 2 Duo world. It has all the credentials to be a dependablemultimedia companion with its great screen, comprehensive connectivityand decent processing power. But be aware it's neither exciting to lookat nor to game on!


Best of luck

Try connecting an external monitor to the laptop. After your computer is attached to an external monitor, press the <Fn> key and the <F8> (CRT, LCD) key to switch the video image to the display. If the external monitor works, the computer display or video controller may be defective.



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Could you please run the diagonistics on the computer?
Turn on the computer. When the DELL logo appears, press <F12> immediately. Select Diagnostics from the boot menu and press <Enter>.
NOTE: If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you see the
Microsoft Windows desktop. Then shut down your computer and try again.
b Press and hold the <Fn> key while powering the system on.

Make a note of any errors that you get after running the diagnositcs on the computer.

I would right down the specs and go to a computer store or a radio shack and ask, usually they have them but they may also refer you to some other store if you ask them, if they cant help you that is. usually the stores that Buy and trad eand selll and have inventorys of used parts, will have alot of adapters on hand like VGA to DVI and what not.