Re: Help with Video Card
From: Jerry (NoSpamChiefZeke_at_MSN.com)
Date: 08/08/04
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Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 21:57:06 -0700
Are you sure some function on the motherboard wasn't fried along with the
nVidia card when it went? The problems you're having sure sound like
something else on the motherboard is bad.
"Rick Parker" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:10hb1dv8l6seu35@corp.supernews.com...
> I'm having a problems with WinXP (Home). I fried my NVIDIA TNT2 AGP card
> when it's fan failed. The system would still work sort of the video
display
> was just very slow. In looking into the problem when checking the
hardware
> manager I found that the list didn't include display adapters any more.
> That's when I dug into the hardware and found the fried video card. I
> replaced the NVIDA TNT2 AGP card with a new ATI 9550 AGP card and booted
the
> system.
>
>
>
> The first time while things worked much better it didn't detect the new
> video card and the video adapter didn't show up. I played around and now
> the Hardware Manager does show a display adapter, but it's unknown. I
tried
> to install the drivers and other software and keep getting the message
that
> it can't be done. I've tried to install it several times plus tried to
> update the driver etc. It won't let me.
>
>
>
> The old NVIDA drivers are still on the hard disk. I haven't removed them.
> The programs for that card don't show up when I run the Add or Remove
> Programs portion of the Control Panel. I was going to remove them after
> booting into Safe Mode but I can't boot to safe mode for some reason. The
> arrow keys on my Microsoft Office Keyboard won't work when the boot up
menu
> that allows you to choose Safe Mode.
>
>
>
> I checked the System Info Tool and the Display Component is unknown but in
> the Device Driver section it shows NV and NV4 which are NVIDIA drivers.
>
>
>
> I thought about booting from the CD and repairing WinXP. I changed the
BIOS
> to boot first from the CD then HDD and then Floppy. When I rebooted the
CD
> lights come on but the system automatically loads WinXP. I set the BIOS
> boot up sequence to CD for each of the options. I get a message that hit
any
> key to boot from the CD and when I hit a key it still boots from the HD
and
> boots up WinXP.
>
>
>
> I have everything backed up and can format and reinstall everything but
that
> 's a real pain. I'd like to avoid that option if I can. Any ideas of
what
> I should try and in what order before I reformat and reinstall everything?
> My inital thought is to use Explorer to delete the Nvidia files and see
what
> happens. But I don't know if that's the best thing to do.
>
>
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