After having major problems when i tried the latest drivers from Nvidia i had to perform a clean install. I also foolishly reset the BIOS defaults and now i can't reinistall the GFX card. Here's how it goes...
Restart machine and the new hardware wizard kicks in saying found new hardware VGA compatabile. I put my installation cd in, it installs the GFX card drivers, i restart, and it makes it as far as the XP splash then the screen goes black and the monitor goes off. I make sure that all remnants of previous drivers are deleted prior to the installation, but to no avail. I also tried to install via Update Driver in Device Manager with the same result.
In BIOS I've checked AGP aperture is 64MB and 4x transfer and that it it set to AGP not PCI. I've also tried both options in BIOS for Plug and Play, i.e set to NO for the BIOS to assign resources, or set to YES for the OS to assign. I'm sure when i succesfully installed the drivers, a few months ago, the wizard annouced the installation of PnP Monitor drivers, after it installed the GFX card drivers. But when i'm "installing" now it just announces the GFX card drivers. A quick check in Device Manager before i restart, and there, under Monitors, is listed 2 Default Monitors and 1 PnP Monitor. However, if i go to Advanced Display Properties, it says i've got two PnP Monitors?? Every manner i know of uninstalling b4 trying again has been tried - but nope.
I'm betting it's a BIOS setting as i everything was working fine before i reset them evil, evil things!!
Here's quick list of what i've tried and tested with no luck;
Clean installs, newer VIA drivers, newer Nvidia drivers, newer BIOS, RAM tests, different BIOS settings although mostly trial and error.
After a clean install i always install the VIA 4in1's b4 the the GFX card drivers as advised.Oh and in my motherboard manaul it says i have no onboard gaphics, if that makes any difference.
I've drawn a complete blank on this from most places for the last fortnight, so any help, or God forbid, remedies, would be great!
Thanks
20 Regal
P.S. My specs are as follows
Athlon XP 1700+
XP Pro, No (SP1)
KX400+ Chipset: VT8367/VT8233A
Nvidia G4 MX440 64MB
128 RAM
VIA 4in1 4.40
Restart machine and the new hardware wizard kicks in saying found new hardware VGA compatabile. I put my installation cd in, it installs the GFX card drivers, i restart, and it makes it as far as the XP splash then the screen goes black and the monitor goes off. I make sure that all remnants of previous drivers are deleted prior to the installation, but to no avail. I also tried to install via Update Driver in Device Manager with the same result.
In BIOS I've checked AGP aperture is 64MB and 4x transfer and that it it set to AGP not PCI. I've also tried both options in BIOS for Plug and Play, i.e set to NO for the BIOS to assign resources, or set to YES for the OS to assign. I'm sure when i succesfully installed the drivers, a few months ago, the wizard annouced the installation of PnP Monitor drivers, after it installed the GFX card drivers. But when i'm "installing" now it just announces the GFX card drivers. A quick check in Device Manager before i restart, and there, under Monitors, is listed 2 Default Monitors and 1 PnP Monitor. However, if i go to Advanced Display Properties, it says i've got two PnP Monitors?? Every manner i know of uninstalling b4 trying again has been tried - but nope.
I'm betting it's a BIOS setting as i everything was working fine before i reset them evil, evil things!!
Here's quick list of what i've tried and tested with no luck;
Clean installs, newer VIA drivers, newer Nvidia drivers, newer BIOS, RAM tests, different BIOS settings although mostly trial and error.
After a clean install i always install the VIA 4in1's b4 the the GFX card drivers as advised.Oh and in my motherboard manaul it says i have no onboard gaphics, if that makes any difference.
I've drawn a complete blank on this from most places for the last fortnight, so any help, or God forbid, remedies, would be great!
Thanks
20 Regal
P.S. My specs are as follows
Athlon XP 1700+
XP Pro, No (SP1)
KX400+ Chipset: VT8367/VT8233A
Nvidia G4 MX440 64MB
128 RAM
VIA 4in1 4.40
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