Problems With Nvidia Geforce 5200 Fx

[mogadishu]

I just repleced my old video card with a nVidia GeForce FX 5200 (Tornado) 128MB GFX Card. When starting up windows I get an error when starting up telling me a piece of hardware isn't installed properly. I think the problem is that I didnt uninstall my old gfx card, just took it out of the computer. Can I uninstall it now in safe mode or do i have to put it back in, uninstall it, then put in my new one and install that one?
Thanks

Mogadishu.

[boyzeee]

wot windows you running?

[Rip The Jacker]

Originally posted by mogadishu@4 August 2003 - 17:05
Can I uninstall it now in safe mode or do i have to put it back in, uninstall it, then put in my new one and install that one?
You can do both. But your second choice would be a better one.

[boyzeee]

yeh agree but is new card an 8x agp (sorry cant be arsed to look it up :D ) does ya motherboard support 8x if so? that could be ya issue but dunno without ya specs : ;)

[mogadishu]

Im running windows 2k. Do you think the problem is that i didnt uninstall my old gfx card or that my mb doesnt support. If its the later, i would have to buy a new motherboard if im not mistaken. im hoping its the first.

[mogadishu]

my motherboard is 2x or 4x. Since its downwardly compatible, should it still work?

[boyzeee]

think it should work but it wont run at 8x, stick ya old card in boot up, uninstall it then shutdown and stick ya new one in, make sure that you install the drivers from the disc supplied or see if there is an update which there probably is already at nvidia.com. the card has prob been in its box for a couple of months and drivers supplied prob already out of date. hope this helps ya :D

[Somebody1234]

http://download.guru3d.com/detonator/

Check out that site for the latest Nvidia drivers.

What was the original videocard?

[mogadishu]

a matrox 16mb, im not sure the model. wow this is going way downhill, now i cant even load windows with the old one, and i cant even reinstall windows. this really sucks. any help appreciated.

[boyzeee]

safe mode, and uninstall any vid cards listed and try again with ya new one.

[mogadishu]

I've tried that again and again believe me. Thanks anyway, any other suggestions. Right now Im installing windows 2000 service pack 4 and some other stuff just so windows is up to date and everything works to its full potential, then I'll try all of this again.

Thanks for the help guys... but i need some more.

[boyzeee]

wots ya motherboard manufacturer and version? i will do a little diggin around. :D

[3RA1N1AC]

there are programs available to completely delete old video card drivers. i've never had such a problem, myself... but i've read a lot of complaints from people about old drivers causing problems when you switch from one brand to another.

[mogadishu]

its a supermicro p6sba... i think i may have just gotten it working by downloading a driver from nvidia.com. ill let you know how it turns out.

[mogadishu]

scrattch that, it crashed again. ill try to figure out whats going on.

[mogadishu]

Originally posted by 3RA1N1AC@4 August 2003 - 23:20
there are programs available to completely delete old video card drivers. i've never had such a problem, myself... but i've read a lot of complaints from people about old drivers causing problems when you switch from one brand to another.
do you have any idea where i can get one of these programs?

[boyzeee]

yeh new driver from nvidia fixed a few issues with my card. mine froze when playing rise of nations, there alot of fixs in new driver, directx 9 compatibility etc and on that point have you got dx9 installed? ya new card was built with it in mind. :blink:

[3RA1N1AC]

Originally posted by mogadishu@4 August 2003 - 20:24
do you have any idea where i can get one of these programs?
ah, sorry. i just read that your previous card was a matrox. i know people have created programs to completely delete Nvidia or ATI drivers, but i dunno about matrox. if you can figure out which files comprise the matrox drivers, you could hunt them down and delete them manually from your system.

but re-reading the thread, it sounds like you popped the new card into your computer and it said "not installed correctly"? and this is before installing Nvidia's drivers? if you haven't installed the Nvidia driver package, installing it would prolly fix everything right up.

[mogadishu]

Well I think i just got it, i just restarted and it worked suddenly, ill see how this holds up.

[3RA1N1AC]

it's usually a good idea to reboot after installing new drivers. ;)