wrong display card ID after upgrade driver

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Strangely, after I patch the display driver from 66.93 to 71.89, the display
card info which suppose to be 6200 become downgrade to 5200? A bug? Should I
ignore it?

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"Rayson" <lwseong@streamyx.com> wrote in message
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> nobody knows what went wrong?
>
>
> "Rayson" <lwseong@streamyx.com> wrote in message
> news:42b4a816$1_2@news.tm.net.my...
>> Strangely, after I patch the display driver from 66.93 to 71.89, the
>> display card info which suppose to be 6200 become downgrade to 5200?
>> A bug? Should I ignore it?

No, haven't had that happen to me yet. I think I'd completely
uninstall the drivers, then select Standard PCI VGA as the video card,
reboot, then reinstall the driver set.
McG.

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"Rayson" <lwseong@streamyx.com> wrote in message
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> i prefer not to uninstall the driver as last time, the system totally
> lock up after I select uninstall Nvidia Display Driver. Can I just
> skip to step by just change the driver to basic and then reinstall
> again? I am using WinXP pro1b
>
> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:zEste.74506$PR6.71944@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>> "Rayson" <lwseong@streamyx.com> wrote in message
>> news:42b636c9$1_1@news.tm.net.my
>>> nobody knows what went wrong?
>>>
>>>
>>> "Rayson" <lwseong@streamyx.com> wrote in message
>>> news:42b4a816$1_2@news.tm.net.my...
>>>> Strangely, after I patch the display driver from 66.93 to 71.89,
>>>> the display card info which suppose to be 6200 become downgrade to
>>>> 5200? A bug? Should I ignore it?
>>
>> No, haven't had that happen to me yet. I think I'd completely
>> uninstall the drivers, then select Standard PCI VGA as the video
>> card, reboot, then reinstall the driver set.
>> McG.

If selecting Standard PCI VGA then rebooting works without the lockup,
the do that. THEN uninstall the nvidia driver as it won't be in use.
Still, seems kind of a rare glitch that the nvidia driver reports the
wrong video card. I was thinking it might be due to the newer driver
possibly using bits of the older one.
McG.