Video problems render computer useless

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?)

Recently, a "hot fix" complicated my life by rendering my
video drivers useless. I hoped SP2 would fix it, but no
it didn't.
I have a GeForce 5200 video card with 64 mg ram. My NVida
drivers have been updated, as I was directed by the
updates and/or crash messages. I even re-formatted my
hard drive and reinstalled XP Professional,all original
drivers and all the updates to everything.
Now,everytime I try to send email, install a program, go
to certain websites, or any other normal activity, my
display gets a "line" composed of something that looks
like travelling hyphens about every two inches across the
screen, and the screen usually freezes, making a graceful
restart an impossibility.
What can be done? School has started, and I NEED my
computer!

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?)

Try removing the card and use another slot if its pci,if agp
and you have on-board,remove the card and try on-board.
Youll probably need to configure this in the BIOS.

"Arleen Barber" wrote:

> Recently, a "hot fix" complicated my life by rendering my
> video drivers useless. I hoped SP2 would fix it, but no
> it didn't.
> I have a GeForce 5200 video card with 64 mg ram. My NVida
> drivers have been updated, as I was directed by the
> updates and/or crash messages. I even re-formatted my
> hard drive and reinstalled XP Professional,all original
> drivers and all the updates to everything.
> Now,everytime I try to send email, install a program, go
> to certain websites, or any other normal activity, my
> display gets a "line" composed of something that looks
> like travelling hyphens about every two inches across the
> screen, and the screen usually freezes, making a graceful
> restart an impossibility.
> What can be done? School has started, and I NEED my
> computer!
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?)

Get the latest drivers from www.nvidia.com

Also ensure DirectX is up to date: www.microsoft.com\directx

--
Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com

"Arleen Barber" <Rainbow0722@wideopenwest.com> wrote in message
news:0e0d01c48b9f$a107cb40$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Recently, a "hot fix" complicated my life by rendering my
> video drivers useless. I hoped SP2 would fix it, but no
> it didn't.
> I have a GeForce 5200 video card with 64 mg ram. My NVida
> drivers have been updated, as I was directed by the
> updates and/or crash messages. I even re-formatted my
> hard drive and reinstalled XP Professional,all original
> drivers and all the updates to everything.
> Now,everytime I try to send email, install a program, go
> to certain websites, or any other normal activity, my
> display gets a "line" composed of something that looks
> like travelling hyphens about every two inches across the
> screen, and the screen usually freezes, making a graceful
> restart an impossibility.
> What can be done? School has started, and I NEED my
> computer!