A little troubleshooting

[g4dfli]

I just built my new system. However, the resolution seems way off like i'm blind. Everything is massive and zoomed in and when the vista welcome center popped up it said VGA adapter in place of my nvidia gtx260. So I downloaded the drivers and restarted the computer hoping it would work and it did. The Real problem is after my computer has been off for a long duration of time say an hour or two if I turn my computer on it goes back to that ugly resolution and says VGA adapter and not gtx260. I have to leave my computer on for 5 minutes more or less then restart to get the resolution back to normal and have the gtx260 appear in the welcome center screen. Any solutions to my problem please?

 

[wa1]

Try to clean install windows, make sure u install motherboard's driver first before install anything else...

 

[joymanavath]

Try to re-install the Gcard(gtx260) drivers again .. make sure you remove all the Nvidia application from Add/Remove program first.. and also update the drivers !!!

 

[geofelt]

Is it possible that the battery in your motherboard is dead?

 

[pat mcgroin]

Get a copy of this and use it to purge the drivers and then reinstall them.
The same thing happened to me and this will fix you up.

 

[g4dfli]

Get a copy of what? And when i first downloaded vista it was in the messed up resolution incase this is might be some kind of vital information.

 

[pat mcgroin]

woops here you go. Sorry
http://www.guru3d.com/category/driversweeper/
Sometimes the Nvidia drivers do that.

 

[g4dfli]

I can't actually uninstall the nvidia driver cuz vista automatically starts to download it on it's own is that ok? Because i think it's the problem is still happening.

 

[geofelt]

Procedure to clean install a new driver:

1) Download driversweeper to your desktop, or wherever you can find it easily.
2) Download your new driver to the same place.
3) Add/remove programs, uninstall any Nvidia vga drivers and programs, and any ati dirvers and programs if present.
4) Boot into safe mode. Press F8 repeatedly while booting to enter safe mode. Your display resolution may be minimal.
5) Run driversweeper. Check the selection boxes for the removal of all nvidia vga drivers and ati drivers.all nvidia.
6) Rerun driversweeper. All such components should be gone.
7) Install the new driver from the desktop or saved location.

Hope this helps.

But... a bad driver does not explain to me why you should lose settings over time.

 

[pat mcgroin]

It didnt to me either but for some reason it did.

 

[g4dfli]

Yeah I followed your instruction the problem still exists. Any other possible solutions?

 

[joymanavath]

what are your specs ???

 

[geofelt]

Yeah I followed your instruction the problem still exists. Any other possible solutions?

Were you able to test the motherboard battery? It is a cr2032 3v. battery about the size of a nickel. It is used to hold the bios settings when the power is off. My theory is that it is not holding whatever the bios detects about the pci-e slot and it's contents.

 

[g4dfli]

gigabyte ep45 ud3r
4gb ram crucial
xfx nvidia gtx260
quad core 2.4

 

[g4dfli]

Also the battery is low but it's not dead it's less than half maybe around a quarter

 

[geofelt]

Also the battery is low but it's not dead it's less than half maybe around a quarter

A fresh cr2032 will test out at about 3.2v. If yours is below 3.0, I would change it out.

 

[g4dfli]

Well I just put in a new battery and it started out in a low resolution still. So is my graphics card messed up or my mobo?

 

[geofelt]

Well I just put in a new battery and it started out in a low resolution still. So is my graphics card messed up or my mobo?

Well, so much for the battery theory.

A new vga card will start out in basic resolution until the drivers are installed.

I can't imagine why the resolution should change after a power off.

The graphics card would be the easiest to test first with a new card; borrow one if you can.