Graphics problem on XP

[belovedmonster]

Ive recently upgrading my computer to Athlon XP 2200+ 1.8GHz, 512 MB DDR Ram but im having problems with my graphics card, a Inno3d Tornado GeForce4 MX. Basicly the screen sorta flickers if theres anything moving, like if i drag a box or scroll down a webpage. You can watch as it refreshes the frames sorta thing.

Everyone is telling me to adjust the refresh rate but when i go to the appropriate place it is greyed out! I think the problem might lie in the fact XP doesnt seem to of recognised i have a card connected becos it isnt listed in device manager.

Ive downloaded the latest drivers so pls dont suggest that. Im going out of my mind here!

 

[JimmyDean]

It sounds like XP installed the standard VGA drivers. It did that for me, heres what I did with my Palit Mx440. Have the Nvidia drivers unzipped somewhere on your computer. So it has nv4_disp.dll in there. Go to install new hardware or go into the device manager. If there is a yellow exclamation point near a device called Standard VGA device or something like that then go into its properties. Do Upgrade driver, and select the folder where you unzipped the nvidia drivers. It should say compatible list of hardware and just have an mx440. Click ok and it will start installing it the windoze way. If there is no yellow exclamation then use install new hardware. Do the same to install drivers as above. Worked for me

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[belovedmonster]

i uninstalled the unknown thing and then restarted and it said new hardware... but looky...
http://www.geocities.com/spottyjim/devicemanager.html

Its not the graphics is it, its some USB thing.

So if the unknown thing isnt the graphics how can i make the graphics show up?

 

[Black_Cat]

The USB thing is probably USB 2.0. If you upgraded to SP1 all you need to do is right click on it, go to propeties and click update drivers. The funny thing is that I don't see your display device listed there. Go to <A HREF="http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=winxp-2k_44.03" target="_new">Nvidia</A> and download and install the latest detonator drivers. Then in the Contol Panel click on Display, then Settings tab, Advanced, Monitor tab, then adjust the refresh rate to 75 Hertz.

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