XP won't identify video card anymore !! Help !!

[Guest]

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Hi,

I've just installed XP SP2 on system with a GeForce 2 400MX AGP card
in it. On the install, XP correctly recognised the card and used it's
own drivers. Later, I tried the latest Nvidia drivers (77.77) and
found them to be a little sluggish in comparison. So, wanting to
return to the original XP ones, I uninstalled the Nvidia drivers via
control panel. On the reboot, XP detected the video card as a "Video
Controller (VGA Compatible)" and *not* as an "NVidia Geforce 2 MX 400"
(which it did on the install).

No matter what I do, I cannot get XP to recognise the card properly
again, nor install any drivers for it. I can however reinstall the
Nvidia ones and it is once again correctly seen as a Geforce 2 MX 400.

Remove them, and I'm back to "vga compatible" !!

I've tried 'sfc /scannow' to restore any critical files, but no joy.

If I tell it to automatically install drivers for it, it says it can't
find any, and likewise if I try manually ("I will choose the driver to
install") once I choose Display Adapters in the category list, it says
"no drivers are available" (or something to that effect).

It's driving me nuts !!!!

PLEASE !!! - Can someone help ? !! I'm presuming that the uninstall
of the Nvidia drivers took something with them that XP uses to
identify the card, but I don't know what !!

Cheers,

Kev.

 

[Guest]

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You went wrong when you removed the Nvidia drivers using Add/Remove
programs. You should have just uninstalled the device in Device Manager. Try
System Restore or a manual system restore from the recovery console.

Brian P.
A+, Network+, MCP



<pcmangler@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:nsp9g11oc8rabhojdd9p2rs7d2pdirh9fk@4ax.com...
> Hi,
>
> I've just installed XP SP2 on system with a GeForce 2 400MX AGP card
> in it. On the install, XP correctly recognised the card and used it's
> own drivers. Later, I tried the latest Nvidia drivers (77.77) and
> found them to be a little sluggish in comparison. So, wanting to
> return to the original XP ones, I uninstalled the Nvidia drivers via
> control panel. On the reboot, XP detected the video card as a "Video
> Controller (VGA Compatible)" and *not* as an "NVidia Geforce 2 MX 400"
> (which it did on the install).
>
> No matter what I do, I cannot get XP to recognise the card properly
> again, nor install any drivers for it. I can however reinstall the
> Nvidia ones and it is once again correctly seen as a Geforce 2 MX 400.
>
> Remove them, and I'm back to "vga compatible" !!
>
> I've tried 'sfc /scannow' to restore any critical files, but no joy.
>
> If I tell it to automatically install drivers for it, it says it can't
> find any, and likewise if I try manually ("I will choose the driver to
> install") once I choose Display Adapters in the category list, it says
> "no drivers are available" (or something to that effect).
>
> It's driving me nuts !!!!
>
> PLEASE !!! - Can someone help ? !! I'm presuming that the uninstall
> of the Nvidia drivers took something with them that XP uses to
> identify the card, but I don't know what !!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kev.

 

[Guest]

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On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:09:10 GMT, pcmangler@ntlworld.com wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I've just installed XP SP2 on system with a GeForce 2 400MX AGP card
>in it.

Sorry.. I meant to say it was a complete install of XP (with SP2 built
in), rather than imply I was just applying SP2.

 

[Guest]

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>You went wrong when you removed the Nvidia drivers using Add/Remove
>programs. You should have just uninstalled the device in Device Manager. Try
>System Restore or a manual system restore from the recovery console.
>
>Brian P.
>A+, Network+, MCP

Wouldn't XP just then have then redetected the card and used the
*still installed* Nvidia drivers ? Besides, everywhere I've looked
all say to use add / remove programs, and I've done this before on
other machines without any problems - it's always gone back to the
default XP drivers. I can't do a system restore now, I've put too
much software on since then and don't want to reinstall everything !

Surely the 'official' way to uninstall drivers is via add/remove
programs, and not via device manager ??


><pcmangler@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>news:nsp9g11oc8rabhojdd9p2rs7d2pdirh9fk@4ax.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've just installed XP SP2 on system with a GeForce 2 400MX AGP card
>> in it. On the install, XP correctly recognised the card and used it's
>> own drivers. Later, I tried the latest Nvidia drivers (77.77) and
>> found them to be a little sluggish in comparison. So, wanting to
>> return to the original XP ones, I uninstalled the Nvidia drivers via
>> control panel. On the reboot, XP detected the video card as a "Video
>> Controller (VGA Compatible)" and *not* as an "NVidia Geforce 2 MX 400"
>> (which it did on the install).
>>
>> No matter what I do, I cannot get XP to recognise the card properly
>> again, nor install any drivers for it. I can however reinstall the
>> Nvidia ones and it is once again correctly seen as a Geforce 2 MX 400.
>>
>> Remove them, and I'm back to "vga compatible" !!
>>
>> I've tried 'sfc /scannow' to restore any critical files, but no joy.
>>
>> If I tell it to automatically install drivers for it, it says it can't
>> find any, and likewise if I try manually ("I will choose the driver to
>> install") once I choose Display Adapters in the category list, it says
>> "no drivers are available" (or something to that effect).
>>
>> It's driving me nuts !!!!
>>
>> PLEASE !!! - Can someone help ? !! I'm presuming that the uninstall
>> of the Nvidia drivers took something with them that XP uses to
>> identify the card, but I don't know what !!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Kev.
>

 

[Brian]

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No actually the proper way is using the device manager as
95% of your drivers do not have a nice little installation package that will
appear in Add/Remove programs. A system restore should not wipe out your
programs and files, unless you use the restore files from the
%windir%\repair folder in the recovery console. Go to the Nvidia website and
search the archives for a previous release of the drivers you need.

Brian P.
A+, Network+, MCP

<pcmangler@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:ne4bg1dorbp5anm1ggmaeo6mch64ncr20g@4ax.com...
> >You went wrong when you removed the Nvidia drivers using Add/Remove
> >programs. You should have just uninstalled the device in Device Manager.
Try
> >System Restore or a manual system restore from the recovery console.
> >
> >Brian P.
> >A+, Network+, MCP
>
> Wouldn't XP just then have then redetected the card and used the
> *still installed* Nvidia drivers ? Besides, everywhere I've looked
> all say to use add / remove programs, and I've done this before on
> other machines without any problems - it's always gone back to the
> default XP drivers. I can't do a system restore now, I've put too
> much software on since then and don't want to reinstall everything !
>
> Surely the 'official' way to uninstall drivers is via add/remove
> programs, and not via device manager ??
>
>
> ><pcmangler@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> >news:nsp9g11oc8rabhojdd9p2rs7d2pdirh9fk@4ax.com...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I've just installed XP SP2 on system with a GeForce 2 400MX AGP card
> >> in it. On the install, XP correctly recognised the card and used it's
> >> own drivers. Later, I tried the latest Nvidia drivers (77.77) and
> >> found them to be a little sluggish in comparison. So, wanting to
> >> return to the original XP ones, I uninstalled the Nvidia drivers via
> >> control panel. On the reboot, XP detected the video card as a "Video
> >> Controller (VGA Compatible)" and *not* as an "NVidia Geforce 2 MX 400"
> >> (which it did on the install).
> >>
> >> No matter what I do, I cannot get XP to recognise the card properly
> >> again, nor install any drivers for it. I can however reinstall the
> >> Nvidia ones and it is once again correctly seen as a Geforce 2 MX 400.
> >>
> >> Remove them, and I'm back to "vga compatible" !!
> >>
> >> I've tried 'sfc /scannow' to restore any critical files, but no joy.
> >>
> >> If I tell it to automatically install drivers for it, it says it can't
> >> find any, and likewise if I try manually ("I will choose the driver to
> >> install") once I choose Display Adapters in the category list, it says
> >> "no drivers are available" (or something to that effect).
> >>
> >> It's driving me nuts !!!!
> >>
> >> PLEASE !!! - Can someone help ? !! I'm presuming that the uninstall
> >> of the Nvidia drivers took something with them that XP uses to
> >> identify the card, but I don't know what !!
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Kev.
> >
>