Hi, My 17inch KDS monitor keeps switching from 32 bit to 8bit. The
driver is NVIDIA Ge Force2MX/MX 400. When I reboot, it comes up OK
then goes dark and comes back up in 8 bit. I have XP withSP3. The
problem came before SP3. Any help would be appreciated because this
is a pain to keep changing.


Ray *<) )>

On Apr 2, 2:02*pm, Ray <rb...@rochester.rr.com> wrote:
> Hi, *My 17inch KDS monitor keeps switching from 32 bit to 8bit. *The
> driver is NVIDIA Ge Force2MX/MX 400. *When I reboot, it comes up OK
> then goes dark and comes back up in 8 bit. *I have XP withSP3. *The
> problem came before SP3. *Any help would be appreciated because this
> is a pain to keep changing.
>
> Ray **<) )>

Monitors do not normally control the 32bot / 8bit controls. The video
card is the one that controls this. Have you checked this problem
with a different monitor or tested the monitor on a different PC?

On Apr 2, 3:36 pm, smlunatick <yves...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 2, 2:02 pm, Ray <rb...@rochester.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi, My 17inch KDS monitor keeps switching from 32 bit to 8bit. The
> > driver is NVIDIA Ge Force2MX/MX 400. When I reboot, it comes up OK
> > then goes dark and comes back up in 8 bit. I have XP withSP3. The
> > problem came before SP3. Any help would be appreciated because this
> > is a pain to keep changing.
>
> >


>
> Monitors do not normally control the 32bot / 8bit controls. The video
> card is the one that controls this. Have you checked this problem
> with a different monitor or tested the monitor on a different PC?

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I agree it's the PC telling the monitor to
switch. I've tried to install a new driver and the Wizard says it
could not find a better match.
Another time the installation stopped be cause it was "marked for
deletion". When I disabled the driver, the monitor switched to 4 bit!

Ray *<) )>

Ray wrote:
> On Apr 2, 3:36 pm, smlunatick <yves...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Apr 2, 2:02 pm, Ray <rb...@rochester.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, My 17inch KDS monitor keeps switching from 32 bit to 8bit. The
>>> driver is NVIDIA Ge Force2MX/MX 400. When I reboot, it comes up OK
>>> then goes dark and comes back up in 8 bit. I have XP withSP3. The
>>> problem came before SP3. Any help would be appreciated because this
>>> is a pain to keep changing.
>
>
>> Monitors do not normally control the 32bot / 8bit controls. The video
>> card is the one that controls this. Have you checked this problem
>> with a different monitor or tested the monitor on a different PC?
>
> Thanks for the reply. Yes, I agree it's the PC telling the monitor to
> switch. I've tried to install a new driver and the Wizard says it
> could not find a better match.
> Another time the installation stopped be cause it was "marked for
> deletion". When I disabled the driver, the monitor switched to 4 bit!
>
> Ray *<) )>

Asking Windows to find drivers is never a good idea. If you need a
driver, the hardware manufacturer is the place to look. Even though
your GeForce 2 MX400 is ancient (as computer hardware goes), Nvidia says
that its newest driver supports that hardware.

Of course, it might not be the driver that's corrupted; it might be the
video board itself.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_93.71_2.html (check the "Products
Supported" tab).

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