Hi Xsathra,
Although you have installed drivers for your card already, please try
again using this method. I hope it's a driver issue, not a hardware defect.
Make sure to try the troubleshooting steps as well!
1. Before you update your drivers, I recommend you re-install DirectX from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...11-62FE-4F61-ABA1-914185249413&displaylang=en
Here are the steps I recommend you use to update your driver. If you've
never done this before I recommend you also look over the Installation hints
and Release Notes both of which are linked to from their download page.
2. Download the latest driver for your Nvidia Card
Win XP/2000:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_56.64
Win98/Me:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_56.64
3. Save the .exe driver in My Documents\My Drivers\nVidia
4. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key
about once every second as it's rebooting to pick Safe Mode.
5. Click Start / (settings) Control Panel / System / Hardware
Device Manager / expand +Display Adapters / right click on
the adapter, pick "Uninstall", and click No if asked to reboot.
6. Use Control Panel / Add-Remove programs to uninstall the
previous driver (exe)software which may have been installed.
7. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key
about once every second as it's rebooting to pick Safe Mode.
8. If Windows prompts you to install the adapter, click "Cancel".
9. Double click the nVidia driver we saved to My Documents\My
Drivers\nVidia folder in step 3 to install.it. If it complains about
Windows Logo Certification just click "Continue". This is normal.
10. After you reboot, go to Control Panel / Display / Settings and
choose 32 bit Color Quality, and 800x600 or higher Resolution.
TROUBLESHOOTING:
Test your drivers using DXDiag: Click Start / Run / type: DXDIAG
Click the "Test" buttons in the Display, Sound, Music & Network Tabs;
If any of the Display options are Disabled and you cannot Enable them,
your most likely solution would be to update your Chipset Drivers as per
my website:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/Video.html#v11
Your program might not support dual monitors, or "dual head" video cards
You can disable the extra video output in your display properties control
panel. Click Start>Settings>Control Panel>Display>Settings>Advanced.
Along with your Video card, Sound Cards, Motherboard Chipsets,
and Video Monitors may also require updated drivers. Even your
motherboard's BIOS may need to be updated for compatibility with
your Video card. These steps are listed at:
http://NibblesNbitsVideo.tk
Perhaps the old Nvidia drivers did not completely uninstall. If that's the
case, use this utility to completely uninstall the drivers and go to step 7:
http://content.guru3d.com/index.php?page=detonatorrip&menu=0
The latest video drivers sometime don't work with a particular game.
(Check the Video suggestions in the readme.txt file in your game folder/CD)
If there's no suggestions, try an older (WHQL) driver, and/or if you still
experience problems try a Beta driver, or even an Omega driver instead:
BETA Drivers:
http://download.guru3d.com/
OMEGA Drivers:
http://www.omegacorner.com/
There you have it, if you have any questions feel free to post them!
--
Cheers,
Jimmy S.
Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite:
http://nibblesnbits.tk
Microsoft Online Tech Support:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
Game FAQ's:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
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| Thanks for the suggestion, but my card's now as clean as it'll ever be and
| the garbled visuals remain. Is there anything else I can try?
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
| > Hi Xsanthra,
| >
| > You might want to remove your GeForce, clean it's contacts,
| > air blow the AGP slot and then reseat that card.
| >
| > --
| > Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
| > Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| >
| > Game FAQs:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
| > Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
| > MS Support at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
| > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
| > _________________________________________________________
| >
| > | I've been having a problem of late that when I play a game or a dvd I get
| > | these weird flickering triangles and squares on screen. Somehow these
| > | triangles transfer what should be displayed on that portion of the screen to
| > | a different place. For instance I was playing Final Fantasy VIII and the
| > | textures on Squall's head and legs kept switching. Otherwise it's normal.
| > | I've tested with DxDiag and there's no problem with DirectDraw. With the
| > | Direct3D test I the problem occurs, but it's only detected by me, it passes
| > | all the other tests.
| > |
| > | I've already tried running system restore, error-checking C:,
| > | virus-scanning, installing new drivers for my video card and installing
| > | DirectX 9.0c. I have little idea as to why it's happening or what to try, can
| > | anyone help? (I have WinXP, an Athlon XP 2400+ and a GeForce 4 Ti 4200)
| >
| >
| >
