Do you know of a freeware programme for unistalling NVIDIA graphics card drivers?

[Squire]

Hi

Would anyone know of a freeware programme that will thoroughly
uninstall all graphics card drivers from a PC? Where could I download
in from?

I've been having a problem with my graphics card and its been
recommended that I uninstall the drivers and install new ones from the
official site. The problem is when I try to uninstall the old drivers
there are remnants left in the system 32 folder which even if I delete
them individually reappear back in the folder.

My graphics card is a NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX 400, so perhaps there is a
programme for NVIDIA cards?

Thanks for your help

Matt

 

[Malke]

Hi

Would anyone know of a freeware programme that will thoroughly
uninstall all graphics card drivers from a PC? Where could I download
in from?

I've been having a problem with my graphics card and its been
recommended that I uninstall the drivers and install new ones from the
official site. The problem is when I try to uninstall the old drivers
there are remnants left in the system 32 folder which even if I delete
them individually reappear back in the folder.

My graphics card is a NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX 400, so perhaps there is a
programme for NVIDIA cards?

I don't know of anything like that, but it isn't necessary either.
Normally simply uninstalling the drivers and reinstalling the new ones
is enough. What problems are you having? That is an elderly and
inexpensive card so you might just want to swap it out for a newer and
better one. Perhaps the card is failing.

Malke

 

[Squire]

Thanks Malke

Actually I can reinstall the new drivers and get the card working but
only at 8bit colour quality and 600 X 400 screen resolution. When I try
to increase the quality the screen goes black and the monitor power
light flicks on and off.

The problem started when I was messing around and tried another more
powerful graphics card in my machine. When I went put my old card back
in I got the black screen and the monitor power light going on and off.

I went though the process of disabling the card and reinstalling the
drivers and that's where I am now.

However after the first or second time the card crashed, when the PC
restarted windows displayed a message that I was using too much or too
little memory or something, its really hard to remember. It gave
instructions how to change this which I followed. I think I may have
put the memory too low for the higher resolutions and need to change it
back to what it was. I can't remember exactly what section of windows I
did this in. I had never accessed it before or since.

I would really appreciate any ideas you could suggest for this
situation.

Thanks

Matt

 

[DL]

There is one available, try here
http://forums.guru3d.com/index.php
or
http://www.nforcershq.com/index.php
or google for 'Nasty File Remover'

 

[Malke]

Thanks Malke

Actually I can reinstall the new drivers and get the card working but
only at 8bit colour quality and 600 X 400 screen resolution. When I
try to increase the quality the screen goes black and the monitor
power light flicks on and off.

The problem started when I was messing around and tried another more
powerful graphics card in my machine. When I went put my old card back
in I got the black screen and the monitor power light going on and
off.

I went though the process of disabling the card and reinstalling the
drivers and that's where I am now.

However after the first or second time the card crashed, when the PC
restarted windows displayed a message that I was using too much or too
little memory or something, its really hard to remember. It gave
instructions how to change this which I followed. I think I may have
put the memory too low for the higher resolutions and need to change
it back to what it was. I can't remember exactly what section of
windows I did this in. I had never accessed it before or since.

If by "put the memory too low" you mean you decreased the page file, go
back to the page file and allow Windows to handle it. Don't forget to
Click "Set".

You didn't say anything about what the new card is (or I missed it), but
if it is a more powerful Nvidia card, then is your power supply able to
handle it? Did you remember to hook up the additional molex connector
from the video card to the psu if required (and most newer cards do
require the additional power)?

After you've fixed the page file (if that in fact was what you did),
shut down the machine and open it up. Reseat the new video card and
make sure it is snug. Make sure you've attached the extra power
connector (if applicable). If you have an older and/or under-350watt
psu, swap it out for a better one.

Malke

 

[paulmd]

Hi

Would anyone know of a freeware programme that will thoroughly
uninstall all graphics card drivers from a PC? Where could I download
in from?

I've been having a problem with my graphics card and its been
recommended that I uninstall the drivers and install new ones from the
official site. The problem is when I try to uninstall the old drivers
there are remnants left in the system 32 folder which even if I delete
them individually reappear back in the folder.

My graphics card is a NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX 400, so perhaps there is a
programme for NVIDIA cards?

Thanks for your help

Matt

Suggest getting one of these drivers (not the latest) from nVidia. I've
had issues installing the latest drivers on older nvidia cards. Funny
thing is the geforce2 cards are supported by XP at install, but if you
get an the updated driver from Windows updates, you get in a bit of a
mess.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_71.89.html
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_66.93.html

Just install over your current drivers.

 

[Plato]

Would anyone know of a freeware programme that will thoroughly
uninstall all graphics card drivers from a PC? Where could I download
in from?

No such puppy.