changing a graphics card in XP

[Jim Sadler]

I intend to change the nVidia G-Force4 Ti4200 graphics
card in my desktop with a Radeon 9600 card.
I would be very grateful for any detailed information on
the easiest way to uninstall the Microsoft certified
Ti4200 drivers without having XP re-installing them when I
restart my computer.

 

[Gary Thorn [MVP-Windows Technologies/Xbox]]

-----Original Message-----
I intend to change the nVidia G-Force4 Ti4200 graphics
card in my desktop with a Radeon 9600 card.
I would be very grateful for any detailed information on
the easiest way to uninstall the Microsoft certified
Ti4200 drivers without having XP re-installing them when I
restart my computer.
.

Uninstall the drivers in Add/Remove Programs then Shutdown
the machine. Change the Video Card then start the
computer. Update the drivers for the ATI.

Hope this helps!

Gary Thorn
MVP-Windows Technologies/Xbox
Associate Expert

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[LDR]

Just install the VGA drivers and then install your new
drivers (for your new graphics card) (or extract them in a
folder on your harddrive) then reboot and swich the cards,
so when you boot up, its just a matter of installing the
new drivers.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I intend to change the nVidia G-Force4 Ti4200 graphics
card in my desktop with a Radeon 9600 card.
I would be very grateful for any detailed information on
the easiest way to uninstall the Microsoft certified
Ti4200 drivers without having XP re-installing them when I
restart my computer.

The approach I would use is this:

Start - Run - MSConfig

On the Boot.ini page, select /BASEVIDEO and OK. Do not reboot, just
exit.

Then go to Control Panel - System - Hardware - Device Manager and find
the card in Display adapters. Double click, and on the Drivers page
take
Uninstall drivers (advanced).

Confirm that you want to, OK out and shut down, power off

Open up, change the cards, and power up to be ready to install the ATI
drivers that came with the card, from its CD. Before doing so, take
that /BASEVIDEO setting off again, but on exit do not reboot until the
driver install does so. On rebooting there will be a warning from
System Configuration - check the 'don't show again' box and OK.

Once all is running you might wish to get any later version of the ATI
drivers fro the ATI site - at
http://www.ati.com/support/products/pc/radeon/radeondrivers.html

and will be in a position that you will be able to roll back to the
initially installed ones if need be. On my card (an earlier Radeon),
though, I had some trouble with the current Catalyst 3.6 driver and
prefer the earlier 3,4 ones

I would *not* get drivers for video cards from Windows Update. They are
too often out of date by the time they are certifies, and bugs may have
been corrected in the maker's versions that slipped through the
necessarily restricted testing for certification.