Deactivated graphics card

[gg.2.schandl]

For years, I have been using my Matrox G400 graphics card with Windows
2000 without problems. A few days ago, my Windows 2000 switched to
800x600 with 16 colors when I booted it. It seems that Windows has
deactivated the Matrox driver. I get the following error message for
the graphics card in the device manager: "There is no driver necessary
for this device. The driver was deactivated (Code 32)"

I have deactivated and re-activated the driver, I have uninstalled and
reinstalled the driver, I have used the "maintenance mode (F8). But
nothing helped.

The card works without problems when I boot Linux on the same machine.

Any ideas?

Best regards,
Bernd

 

[DL]

What happens if you uninstall the device, in Device Manager, then reboot to
allow win to reinstall.

Also you didnt use any MS driver updates did you?

 

[gg.2.schandl]

Reinstalling worked, but did not help. I only use drivers from Matrox.

I just found a message in Display properties->Settings->Advanced...-

Graphics card->Properties->Ressources

E/A 03B0 - 03BB is used by:
AMD-751 Processor-to-AGP-Controller
E/A 03C0 - 03DF is used by:
AMD-751 Processor-to-AGP-Controller
Memory 000A0000 - 000BFFFF is used by:
AMD-751 Processor-to-AGP-Controller

Note that everything is translated from German to English so it might
not be the exact wording.

There is no such error message in Device manager's Ressource tab.

Bernd

 

[DL]

You could try removing then reseating the graphic card, there is a remote
possibilty that theres a slightly iffy contact

 

[gg.2.schandl]

After reinstalling the driver for the monitor, doing a repair
installation from the windows CD and confirming some error messages,
everything seems to work now - I have no idea why.. )

Thanks for all hints.
Bernd