Video adapter wrong recognized

[Guest]

I recently bougth a new Video adapter, GeForce FX 5500 OC agp, to replaze my
old video adapter, Geforce4 MX440 agp, and windows recognize my new video
adapter as the old one, i tried to solve the issue reinstalling windows,
updatting drivers from the nvidia web page, update the motherboard BIOS and
still no luck, hope you can help me

 

[DL]

You uninstalled in Add/Remove all Nvidea display software?
Prior to installing the new?

 

[Guest]

Yes i did, also i reseat the card and still no luck

 

[Guest]

Alex,

I had a similar problem, just took the card out and rebooted the computer
without the card installed, let the HDD (flashing LED's) settle down then
pushed and held the power button to turn off the computer.. Then replaced the
card, attached the monitor cable, power cable, then rebooted to let windows
find the card again..
That worked for me, your results may very..?
May be worth a try, though, your call..
Cheers
j;-j

 

[Guest]

Try removing the CMOS battery for a few minutes, then replace it and reboot,
any change..?
Cheers
j;-j

 

[Guest]

All the same, i remove the batery and unistalled the drivers and no change

 

[Guest]

Are you sure you haven't mixed up the Display cards, are they similar
looking..?
I'm sorry I had to ask, I have heard of it happening, though..
Have you tried going into safe mode, in Device Manager, to see if there is
an entry for the old card there..? If so remove or uninstall all instances of
it from there..
Cheers
j;-j

 

[Guest]

they are different, the new one have dvi so there is no way to mix them up,
i'll try it in safe mode, thx

 

[Guest]

Alex,

After you install a new Display card the generic MS drivers should
automatically be used by the XP OS because there are no drivers usually
installed when building a new system, for example..

So, in your case, you are able to use the new card in Windows, right..?
The monitor is connected to the new card, not to any onboard Display
controller, right..?

On my system, had go to "add remove programs" three times to uninstall my
ATI drivers before Windows indicated that the MS generic drivers were being
installed for the new device.. You may need to keep looking in add remove
programs as soon as you boot-up into Windows to verify no Nevada drivers or
control panel are being installed, from a rollback location.. You will need
to reboot each time too, for the changes to take affect.. Look on the driver
tab, "any" listed card(s) properties, details button, to see if the signed MS
drivers have any company, ie. Nvidia drivers..

Or you could try the Windows Installer Cleanup utility, see link, to remove
any Nvidia installed apps, etc, that may show up, your call..
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301
Use the above tool wisely, it can remove other apps too, so be careful..

Sounds like you may have done a Repair Install of XP, which would account
for Windows holding on to the old cards Info in the registry..
Post your results..
Cheers
j;-j

 

[DL]

It also might be an idea to check for any hidden devices

 

[Guest]

That's correct, i'm able to use the card, there woldn't be any conflict with
integrated devices since the motherboard doesn't have it, and is the only
video card installed on the pc, and the generic driver never seen it,
everytime i uninstall the drivers after the reboot i install the drivers i
got from nvidia, i'll try to unistall the drivers again deactivate the
windows recovery and start from the safe mode with VGA to see what happend
then, i'll let you know any news

 

[Guest]

How can i check them?? never done that before

It also might be an idea to check for any hidden devices

 

[Guest]

Alex,

Who is the OEM of the Geforce FX5500 OC, BFG, etc ..?

What is the make & model # for your computer or mobo make & model # ..?

Never heard of a firmware update for a video card, my ATI 9600XT's bios was
updated by a driver update done recently, though.. Have you tried contacting
customer support for the new card, should be free..?
Cheers
j;-j

 

[Guest]

It is a BFG card, i build the pc, the mobo is a Giga-byte GA-K8NS Pro, i
tried to contact the support team by mail, but all i got was the link to the
driver

 

[Guest]

http://www.bfgtech.com/tech_redux.html
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/...rboard&ProductID=1783&ProductName=GA-K8NS Pro
BFG has a toll free phone support if US-CAN res.. Go to the link and get the
quick install guide PDF file..

Also, do you have the latest chipset driver ver 510, if above link is your
mobo..?


According to the BFG quick install guide PDF it looks like you need to
reinstall the old card again and then disable it in device manager, click no
if prompted to restart, close all open windows and shut down system, remove
power, cover, old card.. install new card.. See step 6 in the PDF
The drivers are Nvidia and should be ok unless you need to update them..
Get the PDF file for complete installation instructions...
free small PDF reader, see link below..
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
Hope this can help you..
Cheers
j;-j

 

[Guest]

Ola' Alex,

I'll assume no news is good news and your up and running with your new BFG
card or you decided it was defective and have sent it back via RMA, and are
awaiting a replacement, either way, hope all is well & swell..
Cheers
j;-j

 

[Guest]

That's right, i'm sending the card in a few days, but thanks to all for the
help!!
:-D