XP no longer recognises my Geforce card after uninstalling Nvidia drivers !!

[pcmangler]

Hi,

I've just installed XP (with SP2) on system with a GeForce 2 400MX AGP
card in it. On the install, XP correctly recognised the card and used
it's own drivers. Later, I tried the latest Nvidia drivers (77.77)
and found them to be a little sluggish in comparison. So, wanting to
return to the original XP ones, I uninstalled the Nvidia drivers via
add/remove programs. On the reboot, XP detected the video card as a
"Video Controller (VGA Compatible)" and *not* as an "NVidia Geforce 2
MX 400" (which it did on the install).

No matter what I do, I cannot get XP to recognise the card properly
again, nor install any drivers for it. I can however reinstall the
Nvidia ones and it is once again correctly seen as a Geforce 2 MX 400.

Remove them, and I'm back to "vga compatible" !!

I've tried 'sfc /scannow' to restore any critical files, but no joy.

If I tell it to automatically install drivers for it, it says it can't
find any, and likewise if I try manually ("I will choose the driver to
install") once I choose Display Adapters in the category list, it says
"no drivers are available" (or something to that effect).

It's driving me nuts !!!!

PLEASE !!! - Can someone help ? !! I'm presuming that the uninstall
of the Nvidia drivers took something with them that XP uses to
identify the card, but I don't know what !!

Cheers,

Kev.

 

[John Smithe]

You're definitely better off with Nvidia drivers. For your card you need an
older set. Something like 45.23 may do the trick. I think Nvidia has
archives of their drivers available but I could not find them. Copies of
older drivers are also available here:

http://nvtweak.laptopvideo2go.com/

Check out 'NVTweak' while you are there.

For a better revision recommendation ask or research here:

http://forums.nvidia.com/
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/

You could always re-install from the disk that came with the card if you
have it. You may also be able to download drivers from the manufacturers
website.

Good Luck