Restarting XP Wipes out my NVidia Drivers

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Tue May 04, 2004 11:18 am

now im having a issue, that doesnt want to stop, i just rebooted, when XP loads again my 56.72 Det's are gone..........so i reinstall, and reboot as requested.....GONE again?!?!?!?!

ive scanned for virus and spy/ad ware, both clean. all three apps are fully updated with clean results.

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Tue May 04, 2004 11:26 am

Try booting into VGA safemode, uninstall the nVidia driver and run Driver Cleaner. Reinstall your favorite nVidia driver. Warning: do this at your own risk ! This procedure has potential to damage your installation !

Edit: also make sure that the driver you install is the right one for you OS and supports your card (check the INF file)..

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Tue May 04, 2004 12:31 pm

Grendel, the Dets still offer support for pre-TNT cards. I think his FX5600 is supported.

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Tue May 04, 2004 1:44 pm

Just making sure -- I grabbed a Quadro driver by accident once and it went thru the installation motions but never got installed. Same happens if you try to install the 95/98/Me version on 2k/XP IIRC. Oh, and the earliest chip supported is the NV05, RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro -- which reminds me that I came along a beta driver w/o M64 (NV05, dev 2D.1) support the other day. Same effect on my work machine.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Tue May 04, 2004 1:59 pm

MD-2389 wrote:Grendel, the Dets still offer support for pre-TNT cards. I think his FX5600 is supported.

you mean FX5600 ULTRA

okay, what are the risks for Driver Cleaner?

first thing im going to try now that im back from running my errands. Sys Restore... no go, ill move to VGA Safe, third run is uninstall Riva and Drivers. and start from scratch.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Tue May 04, 2004 2:21 pm

UPDATE: Riva was the cause, it is a older version and im updating that now.

SECOND UPDATE: it wasnt just riva, i had to SafeVGA mode XP, uninstall Riva, uninstall NVidia drivers..reinstall monitor driver, then NVidia, and i skipped Riva, rebooted....same thing, so i went sys restore....works fine now.

i wonder WTF Happend?

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Tue May 04, 2004 8:42 pm

WTF = User error!

Ace who cares if it's an Ultra, your AGP 4x only Slot on your FIC VG31 mobo bottlenecks it

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Tue May 04, 2004 9:39 pm

BUBBALOU wrote:WTF = User error!

you want to tell me were...smartass...i didnt change a damn thing and i had to reboot. so you tell me Mr. Expert....what happend to my drivers, and why did XP keep deleting them?

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Tue May 04, 2004 9:50 pm

Use Driver Cleaner 3 and clean the Nvidia files located in the following locations (1)drivers(system32), (2)driver.cab and (3)sp1.cab .. buh buy all previous drivers load up the new. easy as an 845G/ICH4 chipset Mr VG31

#2 and #3 is what gets you in trouble

and not to mention the onboard video you have..stop playing in the bios your not going to get anything out of that HP/FIC board

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Wed May 05, 2004 9:53 am

guess what......I NEVER ENABLED ONBOARD VIDEO!!! i turned that off, the moment i first plugged this system in. not to mention tweaked a few things. and i dont have the factory BIOS on this mobo, its fully updated and has new features that the HP Version took out,with the FIC Version running. so take you soooo-called know-it-all self somewere else and leave my system alone. you are not the all-knowing-god, but neither am i, but you keep flaming stuff up and expect me not to respond.....check yourself, its you who keeps this crap going.

fvcking moron.

buh buy all previous drivers load up the new. easy as an 845G/ICH4 chipset Mr VG31

its actually a E/G Chipset.

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Wed May 05, 2004 2:44 pm

AceCombat wrote:... but you keep flaming stuff up and expect me not to respond.....check yourself, its you who keeps this crap going.

umm.. it takes two to tango.

There is no reason for you to respond, you know that, right?

Break the cycle.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Wed May 05, 2004 3:09 pm

ohwell......at least i fixed my problem with the help of others without having to deal with them flaming shiz about my setup.....whooopty fvcking doo bubba that i have a hp. just STFU about my setup

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Wed May 05, 2004 10:52 pm

If only there were an ignore feature mod for phpBB....

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Wed May 05, 2004 10:53 pm

MD-2389 wrote:If only there were an ignore feature mod for phpBB....

I've been asking for that for YEARS.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Thu May 06, 2004 2:06 pm

fliptw wrote:
MD-2389 wrote:If only there were an ignore feature mod for phpBB....
I've been asking for that for YEARS.

x2

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Thu May 06, 2004 2:30 pm

AceCombat wrote:
fliptw wrote:
MD-2389 wrote:If only there were an ignore feature mod for phpBB....
I've been asking for that for YEARS.

x2

Oh, the irony.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Thu May 06, 2004 3:03 pm

and the irony that persists from some of the people who claim to want certain features.