Dimension 2400 vs. nvidia GeForce video card

I'm having a heck of a time trying to get a 256MB EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 6200
PCI graphics card to work in my Dimension 2400 PC. I downloaded and
installed the most recent drivers from NVIDIA, then set the default video in
the BIOS to Automatic, then made the NVIDIA adapter the primary display in
WinXP. When I reboot, the NVIDIA adapter comes up as the boot display and
then the login display. All is well, except that the monitor has a maximum
resolution of 600x800 and a 4-bit (16 colors) color depth. None of the
NVIDIA programs will run.

I've been pulling my hair out trying to troubleshoot this. Any suggestions
are appreciated.

--
Donald R. Newcomb
DRNewcomb (at) attglobal.net

I forget if the BIOS setup has an option to explicitly use PCI video instead of
"Automatic". If so, use it. If not, update the BIOS perhaps? ... Ben Myers

On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:54:45 -0500, "Donald Newcomb"
<> wrote:

>I'm having a heck of a time trying to get a 256MB EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 6200
>PCI graphics card to work in my Dimension 2400 PC. I downloaded and
>installed the most recent drivers from NVIDIA, then set the default video in
>the BIOS to Automatic, then made the NVIDIA adapter the primary display in
>WinXP. When I reboot, the NVIDIA adapter comes up as the boot display and
>then the login display. All is well, except that the monitor has a maximum
>resolution of 600x800 and a 4-bit (16 colors) color depth. None of the
>NVIDIA programs will run.
>
>I've been pulling my hair out trying to troubleshoot this. Any suggestions
>are appreciated.

My dimension 2400 has a bios setting to not use pci cards at all,
check your bios settings (f2 on boot) to be sure it's enabled, and
make sure you have the correct, latest drivers

Ben Myers wrote:
> I forget if the BIOS setup has an option to explicitly use PCI video instead of
> "Automatic". If so, use it. If not, update the BIOS perhaps? ... Ben Myers
>
> On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:54:45 -0500, "Donald Newcomb"
> <> wrote:
>
> >I'm having a heck of a time trying to get a 256MB EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 6200
> >PCI graphics card to work in my Dimension 2400 PC. I downloaded and
> >installed the most recent drivers from NVIDIA, then set the default video in
> >the BIOS to Automatic, then made the NVIDIA adapter the primary display in
> >WinXP. When I reboot, the NVIDIA adapter comes up as the boot display and
> >then the login display. All is well, except that the monitor has a maximum
> >resolution of 600x800 and a 4-bit (16 colors) color depth. None of the
> >NVIDIA programs will run.
> >
> >I've been pulling my hair out trying to troubleshoot this. Any suggestions
> >are appreciated.