Re: HELP! GRAPHICS?

Pete Rynas wrote:
> trying to install a geforce gt6700 and the nvidia website keeps telling me i
> have the onboard intel express chipset and they have no drivers and the EVGA
> wesite( same driver) doesn't work either. i have the konboard set to lowest
> in BIOS but saw nowhere to turn it off , and i have it disabled in win xp
> pro? not a pretty picture i'm looking at right now thank you , for any
> and all ideas
>

Could you describe the brand and model of video card used ? And the
brand and model of motherboard used ?

I find very few references to GT6700. Describe the hardware in more
detail.

Paul

Pete Rynas wrote:
> it is a Fry's house brand EVG e-GeForce 7600 on a ECS 945GCT-M/1333, Samsung
> 932b monitor,2 gig OCZ 5300 a couple SATA Drives ect. worked fine
> w/onboard.video. now i have at least installed and partly running another
> EVGA 7200 GS "when it feels like"l initializing the display which takes a
> couple of boots?? both of the drivers are the same from both websites??
> thanks in advance paul
>
> pete

When changing cards, you should go to Add/Remove and remove the driver,
before pulling the old card. Then install the new card. Boot up and
install the driver again.

Even though the Nvidia driver is a "jumbo" driver and supports many
cards, what it puts in the registry and what files it uses for each
card could be different. That is why, if you pull one Nvidia card and
install another Nvidia one, you should uninstall and reinstall the driver.
And ideally, uninstall the driver while the old card is still there.

I looked at the ECS manual, and didn't see mention of a disable for
the 945G. I downloaded an Asus manual, for one of their 945G boards,
and the BIOS offers "Disabled", "Enabled, 1MB", and "Enabled, 8MB" as
options.

Is it possible, that the monitor has to be connected to the Nvidia
card, before you can go to the BIOS and select "Disabled" for
"Shared memory size" in the BIOS ?

Even if the 945G is still enabled, I would think your 7200 GS should
properly load the driver you provided.

Paul

> "Paul" <> wrote in message news:fu1k0e$glf$...
>> Pete Rynas wrote:
>>> trying to install a geforce gt6700 and the nvidia website keeps telling
>>> me i have the onboard intel express chipset and they have no drivers and
>>> the EVGA wesite( same driver) doesn't work either. i have the konboard
>>> set to lowest in BIOS but saw nowhere to turn it off , and i have it
>>> disabled in win xp pro? not a pretty picture i'm looking at right now
>>> thank you , for any and all ideas
>> Could you describe the brand and model of video card used ? And the
>> brand and model of motherboard used ?
>>
>> I find very few references to GT6700. Describe the hardware in more
>> detail.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>