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Answer» I had an issue with windows that would make my computer restart when i was trying to load a game so i tried everything i could think of to fix it but nothing worked then my friend told me to TRY and repair windows with my windows XP CD.
So i did what my friend told me and did the repair but my XP CD was from 2001 so i had to update service pack 2&3 again. Now windows cant find my video card at all. There is no video options in control panel or in the device manager but i have my monitor going through the card and the picture till comes up so i have no idea whats going on.
I have tried to reinstall the drivers for the video card but it says it cant find the hardware at all but programs like Everest can find it.
Field Value Computer Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition OS Service Pack Service Pack 3 DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c) Computer Name User Name Motherboard CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1800 MHz (13.5 x 133) 2200+ Motherboard Name ECS K7VTA3 v8 (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 CNR, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN) Motherboard Chipset VIA VT8377 Apollo KT400 System Memory 1536 MB (PC2700 DDR SDRAM) BIOS Type Award (09/22/03) Communication Port Communications Port (COM1) Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1) Display Video Adapter nVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP 3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP Multimedia Audio Adapter Creative SB Live! 5.1 Sound Card Audio Adapter VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller Storage IDE Controller VIA Bus Master IDE Controller Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive Disk Drive HDS722525VLAT80 (7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100) Optical Drive SONY CD-RW CRX215E1 (48x/24x/48x CD-RW) Optical Drive TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S162A SMART Hard Disks Status OK Partitions E: (NTFS) 190771 MB (9338 MB free) Input Keyboard HID Keyboard Device Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard Mouse HID-compliant mouse Network Network Adapter Linksys LNE100TX FAST Ethernet Adapter(LNE100TX v4) (192.168.1.3) PERIPHERALS Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller USB2 Controller VIA USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller USB Device LACHESIS Mouse USB Device USB Composite Device USB Device USB Human Interface Device Problems & Suggestions Problem Disk free space is only 5% on drive E:.
Quote Problem Disk free space is only 5% on drive E:.
There's your issue right there...time to do some housekeeping.that's drive E: though.... not drive C:...
I would try the following
1. UNINSTALL the nvidia drivers
2. Then run driver sweeper utility
3. Upon reboot, go to the device manager and uninstall the device.
4. Then restart pc in safe mode (use safemode with metworking), and the computer should detect your hardware and attempt to install software/drivers for now "new" card.
5. Reinstall latest nvidia drivers for your card.
Hope this works for you, it did for me on my Windows Vista machine when something similar happened, but I think it would work on XP too and just make a system restore point before you start if you're bit worried.
Quote from: patio on August 13, 2009, 08:54:27 AMThere's your issue right there...time to do some housekeeping.
ummmm that's still 10 gigs so i don't know why that would stop my card from working.
Quote from: 2x3i5x on August 13, 2009, 01:40:44 PMI would try the following
1. uninstall the nvidia drivers
2. Then run driver sweeper utility
3. Upon reboot, go to the device manager and uninstall the device.
4. Then restart pc in safe mode (use safemode with metworking), and the computer should detect your hardware and attempt to install software/drivers for now "new" card.
5. Reinstall latest nvidia drivers for your card.
Hope this works for you, it did for me on my Windows Vista machine when something similar happened, but I think it would work on XP too and just make a system restore point before you start if you're bit worried.
I did uninstall the nvidia drivers but when i run the driver sweeper utility i get an error.
I cant uninstall the device because there is no display adapters option in device manager at all even in safemode.
Quote from: BC_Programmer on August 13, 2009, 10:47:38 AMthat's drive E: though.... not drive C:... So, doesnt mean its not the local hard drive..... you can assign what ever letter you like.... also its the only drive he has listed.
so it is. but as he said that's no reason for the card to stop working.
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