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Nvidia drivers - updating

Asked by: dc197

Hi
I am trying to update my drivers for my MSI Geforce 4 MX card.
I had been using the MSI drivers, and then upgraded to version 43.45 drivers from Nvidia.
I was not happy so went back to the 23.11 and 27.20 ones from MSI.

However I am havbing trouble changing drivers.  Runing the EXE from Nvidia, all appears well but then when I restart only the stabdard 16-colour VGA driver has been loaded.  The display adapter appears to be not installed properl;y, according to Hardware Manager.

If I choose to browse for a driver, windows finds all three drivers (43.45 NV, 23.20 NV, and 27.20 MSI) and ask which I want to install.  Choosing any of these just ends up with Windows asking for the original driver files that were decompressed from the EXE, and I am in a vicious circle.

Does anyone know how to update the drivers properly?

Thanks
Daniel

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2003-05-04 at 12:57:46ID20605253
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by: dxf224Posted on 2003-05-04 at 14:56:10ID: 8456932

I finished installing my new  geoforce4 card a few hous ago and ran into the same problem ...My instructions called for uninstalling the old driver, setting Standard Vga as my display driver,shutting down, changing the old to the newer card and rebooting.  I did that and got into standard vga sixteen colours, whixh I assume is where you're at now.
I had the same 'looping' problem ...I solved the installation problem by going into the install files on my cd rom ...there were a couple of read me files that pointed out a couple of other ways to install, one of them being an executable  ... using that, the drivers installed with no problems. (Method 2)
Here's the install procedure according to the text file on the disk.....
FROM THE CD-R MANUAL:

Method 1 (ASUS Autorun. Quick installation)
  1. Start Windows.
  2. Put ASUS driver CD into CD-ROM drive.
  3. The AutoPlay function of CD-ROM will work and pop up ASUS Autorun
     window.
  4. Select "Install display driver" option.
  5. Follow the instructions on dialog. Driver will be installed and
     request for restart.
  6. Reboot system and your video adapter is now ready to use.

Method 2 (Run ASUS installation program directly)
  1. Start Windows.
  2. Put ASUS driver CD into CD-ROM drive.
  3. Change to "D:\Win2kXP\ASUS" directory and execute "ANvSETUP.EXE". You also can
     change to "D:\Win2kXP\ANvWest" or "D:\Win2kXP\ANvEast" directory (depending on
     your language) for multi-language support installation and run "setup.exe".
  4. Follow the instructions. Driver will be installed and request for
     restarting.
  5. Reboot system and your video adapter is now ready to use.

Method 3 (Manual installation)
  1. These drivers must be installed by a user with Windows 2000/XP Administrator
     privileges. Please consult your system administrator or Microsoft Windows 2000/XP
     User's Manual for more information on Administrator privileges.
  2. Start Microsoft Windows 2000/XP.
  3. From the Start menu, select Settings.
  4. Select Control Panel.
  5. Select System.
  6. Select Hardware tab.
  7. Select Device Manager.
  8. Select other devices.
  9. Right click the VGA compatible and select Properties.
 10. Select Driver.
 11. Select Update Driver.
 12. Select Next.
 13. Click the box next to "Display a list of the known drivers for this device
     so that I can choose a specific driver" to place a check mark in the box.
     select Next.
 14. Select "Have Disk..."
 15. Windows 2000 will prompt you for the correct path, enter the path of the driver
     such as D:\Win2kXP (assuming your CD-ROM drive is letter D)
 16. A list of video adapters will be displayed. Select the correct card you are using,
     then Click Next.
 17. Select Next.
 18. Select Finish.
 19  Select Close.
 20. Windows 2000/XP will ask if you wish to restart the computer. Select Yes.
     your video adapter is now ready to use.



Good luck, and please let me know how you got it working.

 


 

 

by: user3Posted on 2003-05-05 at 18:53:03ID: 8466579

The drivers files you will actually find them somewhere in the Windows directory.  You dont necessarily have to reference off of the original CD and you definitely cannot reference off of a executable.

If you were installing with the Nvidia EXE you got off of their website.  The default location of the drivers is usually:

C:\Nvidia (C is usually the default booting drive)

Inside that directory you will find the approriate .inf files for the drivers.  If you are trying to switch to your older drivers you may want to check your windows\system directory.  You will mostly likely find the original drivers stockpiled with a host of other drivers which you collected over time.  Just use the Browse command when it asks where the file is and just browse around in the system directory.

C:\Windows\system

You may have to do this do this referencing several times as it requires more than just one file to install the driver, and windows doesn't keep the same path when it searchs.  When it searchs you must point it to the system directory and see if it spots the file in that directory.  If it doesn't then you should try moving around the windows directory, sometimes even system32 may have it stored there.  This is all point and click so it shouldn't be too much trouble.

 

by: user3Posted on 2003-05-05 at 18:54:44ID: 8466586

Oh yes...  The original drivers might not be there if you used the uninstall shield.  Most times they do remain in your computer even after you used the uninstall shield.

 

by: kj2833Posted on 2003-05-07 at 19:35:54ID: 8484704

There is a fix for this problem I have it. It is called Detonater 30.00 to 40.00 fix. This will remove all old versions of the drivers, make sure 43.45 or whichever you are using is installed then run the fix. I had a hard time finding in my web search or from nvidia. but if you have this problem email me at ksjunkAtinsightbb.com and ill send you a copy.

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