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Video Card Problems nVidia RIVA TNT2
Ok working on a fairly old computer, took off the case and saw that it is an onboard video card. I can not get the right driver installed.. I used everest home edition to figure out what display adapter is is using. It says it is using nVidia RIVA TNT2 so I went to the nVidia website and downloaded the driver that said would work with windows 2000.. Well i went to install the driver and it had an error, said it was not compatible with win 2000.. Basically went here http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp and chose graphic drivers, RIVA TNT win2000 and tried using that and it did not work.. I actually tried every one of those graphich drivers and noner worked... Any ideas what else I could try to get this to work.. I hate these onboard video displays.. All onboard crsap seems to have problems for me.. Ok thanks in advance...
Have you checked on you motherboard manufacturer's site for video drivers?
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Yes I cant even find the motherboard listed on their site, so i cant find support drivers either.. I think its really old.. I listed some info below... and I will post all the everest info towards the way bottom of this post... Thanks again
Motherboard Name PCChips M754LMR (3 PCI, 2 DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN, Modem)
Motherboard Chipset ULi/ALi M1631 ALADDiN TNT2
Video Adapter nVIDIA RIVA TNT2
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Field Value
Computer
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 4
Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106 (IE 6.0 SP1)
DirectX 4.07.00.0700 (DirectX 7.0)
Computer Name TURNER-PAIGE
User Name Administrator
Motherboard
CPU Type Intel Pentium IIIE, 650 MHz (6.5 x 100)
Motherboard Name PCChips M754LMR (3 PCI, 2 DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN, Modem)
Motherboard Chipset ULi/ALi M1631 ALADDiN TNT2
System Memory 112 MB (SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (08/19/00)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)
Display
Video Adapter nVIDIA RIVA TNT2
3D Accelerator nVIDIA RIVA TNT2
Multimedia
Audio Adapter C-Media CMI8738/C3DX Audio Device
Storage
IDE Controller ALi M5229 PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive IOMEGA ZIP 100
Disk Drive WDC WD200EB-00BHF0 (18 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive CREATIVE CD5233E (52x CD-ROM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK
Partitions
C: (NTFS) 19085 MB (17788 MB free)
Input
Keyboard PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard (101/102-Key)
Mouse Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
Network
Network Adapter SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (10.3.1.122)
Peripherals
USB1 Controller ULi/ALi M5237 USB Open Host Controller
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Motherboard Name PCChips M754LMR (3 PCI, 2 DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN, Modem)
Motherboard Chipset ULi/ALi M1631 ALADDiN TNT2
Video Adapter nVIDIA RIVA TNT2
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Field Value
Computer
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 4
Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106 (IE 6.0 SP1)
DirectX 4.07.00.0700 (DirectX 7.0)
Computer Name TURNER-PAIGE
User Name Administrator
Motherboard
CPU Type Intel Pentium IIIE, 650 MHz (6.5 x 100)
Motherboard Name PCChips M754LMR (3 PCI, 2 DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN, Modem)
Motherboard Chipset ULi/ALi M1631 ALADDiN TNT2
System Memory 112 MB (SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (08/19/00)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)
Display
Video Adapter nVIDIA RIVA TNT2
3D Accelerator nVIDIA RIVA TNT2
Multimedia
Audio Adapter C-Media CMI8738/C3DX Audio Device
Storage
IDE Controller ALi M5229 PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive IOMEGA ZIP 100
Disk Drive WDC WD200EB-00BHF0 (18 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive CREATIVE CD5233E (52x CD-ROM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK
Partitions
C: (NTFS) 19085 MB (17788 MB free)
Input
Keyboard PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard (101/102-Key)
Mouse Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
Network
Network Adapter SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (10.3.1.122)
Peripherals
USB1 Controller ULi/ALi M5237 USB Open Host Controller
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if its only a 2d card and you and you can't get it working just get a PCI card for 20 bucks.
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I will try that win2k driver, and as for buying a new card, its not my computer, and i did just go to best buy and look for cheap video cards, cheapest was 99.... But i know they exsist... I may take one out of another computer and try it too... thing is, i did try a really old card and it didnt do anything, i even went into the cmos setup and changed it to PCI instead of the onboard graphich card.. and it displayed a blank screen... maybe it was that card... i will have to test it with another card... first let me try this driver.... Thanks again and i will let you know how it goes..
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You rock, i have been trying to get this to work for a few days now.. That driver worked beautifully!! How did you find that driver?? Are you a google Jedi?? I must have searched and tried like 25 drivers.. Thanks again...
Err ... secrets of the Jedi ;-)
I googled for "PCChips M754LMR win2K drivers" and looked at the pcchips link.