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More info?)
Well, the sympathy helps, thanks.
I haven't tried deleting that I'll give it a shot.
XP does that all by itself behind the scene and then when it is done
doing whatever it has been doing, it presents that message window.
There is no actual wizard that starts where I can "have disk" or
anything like that.
Now it's giving me an error witha "Multimedia Audio Controller" too
which is a drag.
I checked to make sure my on board audio was disabled since I have a
sound card, seemed to be.
Any further brainstorms, please pass them on...
Thanks again
Jeff
On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 00:30:30 +0200, "Mirko" <mirko@pchome.com.tw>
wrote:
>Weird problem. I don't know what to say.
>
>You could try to delete the "VGASave" display adapter from the control
>panel, then reboot the computer and see what happens. But I guess you have
>done so already.
>
>Btw, does Windows XP install the VGASave display adapter totally by itself
>(without human interaction) or are you presented with the type of Wizard
>where you have to click "next" to go to the next step of the hardware driver
>installation?
>
>
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>> Thanks for the reply,
>>
>> I guess it is more accurate to say the drivers have been copied and
>> installed to my HDD OK, but it is as if Windows just won't recognize
>> the card and I can't set the "properties" to anything but the VGASave
>> display adapter.
>>
>> There is no option in that property dialog to choose any other display
>> adapter. When I do a system info listing the video display is reported
>> as "none detected".
>>
>> When I install from the CD that came with the card, I reboot and that
>> message appears. I've used newer drivers and uninstalled the old ones
>> properly I believe, yet nothing enables me to use the nVidia drivers.
>>
>> I have done everything I can think of. Uninstalled old drivers (used
>> Driver Cleaner 3) then tried installing 3 different drivers, CD
>> version, MSI Live update version and a 56.72 vesion. Updated Win XP
>> SP1 and updated the nVidia drivers via MS Live Update.
>>
>> I updated my Intel 845 chipset drivers. I have updated the BIOS.
>>
>> I disabled Norton AV.
>>
>> Each time the machine boots I get the following message by the XP
>> Wizard for finding new hardware:
>>
>> -----------
>> Cannot install this hardware.
>>
>> Cannot be installed.
>>
>> There was a problem installing this hardware Video controller (VGA
>> compatible)
>>
>> An error ocurred during the installation of this device.
>>
>> The data is invalid.
>>
>> --------------
>>
>> I went to MS Update and did an Express SP1 update which went fine but
>> it wouldn't update last October's release of the nVidia patch.
>>
>> The MS Live update error message:
>>
>> No Updates Were Installed
>>
>> The following items failed to install. To try installing them again,
>> click Review and install updates, and then click Install Now again.
>>
>> NVIDIA display software update released on October 06 2003.
>>
>> -------------
>>
>> After trying 6 or 7 times, I finally got that patch to install.
>>
>> The card remains undetected by Windows.
>>
>> The MSI Live Update sees the card when it decides what to give me from
>> their web server. I updated everything MSI had to offer, utilities,
>> drivers, VGA BIOS update but I can't get the card to use anything but
>> VGASave.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 22:07:43 +0200, "Mirko" <mirko@pchome.com.tw>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >The CMOS checksum error is nothing abnormal.
>> >After flashing a new BIOS version and resetting the computer it is very
>> >recommended that you enter the BIOS setup (usually there is a note
>somewhere
>> >on the computer start-up screen saying "press x to enter setup") and do a
>> >"Load Setup/BIOS/System Defaults" (??? something like this).
>> >Then you can set your own custom BIOS settings, and later just do "Save
>and
>> >Exit". The should be no more CMOS checksum errors.
>> >
>> >Depending on what Gigabyte changed in the newer BIOS version and whether
>> >your custom BIOS settings are different to the old settings, it is also
>not
>> >unusual that you see the Hardware Wizard popping up when you start
>Windows.
>> >
>> >Could you explain a little more in detail what makes you believe that you
>> >cannot install the nVidia drivers?
>> >
>> >
>>
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