Question Help with an old relic PC running Windows XP SP2 ?

Bear Elmo

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Hi everyone,

I have an old Windows XP SP2 machine. The reason I use this old OS is that the hardware and software is the most compatible with this set up, mainly Premiere Pro 2 and a Matrox RX100 capture card.

**Since posting this, I am now using Virtual Dub to capture, so I can potentially do away with SP2 and maybe even XP!? Would this help my driver issue?

I have recently had to rebuild a new machine from scratch, only issue is the GFX card. I get glitchy lines appear over the screen . The PC still runs most of the time without crashing but it's clearly an issue and making it unstable.

**Update, I now get no capture display but the software is successfully capturing. I'm capturing blind.

I have a GTS 450 NVIDIA card and this is the driver that I have partial success with...

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/windows/280_26/winxp-280-26-whql-driver/

Only issue is, an error message comes up saying its incompatible, the only way around this is to copy and paste a line into one of the text files of the NVIDIA driver folder to make it think it's the right driver using the GFX card hardware ID code from Device Manager.

I paste the PCI and vendor ID

(PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1405&SUBSYS_093910DE&REV_A1)

https://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/77225
This is the version I tried to use initially (as advised by the guy I bought the machine off) but this would make the PC crash trying to install it, so even worse.

I also tried driver NVDIA 368.81 but it says incompatible again.

The computer will crash for example when I've been digitising a tape for an hour and I lose the file, this isn't every time but I'd like to make a more robust machine.

Other spec: (don't laugh!)

Intel Core 2 Quad CPU
Q6600 @ 2/40ghz
2.40ghz, 3.25 ghz of RAM

All other drivers are installed properly.

I'm open to suggestions but I feel confident that it's just that I'm not using the correct GFX driver.

Any help appreciated.

Many thanks,

Ollie
 

As far as older driver go just keep scrolling down the page. Maybe there is the correct driver you need off that site.

Just go to downloads up on top and start scrolling down than down than down. You will understand what I mean when your there.
I have a GTS 450 NVIDIA card
As far as what version drivers work with your card I guess you will have to google for that information than look for driver off the site I posted.
 
Thanks for your help.

Quick question, would my machine spec be able to deal with Win 7? Thinking it might help find a compatible driver from that website. Can't find any for XP
 


Driver Version:340.52​

Release Date:Tue Jul 29, 2014
Operating System:Windows XP
Language:English (US)
File Size:139.54 MB

Supported Products​

--------- GeForce GTS 450------------

GeForce 700 Series​

GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GeForce GTX 780, GeForce GTX 770, GeForce GTX 760, GeForce GTX 760 Ti (OEM), GeForce GTX 750 Ti, GeForce GTX 750, GeForce GTX 745, GeForce GT 740, GeForce GT 730, GeForce GT 720

GeForce 600 Series​

GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 670, GeForce GTX 660 Ti, GeForce GTX 660, GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST, GeForce GTX 650 Ti, GeForce GTX 650, GeForce GTX 645, GeForce GT 645, GeForce GT 640, GeForce GT 630, GeForce GT 620, GeForce GT 610, GeForce 605

GeForce 500 Series​

GeForce GTX 580, GeForce GTX 570, GeForce GTX 560 Ti, GeForce GTX 560 SE, GeForce GTX 560, GeForce GTX 555, GeForce GTX 550 Ti, GeForce GT 545, GeForce GT 530, GeForce GT 520, GeForce 510

GeForce 400 Series​

GeForce GTX 480, GeForce GTX 470, GeForce GTX 465, GeForce GTX 460 SE v2, GeForce GTX 460 SE, GeForce GTX 460,--------- GeForce GTS 450------------, GeForce GT 440, GeForce GT 430, GeForce GT 420, GeForce 405

GeForce 300 Series​

GeForce GT 340, GeForce GT 330, GeForce GT 320, GeForce 315, GeForce 310

GeForce 200 Series​

GeForce GTX 295, GeForce GTX 285, GeForce GTX 280, GeForce GTX 275, GeForce GTX 260, GeForce GTS 250, GeForce GTS 240, GeForce GT 230, GeForce GT 240, GeForce GT 220, GeForce G210, GeForce 210, GeForce 205

GeForce 100 Series​

GeForce GT 140, GeForce GT 130, GeForce GT 120, GeForce G100

GeForce 9 Series​

GeForce 9800 GX2, GeForce 9800 GTX/GTX+, GeForce 9800 GT, GeForce 9600 GT, GeForce 9600 GSO, GeForce 9600 GSO 512, GeForce 9600 GS, GeForce 9500 GT, GeForce 9500 GS, GeForce 9400 GT, GeForce 9400, GeForce 9300 GS, GeForce 9300 GE, GeForce 9300 SE, GeForce 9300, GeForce 9200, GeForce 9100

GeForce 8 Series​

GeForce 8800 Ultra, GeForce 8800 GTX, GeForce 8800 GTS 512, GeForce 8800 GTS, GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce 8800 GS, GeForce 8600 GTS, GeForce 8600 GT, GeForce 8600 GS, GeForce 8500 GT, GeForce 8400 GS, GeForce 8400 SE, GeForce 8400, GeForce 8300 GS, GeForce 8300, GeForce 8200, GeForce 8200 /nForce 730a, GeForce 8100 /nForce 720a


NVIDIA TITAN Series​

GeForce GTX TITAN, GeForce GTX TITAN Black

ION (Desktops)​

ION

ION LE (Desktops)​

ION LE
 
Apparently, not compatible. I'm wondering if upgrading to the dizzy heights of SP3 will make the difference. Only issue is... internet is down here atm! They've probably long since discontinued that support anyway!
 
Useful link, thank but I can't find an exact match. I see there is the GE Force 4MX 440, which is nearly 450 but it's not GTS.
 
Ok, I've done the above (thanks btw @faalin) and even though my driver is listed and my OS. It still says not compatible. I tried the very first version and some of the later versions with the same result.
 
Just trying that now, it doesn't have XP as an option .
Options are Win 95, Win 98, Win NT, Win 2000.
Setting it to Win 2000 is the only one that starts up the driver file. The others all bring up error messages.
Funny how XP isn't an option.
SP3 upgrade?