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I just upgraded my Asus A8V Deluxe (AMD XP 3400+) to a new Maxtor SATA drive
and installed the new Windows XP x64 OS. Everything was working fine, but I
noticed I was unable to play any games. Went to some support websites and
decided to upgrade my drivers. So I downloaded the latest Nvidia drivers
(77.72) for my Geforce Ti500 <- I know I was gonna upgrade soon anyways.
Turns out the drivers will not install because I do not have a "compatible
nvidia video card". I also have gotten System Events for a hardware problem,
but it does not give me any leads as to which hardware is suspect, video card
or motherboard. I suspect the MB as I am able to use the video card/monitor
for normal use - docs, web surfing, etc. When I check display properties, it
lists some generic microsoft vga graphics adapter, although it does recognize
the chip type (Nvidia). I ran Add Hardware wizard to no avail. I recently
downloaded another nvidia driver set (77.65) that is supposed to be
compatible with the Ti500, and that also reports that there are no compatible
cards to continue install.

Any ideas on what I can/should check for? The Bios is set to AGP on start
and I do not see any warnings during startup.

Any help would be appreciated...

You will need to go in and manually force the driver in...it is there...but
for whatever reason some devices won't auto install..

"tHeDiP" wrote:

> I just upgraded my Asus A8V Deluxe (AMD XP 3400+) to a new Maxtor SATA drive
> and installed the new Windows XP x64 OS. Everything was working fine, but I
> noticed I was unable to play any games. Went to some support websites and
> decided to upgrade my drivers. So I downloaded the latest Nvidia drivers
> (77.72) for my Geforce Ti500 <- I know I was gonna upgrade soon anyways.
> Turns out the drivers will not install because I do not have a "compatible
> nvidia video card". I also have gotten System Events for a hardware problem,
> but it does not give me any leads as to which hardware is suspect, video card
> or motherboard. I suspect the MB as I am able to use the video card/monitor
> for normal use - docs, web surfing, etc. When I check display properties, it
> lists some generic microsoft vga graphics adapter, although it does recognize
> the chip type (Nvidia). I ran Add Hardware wizard to no avail. I recently
> downloaded another nvidia driver set (77.65) that is supposed to be
> compatible with the Ti500, and that also reports that there are no compatible
> cards to continue install.
>
> Any ideas on what I can/should check for? The Bios is set to AGP on start
> and I do not see any warnings during startup.
>
> Any help would be appreciated...
>

How does one go about forcing "the driver in"?

"Mac" wrote:

> You will need to go in and manually force the driver in...it is there...but
> for whatever reason some devices won't auto install..
>
> "tHeDiP" wrote:
>
> > I just upgraded my Asus A8V Deluxe (AMD XP 3400+) to a new Maxtor SATA drive
> > and installed the new Windows XP x64 OS. Everything was working fine, but I
> > noticed I was unable to play any games. Went to some support websites and
> > decided to upgrade my drivers. So I downloaded the latest Nvidia drivers
> > (77.72) for my Geforce Ti500 <- I know I was gonna upgrade soon anyways.
> > Turns out the drivers will not install because I do not have a "compatible
> > nvidia video card". I also have gotten System Events for a hardware problem,
> > but it does not give me any leads as to which hardware is suspect, video card
> > or motherboard. I suspect the MB as I am able to use the video card/monitor
> > for normal use - docs, web surfing, etc. When I check display properties, it
> > lists some generic microsoft vga graphics adapter, although it does recognize
> > the chip type (Nvidia). I ran Add Hardware wizard to no avail. I recently
> > downloaded another nvidia driver set (77.65) that is supposed to be
> > compatible with the Ti500, and that also reports that there are no compatible
> > cards to continue install.
> >
> > Any ideas on what I can/should check for? The Bios is set to AGP on start
> > and I do not see any warnings during startup.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated...
> >

Off the top of my head perform the following....

From Device Manager:

1. CLICK on the + by Display Adapters
2. RIGHT CLICK on the device (presumably Standard VGA Adapter) and
choose UPDATE DRIVER
3. Choose "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)" and
CLICK Next
4. Select "Don't search. I will choose the driver to install" and CLICK
Next
5. DESELECT "Show compatible hardware" if checked
6. CLICK on the Manufacture (Nvidia) on the left side
7. CLICK on the corresponding model of your video card and click Next
(If necessary, click have disk and browse to the Nvisia folder that
should have been created on your C: drive then select OK followed by
selecting the appropriate model)
8. Click YES when the warning is displayed
9. Click FINISH

"tHeDiP" wrote:

> How does one go about forcing "the driver in"?
>
> "Mac" wrote:
>
> > You will need to go in and manually force the driver in...it is there...but
> > for whatever reason some devices won't auto install..
> >
> > "tHeDiP" wrote:
> >
> > > I just upgraded my Asus A8V Deluxe (AMD XP 3400+) to a new Maxtor SATA drive
> > > and installed the new Windows XP x64 OS. Everything was working fine, but I
> > > noticed I was unable to play any games. Went to some support websites and
> > > decided to upgrade my drivers. So I downloaded the latest Nvidia drivers
> > > (77.72) for my Geforce Ti500 <- I know I was gonna upgrade soon anyways.
> > > Turns out the drivers will not install because I do not have a "compatible
> > > nvidia video card". I also have gotten System Events for a hardware problem,
> > > but it does not give me any leads as to which hardware is suspect, video card
> > > or motherboard. I suspect the MB as I am able to use the video card/monitor
> > > for normal use - docs, web surfing, etc. When I check display properties, it
> > > lists some generic microsoft vga graphics adapter, although it does recognize
> > > the chip type (Nvidia). I ran Add Hardware wizard to no avail. I recently
> > > downloaded another nvidia driver set (77.65) that is supposed to be
> > > compatible with the Ti500, and that also reports that there are no compatible
> > > cards to continue install.
> > >
> > > Any ideas on what I can/should check for? The Bios is set to AGP on start
> > > and I do not see any warnings during startup.
> > >
> > > Any help would be appreciated...
> > >

See if there's an upgraded BIOS for your motherboard...

XP Pro x64 seems to have *very* few video drivers (I have an ATI and there's
only a dozen or so in a single category, as opposed to dozens in 3
categories for x32 Win XP or 2000 Pro). My two "older" (2-3years) AGP Radeon
all-in-ones aren't even included, for crying out loud.

And not even my server's PCI card (no AGP or PCI Express x16 slots) has a
driver, which to me is bizarre. There *is* a driver in x64 Win Server 2003
for the card, but then I don't *need* as good a graphics driver when I'm
doing server-type stuff, do I?

But on the other hand, the default vga driver in x64 XP Pro is *quite*
good... driving me easily at 16bit and 1024x768 (and above), whereas earlier
versions of Windows would default to 16 colors and 640x480 or *less* if
there was no driver specific for your card. Now THAT was graphics hell.

Then again, in pre- "plug-n-play" days, we had to manually assign IRQ, DMA,
I/O address, etc. for almost anything we installed, even some software...
and USB wasn't even heard of. Used tiny little switches on motherboards
(jumpers if you were lucky) or BIOS to explicitly change such things. Forget
to, and you could blow things (incl. the CPU, video, or RAM) with over
voltage. We've come a long way in a short time. And yet the prices on almost
everything continue to drop as speed, power, and possibilities continue to
increase. Gotta love it!

So I have to say I'm impressed, but I'm a tad old for gaming so that aspect
doesn't enter into my equation. I'm guessing from your perspective,
"business" graphics are pretty lame for games?

"tHeDiP" <> wrote in message
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> I just upgraded my Asus A8V Deluxe (AMD XP 3400+) to a new Maxtor SATA
drive
> and installed the new Windows XP x64 OS. Everything was working fine, but
I
> noticed I was unable to play any games. Went to some support websites and
> decided to upgrade my drivers. So I downloaded the latest Nvidia drivers
> (77.72) for my Geforce Ti500 <- I know I was gonna upgrade soon anyways.
> Turns out the drivers will not install because I do not have a "compatible
> nvidia video card". I also have gotten System Events for a hardware
problem,
> but it does not give me any leads as to which hardware is suspect, video
card
> or motherboard. I suspect the MB as I am able to use the video
card/monitor
> for normal use - docs, web surfing, etc. When I check display properties,
it
> lists some generic microsoft vga graphics adapter, although it does
recognize
> the chip type (Nvidia). I ran Add Hardware wizard to no avail. I recently
> downloaded another nvidia driver set (77.65) that is supposed to be
> compatible with the Ti500, and that also reports that there are no
compatible
> cards to continue install.
>
> Any ideas on what I can/should check for? The Bios is set to AGP on start
> and I do not see any warnings during startup.
>
> Any help would be appreciated...
>

I noticed that NVidia has systematically been removing older models from
their newset drivers. Perhaps you can try one of the drivers in the archive
(http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-6..._archive.html).

The strange thing is that the release notes for 77.72 claim that the Ti500
is supported, where as the link to " Supported Products" on the driver
download page does not.

Good luck.

Thanks Sven, that solved my problem. Now I gotta get 64 bit drivers for my
samsung monitor...

"Sven" wrote:

> I noticed that NVidia has systematically been removing older models from
> their newset drivers. Perhaps you can try one of the drivers in the archive
> (http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-6..._archive.html).
>
> The strange thing is that the release notes for 77.72 claim that the Ti500
> is supported, where as the link to " Supported Products" on the driver
> download page does not.
>
> Good luck.