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7600gs/nvidia 88.61 drivers
Try this on for size.
1. Re-start into your bios. Check your settings. if your internal card is still active, make sure you change the address to your new card. 2. Go into control panel Add or Remove Software, and remove your current Video drivers. 3. Install new nVidia drivers. (NOTE: At first run at installation, you may get an error stating "device drivers not available" so be ready. What you will do, because at first, the driver EXE will dump your drivers in a temp file, is re-start the setup program. It will find the temp file with the driver information, and install the driver correctly. (Should) Now, if you are upgrading from an ATI chipset, you may want to look for the ATI loaded software that was part of that driver pack. Many times, the ATI driver files may go away, but the ATI graphics controls are still there. Well, they don't jive with nVidia. And vice versa. Hope this helps :-) "Adam" wrote: I am having the exact same problem. The drivers get an error upon install (Will either get a timeout error, or a driver install problem) And only with my 7600 GS 512. Screen goes blank, system won't start (I can start in Safe Mode). Unlike everyone else, I actually got x64 to install with both cards enabled. I tried with just one card and no luck... It is starting to look like an ASUS/nVidia x16 problem though ASUS P5N32 SLI Deluxe Pentium D 930 GeForce 7600 GS 512 4 GB Corsair RAM (DDR2 667) Anyone else got any other ideas. I have redownloaded the drivers 3 times and no go. I tried a manual install after unzipping the exe file. I'm going crazy. Could it be that the system can't map that much memory (seems wierd but I've seen wierder in my days). "Agnot" wrote: I got vista 64x installed w/o a problem but for some reason when I install the nvidia 88.61 drivers for my 7600gs the system reboots when the install is done then wont boot back up. its goes past the boot screens and then goes black, monitor does not lose signal its just black. Now and then BSOD but most of the time its just black. amd 64+ 3200 evga 7600gs gigabyte k8n-sli mb any idea's? I have tried some of the older drivers such as the 87.15 and 87.45 but got the same thing or the drivers would be disabled by windows |
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7600gs/nvidia 88.61 drivers
96.85 is the right driver for that card (in vista)
"Gene Fitz" wrote in message ... Try this on for size. 1. Re-start into your bios. Check your settings. if your internal card is still active, make sure you change the address to your new card. 2. Go into control panel Add or Remove Software, and remove your current Video drivers. 3. Install new nVidia drivers. (NOTE: At first run at installation, you may get an error stating "device drivers not available" so be ready. What you will do, because at first, the driver EXE will dump your drivers in a temp file, is re-start the setup program. It will find the temp file with the driver information, and install the driver correctly. (Should) Now, if you are upgrading from an ATI chipset, you may want to look for the ATI loaded software that was part of that driver pack. Many times, the ATI driver files may go away, but the ATI graphics controls are still there. Well, they don't jive with nVidia. And vice versa. Hope this helps :-) "Adam" wrote: I am having the exact same problem. The drivers get an error upon install (Will either get a timeout error, or a driver install problem) And only with my 7600 GS 512. Screen goes blank, system won't start (I can start in Safe Mode). Unlike everyone else, I actually got x64 to install with both cards enabled. I tried with just one card and no luck... It is starting to look like an ASUS/nVidia x16 problem though ASUS P5N32 SLI Deluxe Pentium D 930 GeForce 7600 GS 512 4 GB Corsair RAM (DDR2 667) Anyone else got any other ideas. I have redownloaded the drivers 3 times and no go. I tried a manual install after unzipping the exe file. I'm going crazy. Could it be that the system can't map that much memory (seems wierd but I've seen wierder in my days). "Agnot" wrote: I got vista 64x installed w/o a problem but for some reason when I install the nvidia 88.61 drivers for my 7600gs the system reboots when the install is done then wont boot back up. its goes past the boot screens and then goes black, monitor does not lose signal its just black. Now and then BSOD but most of the time its just black. amd 64+ 3200 evga 7600gs gigabyte k8n-sli mb any idea's? I have tried some of the older drivers such as the 87.15 and 87.45 but got the same thing or the drivers would be disabled by windows |
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7600gs/nvidia 88.61 drivers
96.85 (beta)does not cause that blank out problem.
96.85 is better than 88.61(beta) "Nero" wrote in message ... 96.85 is the right driver for that card (in vista) "Gene Fitz" wrote in message ... Try this on for size. 1. Re-start into your bios. Check your settings. if your internal card is still active, make sure you change the address to your new card. 2. Go into control panel Add or Remove Software, and remove your current Video drivers. 3. Install new nVidia drivers. (NOTE: At first run at installation, you may get an error stating "device drivers not available" so be ready. What you will do, because at first, the driver EXE will dump your drivers in a temp file, is re-start the setup program. It will find the temp file with the driver information, and install the driver correctly. (Should) Now, if you are upgrading from an ATI chipset, you may want to look for the ATI loaded software that was part of that driver pack. Many times, the ATI driver files may go away, but the ATI graphics controls are still there. Well, they don't jive with nVidia. And vice versa. Hope this helps :-) "Adam" wrote: I am having the exact same problem. The drivers get an error upon install (Will either get a timeout error, or a driver install problem) And only with my 7600 GS 512. Screen goes blank, system won't start (I can start in Safe Mode). Unlike everyone else, I actually got x64 to install with both cards enabled. I tried with just one card and no luck... It is starting to look like an ASUS/nVidia x16 problem though ASUS P5N32 SLI Deluxe Pentium D 930 GeForce 7600 GS 512 4 GB Corsair RAM (DDR2 667) Anyone else got any other ideas. I have redownloaded the drivers 3 times and no go. I tried a manual install after unzipping the exe file. I'm going crazy. Could it be that the system can't map that much memory (seems wierd but I've seen wierder in my days). "Agnot" wrote: I got vista 64x installed w/o a problem but for some reason when I install the nvidia 88.61 drivers for my 7600gs the system reboots when the install is done then wont boot back up. its goes past the boot screens and then goes black, monitor does not lose signal its just black. Now and then BSOD but most of the time its just black. amd 64+ 3200 evga 7600gs gigabyte k8n-sli mb any idea's? I have tried some of the older drivers such as the 87.15 and 87.45 but got the same thing or the drivers would be disabled by windows |