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Old 02-17-2009   #1 (permalink)


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Fresh Vista X32 install video problem

I just installed Vista Ultimate X32 on my PC (fresh install hdd formatted) and Vista recognized my NVidia 8600GT video card and installed the drivers... Now my resolution is 600x800 with 4 colors. I uninstalled the drivers and downloaded the latest from NVidia and got the same results. Also when I look at the info in Device Manager it shows it as a NVidia 8600GT but has 2 little yellow marks next to it. When I go into the advanced area (for identifying the card) it has every item as N/A or unknown. Before the format my OS was XP and it was working flawlessly. I am at a loss as to what the problem is.

BTW. I had tried to upgrade my XP with Windows 7 when it first came out in Beta) and had the same result. I was hoping that the problem was because I was upgrading or that there wasn't a proper driver so I purchased the full version of Vista Ultimate.


tia,
Ron


Last edited by ellisr63; 02-17-2009 at 03:42 PM..
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Old 02-17-2009   #2 (permalink)


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Re: Fresh Vista X32 install video problem

followup... I have found out that it is giving an error code of 12. I am going to flash the bios to the latest to see if this solves the problem.
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Old 02-18-2009   #3 (permalink)


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Re: Fresh Vista X32 install video problem

solved it with a bios update and a format, then reinstalled.
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