Vista - Video driver problem

Hi

I have a PC with 2.5 Gig RAM, P4 3.3 HT CPU and a 256 Meg nVidia card.

I upgraded from XP home to Vista Ultimate, the graphics performance was very
poor so I uninstalled the Windows driver with the intention of installing the
driver from the nVidia site.
After the uninstall I restarted the PC but got a BOD then the option to
restart normally or safe mode etc.
I tried normal but the PC would only restart in safe mode.

I installed the nVidia driver in safe mode but still cannot start normally.

Anyone with a suggestion on how to fix this problem with my PC.

thanks and regards

What is the error message and error number you get with your BSOD? You
could also try uninstalling the nVidia driver in safe mode and get Windows
Update to offer you a replacement.

"Daniel - Sydney" <DanielSydney@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7A9A9D73-3B44-4ABC-846C-B43D500C0ED0@microsoft.com...
> Hi
>
> I have a PC with 2.5 Gig RAM, P4 3.3 HT CPU and a 256 Meg nVidia card.
>
> I upgraded from XP home to Vista Ultimate, the graphics performance was
> very
> poor so I uninstalled the Windows driver with the intention of installing
> the
> driver from the nVidia site.
> After the uninstall I restarted the PC but got a BOD then the option to
> restart normally or safe mode etc.
> I tried normal but the PC would only restart in safe mode.
>
> I installed the nVidia driver in safe mode but still cannot start
> normally.
>
> Anyone with a suggestion on how to fix this problem with my PC.
>
> thanks and regards

Hi, thanks for the response,

I have noit been able to write the error down it is too long and dissapears,
it is something like 07o0000cx and a lot more.

I have tried to do windows update but cannot work out how to get it to look
for hardware drivers, I only get software updates.

I posted a request for help on the Update site but all I got was a lot of
smart Alec replyes about not using Windows updates for hardware drivers and
changing to a Mac.

cheers

"John Barnes" wrote:

> What is the error message and error number you get with your BSOD? You
> could also try uninstalling the nVidia driver in safe mode and get Windows
> Update to offer you a replacement.
>
> "Daniel - Sydney" <DanielSydney@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7A9A9D73-3B44-4ABC-846C-B43D500C0ED0@microsoft.com...
> > Hi
> >
> > I have a PC with 2.5 Gig RAM, P4 3.3 HT CPU and a 256 Meg nVidia card.
> >
> > I upgraded from XP home to Vista Ultimate, the graphics performance was
> > very
> > poor so I uninstalled the Windows driver with the intention of installing
> > the
> > driver from the nVidia site.
> > After the uninstall I restarted the PC but got a BOD then the option to
> > restart normally or safe mode etc.
> > I tried normal but the PC would only restart in safe mode.
> >
> > I installed the nVidia driver in safe mode but still cannot start
> > normally.
> >
> > Anyone with a suggestion on how to fix this problem with my PC.
> >
> > thanks and regards
>
>

You can select the option using F8 to not automatically reboot, or something
like that and you will be able to write down the code and message.
Windows updates does provide drivers, but you need to do the custom update,
if I recall, but you can uninstall the nVidia driver in Control
Panel/Programs/uninstall a program. Then go into device manager and for
your display adapter, if it shows your video card, uninstall, then go to
the top and do a scan for hardware changes. When your display adapter is
shown, or if still there, do an update driver, let it search for the best
driver, and make sure you are online so it can search there. If it finds
one, install it, otherwise reboot and see if you can normal boot.

"Daniel - Sydney" <DanielSydney@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:782638D9-7940-40D9-9EAA-A80A3165E32E@microsoft.com...
> Hi, thanks for the response,
>
> I have noit been able to write the error down it is too long and
> dissapears,
> it is something like 07o0000cx and a lot more.
>
> I have tried to do windows update but cannot work out how to get it to
> look
> for hardware drivers, I only get software updates.
>
> I posted a request for help on the Update site but all I got was a lot of
> smart Alec replyes about not using Windows updates for hardware drivers
> and
> changing to a Mac.
>
> cheers
>
> "John Barnes" wrote:
>
>> What is the error message and error number you get with your BSOD? You
>> could also try uninstalling the nVidia driver in safe mode and get
>> Windows
>> Update to offer you a replacement.
>>
>> "Daniel - Sydney" <DanielSydney@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:7A9A9D73-3B44-4ABC-846C-B43D500C0ED0@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > I have a PC with 2.5 Gig RAM, P4 3.3 HT CPU and a 256 Meg nVidia card.
>> >
>> > I upgraded from XP home to Vista Ultimate, the graphics performance was
>> > very
>> > poor so I uninstalled the Windows driver with the intention of
>> > installing
>> > the
>> > driver from the nVidia site.
>> > After the uninstall I restarted the PC but got a BOD then the option to
>> > restart normally or safe mode etc.
>> > I tried normal but the PC would only restart in safe mode.
>> >
>> > I installed the nVidia driver in safe mode but still cannot start
>> > normally.
>> >
>> > Anyone with a suggestion on how to fix this problem with my PC.
>> >
>> > thanks and regards
>>
>>

hi
i was using a nvidia fx5700 oc i kept getting blue screen n shut down so
after 4 days of looking about the web for better drivers for the card i
decided to install a radieon 9250 128md card i had sitting about

so downloaded the drivers from ati and all is ok now , before with the
nvidia card i could'nt watch any video but now can sod nvidia gunna get a
256mb card from ATI


"John Barnes" wrote:

>
> You can select the option using F8 to not automatically reboot, or something
> like that and you will be able to write down the code and message.
> Windows updates does provide drivers, but you need to do the custom update,
> if I recall, but you can uninstall the nVidia driver in Control
> Panel/Programs/uninstall a program. Then go into device manager and for
> your display adapter, if it shows your video card, uninstall, then go to
> the top and do a scan for hardware changes. When your display adapter is
> shown, or if still there, do an update driver, let it search for the best
> driver, and make sure you are online so it can search there. If it finds
> one, install it, otherwise reboot and see if you can normal boot.
>
> "Daniel - Sydney" <DanielSydney@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:782638D9-7940-40D9-9EAA-A80A3165E32E@microsoft.com...
> > Hi, thanks for the response,
> >
> > I have noit been able to write the error down it is too long and
> > dissapears,
> > it is something like 07o0000cx and a lot more.
> >
> > I have tried to do windows update but cannot work out how to get it to
> > look
> > for hardware drivers, I only get software updates.
> >
> > I posted a request for help on the Update site but all I got was a lot of
> > smart Alec replyes about not using Windows updates for hardware drivers
> > and
> > changing to a Mac.
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > "John Barnes" wrote:
> >
> >> What is the error message and error number you get with your BSOD? You
> >> could also try uninstalling the nVidia driver in safe mode and get
> >> Windows
> >> Update to offer you a replacement.
> >>
> >> "Daniel - Sydney" <DanielSydney@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >> message
> >> news:7A9A9D73-3B44-4ABC-846C-B43D500C0ED0@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi
> >> >
> >> > I have a PC with 2.5 Gig RAM, P4 3.3 HT CPU and a 256 Meg nVidia card.
> >> >
> >> > I upgraded from XP home to Vista Ultimate, the graphics performance was
> >> > very
> >> > poor so I uninstalled the Windows driver with the intention of
> >> > installing
> >> > the
> >> > driver from the nVidia site.
> >> > After the uninstall I restarted the PC but got a BOD then the option to
> >> > restart normally or safe mode etc.
> >> > I tried normal but the PC would only restart in safe mode.
> >> >
> >> > I installed the nVidia driver in safe mode but still cannot start
> >> > normally.
> >> >
> >> > Anyone with a suggestion on how to fix this problem with my PC.
> >> >
> >> > thanks and regards
> >>
> >>
>
>