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Vista - NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX 420 Gone

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Old 07-19-2006   #1 (permalink)
James


 
 

NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX 420 Gone

When I installed Windows Vista it installed divers for my NVIDIA GeForce 4
MX 420 but when I tried to run a game it said that they were out of date so
I ran the Vista Driver update for GeForce cards by NVIDIA and it said that I
do not have any compatible cards so I (very stupidly) went ahead and
installed the old XP drivers in compatibility mode. Well it installed them
but as soon as I try to run a game or run any video files I got a BSOD
relating to the driver file. So i rebooted and loaded Vista then uninstalled
the drivers, well then it said to reboot again, so I did. Well now it has
not re-installed the original GeForce MX 420 drivers and instead has
installed 'Standard VGA Graphics Adapter' well this doesnt work. All my
graphics are a little slower and my games wont run as I do not meet the
requirements needed. Please could someone help me get back the original
drivers that vista installed (without having to format and start again.)

Any help will be very much appreciated. Thankyou.

http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...dVGAdriver.png


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Old 07-19-2006   #2 (permalink)
James


 
 

Re: NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX 420 Gone


I would also like to say that my Windows update does NOT work so I can't
download updates.

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Old 07-19-2006   #3 (permalink)
Bob T.


 
 

Re: NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX 420 Gone

Sounds like a format and reinstall are in order if System Restore won't work
for you. Have you attempted a System Restore? The joys of beta. I'm also
wondering if the reply will tell me that formatting is out of the question
because all the files are not in a saafe place.
"James" <nexus450@homecall.co.uk> wrote in message
news:229BC8A0-BBE6-4044-8BFB-A7FE27BB39E9@microsoft.com...
>
> I would also like to say that my Windows update does NOT work so I can't
> download updates.


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Old 07-20-2006   #4 (permalink)
James


 
 

Re: NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX 420 Gone

System restore does not work. The funny thing is this is a clean install of
Vista just a few days ago. So looks like another clean install is in order.
Thanks anyway.

"Bob T." <bobunderscoretreat@cox.net> wrote in message
news:eYzumb3qGHA.2464@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Sounds like a format and reinstall are in order if System Restore won't
> work for you. Have you attempted a System Restore? The joys of beta.
> I'm also wondering if the reply will tell me that formatting is out of the
> question because all the files are not in a saafe place.
> "James" <nexus450@homecall.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:229BC8A0-BBE6-4044-8BFB-A7FE27BB39E9@microsoft.com...
>>
>> I would also like to say that my Windows update does NOT work so I can't
>> download updates.

>


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Old 07-20-2006   #5 (permalink)
James


 
 

Re: NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX 420 Gone

Ok Re-installed Vista and it has fixed it. I would really like to know
though why it is saying that the total amount of memory on the graphics card
is 0MB?

"James" <nexus450@homecall.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1AD29380-1AC3-4E0C-9314-C8B23A6A87A0@microsoft.com...
> System restore does not work. The funny thing is this is a clean install
> of Vista just a few days ago. So looks like another clean install is in
> order. Thanks anyway.
>
> "Bob T." <bobunderscoretreat@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:eYzumb3qGHA.2464@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Sounds like a format and reinstall are in order if System Restore won't
>> work for you. Have you attempted a System Restore? The joys of beta.
>> I'm also wondering if the reply will tell me that formatting is out of
>> the question because all the files are not in a saafe place.
>> "James" <nexus450@homecall.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:229BC8A0-BBE6-4044-8BFB-A7FE27BB39E9@microsoft.com...
>>>
>>> I would also like to say that my Windows update does NOT work so I can't
>>> download updates.

>>

>


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