video adaptor disappeared

[JB]

>-----Original Message-----
>Hello group:
>
>I posted this in the hardware section and got no response
>so I think this is a more apropriate place. After a
repair
>installation of Win XP my graphics card
>disappeared from the device manager and the graphics are
>no longer smooth. When a window is moved it is jerky.
>Reinstalling the drivers doesn't work. Asking Windows XP
>to search for new hardware doesn't work. Running the
>graphics card installation CD doesn't work. Device
>manager simply no longer "sees" the video card. The card
>is made by MSI,
>and is an Nvidia Ti4200. Reseated the graphics card and
>that didn't change anything either.
>Everything worked fine until the XP repair operation.
The
>optical mouse also quit but works again now after
>switching from the USB port to the PS2 port with an
>adaptor.
>
>Thanks for any help, Gene
>.
>Boot into your BIOS to inspect for any video/ display
configuration settings which may need changing, or check
for a newer BIOS update to flash in for your motherboard.
Install a system utility and run a diagnostic test. Check
out this one here; http://www.iolo.com/sm/index.htm or
here; http://www.utilitygeek.com/ or;
http://www.v-com.com/product/fi_ind.html
If the motherboard has integrated graphics also, and the
video card was a upgrade,then disable the on board video
from in the BIOS.