NVIDIA GEFORCE 4MX CARD NOT RECOGNIZED

My son loaded a program that overwrote all vga drivers.
Now the PC sees an ATI rage card, and WILL NOT load
nvidia drivers. When removing and re-installing the
device, trough hardware control, XP does not display the
entire manufacturers list, but only ATI, and refuses to
load other (nvidia)drivers.
Also loading from CD fails, it says installation
complete, but in fact nothing is changed.
We tried re-installing XP, with no success. Using
hardware control states that the device is not working
properly (yeah we noticed THAT!) but loading other
drivers also fails trough this route, message is: no
better drivers found.... If there is no solution, my only
option is format C and start from scratch.....

Hi Koen,

Here's how to force install the latest Nvidia drivers in Safe Mode.

Before you update your drivers, I recommend that you install DirectX 9.0b*:
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...90b_redist.exe

Here are the steps I recommend you use to update your driver. If you've
never done this before I recommend you also look over the Nvidia's FAQ: http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=support_faqs

2. Download the latest driver v. 45.23 for your Nvidia Card:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_45.23

3. Save the .exe driver in My Documents\My Drivers\Nvidia 4523

4. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key
about once every second as it's rebooting to pick Safe Mode.

5. Click Start / (settings) Control Panel / System / Hardware
Device Manager / expand +Display Adapters / right click on
the adapter, pick "Uninstall", and click No if asked to reboot.

6. Use Control Panel / Add-Remove programs to uninstall the
previous driver (exe)software which may have been installed.

7. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key
about once every second as it's rebooting to pick Safe Mode.

8. If Windows prompts you to install the adapter, click "Cancel".

9. Double click the 44.03 driver we saved to My Documents\
Drivers\Geforce folder in step 3 to install.it. If it complains about
Windows Logo Certification just click "Continue". This is normal.

10. After you reboot, go to Control Panel / Display / Settings and
choose 32 bit Color Quality, and 1024x768 Screen Resolution.

TROUBLESHOOTING:

Test your drivers using DXDiag: Click Start / Run / type: DXDIAG
Click the "Test" buttons in the Display, Sound, Music & Network Tabs;
If any of the Display options are Disabled and you cannot Enable them,
your most likely solution would be to update your Chipset Drivers as per:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/Video.html#v11

Along with your Video card, Sound Cards, Motherboard Chipsets,
and Video Monitors may also require updated drivers. Even your
motherboard's BIOS may need to be updated for compatibility with
your Video card. These steps are listed at: http://NibblesNbitsVideo.tk

Perhaps the old Nvidia drivers did not completely uninstall. If that's the
case, use this utility to completely uninstall the drivers and go to step 7:
http://content.guru3d.com/index.php?...atorrip&menu=0

The latest video drivers sometime don't work with a particular game.
(Check the Video suggestions in the readme.txt file in your game folder/CD)
If there's no suggestions, try an older (WHQL) driver, and/or if you still
experience problems try a Beta driver, or even an Omega driver instead:

BETA Drivers: http://download.guru3d.com/
OMEGA Drivers: http://www.omegacorner.com/

There you have it, if you have any questions feel free to post them! :-)

--
Cheers,
Jimmy S.

Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk
Microsoft Online Tech Support: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
Game FAQ's: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
__________________________________________________ _______

"Koen van Klei" wrote in message ...
| My son loaded a program that overwrote all vga drivers.
| Now the PC sees an ATI rage card, and WILL NOT load
| nvidia drivers. When removing and re-installing the
| device, trough hardware control, XP does not display the
| entire manufacturers list, but only ATI, and refuses to
| load other (nvidia)drivers.
| Also loading from CD fails, it says installation
| complete, but in fact nothing is changed.
| We tried re-installing XP, with no success. Using
| hardware control states that the device is not working
| properly (yeah we noticed THAT!) but loading other
| drivers also fails trough this route, message is: no
| better drivers found.... If there is no solution, my only
| option is format C and start from scratch.....

Thanks for posting this reply Jimmy, it explains
everything in great detail.. But unfortunately it does
not work......
I removed the hardware (video adapter) but the system
does not see new hardware when restarted, and also
manually installing the Nividia drivers does not seem to
work. I got them both on the harddrive, and on CD,
(Nvidia version 45.23) when using the installer it runs
very fast and says 100% after approx. 10 secs, which I'm
sure is way too short for installing the whole works.
When using the Windows hardware setup wizard, I can
manually point at installing a video adapter, but the
list that appears is only giving the option of ATI rage
cards, no further choices are available. Looks like
something someway is forced upon the software, I tried
also to find video settings with regedit but no avail.
The program that forced the settings is called ARMY
OPERATIONS....Anybody got any ideas on how to crack this
one???
-----Original Message-----
Hi Koen,

Here's how to force install the latest Nvidia drivers in
Safe Mode.

Before you update your drivers, I recommend that you
install DirectX 9.0b*:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/9/c/c9c8a1d4-
7690-4c98-baf3-0c67e7f3751f/dx90b_redist.exe

Here are the steps I recommend you use to update your
driver. If you've
never done this before I recommend you also look over
the Nvidia's FAQ: http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?
PAGE=support_faqs

2. Download the latest driver v. 45.23 for your Nvidia
Card:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_45.23

3. Save the .exe driver in My Documents\My
Drivers\Nvidia 4523

4. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8
key
about once every second as it's rebooting to pick
Safe Mode.

5. Click Start / (settings) Control Panel / System /
Hardware
Device Manager / expand +Display Adapters / right
click on
the adapter, pick "Uninstall", and click No if asked
to reboot.

6. Use Control Panel / Add-Remove programs to uninstall
the
previous driver (exe)software which may have been
installed.

7. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8
key
about once every second as it's rebooting to pick
Safe Mode.

8. If Windows prompts you to install the adapter,
click "Cancel".

9. Double click the 44.03 driver we saved to My
Documents\
Drivers\Geforce folder in step 3 to install.it. If
it complains about
Windows Logo Certification just click "Continue".
This is normal.

10. After you reboot, go to Control Panel / Display /
Settings and
choose 32 bit Color Quality, and 1024x768 Screen
Resolution.

TROUBLESHOOTING:

Test your drivers using DXDiag: Click Start / Run /
type: DXDIAG
Click the "Test" buttons in the Display, Sound, Music &
Network Tabs;
If any of the Display options are Disabled and you
cannot Enable them,
your most likely solution would be to update your
Chipset Drivers as per:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/Video.html#v11

Along with your Video card, Sound Cards, Motherboard
Chipsets,
and Video Monitors may also require updated drivers.
Even your
motherboard's BIOS may need to be updated for
compatibility with
your Video card. These steps are listed at:
http://NibblesNbitsVideo.tk

Perhaps the old Nvidia drivers did not completely
uninstall. If that's the
case, use this utility to completely uninstall the
drivers and go to step 7:
http://content.guru3d.com/index.php?
page=detonatorrip&menu=0

The latest video drivers sometime don't work with a
particular game.
(Check the Video suggestions in the readme.txt file in
your game folder/CD)
If there's no suggestions, try an older (WHQL) driver,
and/or if you still
experience problems try a Beta driver, or even an Omega
driver instead:

BETA Drivers: http://download.guru3d.com/
OMEGA Drivers: http://www.omegacorner.com/

There you have it, if you have any questions feel free
to post them! :-)

--
Cheers,
Jimmy S.

Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite:
http://nibblesnbits.tk
Microsoft Online Tech Support:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
Game FAQ's: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
scid=FH;[LN];gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
confer any rights.
_________________________________________________ ________

"Koen van Klei" wrote in message
...
| My son loaded a program that overwrote all vga drivers.
| Now the PC sees an ATI rage card, and WILL NOT load
| nvidia drivers. When removing and re-installing the
| device, trough hardware control, XP does not display
the
| entire manufacturers list, but only ATI, and refuses to
| load other (nvidia)drivers.
| Also loading from CD fails, it says installation
| complete, but in fact nothing is changed.
| We tried re-installing XP, with no success. Using
| hardware control states that the device is not working
| properly (yeah we noticed THAT!) but loading other
| drivers also fails trough this route, message is: no
| better drivers found.... If there is no solution, my
only
| option is format C and start from scratch.....


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