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by thechas
The fact that you have boot screens, and the Windows splash, says that the hardware is functioning.
Either the wrong driver is installed, or the driver is setting a refresh rate that is not supported by the monitor.
Boot into safe mode. I believe it is still F8 for XP, and set the display settings to the lowest supported resolution.
Re-boot. If you now have video, perform a Windows update. There was a new nvidia driver as part of the updates posted a couple of weeks ago.
This should take care of your problem.
If not, uninstall whatever nvidia driver was installed, and use the standard XP nvidia driver.
My MX200 is working fine with the Windows driver.
The last time I checked on nvidia's site, the posted XP driver was only for newer video processors, and did not offer support for the older chips as the drivers are built into XP.
The only other thought I have is to make sure that the bios settings are such that the slot (AGP / PCI) your card is in matches the primary video adapter.
by wayneinreno
Chas Thank you, I looked on their web site, and downloaded their driver. I will now however, reinstall the card, and get back to you when I complete the installation.
Again, thanks for the advice, sounds good to me.
by mphoffar
Normally, I'd think the resolution is set higher then what the monitors going to take, but I would first try to manually set the refresh rate for the monitor, say 1024X768@60 hertz. You can find this under list all modes on the adapter tab in the display properties.
You may also just want to just boot into safe mode, change the adapter back to a VGA compatable and when you reinstall the driver, before rebooting, make sure that the maximum values aren't being set when you install the drivers.
Mark
by wayneinreno
Mark your answer was along the same lines as the other advice I received from the chas. Thanks for your time.
WAYNE.
by wayneinreno
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