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by techhelpguy

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I have a Nvidia Geforce FX 5500 256 mb ddr card

I once put a post on how my monitor screen would never show up after the windows logo on boot-up but after many days of searching and looking for faulty hardware/software that may have messed it up I eventually reached my video card.

I uninstalled my video card's drivers and my computer started to work fine but because it was using windows default driver I can't really do anything. I have attempted downloading all drivers from Nvidia and my computer starts to mess up after every single one of them.
I'm out of ideas and I don't know what to do can anyone help me please?

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by older mycroft

In as much as you may be being tempted into installing nVIDIA drivers that are [b]TOO RECENT[/b].

Invariably, nVIDIA update sites entice owners to keep 'up-to-date' at all costs. An FX5500 is a rather old card by today's standards but nVIDIA still include it in the update releases.

These continuing updated drivers eventually hold little benefit for the older-generations of cards.

My advice is to download and use some of the drivers in the much earlier series. This will guarantee your card will operate efficiently.

Should you wish to continue to upgrade the drivers, do so from that point [u]in small steps[/u] until you inevitably reach the point where you encounter problems again.

by em dubyah

my FX 5500 has dual VGA outputs, if yours is the same, make sure you have your display plugged into the output labelled #1. it sounds like to me if you had a 2nd display attached to the card, your windows desktop would appear on that one.

by majid_sfy2000

Dear sir
Hi, I have same priblem also, if you find any way to solve it, please inform me.
Best regard
majid_sfy2000@yahoo.com

by dumphrey

Nvidia cards used cheep fans at one point. I have a fx5200 on its 3rd fan...
Whan a GPU gets overheated a time or two to many, it may work just fine at lower resolutions (around 8 bit) but lock up it taxed beyond that. Look for a new video card to try. Also, you can search for the nvidia clean up tool, then download and try the latest WHQL driver. My bet is your video card is on its last legs

by karpindur

Hello,

Did you ever find someone to help you out? I just ordered a FX 5500 to replace my old GE Force TI 4600 that had fried. I found your post and would like to know how you made out. It looks like several others have had the same problem, and your post has me a little worried about the card I just ordered.

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