Help with ASUS V9950 ULTRA TVD

[kevinsmith]

It won't work with the GART (AGP controller) driver installed. XP PRO SP1, ASUS P4C800-E DELUXE, 550w p/s, 2GB Corsair CMX512-3500C2. When I do a fresh install, instead of installing the AGP Controller driver XP installs the (also compatible) PCI Standard PCI-to-PCI bridge driver. That works, it boots and runs 3D, but about 40% slower and 3D Mark indicates it's not using AGP (AGP memory = 0). When I install the proper driver, it tries to boot but then goes blank right before the user logon screen before desktop. Everything was working PERFECTLY before I switched cards, my old one was essentially the same...an ASUS V9950 ULTRA TD (no video-in). It's supposed to be the same card except for the video-in. BTW, this new card I just got back from ASUS as I RMA'd my first TVD for the same reason, so I assume that it's been tested and is OK. I know if I call ASUS they'll say something like "Well, have you checked to see that your computer is pluged in?" so I hope somebody here can help me.

 

[Grakus]

I am actually working on a computer that has the Asus V9950/TD video and it was having the same problem. You need to boot into windows safe mode (press F8 right as the "loading windows" screen comes up) and uninstall your current video drivers. Once you do that, reboot your computer and it should load into windows normally, it just have your video set at windows defualts. Now you have 2 options, you can either stick with the 52.xx drivers from the Asus site or you can use the 53.xx drivers from the nvidia site. I have tried both and both work. The 53.xx posted faster 3DMark2003 scores (no over-clocking), BUT did not allow for over clocking as Asus uses thier own tool to do this and the tool does not recognize the 53.xx nVidia made driver as an Asus card and will not install or run. If you want to over-clock, stick with the drivers off the Asus site, otherwise the 53.xx nVidia made drivers are better.

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