Problem with drivers for nVidia Riva TNT

[arynn]

I have a Creative Labs Graphics Blaster Riva TNT AGP video card on my old computer and am having problems getting it to work in Windows 2000.

My computer:

AMD K6-2 350
DFI Motherboard (forget which model)
nVidia Riva TNT video card
Asound gold sound card
Acer 36 x CD ROM
some V90 modem
IBM Deskstar 75GXP 30 GB
WD 20 GB
Linksys Etherfast NIC
NEC MultiSync XV 15+ monitor

I had been running Windows 98 SE on the computer for the past couple of years. Recently, I wiped the hard drive to clean off a virus and tried to reinstall 98. I initially tried to install the update Via 4 in 1 drivers and the AGP patch along with nVidia's newest video driver.

My computer would reboot into safe mode.

So, I wiped the drive again and tried to reinstall the drivers that shipped (and had worked in the past) with the hardware. I installed the Via AGP patch that came with the motherboard, rebooted and installed the video card using the driver's that came with my video card. Same result.

I finally was able to install 2000 on the computer yesterday (usually it had been hanging up during installation). Since the drivers that shipped with my video card don't work in 2000, I tried to install the newer Via 4 in 1 drivers and nVidia's newest video driver. The video card still doesn't work. (I can use it as a default VGA video card at 16 colors and 800 x 600, but that's the best resolution and color depth I can get.)

Any ideas on how to get my video card working in Windows 2000?

Thanks.

 

[RSI]

<< I have a Creative Labs Graphics Blaster Riva TNT AGP video card on my old computer and am having problems getting it to work in Windows 2000.

My computer:

AMD K6-2 350
DFI Motherboard (forget which model)
nVidia Riva TNT video card
Asound gold sound card
Acer 36 x CD ROM
some V90 modem
IBM Deskstar 75GXP 30 GB
WD 20 GB
Linksys Etherfast NIC
NEC MultiSync XV 15+ monitor

I had been running Windows 98 SE on the computer for the past couple of years. Recently, I wiped the hard drive to clean off a virus and tried to reinstall 98. I initially tried to install the update Via 4 in 1 drivers and the AGP patch along with nVidia's newest video driver.

My computer would reboot into safe mode.

So, I wiped the drive again and tried to reinstall the drivers that shipped (and had worked in the past) with the hardware. I installed the Via AGP patch that came with the motherboard, rebooted and installed the video card using the driver's that came with my video card. Same result.

I finally was able to install 2000 on the computer yesterday (usually it had been hanging up during installation). Since the drivers that shipped with my video card don't work in 2000, I tried to install the newer Via 4 in 1 drivers and nVidia's newest video driver. The video card still doesn't work. (I can use it as a default VGA video card at 16 colors and 800 x 600, but that's the best resolution and color depth I can get.)

Any ideas on how to get my video card working in Windows 2000?

Thanks. >>

Have you tried downloading the latest drivers from nVidia's website?

-RSI

 

[arynn]

Yes I tried the newest drivers from nVidia.

Also, I'm fairly certain the card is working fine since when I installed Red Hat Linux 7.2 it recognized the card and allowed me to run it at 32 bit color @ 1024 x 768.

 

[Mem]

I`ve a stab at this,go into bios disable all video shadowing,and disable system bios cacheable as well,also remember to install this Windows 2000/XP NVidia Refresh Rate Fix ,try and leave PCI slot 1 empty(nearest to AGP slot).You can try just having a minimum setup and see if the Video card runs fine,if so then add the other hardware one at a time until you find the problem.


Also worth getting latest NEC monitor drivers as well.

 

[arynn]

Mem - thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately, they didn't solve my problem.

My problem is that I can't actually install the video card. I ran the executable that contains nVidia's latest driver and it recognized my video card (Riva TNT). When I rebooted, my display adapter was still set to the default. When I go to the device manager I see the Riva TNT adapter listed as being unable to start.

Any more ideas?

 

[Mem]

Hmmm IRQ or driver problem,try going over to Geforce FAQ you can use them for TNT card as well,you might have a similar problem to

<< Q. When I install my GeForce I can only set the card to use 640x480 with 16 colours. How can I fix it?
Make sure that you have 'Assign IRQ to VGA' set in your BIOS setup.

Make sure that you have uninstalled all old video drivers using the uninstallation programs provided, and also try uninstalling old NVIDIA drivers as described in the 'How can I completely uninstall old NVIDIA GeForce or Creative Labs Annihilator drivers?' question.

Make sure that you have installed the latest AGP drivers for your motherboard's chipset.

Make sure that you have the correct monitor drivers installed. If you are using the standard Windows monitor drivers and your monitor does not have specific drivers available, try a different Windows monitor driver.
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[Doh!]

Did you set the display setting at "Standard VGA" before installing the nVidia drivers? Try removing all TNT-related drivers, set the display setting at "standard vga" and install the latest nVidia drivers.

 

[arynn]

I can't figure out how to install my monitor in Windows 2000. When I go to the display properties, settings and select the advanced button it shows me the monitor and adapter (both are system defaults). I can't modify the monitor there as I had been doing in Windows 98. I don't actually have a disk to install the monitor drivers, but I did download the newest drivers from NEC's website. However, there isn't an executable to install the monitor.

If I go to my device manager, there is no monitor listed just my video card.

Could my inability to install the monitor impact the video card working correctly (I don't believe it did in the past - however, when I installed the drivers for my monitor the picture did improve [I think I was able to change the refresh rate])?

Thanks for the previous suggestions, I guess I'll look around nVidia's website some more - the FAQs didn't seem to have the answer; I'll check again.

 

[arynn]

Thanks for the help.

I was finally able to get my video card working. I downloaded Microsoft's VIA-AGP patch and installed that over Via's. Once I did that, the video card worked fine. Oddly, I never had a problem with my newer video card (GeForce 2 GTS) and motherboard (MSI KT7 Turbo-R).

Thanks again.