ti4400 problems

[doggzilla]

Ok, so I got a PNY Ti4400 today, dropped it in, and installed the drivers that came on the CD (detonator 28.32). After I restarted, I began getting all kinds of weird stuff on my screen (lines, dots, colors) during the boot up process and also when Windows came up. It also seemed to crash alot as I tried using different versions of the detonator drivers. Anyone have any idea of what could be causing this? Bad card? Loose connection in the AGP slot? I should note that I have absolutely no problems when using my Ti200. Anyway, here is my setup:

Asus A7V333 motherboard
512MB Mushkin PC2100
Maxtor 80GB HDD
Windows XP

Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Bothware]

Originally posted by: doggzilla
Ok, so I got a PNY Ti4400 today, dropped it in, and installed the drivers that came on the CD (detonator 28.32). After I restarted, I began getting all kinds of weird stuff on my screen (lines, dots, colors) during the boot up process and also when Windows came up. It also seemed to crash alot as I tried using different versions of the detonator drivers. Anyone have any idea of what could be causing this? Bad card? Loose connection in the AGP slot? I should note that I have absolutely no problems when using my Ti200. Anyway, here is my setup:

Asus A7V333 motherboard
512MB Mushkin PC2100
Maxtor 80GB HDD
Windows XP

Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

ooops! look like you didn't remove your old G.Card drivers first! - wreaks havok - Try remove old drivers in safe mode or command prompt then reinstall new drivers.

Being loose in AGP would be detected by MoBo - Id guess its entirely software / driver related!

 

[doggzilla]

Actually, I did remove the old drivers before swapping the card out. Thinking now maybe I should exhange it and try a different card.

 

[PfcJs]

It sounds like you may have a defective card.

I actually switched from a Geforce DDR to a Leadtek Ti4200 based card. I did not unload the driver before switching the card. I figured that since NVidia has a unified driver base, support should be okay since I was already using the 29.42 driver. Anyway, on bootup XP correctly detected my card and everything worked great. I did have to go back to the 28.32 driver though as 29.42 did not shut down my monitor properly when the computer suspends.

Good luck.

PfcJs

 

[Bothware]

Originally posted by: PfcJs
It sounds like you may have a defective card.

I actually switched from a Geforce DDR to a Leadtek Ti4200 based card. I did not unload the driver before switching the card. I figured that since NVidia has a unified driver base, support should be okay since I was already using the 29.42 driver. Anyway, on bootup XP correctly detected my card and everything worked great. I did have to go back to the 28.32 driver though as 29.42 did not shut down my monitor properly when the computer suspends.

Good luck.

PfcJs

I also now think it must be a defOA card!

nVidia's drivers may be unified but sometimes you need to install the g.card mnu's drivers first elase you won't get their 'extras' also the 'extras' off the old card could cause niggles. Ussually OK not to but best to be safe.