Windows XP not recognizing 8800GTS video card

MakaVillian

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Jun 15, 2009
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I got a new monitor (HP w1907) and hooked it up to my computer. After installing new drivers and trying to get the resolution higher than 1440x900 I decided to run Windows Update since I haven't run it in ages. About half way through (during the installation of IE 8 I believe) I got a bsod. I restarted the computer and at the windows boot up screen again the bsod came up. I restart again and the same thing happens, so I restart in safe mode and windows boots up fine. I restart the computer yet again and go into the advanced startup menu and choose the 'last stable configuration option' and finally windows boots properly, except for the fact that my mouse doesn't work and my Nvidia display driver isn't showing up. Now on the bsod I recall seeing something to the effect of "IRQ_NOT_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO".

I fix the mouse problem easily enough but reinstalling the mouse drivers. I attempt to do the same thing with my video card but it doesn't seem to have any effect. By that I mean it goes through the install routine fine and tells me to restart but when I do restart nothing has changed. I've tried this after uninstalling the old drivers, using driver sweeper and reinstalling brand new drivers from nvidia's website and the drivers that came with my video card originally and the same thing happens every time. I've done this 5-10 times with no change. In my device manager, the display adapter has a yellow ! on it and the device status says "Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)". my display works but under the display properties settings tab it only says: (Default Monitor) on. I'm at a stand still, is my only option a repair from the windows XP install disc?

OS: Windows XP Home 32-bit

System Specs:
AMD Athlon 64 3700+
Enermax 450w PSU
Maxtor 200 GB SATA HDD
DFI Lanparty UT nF4 Ultra-D motherboard
evga GeForce 8800 GTS
HP w1907 LCD monitor
 

Billb2

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Mar 25, 2005
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The driver you currently have installed is either corrupted or the wrong driver.
Windows is using it's default VGA driver instead.
Try using Driver Cleaner Pro. The download and reinstall the correct driver.