Monitor turns off on boot with Nvidia graphics card

Hi. If anyone's still there. I did a repair as suggested and my monitor now comes on and stays on. However, there are a few problems; my display is slow and I've tried to install the Nvidia software from their site. It won't install and can't find hardware to support it.
I'm off to push everything over a cliff....

Try finding the software at www.driversguide.com.

Signing up is free and it is an okay website.

Baltan

Thank you Baltan.
I discovered I had an account with them! Must've forgotten.
I can't fix this. I can't install any Nvidia software. Tried various. I can't remove some that's there. The thing is, when I try running 'dxdiag' it doesn't show my card at all, and my monitor is connected to my card! Help!
Please?!
Thank you
GD

boot up in safe mode

go [right click my computer>properties>hardware tab>device manager]
find the video adaptors tree, delete all relating to video card/drivers.
find a app (maybe on the nvidia website, or google it) that will clean out all the display drivers from your system and run it. reboot.
try installing the drivers (may autodetect sometimes).

Many thanks N3051M but I'm not having much luck here.

I can't find any relevant references to my card in my tree which i've included a snap-shot of.

I can't uninstall the Nvidia reference in my add/remove and running Driver Cleaner 3 didn't do it either. I ran it in safe-mode and everything as required.

Everytime I try to install an Nvidia driver it tells me "The nvidia setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. Setup will now exit"

I don't understand why the card is recognised in my friends PC but not in mine and the monitor is connected to it.

ANYmore help would be welcome. Thanks.

GD

Is it possible to uninstall the Display Adaptors and still have video output?
Because this is what you've done apparently, you have no Display Adpators in the Device Manager. See my pic attachment. (office PC).

Is it possible you are running off on-brd graphics? Is your monitor plug into the video card or some video connector on the mobo?

Thanks Kirock.
Ha, apparently I seem to be able to do that yes! What's that all about!
My monitor is plugged into my Nvidia card at the moment. I can run it through the motherboard but only if the card is removed.
GD

I don't know what's up with that, it is pretty weird. Make sure your Plug and Play services are enabled and started. Start/Run cmd/type "services.msc" (w/o quotes). Also reboot and enter the BIOS, check that the AGP X4 or X8 is enabled and turn -off on brd graphics.

Cheers.

Thank you again Kirock.
Plug and Play services are enabled, I'm off to check the BIOS
Cheers
G

Everything fine in the bios it seems.
I did notice however that on boot up, the first thing I saw was
128MB NVIDIA GEFORCE4 MX 4000 BIOS
before the usual appears. So it seems to recognise it's existence somewhere!
Thanks.
G

Try running an sfc scan. use start-->run--> sfc /scannow . This should find any missing windows drivers and hopefully fix the missing display adaptors in DM.
(you'll prob need the XP cd in the drive to complete it).

Thanks Kirock. Tried that and nothing changed unfortunately.
I'm really pleased with all you folk's help. I'm sorry I don't seem to be getting anywhere near the answer. Nvidia site was no help. They mailed me to ask me to make sure the card was plugged in properly!
I really don't want to format my HD and start again with all that entails. Any more suggestions would be recieved gratefully.
Again, many thanks.
GD

I think you're going to have to try a Windows repair. Do NOT do this from the Recovery Console. Follow these instructions here:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

You will need to reinstall any service paks when you are done.

Cheers.

Edit: I forgot to ask have you tried a system restore?

Hi Kirock,
Thanks. I tried windows repair but still no recognition of card.
System restore didn't go far back enough to when I got the pc last year. Perhaps the only thing left is reformatting but I really want to use that as a last resort.
I'm learning a few new things from all your good advice though and it's great you and the others have taken time to help me.
I would be grateful of any other advice. I will post here any resolution so that it can be shared with anyone else with a similar problem in the future.
Much obliged.
GD

Fixed!!

Hello all.
You might like to know that my PC now recognises my display adapter!
I had a moment of clarity tonight and tried the motherboard installation disk. I ran the SiS AGP PCI-to-PCI Bridge Driver and then restarted. The XP balloon appeared and told me it had found new hardware - my graphic card! Yahooo!
If only I'd just done that to begin with ...I hear you!
Thanks to all for your help, really. It was much appreciated. I learned a few extra tricks.
I hope someone finds this useful should they find themselves with a similar problem.
Many thanks
Greg

Excellent! I thought you had tried updating all the mobo drivers so that solution never occurred me. Glad you got it fixed. Did you get the lastest drivers installed ok?

Cheers

Hey Kirock,
Guess you can't overlook anything with novices like me! :giddy:
As soon as it discovered the card it found the drivers itself. I assume they're the latest but then, maybe I'd better check. Just worried about fiddling with it now! LOL
My display is working much better though now!
Thanks!
GD

same problem

Dear GD,

i have the same issue as you have..... i shifted my pc and now while booting its not displaying anything after the windows xp startup screen.

in the end of the first page of this thread you have mentioned that you resolved the problem.

can you please explain that in steps as how you did it..

it will be useful for all as well as me...

thanks in advance thanks...

ram

Hi Ram,
It might not work just the same but if you remove the card and connect the monitor into the motherboard (assuming you can) it should boot normally. (If not it must be something else) All I did was use the motherboard installation disk and I ran the SiS AGP PCI-to-PCI Bridge Driver (or equivalent). Turn off. Put your card back in and connect the monitor and hopefully it will recognise your card.
I did it slightly differently in that I tried an XP repair as suggested which, although the monitor was connected to the card, it stopped it turning off at bootup. It meant I had to reinstall SP2 and all the updates again which went mostly ok. Some programs may need to be reinstalled.
Any help?
Let me know
G

Ramesh,

It's not the same problem. You can see the Windows logo and then it reboots right (or hangs)? This sounds like a HDD boot sector failure/damage. I.e. when you moved the PC).
Do you have the Win XP cd?