Edit: I fixed it! (I was causing the problem myself but uninstalling the chip in the first place when i should have been disabling it instead)
Ok... I looked for about an hour and decided i would have to make a new thread for my specific problem... so sorry if im making my first post in an odd place
I recently installed a NVIDIA GeForce 5500 FX PCI 256MB DDR video card
followed directions as best i could, and disabled the Intel integrated graphics... but my PC insists on REinstalling the intel integrated graphics controller upon restart... It left me alone for awhile and i could run Counter Strike : Condition Zero moderately well (low frames after playing for over an hour) but after allowing my computer to update itself (while using IE to dowload firefox for a reinstall, IE randomly decided my home page was going to be the microsoft site for the day) and since then no matter what i do the computer insists on trying to reinstall the intel integrated graphics thing...
so my question is, how do I make this stop? how do i keep the computer from giving me the dreaded "found new hardware" bubble when im using a FAR superior (REAL) video card already?
is there something i do in the BIOS (i hope not, i dont like messing around in there) or on the motherboard itself?
i have some basic info about my comp in my signature but im going to use "PolSystemInfo" to find all my PC specs and just copy paste them below, I just hope its enough info to help someone figure out how to kill that evil integrated chip...
=============================== System =================================
CPU = Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Processor with MMX
CPU Speed = 2938 MHz
No. of CPUs = 1
OS = Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 Ver 5.01.2600
Version of DirectX = DirectX 9.0
Main Memory = Capacity: 503MB : Free Space: 129MB
Drive [C:\] = Local Disk Free Space: 7.31 GB (Capacity: 31.67 GB )
Drive [D:\] = Local Disk Free Space: 868.45 MB (Capacity: 5.58 GB )
Drive [J:\] = Local Disk Free Space: 59.47 GB (Capacity: 74.53 GB )
Graphics Card = NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
Type of Chip = Unknown Video Chip
Video Driver = nv4_disp.dll
Version = 6.14.10.8198
Updated = Saturday, December 10, 2005 4:06 AM
VendorId = 0x10DE
DeviceId = 0x0326
SubSysId = 0x0000
Revision = 161
VRAM = 256.0MB
AvailableVidMem = 252.0MB
AvailableTextureMem = 431.0MB
Sound Card = Realtek AC97 Audio
Sound Driver = ALCXWDM.SYS
Version = 5.10.00.6020
Updated = Wednesday, February 08, 2006 4:44 PM
Network Card = Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Network Driver = R8139n51.SYS
Version = 5.505.1004.2002
Updated = Friday, October 04, 2002 7:04 PM
Motherboard = Gamila/Giovani/Neon series
Manufacturer = MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD
Version = 030
Serial Number = 4610813590
Ok... I looked for about an hour and decided i would have to make a new thread for my specific problem... so sorry if im making my first post in an odd place
I recently installed a NVIDIA GeForce 5500 FX PCI 256MB DDR video card
followed directions as best i could, and disabled the Intel integrated graphics... but my PC insists on REinstalling the intel integrated graphics controller upon restart... It left me alone for awhile and i could run Counter Strike : Condition Zero moderately well (low frames after playing for over an hour) but after allowing my computer to update itself (while using IE to dowload firefox for a reinstall, IE randomly decided my home page was going to be the microsoft site for the day) and since then no matter what i do the computer insists on trying to reinstall the intel integrated graphics thing...
so my question is, how do I make this stop? how do i keep the computer from giving me the dreaded "found new hardware" bubble when im using a FAR superior (REAL) video card already?
is there something i do in the BIOS (i hope not, i dont like messing around in there) or on the motherboard itself?
i have some basic info about my comp in my signature but im going to use "PolSystemInfo" to find all my PC specs and just copy paste them below, I just hope its enough info to help someone figure out how to kill that evil integrated chip...
=============================== System =================================
CPU = Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Processor with MMX
CPU Speed = 2938 MHz
No. of CPUs = 1
OS = Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 Ver 5.01.2600
Version of DirectX = DirectX 9.0
Main Memory = Capacity: 503MB : Free Space: 129MB
Drive [C:\] = Local Disk Free Space: 7.31 GB (Capacity: 31.67 GB )
Drive [D:\] = Local Disk Free Space: 868.45 MB (Capacity: 5.58 GB )
Drive [J:\] = Local Disk Free Space: 59.47 GB (Capacity: 74.53 GB )
Graphics Card = NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
Type of Chip = Unknown Video Chip
Video Driver = nv4_disp.dll
Version = 6.14.10.8198
Updated = Saturday, December 10, 2005 4:06 AM
VendorId = 0x10DE
DeviceId = 0x0326
SubSysId = 0x0000
Revision = 161
VRAM = 256.0MB
AvailableVidMem = 252.0MB
AvailableTextureMem = 431.0MB
Sound Card = Realtek AC97 Audio
Sound Driver = ALCXWDM.SYS
Version = 5.10.00.6020
Updated = Wednesday, February 08, 2006 4:44 PM
Network Card = Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Network Driver = R8139n51.SYS
Version = 5.505.1004.2002
Updated = Friday, October 04, 2002 7:04 PM
Motherboard = Gamila/Giovani/Neon series
Manufacturer = MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD
Version = 030
Serial Number = 4610813590