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Uninstalling Graphic Card Drivers

Magik Med
06-17-2006, 04:41 PM
Ok so I bought a new graphics card and in the instructions it says I have to uninstall my old graphic card driver first. I have been told several times to go to control panel > Add/Remove Programs, and then uninstall my driver. I do this and I see absolutely NOTHING driver-related in this list. Do I have to go to windows componants or should it be in the programs list? If someone could help me out with this I would greatly appreciate it.

fastco
06-17-2006, 05:21 PM
Try this tool.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Driver_Cleaner_Professional_d3214.html

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06-17-2006, 05:21 PM
  

iss
06-17-2006, 05:24 PM
What kind of card is this? ATI or Nvidia? if the dirver doesnt show in add\remove you can uninstall the driver in device manager. or for a more through removal you can use Driver cleaner Pro, a freeware driver cleaner that works for both ATI and Nvidia cards.

http://www.drivercleaner.net/

Magik Med
06-17-2006, 05:34 PM
Its nothing fancy really I just bought it so I could play Strongold 2, Its a Nvidia G-eforce MX 4000 - 128mb DDR. Im downloading the program Fatsco reccommended currently, I hope it works!

Magik Med
06-17-2006, 05:40 PM
Ok, I downloaded the program now I need to pick a section to clean. If I pick s3 Savage is that my old graphic cards driver? Also do you think it has more than one?

Magik Med
06-17-2006, 06:38 PM
Ok, I couldnt figure out how to use the Driver Cleaner so I did it manually through device manager. I power down unplug all cords and put in my new Graphics Card and turn it back on and nothing happens. My monitor wont come on, do you think I should Install the new driver and then put the graphics card in?

fastco
06-17-2006, 06:54 PM
It can't hurt to install the new card and drivers..

Magik Med
06-18-2006, 12:13 AM
Ok I've tried like...everything. I went to device manager like I said uninstalled the driver, unplugged all cords put in the new card and I plug the monitor into the card and it doesnt work. And when I try to install the new drivers I get a NVIDIA Setup Error that says this "The NVIDIA setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. Setup will now exit." I would GREATLY appreciate it if someone could really help me to get this working.

iss
06-18-2006, 12:52 AM
Was your old Graphics a stand alone card or onboard graphics? if it was onboard you need to disable the onboard video in the bios.

might be a good idea to tell us your hardware spec's. IE motherboard, Ram etc.

Magik Med
06-18-2006, 01:01 AM
If by onboard you mean it came with my motehrboard then yes, its that. I have a MSI P4MAM2-V motherboard, and two Kingston 512MB RAM sticks. Can you explain to me how I disable the video in BIOS?

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06-18-2006, 01:01 AM
  

Magik Med
06-18-2006, 01:51 AM
Lol I found the problem, I went to BIOS and my computer was choosing to read the AGP slot rather than my PCI slot. Now I have my monitor plugged into the graphic card but I tried installign the driver from the cd that came with it and I got the same message. Could this driver be out of date? If so could someone provide a driver that will work? It would be much appreciated.

iss
06-18-2006, 02:41 AM
you can either go to the card makers website and download the drivers or go to Nvidia's web site and download thier reference drivers.

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