Reinstall

Pobby

I have just done the above using XP. Things look OK but when I look in device manager it isn`t showing my Nvidia graphics card. Tried a game today and again it`s not picking up the card. Any suggestions please?

Donnie

Have you installed the Nvidia driver?

wizk1

Are there any hardware devices in your device manager that are showing as uninstalled? First suggestion would be to go to nVidia's website, download and install the driver.

wizk1

What Donnie said:rotfl:

Pobby

Wow that was quick. Dufus here, forgot which Nvidia card it is. About £50, 8 months ago. Is there a generic driver. I think AOpen has one.

Richard_Wells

Doh! Keep pressing the Thanks button instead of Reply

Get Device Manager to "search the internet" for one automatically. Might save you hunting around for the right one

Pobby

I have found a driver on CNet that seems to be a " fit " all Nvidia driver. There is nothing relating to this card that I can see in the device manager.

wizk1

It is more than likely a geforce series card if it is a standalone card (not built into your motherboard).

Also, run windows update. Under the drivers section, it MAY provide a graphics card driver for you to install.

wizk1

Pobby wrote: »

I have found a driver on CNet that seems to be a " fit " all Nvidia driver. There is nothing relating to this card that I can see in the device manager.

It won't tell you what card it is because it isn't installed. The card won't identify itself properly unless the driver is there. Bit of a vicious circle really.

Donnie

Don't just install anything :eek:

Go to the Nvidia website and use their 'Auto-Detect' tool to locate the driver that you need.

Pobby

Oooops! Missed that last post. However the CNet program seems to work and thanks to everyone who has helped.

I have started a coumputer certification course. As you might tell I have really only just started it but all these things helps me to learn. Once again guys, thanks.