Steve001

iTrader: (7)

Just updated my pc at home with XP pro.

no software installed yet and the system compat check says there's no problems???

My graphics card is a NVIDIA AGP (16meg). The problem is that when i change the diplay settings the screen go's blank (and stays blank) intil i power off and on again.

BTW all the settings are there upto 1600 x 15?? res.

any ideas, or should i just get another card? also i dont do games so a 16meg card is ok for my needs, i will change it if i have to.

Thanks

Steve

ScoobyDoo555

get the latest drivers for your card from NVidia......

That shoud sort out your problem - I've had examples of when XP saidthere were or weren't compatability issues, and of course, this was proved wrong....


Best of luck

Dan

Tony_W

Have you checked to make sure the refresh rate isn't too high for your graphics card?

Steve001

iTrader: (7)

This is what i luuuuurv about S/N

thanks for the quick replys

i down loaded the drivers yeaterday (i updated from the old win98)

also i tried the refresh rate and set it to the lowest 60Hz

strange one this? (but that windows for ya

Looks like a new card then

king_tut

I had this on my mates computer and the only I could get round it was to change the card. his was a bit worse as you would get the logon screen log on and then black screen, foredver, even tried all the graphics settings etc and nothing. Its a bit of a ****** as he had a nice graphics card :-(

pthomlinson@hotmail.com

may be that there's nothing wrong with the graphics card but its the monitor that cant handle it.

have you tried upping the resolution 1 setting at a time?

Steve001

iTrader: (7)

Yes the monitor can handle res settings so high that the icons are tiny so i never usually have it higher than 1280x1024 this however was when i was using 98SE

XP has the setting at 640x480 at the mo and wont even except 800x600

Just finished downloading yet another driver and will give it a go 2nite. If that fails i will get another card £60 - £70 should get me a half decent one (and less hassle ) i think i may negotiate a 'works or return' sale

thanks again

Steve

Tsunami

check your motherboard agp setting - try lowering speed down / check other graphcis setting in bios