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Driver uninstall
Hi, I asked a question last week about video card up-grades for my Dimension 2400. I got good advice, and replaced the Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV video card that came with the computer with the GeForce6200 PCI video card, and up-graded the power supply to 450 watts, as well. I thought I properly followed the instructions, but apparently missed some of the associated drivers with the old card, because when I log on, the 'Found new hardware wizard' comes up, and lists the old card. I went into the Device manager section, and I keep having to click on uninstall drivers for the old card, as well as disable the old card. The new card is listed, and I enable it. I guess what I need to know is what all of the associated drivers are for the old card. The computer will play games, but it still has the 'skip' in spots the old one did where the 3d acceleration is needed. Also, now I can't play any media player video, even game downloads we had prior to getting the new card. The system basically goes to a 'terminal loading' mode, and everything slows to a crawl 'til I re-boot. Any advice/direction would be appreciated! Thanks.
System info:
Dimension 2400;Pentium 4 2.4GHz;1 GB RAM; Dell 1905 FP moniter; GeForce 6200 PCI video card.
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January 29th, 2006 17:00
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January 29th, 2006 21:00
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January 29th, 2006 21:00
vaporv --
edit: During the physical card swap, if you do not use a modem to connect to the internet, you will do good to remove the modem from the PCI slot it is in -- especially if that PCI slot is pretty near the graphics card PCI-Express x16 slot. This will give your 6600GT much more breathing space to cool down.
to run the 6600GT in your E510.
WINDOWS HARDWARE MANAGER POPS UP ASKING YOU TO INSTALL
DRIVERS, YOU WILL CANCEL OUT OF THAT POP UP WINDOW IF
AT ALL POSSIBLE.
of which will hopefully clean out the video drivers you
have now. The second part will properly install the
newest drivers which you downloaded.
because you'll be going to a state of physical
disconnection from the internet. I strongly suggest reading
through all steps before doing step 1.
and their settings (such as your antivirus software) before
actually starting this list. That way you won't get
frustrated in the middle of the steps trying to figure
out how to disable your active monitoring antivirus
software.
for the parts related to msconfig and Taskbar. This way
you'll get a look-see at stuff you will find referenced.
drivers are probably on your machine since you have
the bottom of the page on this link:
http://drivercleaner.net/
and you will -->NOT<-- do so. Instead, select to reboot
at a later time.
to power off.
card or wired internet connection. You want to be
completely disconnected, an isolated machine.
programs which you use to protect your machine from
viruses and internet baddies. This would include any
program, currently turned on, which helps to protect
such as antivirus, antispyware, antiadware, etc. In
the next steps, I'll describe a fast and efficient
way to disable these programs.
In the cursor box type there: msconfig [Enter]
In the Startup tab at the far right, you'll want to
unselect (remove check) from anything you see there
which relates to monitoring software. Click Apply.
in msconfig, which is the Services tab. HOWEVER in
this tab go to bottom and select 'Hide Microsoft'.
Then, whatever remains, unselect the stuff related to
your monitoring software. Click Apply OK.
(8) Now reboot, and examine the computer
to satisfy yourself that you were successful in
shutting down monitoring software. One way to verify
this is to right click on any grey/blue space in the taskbar
at the bottom of the screen. Then select Task Manager.
As you look through the Processes tab, you should not
see processes running which are obviously related to
your antivirus/antispyware programs, whatever it is
that you use for that.
through the list carefully for any product mentioning
Intel Graphics or anything mentioning Display Adapter.
If you find anything, select it and
Remove it. [Do NOT reboot computer afterwards!] If you
do not find anything, move on to step 10.
selecting the 'Intel Extreme' removal only from the drop down
menu. Once you click Start, it might take a couple of minutes
for it to clean.
to verify that it removed products. It may not remove anything
if the Extreme graphics filenames do not match what you have
installed at this time, but it's worth that shot.
way to do this (in my opinion) is to do:
Start | Run | type there----> msconfig [Enter] Then on the
Boot.INI tab, select SAFEBOOT minimal.
again. Remove Intel Extreme again.
a Normal Boot mode for Windows by unselecting SAFEBOOT.
the icon for the newest drivers which you downloaded and
which I asked you to save to your Desktop. Go through the dialouge
and install those drivers.
and start up everything you had earlier killed through msconfig.
In other words, turn back on for Startup and Services anything
was previously 'ON' related to protective software.
before powering down to once again connect yourself to the internet.
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January 29th, 2006 21:00