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I have a 3 Ghz XP machine. The graphics card is a Nvidia 6800.
I took it out to check to see if another card was bad. I put in a
5500 long enough to find out it was good. I shut down the computer
and put the 6800 back in. (and plugged the molex plug in)

The computer shows the mobo banner, and shows the Windoze loading
status bar. The status bar makes about 4 passes, and then reboots. A
couple of times it flashed the blue screen of death for just an
instant.

Suggestions?

In article , Metspitzer wrote:
I have a 3 Ghz XP machine. The graphics card is a Nvidia 6800.
I took it out to check to see if another card was bad. I put in a
5500 long enough to find out it was good. I shut down the computer
and put the 6800 back in. (and plugged the molex plug in)

The computer shows the mobo banner, and shows the Windoze loading
status bar. The status bar makes about 4 passes, and then reboots. A
couple of times it flashed the blue screen of death for just an
instant.

Suggestions?

You caused windows XP to think that enough hardware changed to require a
repair install of windows. Once enough changes to hardware is done, windows
considers that you are basically running on a new machine and requires you to
reinstall and reactivate the PC.

Do a google search on how to do a "Repair Install XP"

"Metspitzer" wrote in message
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I have a 3 Ghz XP machine. The graphics card is a Nvidia 6800.
I took it out to check to see if another card was bad. I put in a
5500 long enough to find out it was good. I shut down the computer
and put the 6800 back in. (and plugged the molex plug in)

The computer shows the mobo banner, and shows the Windoze loading
status bar. The status bar makes about 4 passes, and then reboots. A
couple of times it flashed the blue screen of death for just an
instant.

Suggestions?


what did you do about the drivers....

did you remove the 6800 drivers before putting the 5500 board and loading
its drivers then unload them before replacing the 6800 and its drivers ?

On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:06:09 +0100, "Tom E" wrote:


"Metspitzer" wrote in message
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I have a 3 Ghz XP machine. The graphics card is a Nvidia 6800.
I took it out to check to see if another card was bad. I put in a
5500 long enough to find out it was good. I shut down the computer
and put the 6800 back in. (and plugged the molex plug in)

The computer shows the mobo banner, and shows the Windoze loading
status bar. The status bar makes about 4 passes, and then reboots. A
couple of times it flashed the blue screen of death for just an
instant.

Suggestions?


what did you do about the drivers....

did you remove the 6800 drivers before putting the 5500 board and loading
its drivers then unload them before replacing the 6800 and its drivers ?


No I didn't. I have changed video cards before, and never uninstalled
the previous.

I was going to uninstall the drivers after the switch, but there
doesn't seem to be any way to unload the Nvidia manager. I can change
the Nividia nView Desktop manager from disable to enable, but I don't
see any way to remove it.

The only driver in the device manager is for the 5500.

On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:03:49 GMT,
(GMAN) wrote:

In article , Metspitzer wrote:
I have a 3 Ghz XP machine. The graphics card is a Nvidia 6800.
I took it out to check to see if another card was bad. I put in a
5500 long enough to find out it was good. I shut down the computer
and put the 6800 back in. (and plugged the molex plug in)

The computer shows the mobo banner, and shows the Windoze loading
status bar. The status bar makes about 4 passes, and then reboots. A
couple of times it flashed the blue screen of death for just an
instant.

Suggestions?

You caused windows XP to think that enough hardware changed to require a
repair install of windows. Once enough changes to hardware is done, windows
considers that you are basically running on a new machine and requires you to
reinstall and reactivate the PC.

Do a google search on how to do a "Repair Install XP"

By changing a video card twice? I don't think so. I will reserve
this option for later, if I have to.

Thanks

"Metspitzer" wrote in message
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On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:06:09 +0100, "Tom E" wrote:


"Metspitzer" wrote in message
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I have a 3 Ghz XP machine. The graphics card is a Nvidia 6800.
I took it out to check to see if another card was bad. I put in a
5500 long enough to find out it was good. I shut down the computer
and put the 6800 back in. (and plugged the molex plug in)

The computer shows the mobo banner, and shows the Windoze loading
status bar. The status bar makes about 4 passes, and then reboots. A
couple of times it flashed the blue screen of death for just an
instant.

Suggestions?


what did you do about the drivers....

did you remove the 6800 drivers before putting the 5500 board and loading
its drivers then unload them before replacing the 6800 and its drivers ?


No I didn't. I have changed video cards before, and never uninstalled
the previous.

I was going to uninstall the drivers after the switch, but there
doesn't seem to be any way to unload the Nvidia manager. I can change
the Nividia nView Desktop manager from disable to enable, but I don't
see any way to remove it.

The only driver in the device manager is for the 5500.

Add and Remove programs

In article , GMAN
says...

You caused windows XP to think that enough hardware changed to require a
repair install of windows.

Rubbish. I've done a complete motherboard swap going from SiS
chipsetted Athlon XP to an Intel chipsetted P4 and it didn't need a
repair install.


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Conor
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looking good either. - Scott Adams

In article , Metspitzer
says...


No I didn't. I have changed video cards before, and never uninstalled
the previous.

You can usually get away with that if you're going from say onboard to
ATI or ATI to nVidia but when you're doing nVidia to nVidia, sometimes
it can go wrong.



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Conor
www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk
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looking good either. - Scott Adams

"Conor" wrote in message
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In article , Metspitzer
says...


No I didn't. I have changed video cards before, and never uninstalled
the previous.

You can usually get away with that if you're going from say onboard to
ATI or ATI to nVidia but when you're doing nVidia to nVidia, sometimes
it can go wrong.



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Conor
www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk
I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't
looking good either. - Scott Adams

Have you tried starting in safe mode and then choosing a system restore
point before the new video card?
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Jan Alter

Conor wrote:
In article , GMAN
says...

You caused windows XP to think that enough hardware changed to
require a repair install of windows.

Rubbish. I've done a complete motherboard swap going from SiS
chipsetted Athlon XP to an Intel chipsetted P4 and it didn't need a
repair install.

And so have I. But it doesn't always work.

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SteveH