Video Card Dilemma

**src2206** · 05-04-2007, 02:45 AM

Hello friends

My sister was trying to play Half Life 2 and she was continuously getting a error massege that "nv4_display driver has stopped working, save your existing work and reboot the PC to get back the normal display". After hitting OK the monitor stops working and a shut down only gets it back to normal. I have a discussion in the game thread here: Half Life 2 Crashing. I followed the advices given in that thread but unfortunately it was not resolved.

I decided to boot the PC using the on board Via S3Pro Savage DDR AGP instead of using nVidia AGP card. But as I try to boot, the PC starts but the monitor does not come to life.

So is there any way I can boot using the on board AGP instead of the nVidia card?

Please help.

Thank you.

**Deleted090308** · 05-04-2007, 03:15 AM

Hi,
Take the nVidia card out (if you haven't done that). Enable the onboard video in BIOS.

Nicholas

**src2206** · 05-04-2007, 04:37 AM

No I have not taken the card out, though I did not find any option to enable the on board AGP!
So any idea?
Thank you for your reply.

**Deleted090308** · 05-04-2007, 04:44 AM

Some motherboards automatically disable the onboard graphics when there's a dedicated card installed. So - try taking the card out.

**src2206** · 05-04-2007, 07:08 AM

Thanks eneles

dai · 05-04-2007, 09:52 AM

with nvidia you have to remove the old drivers before installing the new
if there are drivers to roll back to they are not installed correctly and they will cause a conflict
the latest drivers does the uninstall before it installs,i found it is still needing some work and had to revert to a manual uninstall
to install the drivers
uninstall the card from the device manager
reboot tapping f8 and choose vga mode from the boot options
when windows finishes rebooting and reinstalling the card
disable a/virus
install your drivers
reboot the computer

**src2206** · 05-04-2007, 10:01 AM

Thank you dai

Your instructions are really helpful.

05-04-2007, 02:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
src2206 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kolkata, India Posts: 2,068 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 My System	Video Card Dilemma Hello friends My sister was trying to play Half Life 2 and she was continuously getting a error massege that "nv4_display driver has stopped working, save your existing work and reboot the PC to get back the normal display". After hitting OK the monitor stops working and a shut down only gets it back to normal. I have a discussion in the game thread here: Half Life 2 Crashing. I followed the advices given in that thread but unfortunately it was not resolved. I decided to boot the PC using the on board Via S3Pro Savage DDR AGP instead of using nVidia AGP card. But as I try to boot, the PC starts but the monitor does not come to life. So is there any way I can boot using the on board AGP instead of the nVidia card? Please help. Thank you. __________________ Registered Linux user #426065

05-04-2007, 03:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Video Card Dilemma Hi, Take the nVidia card out (if you haven't done that). Enable the onboard video in BIOS. Nicholas

05-04-2007, 04:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
src2206 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kolkata, India Posts: 2,068 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 My System	Re: Video Card Dilemma No I have not taken the card out, though I did not find any option to enable the on board AGP! So any idea? Thank you for your reply. __________________ Registered Linux user #426065

05-04-2007, 04:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Video Card Dilemma Some motherboards automatically disable the onboard graphics when there's a dedicated card installed. So - try taking the card out.

05-04-2007, 07:08 AM	#5 (permalink)
src2206 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kolkata, India Posts: 2,068 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 My System	Re: Video Card Dilemma Thanks eneles __________________ Registered Linux user #426065

05-04-2007, 09:52 AM	#6 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,784 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Video Card Dilemma with nvidia you have to remove the old drivers before installing the new if there are drivers to roll back to they are not installed correctly and they will cause a conflict the latest drivers does the uninstall before it installs,i found it is still needing some work and had to revert to a manual uninstall to install the drivers uninstall the card from the device manager reboot tapping f8 and choose vga mode from the boot options when windows finishes rebooting and reinstalling the card disable a/virus install your drivers reboot the computer __________________

05-04-2007, 10:01 AM	#7 (permalink)
src2206 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kolkata, India Posts: 2,068 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 My System	Re: Video Card Dilemma Thank you dai Your instructions are really helpful. __________________ Registered Linux user #426065