screen going blank after driver installation for gfx card

shashank41 · 06-21-2009, 05:28 AM

i have an nvidia 256 mb geforce 6200 card .my problem is that i recently reinstalled xp and so had to reload the drivers for the gfx card. i got the updated drivers from nvidia's website and on installing the drivers encountered the following problems>>>>>
first of all the screen went blank for some time ,the system was on as i could hear the background music playing in a film i was watchig but no video was there.
i restarted the computer and it was normal for some time after which again the screen went blank.
also the same thing happened when i tried changing the screen resolution to 1024*768 or above,the screen went blank instantly. at 800*600 the screen was fine but again after some time it crashed and went blank .
the card worked fine before i reinstalled xp ....so i am at a loss here ...
plz help

Riskyone101 · 06-21-2009, 07:41 AM

Hello and Welcome to TSF,

Did you install the chipset driver?
Make and model of pc?

shashank41 · 06-21-2009, 08:23 AM

p4 1.8 ghz processor with 384 mb ddr ram
intel 845gebv2 chipset
yup i installed the drivers for this oldie here

dai · 06-21-2009, 11:14 AM

lift your ram to 1g

these are what you need to post

what are you running
video card
cpu
m/board
ram
power supply
brand
wattage

check the listings in the bios for voltages and temperatures and post them

in the device manager uninstall the video card
reboot tapping f8 and choose vga mode
when windows finishes rebooting
disable a/virus
install your drivers
reboot the computer

06-21-2009, 05:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
shashank41 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 13 OS: xp sp2	screen going blank after driver installation for gfx card i have an nvidia 256 mb geforce 6200 card .my problem is that i recently reinstalled xp and so had to reload the drivers for the gfx card. i got the updated drivers from nvidia's website and on installing the drivers encountered the following problems>>>>> first of all the screen went blank for some time ,the system was on as i could hear the background music playing in a film i was watchig but no video was there. i restarted the computer and it was normal for some time after which again the screen went blank. also the same thing happened when i tried changing the screen resolution to 1024768 or above,the screen went blank instantly. at 800600 the screen was fine but again after some time it crashed and went blank . the card worked fine before i reinstalled xp ....so i am at a loss here ... plz help

06-21-2009, 07:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
Riskyone101 Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chicago, IL. Posts: 3,697 OS: XP Pro SP3, MCE 2005 sp3, Vista Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate My System	Re: screen going blank after driver installation for gfx card Hello and Welcome to TSF, Did you install the chipset driver? Make and model of pc? __________________

06-21-2009, 08:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
shashank41 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 13 OS: xp sp2	Re: screen going blank after driver installation for gfx card p4 1.8 ghz processor with 384 mb ddr ram intel 845gebv2 chipset yup i installed the drivers for this oldie here

06-21-2009, 11:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,637 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: screen going blank after driver installation for gfx card lift your ram to 1g these are what you need to post what are you running video card cpu m/board ram power supply brand wattage check the listings in the bios for voltages and temperatures and post them in the device manager uninstall the video card reboot tapping f8 and choose vga mode when windows finishes rebooting disable a/virus install your drivers reboot the computer __________________