screen goes black after reformatting hard drive and downloading NVIDIA vc driver

haskellbob · 03-05-2006, 06:58 AM

I reformatted my stepson's hard drive and the monitor display was "primitive" so I downloaded the NVIDIA driver for his GeForce 2 video card. Now he gets all the colors and quality but it seems like when the computer is "chewing" (working hard) the screen goes black for a couple of seconds. What is the problem?

dai · 03-05-2006, 10:54 AM

did you run the motherboard setup disk after getting it up and running

**Fr4665** · 03-05-2006, 01:57 PM

sounds like a motherboard chipset error. make sure you have all the drivers for the motherboard installed.

haskellbob · 03-06-2006, 02:46 PM

Ah indeed! I did not know of that necessity and am most thankful for the suggestion; will investigate and keep posted. Thanks.

haskellbob · 03-06-2006, 02:49 PM

I don't really talk like that.

haskellbob · 03-06-2006, 04:54 PM

You guys gave me the nudge in the direction I needed to go; the prob is solved. Thanks a lot!

03-05-2006, 06:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
haskellbob Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 247 OS: Millennium	screen goes black after reformatting hard drive and downloading NVIDIA vc driver I reformatted my stepson's hard drive and the monitor display was "primitive" so I downloaded the NVIDIA driver for his GeForce 2 video card. Now he gets all the colors and quality but it seems like when the computer is "chewing" (working hard) the screen goes black for a couple of seconds. What is the problem?

03-05-2006, 10:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,775 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	did you run the motherboard setup disk after getting it up and running __________________

03-05-2006, 01:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
Fr4665 aka mr.fraggs Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA or Germany Posts: 2,965 OS: Win XP,Vista,Android My System	sounds like a motherboard chipset error. make sure you have all the drivers for the motherboard installed. __________________ I don't subscribe to threads please PM me if i miss a reply. ------- Everest SensorView Pro DriverCleaner how to fix your game

03-06-2006, 02:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
haskellbob Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 247 OS: Millennium	Ah indeed! I did not know of that necessity and am most thankful for the suggestion; will investigate and keep posted. Thanks.

03-06-2006, 02:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
haskellbob Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 247 OS: Millennium	I don't really talk like that.

03-06-2006, 04:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
haskellbob Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 247 OS: Millennium	You guys gave me the nudge in the direction I needed to go; the prob is solved. Thanks a lot!