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Gayowulf
October 27th, 2002, 06:45
Lately i've been getting a lot of BSODs caused by my video drivers.

I've got an nvidia TNT2 32mb card. i'll try and watch a movie, but part way through my computer will freeze, and I'll be greeted with a blue screen telling me that my video drivers are at fault.

Sometimes the screen says my video bios is out of date. What do i need to do to fix it? does someone have a better video card they could give me
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Jan
October 27th, 2002, 06:56
Try downloading the latest drivers and see if this helps?

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
Daniel
October 27th, 2002, 10:21
The new nvidia drivers are HORRIBLE for older cards. I suggest getting the 21.23(? I think it's this one, though I'm not sure) Detenators...if you can find them.

[edit]Maybe you should flash your bios....
GregT
October 27th, 2002, 11:07
Are you using the new 40 drivers ? if so try the 30 ones http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=winxp-2k_30.82

or the if u have the 30 try 40
Gayowulf
October 27th, 2002, 15:50
how do I "flash my bios?"
Daniel
October 27th, 2002, 18:43
Originally posted by Gayowulf
how do I "flash my bios?"

That depends on what kind of motherboard you have...
Gayowulf
October 27th, 2002, 19:36
it says i need to update my video bios, not my main one.

I have some type of MSI motherboard. It's a pretty red color.
Daniel
October 27th, 2002, 20:10
Originally posted by Gayowulf
it says i need to update my video bios, not my main one.

I have some type of MSI motherboard. It's a pretty red color.

video bios/main bios...I can't tell the difference.

As for the MSI, what chipset is it?
Gayowulf
October 27th, 2002, 20:54
MS-6547 is the model number.
Daniel
October 27th, 2002, 22:41
You can look for it on www.msi.com.tw


I found 2 matches but they are v2.0 and v2.1.
Gayowulf
October 27th, 2002, 23:41
Thanks Daniel.

I think I got the video stuff taken care of.

I wasnt able to flash my bios though, because I needed a floppy disk, and I dont even have a floppy drive.
Gayowulf
October 28th, 2002, 01:10
spoke too soon.

I still get bsods that say that my nVidia display drivers are a problem
Ben
October 28th, 2002, 07:14
Originally posted by raz0r
Are you using the new 40 drivers ? if so try the 30 ones http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=winxp-2k_30.82

or the if u have the 30 try 40
Aren't the 40's still in beta?
Daniel
October 28th, 2002, 14:50
Originally posted by Gayowulf
spoke too soon.

I still get bsods that say that my nVidia display drivers are a problem

Downgrade to the lower(20s and 30s) Detenator drivers.
Gayowulf
October 28th, 2002, 19:59
Most likely i had the old drivers to begin with. They sucked too.
Daniel
October 28th, 2002, 20:52
It should say in your device manager what drivers you have.
Gayowulf
October 30th, 2002, 14:53
says i've got these: 3.0.8.2
Daniel
October 30th, 2002, 22:26
Try using some other drivers?
Canuckkev
October 30th, 2002, 22:34
Try uninstalling whatever drivers you have, then go through your system folder and make sure all the files are gone, then look through the registry to make sure all the entries are gone (you might need some help where to look...cause I can't remember), and then, install some other drivers. I don't know much about nVidia cards...so, I don't know which drivers would be best for that card. You would think any compatible drivers would be able to not make BSOD's, but...