No Driver Detected

[ccie2663]

So I have had this situation for a while with my nVidia card and thought it might be toast, so I purchased a ATi 9600 Pro and installed it. All is fine until I reboot the box, and sure enough, it is doing the same thing the nVidia was doing. Doesn't recognize the drivers and is running on the VGA, yuck. Ran Driver Cleaner to get rid of everything and start fresh.

Everything works when I initially install until I reboot. So I was looking on MS website, and notices a article about determining which video driver you are using.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314854

When I install, then look at the Registry, a device0 exist like the article states, but after reboot, it is gone. So, why is the registry changing and how do I keep it pointed to the ATI card?????

Any help would be great....

Thanks...

 

[ccie2663]

So I decided to see if MS can help with this issue. If I solve it, I will post the process they put me through.....

 

[Terra]

Have you tried cleaing the slot where the GFX-card is located..dust can give some strange bugs?
Or thested the cards in another PC?
Just to rule things out.

Terracide...

 

[ccie2663]

No I have not tried to clean the slot. I have tried different graphic cards. Microsoft has had me try several repairs to the registry, and everytime, it reverts back to the settings before I do the GCard install.

So they are now recommending that I repair XP. They are even sending me a free full CD release of XP Home. This will be interesting. Time to back up for sure...