Problem with new video card

[carterclone]

I am running a Pentium II 300Mhz 82443LX/EX 440LX/EX CPU to PCI Bridge processor

I have 516mb of Ram

I installed Windows XP Home Edition


Upon installation the graphics card defaulted back to VGA/SAVE mode.

On suggestion from Gateway, they told me I needed a new graphics card cause the built in one was no longer working properly. Also on there suggestion I ordered a NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX/MX400.

I received it, installed it into a PCI slot, installed the driver from the disc, and updated the drivers from NVIDIA.

Have all of my windows updates.

Now, when I try to shut down my computer, just as it is ready to complete shut down (or restart) the monitor displays a no signal sign as if the monitor isn't even hooke dup to the back of it. I checked the BIOS to make sure that it was loading the PCI card instead of the VGA and it was. I am lost on what to do. Because my computer is out of warranty at this point, Gateway nor Intel will offer support.


PLEASE HELP.

[carterclone]

A side note to all of this, I have tried to reinstall the driver and it didn't help.

This problm requires me to hold the power button in for a few seconds to shutdown, then reboot and it works fine. But it will not allow me to shutdown or restart on a normal reboot or shutdown thru the start.

[ror_b211]

Its probably normal, for some reason not all PCs turn themselves off (remember the 'its now safe to turn off your computer' thing in win95?), it maybe because you have an old CPU for some reason.

[glc]

Open Control Panel, power options. If it has an APM tab, check the box to use advanced power management.

To run XP properly on such an old motherboard, it's essential to flash the bios to the latest release, and even that is no guarantee of compatibility. If the bios is older than year 2000, it's going to be a problem.