Geforce2 MX400 not working with Win2k

[hackercarlos]

Hi. The specs are:

Mobo: Shuttle A161
Processor: 700mhz Athlon
Ram: 196mb
OS: Win2k with SP3

The video card is an XFX Geforce 2 MX400 with 64mb of ram (the guy at Tiger Direct told me its an Albatron card but I don't see that name no where on the car or the box).

Whenever I try to start the computer with the card it locks up at the Win2k startup screen (when the progress bar reaches the end) and the startup screen gets scrambled. The only way to start the computer with the card is in safe mode.

I've tried using pre NVIDIA 30.82 drivers but it does not make a difference. I also tried looking at the tech info at www.xfxgraphics.com but its no help.

Please help me before I throw this card in the trash :D but I would really like to use it instead of my ATI Rage 128 VR with 8mb of ram

TIA

[glc]

XFX is a division of Pine Technologies, not exactly a premier manufacturer. Do you have a proper monitor definition installed? The driver could be trying to set it to a resolution and refresh rate that it can't handle, the best place to start is 640x480 at 60Hz and work up from there. Have you completely uninstalled the ATI drivers?

[mike breck]

Hi hackercarlos,

http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40704

See this link for instructions on how to completely remove those ATI drivers.

HTH

[hackercarlos]

Ok. I got it to work once. I changed the monitor driver to standard VGA, uninstalled the ATI drivers and uninstalled the NVidia drivers via add/remove.

I shut down the computer, switched cards and the computer started up normally. I installed the drivers, reboot the computer and the same problem comes back because Win2K changes the monitor drivers.

I'm gonna ditch this card and buy a ATI Radeon.

Thanks for the help and quick replys