installing a video card

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Now I'm no noobie to PCs, but I've been having a hell of a time trying to
install the drivers for this NVIDIA GeForce MX 4000 video card. Everytime I
get to the point where it says you have the disk and I click the have disk it
brings to a blinking A for the floppy. I then change it to E drive where I
have the driver disk and it says the area has no information or the drive has
no information or something to that nature. Then I click browse and put in E
drive, which is the only driver disk and still no go. Now before when I did
finally get it working right, I had to put the driver disc in and then the OS
Windows 98 SE disc next. I can't even get to that point yet, where it asked
for the OS disk.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks, Daniel
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Re: installing a video card


"attilathehun1" <attilathehun1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FEB61543-99DF-4818-B7D2-FFD569D56850@microsoft.com...
> Now I'm no noobie to PCs, but I've been having a hell of a time trying to
> install the drivers for this NVIDIA GeForce MX 4000 video card. Everytime
I
> get to the point where it says you have the disk and I click the have disk
it
> brings to a blinking A for the floppy. I then change it to E drive where I
> have the driver disk and it says the area has no information or the drive
has
> no information or something to that nature. Then I click browse and put in
E
> drive, which is the only driver disk and still no go. Now before when I
did
> finally get it working right, I had to put the driver disc in and then the
OS
> Windows 98 SE disc next. I can't even get to that point yet, where it
asked
> for the OS disk.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> Thanks, Daniel
> --
> attilathehun1

You may have to point it to your E: drive and then to the proper folder in
that drive.
It will be looking for an .exe file or an .inf file..
If you have auto insert turned on, most times when you install the cd (after
you are in Windows), it will automatically bring up the install program.
If you go to the Nvidia website and go to the Download Drivers tab, you can
choose to let the site find the latest drivers for you automatically.
You will also find other helpful info there.
More than likely the drivers on your disk are already outdated. Download the
latest from the Nvidia site
http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_81.98.html (check to see that these are
the right ones for your card)
and put them in a folder you can find easily.
Then when you are asked for the disk, point it to that folder.
 
Re: installing a video card


"attilathehun1" <attilathehun1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FEB61543-99DF-4818-B7D2-FFD569D56850@microsoft.com...
> Now I'm no noobie to PCs, but I've been having a hell of a time trying to
> install the drivers for this NVIDIA GeForce MX 4000 video card. Everytime
I
> get to the point where it says you have the disk and I click the have disk
it
> brings to a blinking A for the floppy. I then change it to E drive where I
> have the driver disk and it says the area has no information or the drive
has
> no information or something to that nature. Then I click browse and put in
E
> drive, which is the only driver disk and still no go. Now before when I
did
> finally get it working right, I had to put the driver disc in and then the
OS
> Windows 98 SE disc next. I can't even get to that point yet, where it
asked
> for the OS disk.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> Thanks, Daniel


From the Nvidia page I sent you to earlier:

"Driver Installation Hints


a.. "Download Accelerator" utilities should be disabled when downloading
any drivers.


b.. Do NOT run virus protection software in the background while
installing the drivers. This prevents the driver from configuring itself
properly.


c.. Before installing new drivers make sure you uninstall all NVIDIA
display drivers from the Windows Control Panel. Browse to the Start Menu >
Windows Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs and search for "NVIDIA Windows
Display Drivers" or "NVIDIA Display Drivers" and select remove. "
 
RE: installing a video card

Are you convinced that you want to use an Nvidia graphics card or would you
consider Ati as well? Ati graphics cards always seem to work better in my
computer systems but if you want to stick with Nvidia then suit yourself.
 
Re: installing a video card

I had a similar situation not to long ago. If the video card is relatively
new, then the drivers on the disk you have are probably not for Win98. Go to
the NVIDIA web site and download Win98 drivers for your card. Download to a
NE folder on the desktop,then when asked for the location of the needed
drivers, direct to that folder and you should be successful.

"attilathehun1" <attilathehun1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FEB61543-99DF-4818-B7D2-FFD569D56850@microsoft.com...
> Now I'm no noobie to PCs, but I've been having a hell of a time trying to
> install the drivers for this NVIDIA GeForce MX 4000 video card. Everytime
> I
> get to the point where it says you have the disk and I click the have disk
> it
> brings to a blinking A for the floppy. I then change it to E drive where I
> have the driver disk and it says the area has no information or the drive
> has
> no information or something to that nature. Then I click browse and put in
> E
> drive, which is the only driver disk and still no go. Now before when I
> did
> finally get it working right, I had to put the driver disc in and then the
> OS
> Windows 98 SE disc next. I can't even get to that point yet, where it
> asked
> for the OS disk.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> Thanks, Daniel
> --
> attilathehun1
 
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