7600gs/nvidia 88.61 drivers

96.85 is the right driver for that card (in vista)
"Gene Fitz" <> wrote in message
news:29E6B231-F249-43A4-960D-...
> Try this on for size.
> 1. Re-start into your bios. Check your settings. if your internal card is
> still active, make sure you change the address to your new card.
> 2. Go into control panel > Add or Remove Software, and remove your current
> Video drivers.
> 3. Install new nVidia drivers.
> (NOTE: At first run at installation, you may get an error stating "device
> drivers not available" so be ready. What you will do, because at first,
> the
> driver EXE will dump your drivers in a temp file, is re-start the setup
> program. It will find the temp file with the driver information, and
> install
> the driver correctly. (Should)
>
> Now, if you are upgrading from an ATI chipset, you may want to look for
> the
> ATI loaded software that was part of that driver pack. Many times, the ATI
> driver files may go away, but the ATI graphics controls are still there.
> Well, they don't jive with nVidia. And vice versa.
>
> Hope this helps :-)
>
>
> "Adam" wrote:
>
>> I am having the exact same problem. The drivers get an error upon install
>> (Will either get a timeout error, or a driver install problem)
>>
>> And only with my 7600 GS 512. Screen goes blank, system won't start (I
>> can
>> start in Safe Mode).
>>
>> Unlike everyone else, I actually got x64 to install with both cards
>> enabled.
>> I tried with just one card and no luck... It is starting to look like an
>> ASUS/nVidia x16 problem though
>>
>> ASUS P5N32 SLI Deluxe
>> Pentium D 930
>> GeForce 7600 GS 512
>> 4 GB Corsair RAM (DDR2 667)
>>
>> Anyone else got any other ideas. I have redownloaded the drivers 3 times
>> and
>> no go. I tried a manual install after unzipping the exe file. I'm going
>> crazy. Could it be that the system can't map that much memory (seems
>> wierd
>> but I've seen wierder in my days).
>>
>> "Agnot" wrote:
>>
>> > I got vista 64x installed w/o a problem but for some reason when I
>> > install
>> > the nvidia 88.61 drivers for my 7600gs the system reboots when the
>> > install is
>> > done then wont boot back up. its goes past the boot screens and then
>> > goes
>> > black, monitor does not lose signal its just black. Now and then BSOD
>> > but
>> > most of the time its just black.
>> >
>> > amd 64+ 3200
>> > evga 7600gs
>> > gigabyte k8n-sli mb
>> >
>> > any idea's? I have tried some of the older drivers such as the 87.15
>> > and
>> > 87.45 but got the same thing or the drivers would be disabled by
>> > windows

96.85 (beta)does not cause that blank out problem.
96.85 is better than 88.61(beta)
"Nero" <> wrote in message
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> 96.85 is the right driver for that card (in vista)
> "Gene Fitz" <> wrote in message
> news:29E6B231-F249-43A4-960D-...
>> Try this on for size.
>> 1. Re-start into your bios. Check your settings. if your internal card is
>> still active, make sure you change the address to your new card.
>> 2. Go into control panel > Add or Remove Software, and remove your
>> current
>> Video drivers.
>> 3. Install new nVidia drivers.
>> (NOTE: At first run at installation, you may get an error stating "device
>> drivers not available" so be ready. What you will do, because at first,
>> the
>> driver EXE will dump your drivers in a temp file, is re-start the setup
>> program. It will find the temp file with the driver information, and
>> install
>> the driver correctly. (Should)
>>
>> Now, if you are upgrading from an ATI chipset, you may want to look for
>> the
>> ATI loaded software that was part of that driver pack. Many times, the
>> ATI
>> driver files may go away, but the ATI graphics controls are still there.
>> Well, they don't jive with nVidia. And vice versa.
>>
>> Hope this helps :-)
>>
>>
>> "Adam" wrote:
>>
>>> I am having the exact same problem. The drivers get an error upon
>>> install
>>> (Will either get a timeout error, or a driver install problem)
>>>
>>> And only with my 7600 GS 512. Screen goes blank, system won't start (I
>>> can
>>> start in Safe Mode).
>>>
>>> Unlike everyone else, I actually got x64 to install with both cards
>>> enabled.
>>> I tried with just one card and no luck... It is starting to look like an
>>> ASUS/nVidia x16 problem though
>>>
>>> ASUS P5N32 SLI Deluxe
>>> Pentium D 930
>>> GeForce 7600 GS 512
>>> 4 GB Corsair RAM (DDR2 667)
>>>
>>> Anyone else got any other ideas. I have redownloaded the drivers 3 times
>>> and
>>> no go. I tried a manual install after unzipping the exe file. I'm going
>>> crazy. Could it be that the system can't map that much memory (seems
>>> wierd
>>> but I've seen wierder in my days).
>>>
>>> "Agnot" wrote:
>>>
>>> > I got vista 64x installed w/o a problem but for some reason when I
>>> > install
>>> > the nvidia 88.61 drivers for my 7600gs the system reboots when the
>>> > install is
>>> > done then wont boot back up. its goes past the boot screens and then
>>> > goes
>>> > black, monitor does not lose signal its just black. Now and then BSOD
>>> > but
>>> > most of the time its just black.
>>> >
>>> > amd 64+ 3200
>>> > evga 7600gs
>>> > gigabyte k8n-sli mb
>>> >
>>> > any idea's? I have tried some of the older drivers such as the 87.15
>>> > and
>>> > 87.45 but got the same thing or the drivers would be disabled by
>>> > windows
>
>