Nvidia 5500 Board

Has anyone been able to get this board to work with Vista Aero Glass? When I
install the Vista drivers from Nvidia's site and reboot I get a blue screen
with some type of error message, but the computer reboots so fast I am
unable to read it.

If I install the drivers that come with the board Aero glass does not seem
to work.

Thanks,
Norm

 

Click Start > right click Computer > Click Properties > Click the "Advanced
Systems Settings" link on the green pane > Click Advanced > under "Startup
and Recovery" click "Settings" > under "System failure" > uncheck
Automatically restart.

You should be able to do this safe mode since you can't boot up in Real
Mode.

After doing this, startup in Real mode and tell us what the error messag
says. Its possible the driver you are using is incompatible with the current
5308 build.
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Hi Andre,

I am currently in WinXP, but will try what you suggest, although I have
reinstalled the old drivers so that I can get back into Vista.

The drivers I downloaded and installed stated that they were for the 5308
build, which is why I asked if anyone else had been able to get them to
work.

The Nvidia site says to remove the old software before installing the new
drivers, but my install of Vista does not have an option for Add/Remove
Programs and I cannot find any reference to the Nvidia software under
installed programs.

Norm

 

I reinstalled the Vista drivers and this is the message I get!

NV4_mini.sys

DRIVER_UNLOADED_WITHOUT_CANCELLING_PENDING_OPERATIONS

So it is the Nvidia driver, but I wonder if I did a new install of Vista,
without any of the other Nvidia drivers, if it might work, since they say
these drivers are for this build.

Norm

 

Im really interested in if you can ever get your card to work with aero
because I was thinking about getting a 5500.. And if aero wont work I will
have to look else where.. And I know that it is most likely the simple fact
that vista is a beta and this is supposed to happen.

 

I would recommend doing a clean install also, to uninstall the nVidia driver
that is installe with Vista 5308:
Click Start > right click Computer > Click Properties > Hardware > Device
Manager > select Display Adapters > expand it > select the installed driver

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The 5500 does work with Aero Glass - Norm's having problems with it, but it
normally does work fine. If you're running a high screen resolution,
however, (above 1280x1024) I would recommend getting something higher up.
Make sure you get one with 256MB of video RAM or above for whichever you
choose.

 

I am running 800x600 so screen resolution should not be a problem.

I tried uninstalling the driver, but Vista won't let me and updating only
gives me the blue screen and error.

I think I will try a clean install, possibly later today, but after the
important stuff, like golf.

Thanks for all the help and I will update everyone on what happens with the
new install.

Norm

 

I think Aero Glass requires a 1024x768 screen resolution, although I'm not
certain.

 

I think it does... I've tried lower, and I've tried the maximum 1280x1024
and no luck with that ( Could well be a video card thing?

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Matt, Aero Glass does work with the GeForce 5500 board. Windows found the
board and installed native drivers that seemed to work quite well. I also
installed the Beta driver from Nvidia and it is working well also.

One warning though, do not install the software that comes with the board on
Vista as there does not seem to be anyway to uninstall it and the beta
drivers will not work with that software installed.

I am running 800x600 resolution and Aero Glass appears to be working quite
well.

Thanks to all for the help.

Norm

 

Sorry for the late reply.. But thanks for the help.. Hopefully you'll see
this..

And we are talking about the old pci version not agp or PCIe..?