7600gs nvidia 88 61 drivers

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

I have run into the same thing. In order for Vista to load, I had to physically remove my number 2 graphics card and re-boot. I read on another forum somewhere that there is no support for Sli in this beta version. There is talk that Nvidia is going to release a 90.xx driver version that will allow Sli to work with build 5384. Hope t comes out soon. It's a pain in the butt. -- A8N-Sli Deluxe Athlon 64 3700+ @2805 Mhz 2 x Asus 6800 GT in Sli (sometimes) 2 Gig Memory 1 20 Gig HD 1 500 Gig HD

"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

Not quite that problem, but If I use 88.61 drivers I cannot use 1024 resolution with 32 bit. At 1024 only 16 bit is available. So I have to go down to 800 to use 32. Weird hopefully they come out with a better driver so I can at least play Battlefield 2...
"Agnot" wrote in message

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

I think its just a driver issue, I am only using the one 7600gs not in sli mode. I have seen some post that lead me to think I should move away from using my dvi connection and to try the ol vga and see if that works, cant see what the diffrence would be though.
"Tim" wrote:

I have run into the same thing. In order for Vista to load, I had to physically remove my number 2 graphics card and re-boot. I read on another forum somewhere that there is no support for Sli in this beta version. There is talk that Nvidia is going to release a 90.xx driver version that will allow Sli to work with build 5384. Hope t comes out soon. It's a pain in the butt. -- A8N-Sli Deluxe Athlon 64 3700+ @2805 Mhz 2 x Asus 6800 GT in Sli (sometimes) 2 Gig Memory 1 20 Gig HD 1 500 Gig HD

"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

Go figure I used the vga connections on my vid card and lcdhd tv and bam things started working great. no real control pannel to set things back to my dvi but hey it atleast works :D
"_mark" wrote:

Not quite that problem, but If I use 88.61 drivers I cannot use 1024 resolution with 32 bit. At 1024 only 16 bit is available. So I have to go down to 800 to use 32. Weird hopefully they come out with a better driver so I can at least play Battlefield 2...
"Agnot" wrote in message 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

Probably so. Thats most likley the problem in BF2 not working..
"Agnot" wrote in message

I think its just a driver issue, I am only using the one 7600gs not in sli mode. I have seen some post that lead me to think I should move away from using my dvi connection and to try the ol vga and see if that works, cant see what the diffrence would be though.
"Tim" wrote:
I have run into the same thing. In order for Vista to load, I had to physically remove my number 2 graphics card and re-boot. I read on another forum somewhere that there is no support for Sli in this beta version. There is talk that Nvidia is going to release a 90.xx driver version that will allow Sli to work with build 5384. Hope t comes out soon. It's a pain in the butt. -- A8N-Sli Deluxe Athlon 64 3700+ @2805 Mhz 2 x Asus 6800 GT in Sli (sometimes) 2 Gig Memory 1 20 Gig HD 1 500 Gig HD

"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

Go into safe mode and disable the second card in device manager. Reboot the computer and you should be able to boot to the desktop. You shouldn't have to remove your second card. I have two 7800GT OC and when I disable the second card everything worked fine.
"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

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

I have that same issue with a GeForce 6600 (passive). No resolution greater than 1024*768. 32BPP only available up to 900*600 or something like that. This is with the VGA port. I’ll have to try the DVI port, see if that helps, or failing that, older Nvidia drivers.
"_mark" wrote:

Not quite that problem, but If I use 88.61 drivers I cannot use 1024 resolution with 32 bit. At 1024 only 16 bit is available. So I have to go down to 800 to use 32. Weird hopefully they come out with a better driver so I can at least play Battlefield 2...
"Agnot" wrote in message 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

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 is the right driver for that card (in vista) "Gene Fitz" wrote in message

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

96.85 is the right driver for that card (in vista) "Gene Fitz" wrote in message 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