Help Geforce 5700 ultra install

I'm having trouble installing a Geforce 5700 ultra video card in my HP
Kayak XU800 system. I'm running Windows 2000 Pro. Bios 1A.11.10

I removed the drivers for the previous Matrox G400 card that I was
using, swapped the cards but now when I boot up, the Windows login
screen looks blotchy with bits of color and text out of place. When I
try to login it hangs and locks up the machine. Tech support
suggested another card and an upgraded power supply so I upped from
300W to a 550W power supply and a new card (same model) but I have
the same problem.

Does anyone know how I can resolve this problem? Thanks!

Unless you've been unlucky enough to get 2 bad cards (unlikely), then it
looks lite it's a windows problem.

To confim this and avoid having to reinstall all your software again,
install a seperate, second copy of windows on a different hard drive or in
a different directory. If you this solves it, you can reinstall your apps
to the new version of windows, then edit your boot.ini file to remove
refenence to the first copy of windows, then finally, delete the original
windows directory.
If you get the same prob with the new version of windows, its a hardware
problem. Either faulty hardware or incompatbilities with other kit on your
system.

Good Luck!


"Kogi Kaishakunin" wrote in message
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I'm having trouble installing a Geforce 5700 ultra video card in my HP
Kayak XU800 system. I'm running Windows 2000 Pro. Bios 1A.11.10

I removed the drivers for the previous Matrox G400 card that I was
using, swapped the cards but now when I boot up, the Windows login
screen looks blotchy with bits of color and text out of place. When I
try to login it hangs and locks up the machine. Tech support
suggested another card and an upgraded power supply so I upped from
300W to a 550W power supply and a new card (same model) but I have
the same problem.

Does anyone know how I can resolve this problem? Thanks!