If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Cleaning Nvidia drivers to go to ATI on a Nforce2 A7N8X Dlx mobo
Hi, all:
I'll be switching to ATI after many years. I've been reading about the fun that folks are having getting their Nvidia drivers removed and the ATI ones properly installed, and since one of the procedures that has to be done is registry searching for Nv*, and removing those entries, I was wondering how I can differentiate between those files and registry enries that have to do with the video driver set and those that are there for the chipset/NIC/onboard sound... Or am I doomed to reformat? A7N8X Deluxe with XP Pro SP1 Thanks for any ideas! Bob M. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 18:09:03 +0100, Andrew spamtrap@localhost wrote:
On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 13:06:33 -0400, wrote: Or am I doomed to reformat? When I went from a 4200 to a 9700 Pro I just uninstalled the NVidia drivers, replaced the card and installed the ATI drivers, no problems whatsoever. Thanks - this was on a Nforce2 motherboard? Just making sure, no offence intended. Bob M. |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
wrote:
Hi, all: I'll be switching to ATI after many years. I've been reading about the fun that folks are having getting their Nvidia drivers removed and the ATI ones properly installed, and since one of the procedures that has to be done is registry searching for Nv*, and removing those entries, I was wondering how I can differentiate between those files and registry enries that have to do with the video driver set and those that are there for the chipset/NIC/onboard sound... Find the file, right click it and see? Check the hierarchy in the registry for clues? Don't worry about it too much and reinstall the platform drivers when you're done? Ben -- A7N8X FAQ: www.ben.pope.name/a7n8x_faq.html Questions by email will likely be ignored, please use the newsgroups. I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String... |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 13:18:41 -0400,
wrote: Thanks - this was on a Nforce2 motherboard? Just making sure, no offence intended. No, that was before I got my NForce 2 board. Mobo drivers are separate to video ones, and I would only do a reinstall of Windows with a change of mobo. -- Andrew. To email unscramble & remove spamtrap. Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, please don't top post. Trim messages to quote only relevant text. Check groups.google.com before asking a question. |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
|
#7
|
|||
|
|||
http://www.driverheaven.net/cleaner/
wrote in message ... Hi, all: I'll be switching to ATI after many years. I've been reading about the fun that folks are having getting their Nvidia drivers removed and the ATI ones properly installed, and since one of the procedures that has to be done is registry searching for Nv*, and removing those entries, I was wondering how I can differentiate between those files and registry enries that have to do with the video driver set and those that are there for the chipset/NIC/onboard sound... Or am I doomed to reformat? A7N8X Deluxe with XP Pro SP1 Thanks for any ideas! Bob M. |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
|
#9
|
|||
|
|||
On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 13:06:33 -0400,
wrote: Hi, all: I'll be switching to ATI after many years. I've been reading about the fun that folks are having getting their Nvidia drivers removed and the ATI ones properly installed, and since one of the procedures that has to be done is registry searching for Nv*, and removing those entries, I was wondering how I can differentiate between those files and registry enries that have to do with the video driver set and those that are there for the chipset/NIC/onboard sound... Or am I doomed to reformat? A7N8X Deluxe with XP Pro SP1 Thanks for any ideas! Bob M. You could try uninstalling the chipset drivers as well, Bob. Clean everything NVidia off your system and then reinstall the chipset drivers. patrickp - take five to email me |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
New Nvidia 5.10 drivers - install or not?? | GolfNut | Gigabyte Motherboards | 1 | September 30th 04 01:54 AM |
New nVidia 5.1 platform drivers | Sam | Asus Motherboards | 0 | September 17th 04 07:52 PM |
Bad news for ATI: Nvidia to 'own' ATI at CeBit - no pixel shader 3.0 support in R420 (long) | NV55 | Ati Videocards | 12 | February 24th 04 07:29 AM |
Which nvidia chipset drivers are newer? | Wemic | Gigabyte Motherboards | 4 | February 8th 04 05:30 PM |
NVIDIA nforce2 M/B chipset with Radeon Graphics cards | Hm | Homebuilt PC's | 5 | January 8th 04 08:34 PM |