XFX 8800gt problem - please help.

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Hi

I am setting up a PC for a mate and I cannot seem to get the gfx card nvidia panel to work.

card is a xfx 8800gt xxx ed with zalman fan.

Installed card, driver that came with it.
Runs games great but when I try to open up the nvidia control panel it bombs out. I have to restart windows and select "Last known good configuration"

What am I doing wrong?

PS I notice that the driver it came with is different to the latest nvidia driver. When I install the latest nvidia driver it does not pick up the hardware.

Please help.
 
are all the parts new or is it an upgrade?

Cause if it is an upgrade, possibly old drivers causing problems? if new then I don't see a reason for it to have any issues, maybe a hardware conflict somewhere?
 
why not try using drivers off the website

maybe the drivers have issues which have been addressed in the new driver

also intel boards suck :)
 
Drivers on website is same as on disc.
Parts are new.

Will try using driver cleaner tonight and setup up afresh.

Agree: Intel boards suck big time! But he scored one for free and could not pass it up.

Temps on full load are pretty good on the card though - runs at 60 deg full load. Idles at below forty. Rig is in my garage atm - where ambient is quite high.
 
uninstall it and when it asks if you want to keep the old settings click no

if all else fails reload pc
 
We at our wits end here .... in the words of my mate ..." now that I have a virgin willing to be violated - I cannot get the chastity belt opened !"

I think I must try installing a cracked copy of XP and see if it works.
 
Sounds like a software problem rather than hardware, clean install would be my option.
 
clean install is always best :)

also do not load the drivers from the disk, download the latest off the nvidia website
 
finally managed to sort out the problem. Here is feedback in case there are other owners with a intel dp35dp mobo.

flash you mobo to latest bios using info from intel website. use the recovery option (you must open cas and remove pin option)

once flashed install the driver the xfx card came with (it is the latest version).

everything works fine thereafter. I decided to guinea pig vista on the machine and am quite impressed with teh performance.

for what it's worth vista performance score is 5.8.
 
sdd said:
finally managed to sort out the problem. Here is feedback in case there are other owners with a intel dp35dp mobo.

flash you mobo to latest bios using info from intel website. use the recovery option (you must open cas and remove pin option)

once flashed install the driver the xfx card came with (it is the latest version).

everything works fine thereafter. I decided to guinea pig vista on the machine and am quite impressed with teh performance.

for what it's worth vista performance score is 5.8.
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Bios updates are always my recommendation for new hardware, has solved many a problem for me in the past.
 
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