Video drivers unresponsive after installing SP2

IModAmd · May 2nd, 2007, 12:32 AM

Well.. try windows Xp Sp2 ... well windows server are not really created for gaming bro

well do an fresh instalation of windows xp... is how many time the last time you instaled windows xp?

pottsbgstv · May 2nd, 2007, 02:05 AM

Hi, i just tried installing the drivers on 2003 SP1, and i had the same result. When i was in the testing process of getting the memory and the motherboard to run stable i though i had SP2 installed but i guess not..

sepheronx · May 2nd, 2007, 03:59 AM

It does not matter if its a server or not based OS, cause in the low down, its the same OS (like Media center edition is to XP pro).

But maybe you got the x64 verson of Buisness 2003? Cause if im not mistaken, XP Pro 64 was built off of the same thing as the Buisness 2003 Windows XP OS wich has an integrated 64bit instructions.

Is there a way you can simply use XP pro? If not, have you tried the normal nvidia drivers?

If yes, then it could possibly be just hardware issues. Which can also be runned down to figure what the problem is. Either PSU or GPU or both.

Update us if something happens.

pottsbgstv · May 3rd, 2007, 12:10 PM

Hi sepheronx thank you for your reply. I need to use Server 2003 because Windows XP isn't capable of seeing my full 4GB of ram. I do a lot of graphic work and, some cad, and solid works.

As far as getting the video drivers to work with SP2, i've given up for the moment, they do work with the plain version of 2003. Microsoft did something sneaky in their SP1, and SP2 updates.

Yesterday i ran into another problem that i hadn't noticed before. When i was building my new computer and getting the MOBO to run stable, i had XP Pro, XP 64Bit, and 2003 installed to see which version worked the best. I was able to get monitors to be detected on the second video card( i dont really need SLI since i can only use 1 monitor). Now after reinstalling everything, i cannot get the drivers to see the monitors or tv attaced to the second video card. I spent most of the day yesterday trying to get it to work. I swapped the video cards, which didn't help. I think today i will uninstall the drivers, pull the first video card and see what happens.

Also i should have plenty of power with a 1010 Watt PSU, it doesn't even blow warm air so there isn't much load on it. When i run SLI i get a score of 12,073 in 3dm06, and without SLI i get 7,600 ish.

Thank you

Have a nice day