why wont XP recognize my Geo Force 7600 video card>?

Question

I have had my Nvidea Geoforce 7600 card installed on my computer(dell Dimension 4550 , Pent 4 ,2.4 ghz 1 g ram) and it has run beautifully under 2000pro..In order to run newer games i installed XP Pro on a separate hard drive..It (xp) runs fine,HOWEVER...It will not acknowledge my video card.Ive run the install cd that came with the card.it claims to have taken the install but NO ..on every start up it goes thru the "found new hardware" and i offer up the nvidea disk ...but still wont take....XP is a supported os for this card .....what gives? I knew i fought the xp os upgrade for a reason....but didnt think it would be this difficult...HELP

Answer 1

Try reinstalling the XP compatible driver but follow these first:
1. Uninstall any previous installation. Use add or remove programs in Control Panel.
2. Disable all start ups through msconfig. Click start, click run, type msconfig, ok. Select Startup tab, disable all, apply, ok. PC will restart.
3. Install the driver of the 7600GT card.
4. Enable the startups in msconfig after a successful installation.

Works for me when installing problematic drivers.

Answer 2

start
control panel
system
hardware tab
device manager
look for items with yellow?
( this is on the HD where you installed XP)
if video card has the yellow? then right click and go to properties, driver and update let wizard do the rest
should ask for disc, then put it in at that time

if for some reason the driver you have will not work, then go to www.driverguide.com and join for free, have site scan your computer and then it will know what on you computer so you will be able to search site, up to 10 free downloads per day
once found, save to desktop and go back to device manager and let wizard do its job

Answer 3

Perhaps you need to update your VGA card driver from the website.