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PostPosted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 8:42 am**

Ok so i am getting a weird "not written for this version of windows error message" I just put in a new graphics card (a 2007 card it says Xp right on the box) and when i try to use it i get a message that reads The currrently selected graphics driver can not be used. It was written for an older version of windows and is no longer compatible with this version." So?? its a Nvidea fx 5200 256 card btw

PostPosted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:49 am**

Try downloading the lastest drivers from Nvidia's website.

PostPosted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:22 am**

Kenshin17 (post: 1188826) wrote:Try downloading the lastest drivers from Nvidia's website.

I actually already did sadly enough

PostPosted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:48 am**

Well that sucks. Hm....if I was you I would try a Win reinstall....but thats me.

PostPosted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:33 am**

You may have to "select" the one you installed...give me a couple minutes, I'll try to figure out exactly how...it's in system setup somewhere I think.

PostPosted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:41 am**

He has a point. See if you can uninstall all previous versions.

PostPosted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:44 am**

Hmm...not in system setup...I'd look through control panel, but there's a lot of stuff in there, trying a google search first...

EDIT: Found it...you should have done a google search for instructions, then printed them out. Anyway:

" wrote:Uninstall current graphics card drivers. Before you install your new card, you'll need to uninstall your current graphics card's drivers to avoid any potential conflicts. Right-click My Computer and select Properties. Under the Hardware tab, find the button to open the Device Manager. Your graphics card should be listed under the Display Adapter heading. Double-click the name of your graphics card to open a properties window for your current card. Still with us? We're almost there (it takes longer to describe the path than it does to actually click your way though it). Last step: Under the Driver tab, click the Uninstall button.

You may then have to reinstall the drivers for your new card.

PostPosted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:50 am**

Ok i am gonna try that but see the problem (shoulda thrown this in my first post) I took out my old drivers than once that happened it booted safe mode then i installed a driver for this card and well it fixed the old drivers and the new card still isn't working. *shrugs* I'll give that a try again and then i'l use the drivers from the cd that came with the card

PostPosted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:56 am**

Another reason you should have looked up instructions. (or used the ones that came with the card) You're not supposed to start up the computer without the card. You uninstall the old drivers, shut down and unplug the cpu, take out the old card, put in the new one, then start up the computer and install the new drivers. Or at least that's what the site said that I got the first thing off from.

EDIT: Nvm, I see what you were saying...it wasn't clear at first.
EDIT 2: Nvm again, you're kinda confusing...you can't take out a driver, only install and uninstall it.

PostPosted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:05 pm**

yippee2393 (post: 1188865) wrote:Another reason you should have looked up instructions. (or used the ones that came with the card) You're not supposed to start up the computer without the card. You uninstall the old drivers, shut down and unplug the cpu, take out the old card, put in the new one, then start up the computer and install the new drivers. Or at least that's what the site said that I got the first thing off from.

EDIT: Nvm, I see what you were saying...it wasn't clear at first.
EDIT 2: Nvm again, you're kinda confusing...you can't take out a driver, only install and uninstall it.

I now i meant i uninstalled the drivers then i had to reboot to install the new drivers

PostPosted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:15 pm**

Hmm...I think there is another thing to try...I'll look in control panel and see if I can find it. I think you can choose your default graphics card or something...I'll check it out.

PostPosted: **Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:38 pm**

Ok...I didn't find it in control panel, so I googled your error message. It seems that your problem isn't very rare, but most people didn't post what they did to fix it. Two people did though...it seems the problem for most of them started when they upgraded to SP2, and one solved it by getting a newer graphics card, and the other did by upgrading their driver.

I think the graphics card you got was probably made for Windows XP SP1, and since you're running SP2, you'll have to use a newer graphics card. Sorry.

PostPosted: **Mon Jan 07, 2008 12:54 pm**

Ok update found my problem. I need a bigger power supply to run everything in my cpu at the momment. I should have figured I have 1gig of ram, a 256 card a dvd drive, a cd drive, and a 100gig hard drive all running on a 230watt power supply so yeah,

PostPosted: **Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:51 pm**

I'd say it's more to do with the graphics driver. Did you, say, download the Win 64-bit version of the driver when you're using 32-bit Windows?

PostPosted: **Sun Jan 13, 2008 1:44 pm**

Warrior4Christ (post: 1191513) wrote:I'd say it's more to do with the graphics driver. Did you, say, download the Win 64-bit version of the driver when you're using 32-bit Windows?

Well let me ask this hate to sound like a n00b lol but how do you tell. I downloaded the 64 drivers. But my power supply has some to do with it cuz i have a 230 when it calls for a 250

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