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Thread ID: 80934 2007-07-10 00:56:00 Winfast Graphics Card Disabling Hardware on Computer manvsmachine (11826) Press F1
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567546 2007-07-10 00:56:00 Hi,

I have a Winfast Graphics Card that i've tried to put on my computer but im expereincing problems with it. The first time I put it on my computer would just crash as soon as it gets to the welcome screen. I've also changed my motherboard driver that helped with the crashing but the problem is not is that my sound going out of my computer has been disabled and also my Ethernet has been disabled. Right now I have switched my Graphics back to my old 32mb one.

My new Graphics Card is The:
Winfast A360 LETP
128 DDR
EX5700 LE


Heres my Computer Information:

System:

Microsoft Windows XP
Home Edition
Version 2002
Service Pack 2

Computer:

AMD Athlon 2400+
2.00 GHz, 512 Ram
NVIDIA nForce Audio
Biult In Graphics with PCI Slot


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manvsmachine (11826)
567547 2007-07-10 01:57:00 Hi, I believe the motherboard driver change has effected your sound. What was the graphics card you replaced, did you uninstall the driver software for the old graphics card 1st?. SolMiester (139)
567548 2007-07-10 10:38:00 NVIDIA TNT2 MODEL 64 32mb....This was my old graphics card. I change the motherboard driver because it kept crashing on the start up... The new driver helped but the sound and the computer didnt detect my ethernet ( which is not really needed). but yah.....


cheers
manvsmachine (11826)
567549 2007-07-10 11:02:00 You changed or updated the motherboard chipset drivers? SolMiester (139)
567550 2007-07-11 10:23:00 Yea i have. manvsmachine (11826)
567551 2007-07-11 21:25:00 Which one, updated? SolMiester (139)
567552 2007-07-12 03:25:00 Updated. manvsmachine (11826)
567553 2007-07-12 05:12:00 Did you uninstall the graphic driver of the old card BEFORE you installed the new card....

The correct sequence is, use device manager, right click on device and select uninstall, click NO to restart, then go to add remove programs and uninstall the graphic card software, then shutdown, swap out card, turn on and when prompted for drivers by windows, start the driver installation of new card.

Some people use driver cleaner before shuting down the pc to swap card but that is really only required if changing between ATI & Nvidia.

As for the sound, I would go to the web site where you got the updated mobo chipset drivers and get the sound card drivers too.
SolMiester (139)
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