Dont know if any of you will remember me, used to post under the name Vigour, anyway hello!  :mrgreen:

Got a little problem thats be buggin me for ages.

For like the past year ive had to run my computer without graphic drivers installed, reason being is when i install nvidia drivers i reboot and get to the login screen in windows and my screen flicks on and off on and off constantly while also having a blurry image and sometimes multi-coloured pixel stripes. Its pritty much impossible to do anythin when its like this, the computers run extremely slow and its impossible to read really!

System is

ABIT NF7 Nforce 2
2500+
512mb DDR3200


Please help!

Which graphics card? Start with the obvious and check refresh rates.

By the sound of it all the software needs reinstalling.

Sorry forgot to include the graphics card model

Its a Asus nvidia geforce 4 mx440.

Ive reinstalled windows and the drivers several times but always get this problem, the refresh rate is at 60hz so i would of thought thats fine?

I have exactley the same problem with a similar setup:

Abit Via Mobo
Inno nVidia 6200 something AGP card.

As soon as I put any "offical" drivers on the display goes weird; artifacting on buttons and shizzle. Plus the screen occasionally switches on and off.

I havent found a solution yet either, sorry.

Yeah i have a feeling it wouldnt just be me

when you say "official" have you tried non official drivers and it worked?
if so what drivers please

Thanks!

Oh, all I meant is that it doesnt work with the "Offical" nVidia drivers, nor the innotech drivers that came with the card.

I havent tried any others yet but I might give the Omegas a go at the weekend.

Isnt this a monitor problem cause the drivers cant read the monitors v/h refresh rate? Its sounds like the problem i had with some laptops

I dont think so mate, ive tried using a dell 15" tft before and still had the same problem! but i will give it another bash to make sure, thanks

Tried the omegas before Nimrod but same problem it seems, bloody annoyin!

infact you maybe on to something!

Its a sony 17" triniton i have, they work different dont they than normal crts, goin look for a driver if i can find 1!

EDIT.....

Never going to find one it seems! I bet your right this is where the problem lies. Thanks for all your help, if you find one let me know as i cant seem to find one anywhere.

Sony D1025HE 17"

A bit strange though as mine is a 17" TFT (make/model escapes me) but I dont have the problem with anyother brand of card.

I sorted this out over the weekend

Brummie was pretty much on the money, my problem was that the monitor wasnt putting out a complete block of information and so the nVidia drivers were screwing !

Here is what I did:

Installed PowerStrip.
Uninstalled the monitor from Device manager.
Shut down
Disconnected the monitor from the DVI port (w/ convertor).
Plugged monitor into VGA output
Booted into VGA mode
Set the monitor to its native res and refresh rate (1280*1024@75).
Ran PowerStrip and got it to read the information directly from the monitor.
Filled in the missing boxes Manufacturer/Model and V-refresh rate.
Saved the PowerStrip config as a .inf driver file.
Uninstalled the monitor (again).
Shut down.
Swapped monitor back to DVI w/ convertor
Booted into VGA mode.
Went into device manager and upgraded the monitor driver using the .inf exported from PowerStrip.
Set the graphics settings to 1280*1024*75.

Job done

PowerStrip: http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm