massive problem

[86JR]

yesturday i took my rig to a mate where we rebuilt it etc, put vista 64 on, installed all drivers and the pc worked perfectly.

got pc home today and vista said files were missing so i reinstalled it, now running fine again except i cant install any drivers for the card.

if i run it as standard vga adaptor it runs fine in 1680x1050.

when i install nvidia drivers, it wont turn the display on when it boots, it gets through the bios screen etc fine but when it loads vista i just get "no input signal - standby" on the monitor.

so far ive tried 180.42 betas and 178.24 officials and i get the same problem with either, im currently typing this in safe mode at 800x600!!!

What i dont get is it worked perfectly for my mate but wont work at all for me!!!!! theres been no BSOD's yet or anything, just no signal from card so i assume its a driver issue.

should i install the drivers from safe mode or something ?

thanks!!!

 

[86JR]

got it working now, but i cant run 1680x1050 which is nattive for my 22" screen, im forced to run at 1280x768 so the text is blurry and gives me a headache!

it seems this is a problem for everyone with nvidia cards + vista + lg 22LS4R screens (ie 22 inch screens which dont have or need drivers)

so thats that, now im forced to either buy an ati card (which have same issues sometimes ) or go back to xp 32 and lose 800mb of ram

 

[86JR]

thankyou, that seems to have worked BUT it only lets me run at 30hz interlaced, my monitor is rated for 60hz and when i select 60hz i just get "no signal" untill the 15 second safety net kicks in.... any ideas how i could change the code to make it 59hz ?

thankyou!

 

[86JR]

update : couldnt fit it and monitor started making static / boiling kettle noises, so i reformatted this time using a shell and it took 2 hours

installing all updates etc this time im yet to try the drivers but if i have same problem then im not sure what to do....... might have to rma the card and get a 4870!!!

 

[86JR]

still doesnt work.......so ive ordered a 1080i/p compatible monitor..... 24" Samsung thing from ocuk, apparently comes tommorow, cant wait

just hope the 260gtx has enough power at 1920x1200 ?????

 

[86JR]

tried those mate and i just get no signal when i run them.

 

[86JR]

im doing that now and get 1680x1050 on nvidia drivers.

But it moves the screen an inch to the right, black bar n the left and missing image on the right.