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Travis
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 Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 11:16 am Post subject: Nvidia card will not start (Code 10) |
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My wife's PC was working fine until recently when a hard disk (an IBM
Deathstar - what else?!) failed and I had to reinstall windows onto a
new hard disk.
It was working fine after the reinstall as well, though the
reinstallation didn't go at all smoothly, and the two graphics cards
(a PCI S3 Trio 32/64 and an AGP Nvidia GeForce4 MX 440) were playing
nicely together and running two screens.
And then after a few days, this stopped working. The monitor driven
by the AGP card didn't get a signal at all.
In the device drivers section, the AGP card has an exclamation mark
icon next to it and reports a "This device cannot start (Code 10)"
error.
Thinking the Nvidia card might be faulty, I swapped in an AGP S3 Virge
GX2 card which I knew to be working when I removed it from its
computer only a few months ago.
It was recognised as new hardware and the drivers all installed
properly. The computer said I had to reboot to get it to work.
When It had rebooted, the second monitor didn't work and it reported
the same Code 10 error.
So I took both graphics cards out, put the Nvidia card back in the AGP
port alone. It worked fine.
Then I put the S3 Trio card back in to a different PCI port, when it
loaded up the software was recognised and it installed... and then
both screens worked again.
I thought that had fixed it, but when the PC was next turned on it had
started giving Code 10 errors again on the Nvidia and I'm back to a
single desktop running via the PCI S3 Trio card, with the Nvidia
installed but not starting.
Trying to update drivers via device manager doesn't do anything, it
can't find any newer drivers.
Has anyone got any idea how I can fix this, apart from taking the PCI
card out and moving it to a different slot before turning the computer
on every day?
Travis |
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KCB
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 12:22 am Post subject: Re: Nvidia card will not start (Code 10) |
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"Travis" <travismorien@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1179728175.274856.207050@n15g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | My wife's PC was working fine until recently when a hard disk (an IBM
Deathstar - what else?!) failed and I had to reinstall windows onto a
new hard disk.
It was working fine after the reinstall as well, though the
reinstallation didn't go at all smoothly, and the two graphics cards
(a PCI S3 Trio 32/64 and an AGP Nvidia GeForce4 MX 440) were playing
nicely together and running two screens.
And then after a few days, this stopped working. The monitor driven
by the AGP card didn't get a signal at all.
In the device drivers section, the AGP card has an exclamation mark
icon next to it and reports a "This device cannot start (Code 10)"
error.
Thinking the Nvidia card might be faulty, I swapped in an AGP S3 Virge
GX2 card which I knew to be working when I removed it from its
computer only a few months ago.
It was recognised as new hardware and the drivers all installed
properly. The computer said I had to reboot to get it to work.
When It had rebooted, the second monitor didn't work and it reported
the same Code 10 error.
So I took both graphics cards out, put the Nvidia card back in the AGP
port alone. It worked fine.
Then I put the S3 Trio card back in to a different PCI port, when it
loaded up the software was recognised and it installed... and then
both screens worked again.
I thought that had fixed it, but when the PC was next turned on it had
started giving Code 10 errors again on the Nvidia and I'm back to a
single desktop running via the PCI S3 Trio card, with the Nvidia
installed but not starting.
Trying to update drivers via device manager doesn't do anything, it
can't find any newer drivers.
Has anyone got any idea how I can fix this, apart from taking the PCI
card out and moving it to a different slot before turning the computer
on every day?
Travis
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According to MS here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310123
Device failed to start. Click Update Driver to update the drivers for
this device. On the General Properties tab of the device, click
Troubleshoot to start the Troubleshooting Wizard.
When you re-installed Windows, did you re-install all of the motherboard
drivers? Also, how did you first install the video drivers, and which
version are you using? |
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KCB
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 3:18 am Post subject: Re: Nvidia card will not start (Code 10) |
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"Travis" <travismorien@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1179810176.355175.312140@z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | On May 22, 3:57 am, "KCB" <kcbairdREM...@THIScomcast.net> wrote:
"Travis" <travismor...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1179728175.274856.207050@n15g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
My wife's PC was working fine until recently when a hard disk (an
IBM
Deathstar - what else?!) failed and I had to reinstall windows onto
a
new hard disk.
It was working fine after the reinstall as well, though the
reinstallation didn't go at all smoothly, and the two graphics
cards
(a PCI S3 Trio 32/64 and an AGP Nvidia GeForce4 MX 440) were
playing
nicely together and running two screens.
And then after a few days, this stopped working. The monitor
driven
by the AGP card didn't get a signal at all.
In the device drivers section, the AGP card has an exclamation mark
icon next to it and reports a "This device cannot start (Code 10)"
error.
Thinking the Nvidia card might be faulty, I swapped in an AGP S3
Virge
GX2 card which I knew to be working when I removed it from its
computer only a few months ago.
It was recognised as new hardware and the drivers all installed
properly. The computer said I had to reboot to get it to work.
When It had rebooted, the second monitor didn't work and it
reported
the same Code 10 error.
So I took both graphics cards out, put the Nvidia card back in the
AGP
port alone. It worked fine.
Then I put the S3 Trio card back in to a different PCI port, when
it
loaded up the software was recognised and it installed... and then
both screens worked again.
I thought that had fixed it, but when the PC was next turned on it
had
started giving Code 10 errors again on the Nvidia and I'm back to a
single desktop running via the PCI S3 Trio card, with the Nvidia
installed but not starting.
Trying to update drivers via device manager doesn't do anything, it
can't find any newer drivers.
Has anyone got any idea how I can fix this, apart from taking the
PCI
card out and moving it to a different slot before turning the
computer
on every day?
Travis
According to MS here:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310123
Device failed to start. Click Update Driver to update the drivers for
this device. On the General Properties tab of the device, click
Troubleshoot to start the Troubleshooting Wizard.
The wizard is unable to resolve the problem, the update driver
function is unable to find updated drivers.
However, given that the cards both work perfectly until the computer
is turned off, and then the Nvidia ceases to work once the computer
boots up again, does that sound like a faulty driver issue?
When you re-installed Windows, did you re-install all of the
motherboard
drivers? Also, how did you first install the video drivers, and which
version are you using?
No, its a very old motherboard which I got as a gift and the drivers
CD for it is long gone.
However the fact that its very old should imply, I hope, that Windows
XP should have compatible drivers on the CD?
I installed the latest Nvidia drivers, downloaded only days ago from
Nvidia.com
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I think the 93.71 version are the latest to support that card. If you
have some newer version, check the release notes to see if your card is
supported. |
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