Matrox has an excellent utility, available for download from their site,
that will remove all traces of Matrox software and drivers. Unlike ATI's
utility, which is a joke, the Matrox version really works.
The file is pd_unin201.exe and if you can't find it back channel me and I
will email it to you.
However, I don't think the old Matrox software is the problem. It could be
something you inadvertently loosened when you put the card in, or maybe
some kind of addressing problem.
At 06:59 AM 6/10/2005, you wrote:
Hi,
About 6 weeks ago one of my computers had its GFX card go bad
(MSI-TI4800SE). The fan died and the plastic housing holding the fan on
melted, this thing got really hot :-). Any way luckily it was in year 2 of a
3 year warrenty so I returned it and in the meantime used an old pci matrox
mystique 220 to get the machine back up and running.
I got the repaired/replaced card back yesterday but I can't get windows to
boot. I can boot in safe mode, so I uninstalled the matrox driver software
but still nothing. I never uninstalled the MSI drivers so I was expecting it
to just work. In safe mode I can see the 4800 and it seems to be installed
correctly.
Could something from Matrox still be lurking in the background? Are there
any tools to check and delete old drivers?
Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Gary
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