WinXP-Pro Sp2; both pre- and post- patches from TUE 8-APR (restore point was created before the past set of patches) -------------------------------------- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org
"Eric Wittenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/10/2008 03:09:23 PM: > What OS? > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 2:05 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings! > > One of my departments has a standard hardware setup consisting of a Dell > PWS-390 which comes OEM with an NVidia Quadro NVS 285 (dual port) plus a > NVidia GeForce FX 5200 for a third monitor (and a fourth, if needed). > > This morning, we had the FX 5200 vanish from a system. HardwareManager, > scanning for hardware changes, would not detect it. My bag of tricks has > included: > > 1. Moving it to a different PCI slot > 2. Putting in a new FX 5200 > 3. Doing a software uninstall of the NVS 285 and re-scanning for hardware > changes > 4. Doing a system restore to a restore point of a couple of days ago > 5. Using a different motherboard > > We have a spare PWS-390 all set up for one department, but she has a ton > of development, authoring, etc software on this system, so she'd be out of > comission for a day or so doing nothing but loading software. > > My plans for early tomorrow morning include re-installing NVidia software, > booting up in Safe mode to uninstall the NVS 285 and do a hardware detect, > and lots of pounding and snarling. > > Any other guesses as to what could suddenly make this video display card > undetectable? > -------------------------------------- > Richard McClary, Systems Administrator > ASPCA Knowledge Management > 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 > 217-337-9761 > http://www.aspca.org > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > > -- > Eric Wittenberg MCSE, ASE, CET ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
