Thanks... What precisely to you mean by "uninstall"? From the control panel, or physically removing the (non-OEM) card?
A while ago, I tried doing the "uninstall" from the control panel. I "unistalled" both the OEM NVS-285 as well as one which (finally!) appeared as "unknown". At re-boot, the OEM NVS-285 was none-the-less up and running without asking if I wanted to install it. Well, I have a new collection of both NVidia and Jaton drivers to go play with. Thanks again! -------------------------------------- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org "Stephan Barr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/05/2008 10:18:02 AM: > I manage many hundreds of Dells and have seen similar issues with MS > Updates vs updates found at the Dell site. Try uninstalling the video > card and rebooting; then install the card and use software only from > Dell. Subsequently don't automatically allow all updates from MS to > that machine(s) for a while and see if that solves the problem. > > Cheers. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 10:11 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Multiple video cards > > Just the MS Update thingies. It would seem most of these would be > hitting > all at once (and thus all would have puked out by now). > > NOT an ideal solution, but I'm going to try an install to a new > partition, > with the additional card installed, to see what it does. (This is not > ideal because our DBA may have to do a lot of re-installation of his > management and development tools, but... [EMAIL PROTECTED]&!!!) > -------------------------------------- > Richard McClary, Systems Administrator > ASPCA Knowledge Management > 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 > 217-337-9761 > http://www.aspca.org > > > "Joe Heaton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/05/2008 09:46:23 AM: > > > Any recent patches/updates, video driver updates, etc? > > > > > > Joe Heaton > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 7:43 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Multiple video cards > > > > HELP!!!! > > > > This has just started happening the past two weeks... > > > > Our typical setup is a Dell PWS-390, which comes OEM with an NVidia > NVS > > 285 (runs two monitors). We need three or four monitors. We could > not > > get any ATI cards to give us a usable system, but we found a dual-port > > (VGA) card with NVidia 5200 chips on it that works - until lately! > > > > The scenario goes, a machine will crash. On startup, the black with > WIN > > logo will show, but the 3 blue square moving across the screen will > hang > > and remain hung. > > > > We pull the added NVidia 5200 card, and it boots. We put in a new > > NVidia 5200 card, and the system will not even acknowledge there is a > > new piece of hardware in the system... > > > > This is despite deleting ALL video cards in the device manager, doing > a > > "scan for hardware changes", or even trying to run the Control Panel > > "New Hardware Wizard" applet. > > > > I can put in an ATI card, and it will work once. On successive > reboots, > > that too will hang with the 3 squares (not) moving across the Windows > > logo screen. > > > > While I'm hunting for solutions, any ideas why a hardware setup which > > has worked for over a year would suddenly fail completely? I have > > visions of, while I'm either on vacation or at a networking "boot > camp", > > all of our systems crapping out on us one-at-a-time. > > > > Well, time to go a-hunting! Thanks... > > -------------------------------------- > > 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> ~ > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
