Stuck in 800x600 with 4bit color with 8800 gts!!

Why does it work perfectly when I have windows xp installed then? I was
playing STALKER for a while on xp and all was fine.

"Captain Roberts" wrote:

> Your power supply could be the culprit. The EVGA 8800GTS eats power.
> "Chris" <Chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:282DEF8F-D2E8-496E-B1B4-2FF5B76C767A@microsoft.com...
> Hey all...I have been so frustrated the past few days. I just set up my new
> computer a few days ago. I installed windows xp and everything worked
> perfectly...I then used the vista upgrade that i got free when i purchased xp
> (it was a deal on newegg a few months ago) Vista installed fine but I have
> been stuck in 800x600 with 4bit color.
>
> I have installed the latest drivers several times, both in safe mode and
> regular. I downloaded all the windows updates...i even installed the latest
> nforce 570 drivers. I have reinstalled vista several times and I am still
> having the same problem. I spoke to EVGA tech support 3 times and they dont
> know what the problem is.
>
> The device manager has a exclamation point next to the 8800gts. It says
> "This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use. (Code 12)"
>
> I am about ready to give up on Vista completely. Please let me know what you
> guys think.
>
> Here is the info on my comp
>
> AMD 64 x2 4800+
> Shuttle sn27p (case and motherboard)
> EVGA 8800GTS 640mb
> 2gb Corsair xms series ram

XP drivers are not as demanding as WDDM drivers. Your video card has a minimum requirement of 400 watts at 26amps.
"Chris" <Chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:62C4B7CF-121F-4CEC-AD1B-1DEF26E55A17@microsoft.com...
Why does it work perfectly when I have windows xp installed then? I was
playing STALKER for a while on xp and all was fine.

"Captain Roberts" wrote:

> Your power supply could be the culprit. The EVGA 8800GTS eats power.
> "Chris" <Chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:282DEF8F-D2E8-496E-B1B4-2FF5B76C767A@microsoft.com...
> Hey all...I have been so frustrated the past few days. I just set up my new
> computer a few days ago. I installed windows xp and everything worked
> perfectly...I then used the vista upgrade that i got free when i purchased xp
> (it was a deal on newegg a few months ago) Vista installed fine but I have
> been stuck in 800x600 with 4bit color.
>
> I have installed the latest drivers several times, both in safe mode and
> regular. I downloaded all the windows updates...i even installed the latest
> nforce 570 drivers. I have reinstalled vista several times and I am still
> having the same problem. I spoke to EVGA tech support 3 times and they dont
> know what the problem is.
>
> The device manager has a exclamation point next to the 8800gts. It says
> "This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use. (Code 12)"
>
> I am about ready to give up on Vista completely. Please let me know what you
> guys think.
>
> Here is the info on my comp
>
> AMD 64 x2 4800+
> Shuttle sn27p (case and motherboard)
> EVGA 8800GTS 640mb
> 2gb Corsair xms series ram

Chris,

A likely explanation for your situation is that the video card drivers
didn't install. Even if your power supply is insufficient for your needs,
that fact shouldn't keep the drivers from installing. Too little power
supply would likely manifest itself in a crash of some kind. Device Manager
should disclose more information as to what the problem is, apart from
displaying a yellow (!), In Device Manager, unfold Display Adapters and
right click the video card entry and select Properties. What information is
displayed? Look in the Drivers tab, and note any information provided there.
Is there any corrective action suggested? Try selecting the option to
Update Drivers. If you've installed the drivers, they are there somewhere on
your hard drive. You want Windows to search automatically, including on your
hard drive.

Maybe you're missing something in the instructions for installing the video
card drivers. Review them, understand and follow them exactly. Also, Look
in Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs for an entry for the video card
drivers and uninstall everything there so that you will be able to start over
and do a fresh install. Installing video card drivers can be tricky. It's
often been the case that video card drivers won't install properly until all
former video drivers have been removed. If you can't find an option to
uninstall the drivers before you install them again, you can download
DriverCleaner, a free utility that will remove them for you. A google will
find a download site.

Moreover, video drivers oftentimes won't install unless the computer is set
to standard VGA mode, which is 640 X 480. You can get into standard VGA mode
by pressing F8 during reboot after POST but before Windows starts loading.
If you miss that point, just do it over until you get it. When this
procedure works, you will get a screen displaying various options. Select to
boot in standard VGA mode, press <Enter>. After booting into standard VGA
mode, install the drivers you have ready to go. Do this after you have
completed all the above steps in the previous paragraphs. You're now getting
down to the nitty gritty.

If all this fails, try finding an nVideo forum. A google will find lots of
them. An nVideo forum will have lots of nVideo users who have plenty
experience in installing nVideo cards. A good place to get tips. Finally, I
can assure you that installing drivers for that card is doable. If it worked
in XP, then that's a good sign.
--
freddy


"Chris" wrote:

> Why does it work perfectly when I have windows xp installed then? I was
> playing STALKER for a while on xp and all was fine.
>
> "Captain Roberts" wrote:
>

> > Your power supply could be the culprit. The EVGA 8800GTS eats power.
> > "Chris" <Chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:282DEF8F-D2E8-496E-B1B4-2FF5B76C767A@microsoft.com...
> > Hey all...I have been so frustrated the past few days. I just set up my new
> > computer a few days ago. I installed windows xp and everything worked
> > perfectly...I then used the vista upgrade that i got free when i purchased xp
> > (it was a deal on newegg a few months ago) Vista installed fine but I have
> > been stuck in 800x600 with 4bit color.
> >
> > I have installed the latest drivers several times, both in safe mode and
> > regular. I downloaded all the windows updates...i even installed the latest
> > nforce 570 drivers. I have reinstalled vista several times and I am still
> > having the same problem. I spoke to EVGA tech support 3 times and they dont
> > know what the problem is.
> >
> > The device manager has a exclamation point next to the 8800gts. It says
> > "This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use. (Code 12)"
> >
> > I am about ready to give up on Vista completely. Please let me know what you
> > guys think.
> >
> > Here is the info on my comp
> >
> > AMD 64 x2 4800+
> > Shuttle sn27p (case and motherboard)
> > EVGA 8800GTS 640mb
> > 2gb Corsair xms series ram

Well I tried pretty much all of those ideas...One thing I noticed is when I
uninstalled the drivers the device manager would just say standard vga
adapter then I would restart the computer and it would show up with 8800gts
with a specific driver version...and this is before I even went to install
the latest driver set. Then I install it and I have the same problem.

So then I tried unistalling the drivers and then installing the new drivers
without restarting the computer. The device manager now lists the correct
driver version but the problem hasnt been solved.

I tried to follow the installation instructions on the nvidia site but it
doesnt match up. The instructions say that when i double click the driver
package its gonna load up...then detect any previous drivers and prompt me to
remove them. When I load it up none of this happens...It completely skips the
uninstall process.

I tried the standard VGA mode thing but vista doesnt have that option...it
says safe mode..etc etc. and then "Enable low-resolution video (640x480)" So
I selected that.

Im gonna try driver cleaner again (I tried using that program before I
posted here)

Thank you very much for all your help guys...but I am still stuck haha

"freddy" wrote:

> Chris,
>
> A likely explanation for your situation is that the video card drivers
> didn't install. Even if your power supply is insufficient for your needs,
> that fact shouldn't keep the drivers from installing. Too little power
> supply would likely manifest itself in a crash of some kind. Device Manager
> should disclose more information as to what the problem is, apart from
> displaying a yellow (!), In Device Manager, unfold Display Adapters and
> right click the video card entry and select Properties. What information is
> displayed? Look in the Drivers tab, and note any information provided there.
> Is there any corrective action suggested? Try selecting the option to
> Update Drivers. If you've installed the drivers, they are there somewhere on
> your hard drive. You want Windows to search automatically, including on your
> hard drive.
>
> Maybe you're missing something in the instructions for installing the video
> card drivers. Review them, understand and follow them exactly. Also, Look
> in Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs for an entry for the video card
> drivers and uninstall everything there so that you will be able to start over
> and do a fresh install. Installing video card drivers can be tricky. It's
> often been the case that video card drivers won't install properly until all
> former video drivers have been removed. If you can't find an option to
> uninstall the drivers before you install them again, you can download
> DriverCleaner, a free utility that will remove them for you. A google will
> find a download site.
>
> Moreover, video drivers oftentimes won't install unless the computer is set
> to standard VGA mode, which is 640 X 480. You can get into standard VGA mode
> by pressing F8 during reboot after POST but before Windows starts loading.
> If you miss that point, just do it over until you get it. When this
> procedure works, you will get a screen displaying various options. Select to
> boot in standard VGA mode, press <Enter>. After booting into standard VGA
> mode, install the drivers you have ready to go. Do this after you have
> completed all the above steps in the previous paragraphs. You're now getting
> down to the nitty gritty.
>
> If all this fails, try finding an nVideo forum. A google will find lots of
> them. An nVideo forum will have lots of nVideo users who have plenty
> experience in installing nVideo cards. A good place to get tips. Finally, I
> can assure you that installing drivers for that card is doable. If it worked
> in XP, then that's a good sign.
> --
> freddy
>
>
> "Chris" wrote:
>

> > Why does it work perfectly when I have windows xp installed then? I was
> > playing STALKER for a while on xp and all was fine.
> >
> > "Captain Roberts" wrote:
> >

> > > Your power supply could be the culprit. The EVGA 8800GTS eats power.
> > > "Chris" <Chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:282DEF8F-D2E8-496E-B1B4-2FF5B76C767A@microsoft.com...
> > > Hey all...I have been so frustrated the past few days. I just set up my new
> > > computer a few days ago. I installed windows xp and everything worked
> > > perfectly...I then used the vista upgrade that i got free when i purchased xp
> > > (it was a deal on newegg a few months ago) Vista installed fine but I have
> > > been stuck in 800x600 with 4bit color.
> > >
> > > I have installed the latest drivers several times, both in safe mode and
> > > regular. I downloaded all the windows updates...i even installed the latest
> > > nforce 570 drivers. I have reinstalled vista several times and I am still
> > > having the same problem. I spoke to EVGA tech support 3 times and they dont
> > > know what the problem is.
> > >
> > > The device manager has a exclamation point next to the 8800gts. It says
> > > "This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use. (Code 12)"
> > >
> > > I am about ready to give up on Vista completely. Please let me know what you
> > > guys think.
> > >
> > > Here is the info on my comp
> > >
> > > AMD 64 x2 4800+
> > > Shuttle sn27p (case and motherboard)
> > > EVGA 8800GTS 640mb
> > > 2gb Corsair xms series ram

Chris,

OK, I see in your clarification comments that you indeed have tried all the
standard methods for installing a video driver. So, I did another read of
your original post and noticed something I overlooked before: Code 12.

I did a search and found a Microsoft explanation of how to resolve a Code 12
error, as follows:

Code 12
This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use. If you want
to use this device, you will need to disable one of the other devices on this
system. (Code 12)

Recommended resolution

Two devices have been assigned the same I/O ports, the same interrupt, or
the same Direct Memory Access channel (either by the BIOS, the operating
system, or a combination of the two). This error message can also appear if
the BIOS did not allocate enough resources to the device (for example, if a
universal serial bus (USB) controller is not an interrupt from the BIOS
because of a corrupted Multiprocessor System (MPS) table).

You can use Device Manager to determine where the conflict is and disable
the conflicting device. On the General Properties tab of the device, click
Troubleshoot to start the Troubleshooting Wizard.

In other words, I looks as if you have an IRQ conflict. Go figure. Hope
this helps. Let us know how this turns out.
--
freddy


"Chris" wrote:

> Well I tried pretty much all of those ideas...One thing I noticed is when I
> uninstalled the drivers the device manager would just say standard vga
> adapter then I would restart the computer and it would show up with 8800gts
> with a specific driver version...and this is before I even went to install
> the latest driver set. Then I install it and I have the same problem.
>
> So then I tried unistalling the drivers and then installing the new drivers
> without restarting the computer. The device manager now lists the correct
> driver version but the problem hasnt been solved.
>
> I tried to follow the installation instructions on the nvidia site but it
> doesnt match up. The instructions say that when i double click the driver
> package its gonna load up...then detect any previous drivers and prompt me to
> remove them. When I load it up none of this happens...It completely skips the
> uninstall process.
>
> I tried the standard VGA mode thing but vista doesnt have that option...it
> says safe mode..etc etc. and then "Enable low-resolution video (640x480)" So
> I selected that.
>
> Im gonna try driver cleaner again (I tried using that program before I
> posted here)
>
> Thank you very much for all your help guys...but I am still stuck haha
>
> "freddy" wrote:
>

> > Chris,
> >
> > A likely explanation for your situation is that the video card drivers
> > didn't install. Even if your power supply is insufficient for your needs,
> > that fact shouldn't keep the drivers from installing. Too little power
> > supply would likely manifest itself in a crash of some kind. Device Manager
> > should disclose more information as to what the problem is, apart from
> > displaying a yellow (!), In Device Manager, unfold Display Adapters and
> > right click the video card entry and select Properties. What information is
> > displayed? Look in the Drivers tab, and note any information provided there.
> > Is there any corrective action suggested? Try selecting the option to
> > Update Drivers. If you've installed the drivers, they are there somewhere on
> > your hard drive. You want Windows to search automatically, including on your
> > hard drive.
> >
> > Maybe you're missing something in the instructions for installing the video
> > card drivers. Review them, understand and follow them exactly. Also, Look
> > in Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs for an entry for the video card
> > drivers and uninstall everything there so that you will be able to start over
> > and do a fresh install. Installing video card drivers can be tricky. It's
> > often been the case that video card drivers won't install properly until all
> > former video drivers have been removed. If you can't find an option to
> > uninstall the drivers before you install them again, you can download
> > DriverCleaner, a free utility that will remove them for you. A google will
> > find a download site.
> >
> > Moreover, video drivers oftentimes won't install unless the computer is set
> > to standard VGA mode, which is 640 X 480. You can get into standard VGA mode
> > by pressing F8 during reboot after POST but before Windows starts loading.
> > If you miss that point, just do it over until you get it. When this
> > procedure works, you will get a screen displaying various options. Select to
> > boot in standard VGA mode, press <Enter>. After booting into standard VGA
> > mode, install the drivers you have ready to go. Do this after you have
> > completed all the above steps in the previous paragraphs. You're now getting
> > down to the nitty gritty.
> >
> > If all this fails, try finding an nVideo forum. A google will find lots of
> > them. An nVideo forum will have lots of nVideo users who have plenty
> > experience in installing nVideo cards. A good place to get tips. Finally, I
> > can assure you that installing drivers for that card is doable. If it worked
> > in XP, then that's a good sign.
> > --
> > freddy
> >
> >
> > "Chris" wrote:
> >

> > > Why does it work perfectly when I have windows xp installed then? I was
> > > playing STALKER for a while on xp and all was fine.
> > >
> > > "Captain Roberts" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Your power supply could be the culprit. The EVGA 8800GTS eats power.
> > > > "Chris" <Chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:282DEF8F-D2E8-496E-B1B4-2FF5B76C767A@microsoft.com...
> > > > Hey all...I have been so frustrated the past few days. I just set up my new
> > > > computer a few days ago. I installed windows xp and everything worked
> > > > perfectly...I then used the vista upgrade that i got free when i purchased xp
> > > > (it was a deal on newegg a few months ago) Vista installed fine but I have
> > > > been stuck in 800x600 with 4bit color.
> > > >
> > > > I have installed the latest drivers several times, both in safe mode and
> > > > regular. I downloaded all the windows updates...i even installed the latest
> > > > nforce 570 drivers. I have reinstalled vista several times and I am still
> > > > having the same problem. I spoke to EVGA tech support 3 times and they dont
> > > > know what the problem is.
> > > >
> > > > The device manager has a exclamation point next to the 8800gts. It says
> > > > "This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use. (Code 12)"
> > > >
> > > > I am about ready to give up on Vista completely. Please let me know what you
> > > > guys think.
> > > >
> > > > Here is the info on my comp
> > > >
> > > > AMD 64 x2 4800+
> > > > Shuttle sn27p (case and motherboard)
> > > > EVGA 8800GTS 640mb
> > > > 2gb Corsair xms series ram

I have a similar Shuttle box - the Intel version of your setup - Shuttle
SD37P2 V2 with a Q6600 (Quad-core), 4GB RAM, 3 SATA hard drives, a DVD-RW
and a similar EVGA 8800GTS video card. Mine is the smaller one with 320MB of
video RAM. My box has a 400W power supply and the special extra power plug
for the video card. I don't remember what your SN27P has.

There should be enough power available, and it shouldn't matter if it's XP
or Vista. Did you get any error messages or strange behavior during the
installation of Vista or the nVidia driver that you should be concerned
with?

The nVidia driver you want is on this web page:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_158.18.html

It says this at the top of the page:

Windows Vista 32-bit


ForceWare Release 158
Version: 158.18
Release Date: May 2, 2007
WHQL Driver

I don't know about the motherboard driver, it sounds like you have the right
one.

Bye.

"Chris" <Chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:282DEF8F-D2E8-496E-B1B4-2FF5B76C767A@microsoft.com...

> Hey all...I have been so frustrated the past few days. I just set up my
> new
> computer a few days ago. I installed windows xp and everything worked
> perfectly...I then used the vista upgrade that i got free when i purchased
> xp
> (it was a deal on newegg a few months ago) Vista installed fine but I have
> been stuck in 800x600 with 4bit color.
>
> I have installed the latest drivers several times, both in safe mode and
> regular. I downloaded all the windows updates...i even installed the
> latest
> nforce 570 drivers. I have reinstalled vista several times and I am still
> having the same problem. I spoke to EVGA tech support 3 times and they
> dont
> know what the problem is.
>
> The device manager has a exclamation point next to the 8800gts. It says
> "This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use. (Code 12)"
>
> I am about ready to give up on Vista completely. Please let me know what
> you
> guys think.
>
> Here is the info on my comp
>
> AMD 64 x2 4800+
> Shuttle sn27p (case and motherboard)
> EVGA 8800GTS 640mb
> 2gb Corsair xms series ram