Changing out my graphics card

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I'm running WinXP Home edition and right now I have a S3 Prosavage DDR
graphics card installed. I'm upgrading to a Geforce card for new games I'm
getting that require 3D capabilities. My question is this: What's the best
way to remove the old hardware? Do I uninstall it first in my device manager
and then pull the card out, or vice versa? I just don't want my system going
kablooey on me because I didn't follow the correction procedure.

Thanks for any help.

Nick
 
nsaintj said:
I'm running WinXP Home edition and right now I have a S3 Prosavage DDR
graphics card installed. I'm upgrading to a Geforce card for new games
I'm
getting that require 3D capabilities. My question is this: What's the
best
way to remove the old hardware? Do I uninstall it first in my device
manager
and then pull the card out, or vice versa? I just don't want my system
going
kablooey on me because I didn't follow the correction procedure.

Thanks for any help.

Nick
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I've had the best luck uninstalling the software for the current card, then
rebooting with the same card still installed. When you get the Found new
hardware screen after rebooting, cancel out. You'll now be running in VGA
mode. Shut down the PC, remove the old card and put in the new one and boot
up. Once again, if the Found new hardware screen comes up, cancel out. Run
the setup program for the new card and follow the instructions. It's always
a good idea to check on line for an updated driver set before going through
all this, and using the newest driver as the initial install.

SC Tom
 
nsaintj said:
I'm running WinXP Home edition and right now I have a S3 Prosavage DDR
graphics card installed. I'm upgrading to a Geforce card for new games I'm
getting that require 3D capabilities. My question is this: What's the best
way to remove the old hardware? Do I uninstall it first in my device manager
and then pull the card out, or vice versa? I just don't want my system going
kablooey on me because I didn't follow the correction procedure.

Thanks for any help.

Nick
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Hi Nick,
Uninstall/Remove by going to Device Manager and then Shut Down your machine
and then Open the Cover to Remove the Old Card in this case (S3 Prosavage DDR
graphics card) and mount the Geforce card in the Slot. Restart the machine
and windows will detect the new Graphic card and ask you to insert the CD/DVD
to install the new driver for the new Graphic card please do so to install
from the Geforce installation media.

Note: try to go to the Add/Remove programs to uninstall any software left
for S3 Prosavage DDR graphics card and run disk clean up.
HTH,
nass
 
Just uninstall any graphics software for the current video card found in
the Programs and Features applet located in the Control Panel. Then
shutdown your computer, unplug it, then remove the old video card and
install the new one. Once installed, visit www.nvidia.com and download
the latest drivers.
 
nsaintj said:
I'm running WinXP Home edition and right now I have a S3 Prosavage DDR
graphics card installed. I'm upgrading to a Geforce card for new
games I'm getting that require 3D capabilities. My question is this:
What's the best way to remove the old hardware? Do I uninstall it
first in my device manager and then pull the card out, or vice versa?
I just don't want my system going kablooey on me because I didn't
follow the correction procedure.

Thanks for any help.

Nick
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Your new card should have specific, step by step descriptions of how to
do the changeout. Use those and you should be all set. Many mfrs even
have online instructions to look at before you buy the card. It's
pretty straight forward.

HTH,

Twayne
 
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