new card / drivers

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Tubbs®

I'm gonna go from a GeForce TI4400 128MB to a ATI 9600 XT 256MB and was
wondering if anyone had any advice regarding the removal of the detonator
drivers / nvidia card. Is there a quality program that does it for you ? Do
you run this program AFTER the physical removal of the old card ? Do I go
through Control Panel / Device manager to remove card or through Add/Remove
programs ?
Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks.
Sorry if I appear a dumbass :))
 
Tubbs® said:
I'm gonna go from a GeForce TI4400 128MB to a ATI 9600 XT 256MB and was
wondering if anyone had any advice regarding the removal of the detonator
drivers / nvidia card. Is there a quality program that does it for you ? Do
you run this program AFTER the physical removal of the old card ? Do I go
through Control Panel / Device manager to remove card or through Add/Remove
programs ?
Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks.
Sorry if I appear a dumbass :))
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Here's what I do:
1.) Remove existing drivers from "Add/Remove Programs" in ControlPanel.
2.) Reboot into safe mode. Windows will detect new hardware, avoid this by hitting ESC.
3.) Run DriverCleaner. http://www.driverheaven.net/cleaner/
4.) Install latest Chipset/AGP Drivers.
5.) Turn off computer.
6.) Install new card.

Jon
 
Back up youre data you wanna keep just in case you have to reformat an
reinstall to be safe before above procedure. My 2 cents thats the way id go.
but been doing computers for while too So it becomes easier to reinstall as
long as youve done it before alot ive been doing it since 98se tru xp
lol.nothing like a fresh install ahhh cleans the shit out too in registry
very well lol
 
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