New Video Card Messing up?

[Elmolax]

Well, I just installed my new Card, http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1776106&Tab=11&NoMapp=0, and it does work, as in my games are faster and work at higher quality video settings, but there seems to be a problem. Alot of my icons are like, pink and distorted and look mixed with other icons, my desktop image looks like what happens when you try minimizing a window when your computer is going really slow (like when you win at solitaire, and the cards are all bouncing around. When I open up my start menu, the whole left side is two icons repeating, and teh right side is a mix of my documents and my pictures icons all staticed up in pink, like a TV with no antennae. In otehr windows, the minimize, maximize, and close window buttons aren't there; they are replaced by grey squares. Alot of my icons are even blacked out, like my Everrest home Edition, or just completeley replaced with something that resembles static.. Anyone have any idea what is wrong?

Attached is my Everrest report.

I installed all drivers that came with the card.

[street1 (RIP)]

Have you tried the drivers from Nvidia?


Read the driver installation hints document.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_93.71.html

[Elmolax]

That fixed it, thanks!
But now when I try and scroll through a window, it goes really slow <_<
All laggy style.

[street1 (RIP)]

As a side note the install Cd you get packaged
with you new hardware is as old as the hardware
was when packaged.



Do you have internet explorer 7 installed?

The new IE7 can cause this.

Have you tried it with Firefox?

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

[Elmolax]

same thing in FF.
It's like it's loading every centimeter of the scroll movement seperatley<_<

[street1 (RIP)]

I don't know someone will post soon. Hang in there help is always on the way.

Do you have the HID drivers for the mouse installed?

Can you try a standard PS/2 mouse=Old Faithful.

[Elmolax]

Hooray
It even does it when the "to protect your pc" and "insatll activex control" bar thingy pops up at the top of the browser window, under the toolbars O_o

[street1 (RIP)]

Did you read all of my reply#5? I added on to it.
LO 'Frickin' L  

[GX1_Man]

We will need to know more about your system - hardware and software.

Did you uninstall your previous video drivers? What kind of graphics adapter was in there?

I think the nVidia drivers are not the big concern. Something else is wrong.

[Elmolax]

I had onboard graphics before, I think it was called something like VIA/SG3 UniChrome or something along those lines.

But, now I notice that when I go to my hardware settings, it doesn't even say that I have an adapter now, ever since I installed the drivers from the link given above...

I also found a new problem: Videos won't play correctly. Some won't play at all. Yup.

Also, when I try and open one my games, it says "--- Common Initialization ---
Medal of Honor Spearhead 2.15 win-x86 Mar  4 2003
----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\MOHAA\mainta\pak5.pk3 (9 files)
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\MOHAA\mainta\pak4.pk3 (59 files)
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\MOHAA\mainta\pak3.pk3 (311 files)
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\MOHAA\mainta\pak2.pk3 (767 files)
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\MOHAA\mainta\pak1.pk3 (6969 files)
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\MOHAA/mainta
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\MOHAA\main\pak6.pk3 (104 files)
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\MOHAA\main\Pak5.pk3 (259 files)
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\MOHAA\main\Pak4.pk3 (593 files)
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\MOHAA\main\Pak3.pk3 (669 files)
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\MOHAA\main\Pak2.pk3 (4722 files)
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\MOHAA\main\Pak1.pk3 (772 files)
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\MOHAA\main\Pak0.pk3 (11175 files)
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\MOHAA/main

----------------------
26409 files in pk3 files
execing default.cfg
execing buildver.cfg
execing menu.cfg
execing newconfig.cfg
execing localize.cfg
Config: unnamedsoldier.cfg
execing configs/unnamedsoldier.cfg
couldn't exec localized.cfg
execing autoexec.cfg
Unknown command "fov"
couldn't exec custom.cfg
...detecting CPU, found AMD w/ 3DNow!

------- Input Initialization -------
Initializing DirectInput...
Couldn't set DI coop level
Falling back to Win32 mouse support...
------- Input Initialization Complete ------- 1294
You are now setup for medium mode.
----- Client Initialization -----
Called FadeSound with: 0.000000
----- Initializing Renderer ----
----- R_Init -----
Initializing OpenGL subsystem
...initializing QGL
...calling LoadLibrary( 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\opengl32.dll' ): succeeded
...setting mode 6: 1024 768 FS
...using colorsbits of 32
...calling CDS: ok
...registered window class
...created window@0,0 (1024x768)
Initializing OpenGL driver
...getting DC: succeeded
...GLW_ChoosePFD( 32, 32, 0 )
...35 PFDs found
...GLW_ChoosePFD failed
...failed to find an appropriate PIXELFORMAT
...restoring display settings
...WARNING: could not set the given mode (6)
...setting mode 6: 1024 768 FS
...using colorsbits of 16
...calling CDS: ok
...created window@0,0 (1024x768)
Initializing OpenGL driver
...getting DC: succeeded
...GLW_ChoosePFD( 16, 24, 0 )
...35 PFDs found
...GLW_ChoosePFD failed
...failed to find an appropriate PIXELFORMAT
...restoring display settings
...WARNING: could not set the given mode (3)
...shutting down QGL
...unloading OpenGL DLL
...assuming '3dfxvgl' is a standalone driver
...initializing QGL
...WARNING: missing Glide installation, assuming no 3Dfx available
...shutting down QGL
GLW_StartOpenGL() - could not load OpenGL subsystem

"


So, is something wrong with my drivers?
MY games and videos worked fine with the drivers tat came on the disk with the card, but my only problem was the one stated in my first post. Once I installed the updated ones, the orignal problem went away and now this.

[GX1_Man]

Can you do a system restore to a point BEFORE you did this and then try again?

[Elmolax]

I wish, but my system restore died long time ago. Just stopped working.

[GX1_Man]

This would be an opportune time for a full format and reinstall to solve a LOT of problems, eh?

Do you have a real Windows CD to do this with? Be sure and backup your data files first.

[Elmolax]

Yeah, I have a real windows CD.
But I don't really care for system restore.
And I fixed the problem

It was just the drivers, I had them for the wrong type.

Ty for all the help!

[street1 (RIP)]

Slow Scroll. :-?