New Nvidia driver 182.06 released..

AROTH said:
Well, I just spent about 4 hrs or so trying the new ideas and such, unintalling, re-installing, etc. and I am still back to square one. No Nvidia Control panel although all the icons/tabs are present for it. My monitor settings indicate "Dell 1707FP on Nvidia GeForce 9600 GSO" under the "Settings " tab. I'm lost......:pop4::isadizzy:

I appreciate the help so far, though....
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We're making progress - you have the correct monitor driver working now.

Since you changed from a ATI to Nvidia card, even though you uninstalled the ATI CCC and driver via Add | Remove Programs before you installed the Nvidia card chances are there are some leftover ATI file references in the registry that may be conflicting with the Nvidia control panel setup/display.

To fully ensure there are no leftover ATI files remaining you should first uninstall the current nvidia driver and reboot back to the desktop. Cancel any popups to find and install a driver. Now reboot again into Safe Mode and run the Driver Sweeper application I linked again but this time select ATI files to search for. If any are found and removed, run Driver Sweeper a second time for ATI files just to be sure. Now select Nvidia and run Driver Sweeper twice to get rid of those files. Having done this for both ATI and Nvidia, now reboot back to the desktop and cancel any popups to find and install a driver. Now install the Nvidia driver again - and be sure you reboot the system once the driver has loaded. Hopefully the Nvidia Control Panel should be fully functional.

Also, do you have your monitor connected to the video card connector with the white (DVI) cable or blue (Analog) cable? It should be DVI for the best quality display along with Clear Font selected via the Display Properties | Appearance Tab | Effects Button.
 
James "Taffy" Jones said:
Maybe I can help you out, Aroth. Gulp!

In Control Panel, click on Display. You should see 5 tabs: Themes, Desktop, Screen Saver, Appearance, Settings. Click on the Settings tab. In the lower right you should see two buttons. Click on Advanced. Now you should see several tabs. Click on the tab that lists your video card (mine says "GeForce 8600 GT"). Now you should see a button that says, "Start the NVIDEA Control Panel?" Should work--maybe.

If that doesn't work, go back to Control Panel and click on "Add or Remove Programs." Scroll down until you see a list of NVIDEA programs. Mine lists the following: NVIDEA Drivers, NVIDEA Performance, NVIDEA PhysX, NVIDEA System Monitor, NVIDEA System Update, and NVIDEA WDM Drivers. Are any of those missing? If so, go back to the NVIDEA website and look for the driver for your MB. Download and install.

Let me know what happens. I will check the board again tomorrow afternoon, EST USA time. Good luck.
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I believe he has a Dell system which has a Dell proprietary Intel based mobo, not Nvidia.
 
Ha-ha. I am open for any and all advice since nothing I have tried for the past 10 days has gotten me anywhere except older.

Already done step one about so many times, I cannot count. No difference.

Step two, In the Windows Control Panel "Add/Remove Programs", the only Nvidia listings that have ever been present are "Display" and "Physx". I have never seen any of the others you have mentioned.

My MB is a Dell product, judging by all the propaganda labels plastered on it. Nvidia wouldn't support that one, would it? I think I already went to the Dell site once and attempted to do that previously, but recall receiving some kind of response suggesting there were "no updates needed as what I had was OK" (not exact wording of course).

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AROTH said:
Ha-ha. I am open for any and all advice since nothing I have tried for the past 10 days has gotten me anywhere except older.

Already done step one about so many times, I cannot count. No difference.

Step two, In the Windows Control Panel "Add/Remove Programs", the only Nvidia listings that have ever been present are "Display" and "Physx". I have never seen any of the others you have mentioned.

My MB is a Dell product, judging by all the propaganda labels plastered on it. Nvidia wouldn't support that one, would it? I think I already went to the Dell site once and attempted to do that previously, but recall receiving some kind of response suggesting there were "no updates needed as what I had was OK" (not exact wording of course).

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Just to clarify your last post - are you saying you ran Driver Sweeper for ATI files?
 
Yes, ran Driver Sweeper for any old ATI/Nvidia files I could find - Of course, assuming I did it correctly. But knowing my computer skills - anything may not have proceeded correctly.

I hate to have to unplug it and pay Best Buy techs to look into it. They assure me is probably something they could correct based upon my description of the issue, and maybe they could, since they will be looking at it and certainly have more skills/confidence than I do. However, there is a certain amount of pride when one can accomplish something like this by one's self. Ha-ha.:focus:

So far, I have appreciated everyone's input and will continue to attempt to correct this situation so long as the ideas and suggestions keep coming in. Thanks!
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AROTH said:
Yes, ran Driver Sweeper for any old ATI/Nvidia files I could find - Of course, assuming I did it correctly. But knowing my computer skills - anything may not have proceeded correctly.

I hate to have to unplug it and pay Best Buy techs to look into it. They assure me is probably something they could correct based upon my description of the issue, and maybe they could, since they will be looking at it and certainly have more skills/confidence than I do. However, there is a certain amount of pride when one can accomplish something like this by one's self. Ha-ha.:focus:

So far, I have appreciated everyone's input and will continue to attempt to correct this situation so long as the ideas and suggestions keep coming in. Thanks!
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Running Driver Sweeper to clear out any residual ATI and Nvidia driver files should have done it....rats!

I'm out of ideas except the catch all to reinstall Windows. I did a Google search for "nvidia control panel doesn't work" which produced a number of links with what other people have tried, etc., but still couldn't resolve the problem - except one option that did - which is a fresh reinstall of Windows. The fact the problem has existed with both the ATI Catalyst Control Center and Nvidia Control Panel has to have a common denominator - which is the Windows OS itself.

Short of this there is one remaining thing I can think of (assuming one or more missing or corrupted Windows files) is the scannow s/f process which scans your exisiting Windows install for missing or corrupted files and reloads them from the Windows disk (which has to be your CD or DVD-ROM drive when you run the app). I've not had any success with it in the past trying to resolve some odd behaviour with Windows (fresh install did) but has worked for others and would be worth a try at least.

Let me do a search for the scannow procedure to be sure I have the verbiage string right and I'll post back. It's simple to do - just type in the string in the Start | Run command line box and hit enter .... then wait until it completes the scan.
 
Good thing I checked - I had the verbiage string wrong. Here's the procedure with the correct string:

How to run SFC with the scannow option

  • Click Start > Run and type sfc /scannow and the click OK.
    • Note the space between the c and the /
  • You may need your Windows XP CD so have it ready.
    • If you have Service Pack 2 (SP2) or SP3 installed, you will need the SP2 or SP3 version of the CD.
  • Allow the scan to run and when completed, reboot the system
 
Aroth,

Try this: Here's a link to NVIDEA system tools, which includes:
1. NVIDIA Performance Group (v6.03.12.00) add-on to the NVIDIA Control Panel
  • nForce MCPs
    • – Enables system tuning and profiles for clocks, voltages, timings, and fans
      – Includes support for Enthusiast System Architecture (ESA) components
      – Displays detailed system information
  • GeForce GPUs
    • – Enables GPU overclocking
2. NVIDIA System Monitor (v6.03.05.00) standalone application
  • nForce MCPs
    • – Enables system monitoring for clocks, voltages, timings, and fans
      – Includes support for Enthusiast System Architecture (ESA) components
  • GeForce GPUs
    • – Enables GPU temperature monitoring
3. NVIDIA System Update (v2.00.49.05) add-on to the NVIDIA Control Panel
  • Automatically checks for nForce and GeForce driver updates
  • Adds ability to update your system bios
  • Includes support to update firmware of Enthusiast System Architecture (ESA) components
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A note indicates you must have DirectX 9.0 or higher to support NVIDEA System Tools. This probably also applies to the NVIDEA Control Panel. I assume you already have DiectX 9.0 installed on your computer? To check, Click Start/Run and type "dxdiag" then press the Enter key. It should show what version of DirectX you are using.

 
Aroth,

check your PM. I sent you one a couple of days back. I'll see if I can help.
 
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