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Problem Installing a Radeon 9600

by Bad_Boy_Ray Dec 28, 2004 12:49AM PST

Hi i got my son a radeon 9600 for christmas and im having problems installing it. When i try to uninstall the old g-force graphics card through device manager it says "this device can not be removed as it is needed to boot the computer."

Ive tried going to add remove programs but there is nothing listed for nvidia.

I tried just plugging in the new radeon but windows just boots to a black screen.

Any help would be appreciated as my son is tearing his hair out waiting to play half life 2, thanks

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by chuckieu Dec 28, 2004 3:40AM PST

More about your computer, especially what Operating System. I've never had a computer do that, but others may have. Post back so they can help. chuck

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Problem Installing a Radeon 9600
by Bob__B Dec 28, 2004 4:19AM PST

Maybe the old vid drivers in add/remove are listed under the makers name and not nvidia.

I've seen that in the past.

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Problem Installing a Radeon 9600
by Bad_Boy_Ray Dec 28, 2004 5:23AM PST

thanks guys problem solved, the bios settings were a bit messed up, ive sorted it and got the card working now

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