How to get NVIDIA GeForce 6200 drivers to work

[Fido-X]

  I'm using a PC with 2 Hard Drives: Hard Drive #1= Win 98 SE 
  and Hard Drive #2 = Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3. 
  I choose in BIOS which one to boot.

  Hardware:

  Processor: AMD Sempron 2500+ Curently set to 1.400 MHZ
  
  Motherboard: GIGABYTE K8VT800 - 8237 chipset
  
  Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 128 MB 
  
  RAM: 1 GB in 1 stick
  
  CD/DVD: SONY CD-DVD ROM DVD-RW
  
  Monitor: Samsung Sync Master 753s

  
  
  I have tried to install these versions of NVIDIA Display driver,
  however none of them work properly:

  71.89, 77.72, 93.71 and 307.83. 

  Version 307.83 gives just a blank screen for 20-40 seconds and 
  then restarts the PC. Other drivers give just the corrupted picture 
  or black screen and 93.71 restarts PC in loop.

  When there's no video drivers installed everything works fine so 
  hardware's fine.

  All versions of drivers have been tested on Windows XP Professional
  Service Pack 2, none of them worked. Then a guy said he's using 
  Win XP Pro SP 3 and NVIDIA 307.83 and it works for him. Then 3      

Days ago i did a fresh full install (Formated the hard drive) of Windows
  XP Pro SP3, and i'm unable to get any version of NVIDIA driver to
  work so i figure that i should install something BEFORE i install
  NVIDIA drivers, (Patch, Hotfix... ...something like that) but what?

  I have Driver Cleaner Professional Edition installed and from 
  SAFE MODE i cleaned all that has to do with NVIDIA until there was 
  nothing left. PC now works normally and asks me for a video adapter
  driver when it boots.

  Anyone has any idea how to solve this? 

  In the meantime i've switched to my favourite system, Windows 98 Second Edition.

 

UPDATE ON MY PROGRES: 

The 307.83 driver is installed and just before desktop should show up, a black screen shows up. I'm able to get to desktop only in VGA MODE or Safe Mode WHILE DRIVER IS INSTALLED and i'm unable to access NVIDIA control panel in Windows Control Panel neither in Safe Mode nor VGA mode. Video adapter is properly installed (checked in driver details) and has NO CONFLICTS in device manager. But it just won't let me boot to Desktop normaly.

While in VGA mode if i try to set higher resolution or higher color, i immediately get the black screen and for about 30 seconds it restarts the PC.

I downloaded "NVIDIA POWERMIZER MANAGER" v1.01 and when i tried to open it i get the error: "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135). Click on OK to terminate the application."

  
 

Edited April 24, 2017 by Fido-X

[Dclem]

307.83 is the last supported version of the Nvidia driver for windows XP.   That is what I am running on my Windows  XP SP3 home edition.  NVIDIA always stated to first "uninstall any previous" video driver.  Then, reboot and install the NVIDIA driver and reboot.   Is this the procedure you are following?  Make sure you do a clean uninstall of the previously installed video driver before installing the 307.83 driver.  Finally, if you are trying to run this driver on windows 98SE, it does not support that operating system!!!

Hope you have some success with that procedure.

Edited April 23, 2017 by Dclem

[Fido-X]

12 minutes ago, Dclem said:

307.83 is the last supported version of the Nvidia driver for windows XP.   That is what I am running on my Windows  XP SP3 home edition.  NVIDIA always stated to first "uninstall any previous" video driver.  Then, reboot and install the NVIDIA driver and reboot.   Is this the procedure you are following?  Make sure you do a clean uninstall of the previously installed video driver before installing the 307.83 driver.  Finally, if you are trying to run this driver on windows 98SE, it does not support that operating system!!!

Hope you have some success with that procedure.

I know that, man, Windows 98 SE is working fine with (82.69 i think some unoficial driver), i never tried and i wouldn't ever try to install Win XP drivers in Windows 9x or vice versa.

By the way all NVIDIA drivers are 32 bit, like my Win XP Pro SP 3. I followed the NVIDIA procedure but it just won't work for me.

[Dclem]

I'm sorry to hear you are still having problems.  If you are sure that all Nvidia software has been removed from your system prior to installing the 307.83 driver (did you check device manager for verification?) then it is quite possible there is corruption in your registry or, possible a corrupt driver download.   You may try re downloading the driver just to be sure.   I did double check the Nvidia site and the 307.83 driver does support GeForce 6200 cards on Windows XP 32 bit systems.  Be absolutely sure you have downloaded the correct driver as the site lists several downloads for the 307.83 driver for various systems. 

[Dibya]

1.400 MHZ? Come on dos cannot run on it . I had one sempron running at 2.8GHz from 2009

[Fido-X]

1 hour ago, Dclem said:

I'm sorry to hear you are still having problems.  If you are sure that all Nvidia software has been removed from your system prior to installing the 307.83 driver (did you check device manager for verification?) then it is quite possible there is corruption in your registry or, possible a corrupt driver download.   You may try re downloading the driver just to be sure.   I did double check the Nvidia site and the 307.83 driver does support GeForce 6200 cards on Windows XP 32 bit systems.  Be absolutely sure you have downloaded the correct driver as the site lists several downloads for the 307.83 driver for various systems. 

Driver was downloaded for the 2nd time, both downloads work fine and there's nothing wrong with registry, freshly installed Win XP Pro SP 3.

However i think that the driver is too new for this adapter, no matter what NVIDIA claims. 

I'm thinking of downloading some older driver, but i ain't sure which one and dont know where from. The hardware and BIOS are all around year 2005 so the video driver should probably be from around 2006 or so. I don't think NVIDIA really cares as i have been reading about people having troubles with NVIDIA video adapters, it's all over internet.

Is there a way to invite someone here to this topic, some MSFN member?

Thanks for your effort, upvoting.

[Fido-X]

40 minutes ago, Dibya said:

1.400 MHZ? Come on dos cannot run on it . I had one sempron running at 2.8GHz from 2009

You refer to Win 98 SE? 

Yes it works, in the past i used to limit RAM to 511 mb, but it works fine wit 1 gb. I use HIMEMX memory manager v34. UMBPCI also works. I played Call of Duty on best graphic settings for few hours without a single problem in 1024x768 32 bit color. Win 98 SE RULES i got mine pimped up for gaming.

That same graphic adapter just won't accept any driver in Win XP Pro SP 3, like it's cursed.

[Fido-X]

Somebody help me, i can't believe this is happening on Win XP PROFESSIONAL SP3! 

I can work in it for a limited amount of time, the more things i open, the less i can see, it's without video adapter driver. However if i print the screen and paste it in Paint, the picture is clear.

We must find a patch/hotfix/video driver for it.

[Bersaglio]

Maybe this will work?

[Fido-X]

4 hours ago, Bersaglio said:

Maybe this will work?

2ND UPDATE ON MY PROGRES:

I have downloaded and installed the driver from your link, it's 93.71 and it does allow me to boot to desktop. However the driver caused 2 types of errors to show up and the PC is still useless because i f i do anything, it will restart.

I have captured the errors:

Explanation:

1st error is when Desktop shows up it's the picture with 3 opened windows and icons on desktop.

2nd error is the one that i had to recreate and then captured it with my phone because 3 seconds after it the PC reboots, so i couldn't paste it in Paint. It's the nv4_disp error (white text on dark blue background). I recreate the error by trying to run DxDiag, opening any game or trying to open NVIDIA control panel. 

I have checked Device Manager, no conflicts anywhere and driver is properly installed.

Thank you for the effort, upvoting. 

Any other ideas?

Edited April 24, 2017 by Fido-X

[heinoganda]

VIA chipsets are very problematic and can lead to such problems. Already with updated AGP drivers tried by VIA?

https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/355763/geforce-basics/k8t800-amp-geforce-6600gt-8xagp-problems-with-via-chipset/1

Edited April 24, 2017 by heinoganda

[Bersaglio]

9 hours ago, Fido-X said:

Any other ideas?

Did You try installing this package? As far as I remember it should be installed prior video driver and motherboard on VIA chipset will not work without it...

[Fido-X]

On 4/25/2017 at 9:18 AM, Bersaglio said:

Did You try installing this package? As far as I remember it should be installed prior video driver and motherboard on VIA chipset will not work without it...

It's finaly fixed. I had to delete all of Win XP, REINSTALL it and then:

1. Install VIA HYPERION PRO v524a, all options should be installed.

2. Install NVIDIA 93.71 video driver and restart. After that all other drivers.

I didn't want to post too soon, i played Call of Duty 2 and played the whole Russian campaign without any trouble.

I'm gratefull to anyone who attempted to help me with it.