Sometimes NVidia display driver fails to load

[oam]

This is a weird problem! I hope someone has an idea

Sometimes, occasionally the nvidia display driver and the monitor driver fail to load at XP bootup. Windows gives me my resolution (1280x1024) but with 60Hz refresh rate only. If I check display properties there is "Default monitor on _____" and empty fields in the Adapter tab. Sometimes a reboot helps, sometims a cold boot.

It is really annoying, so I'm wondering what should I look to solve this? I did a comlete reinstall 1 month ago, but same happened before it. I can't pinpoint when this started, but it was after getting this gfx card and maybe 1-2 driver sets ago.

Setup:

- Geforce 6800LE AGP

- Nvidia WHQL 71.89 drivers

- Nforce2 mainboard

- Slipstreamed XP SP2 install done with nLite (including drivers)

[grafx1]

may be the Slipstreamed XP that you had done

i'd tried before slipstreaming and it caused problems in the setup

as i have no experience in nlite !!

did you experience the same problem with original XP ?

[azagahl]

I have a similar problem. I have an NVIDA FX 5900 and it insists on installing a second Default Monitor even though I only have one monitor. This Default Monitor is completely useless and takes significant time to enumerate at boot up. Furthermore, I can try to force the NVIDIA card to act like a second monitor, even turning on the flag that says it's a hard-to-detect TV, but the extra desktop space is still completely inaccessible and unusable. Is there any way to remove the Default Monitor for good?