Video Card issues

[ericcbrown1]

I am having problems with my video card - in general I feel...
There are a few things that really drive me nuts. The first is - the original installation cd that came with the video card -upon reformatting - always has said that the VGA card is not compatible with the driver...so I've gone to the NVIDIA website and pulled their driver - installed it, and its okay, except for not being able to open NVIDIAs control panel and it gives "possible reasons: version mismatch: Reinstalling drivers blah blah"
and I've done that.
But same problem.

Basically - I have the onboard NVIDIA 6100 and a PCI-E 6600..
I have two monitors.
I set the 6100 to monitor A and the other to B, run a video on the 6100-stop it, and run it again on the 6600.. the 6600 runs choppier than the 6100....
That doesn't make any sense..
I flip the monitors and same problem..single monitor..it doesnt seem to matter..

I hate windows vista currently but I know there has to be some reason why , also, upon going to Stand By and returning - 50% of the time my dual monitor boot results in one of them going awall and basically locking up - but without affecting the system performance...

My **** is just whacky right now and I'm out of ideas - anything would be helpful.
**in the system error logs i've found this:
IRQARB: ACPI BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device in PCI slot 4, function 0. Please contact your system vendor for technical assistance.

and

Driver detected an internal error in its data structures for . (Source:sptd)

and

The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load:
sptd

This is all the information I feel is remotely pertinent

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System Information
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Time of this report: 5/11/2009, 17:18:52
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Business (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_gdr.090302-1506)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: )Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+, ~2.2GHz
Memory: 958MB RAM
Page File: 954MB used, 2843MB available
Windows Dir: H:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.00.6000.16386 32bit Unicode




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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 6600
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0141&SUBSYS_21121682&REV_A2
Display Memory: 472 MB
Dedicated Memory: 248 MB
Shared Memory: 223 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll,nvapi.dll
Driver Version: 7.15.0010.9686 (English)
DDI Version: 9Ex
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 11/2/2006 05:46:12, 3022848 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4201-11CF-E450-180102C2CA35}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0141
SubSys ID: 0x21121682
Revision ID: 0x00A2
Revision ID: 0x00A2
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_B ModeVC1_A ModeWMV9_B ModeWMV9_A
Deinterlace Caps: {6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
{6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
{6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x32315659) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x32315659) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x32315659) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
{6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
//more garbage i deleted..
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled


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OpenGL vendor string: Microsoft Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GDI Generic
OpenGL version string: 1.1.0
OpenGL extensions (GL_):
GL_WIN_swap_hint, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_paletted_texture.

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[Midknyte]

Did you try only installing the onboard video? Get that working without errors first, then try adding the 6600.

Did you install .NET? The new control panel requires .NET if I remember right.

As a general rule, I never use the drivers from the included CD. They are old by the time you get them.

[ericcbrown1]

Yeah the onboard video worked out fine.
the problem lies in the 6600 still.
and i had .net already installed but i reinstalled it anyway - still the same problem.

[Midknyte]

Did you set PCIe as primary in the bios?

Which driver set # are you using? Are you running Vista 32 or 64 bit?

The latest drivers appear to be the 185.85 set.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_185.85_whql.html

[Lgbpop]

I have two monitors.
I set the 6100 to monitor A and the other to B, run a video on the 6100-stop it, and run it again on the 6600.. the 6600 runs choppier than the 6100....
That doesn't make any sense..
I flip the monitors and same problem..single monitor..it doesnt seem to matter..This doesn't make sense to me - are you saying you're trying to run one monitor off on-board and the other off the PCI-E card at the same time?

I might be wrong but you're either on-board or add-on. You can't run both at the same time.

[Train]

A amd_790 is the only one that you do that I believe.

[ericcbrown1]

Did you set PCIe as primary in the bios?

Which driver set # are you using? Are you running Vista 32 or 64 bit?

The latest drivers appear to be the 185.85 set.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_185.85_whql.html

Driver set is for vista 32, ...which i just realized ....
I may need to install vista 64 .... wow...

This doesn't make sense to me - are you saying you're trying to run one monitor off on-board and the other off the PCI-E card at the same time?

I might be wrong but you're either on-board or add-on. You can't run both at the same time.

And yes. both are running simultaneously.

[ericcbrown1]

Onboard GPU is enabled and PCIEx is "init display"

[Midknyte]

I may need to install vista 64

Yes. please do.

[ericcbrown1]

Yes. please do.

im working on it but it shouldn't really affect the video cards either way in my opinion.

the 32-bit offers more support than 64-bit vista in terms of drivers..
in this case i guess it makes sense becuase the nvidia vista-64 driver exists but i'll give it a shot and get back to this..

[Midknyte]

What do you mean? are you running a 32bit or 64bit OS? You need to install the appropriate type of driver.

[Train]

I.D, 64 bit
http://www.activewin.com/reviews/previews/vistarc1tech/Vista-64-BasicInfo.jpg

32 bit
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/NR/rdonlyres/78DFDFFB-5F66-41D5-B397-7622859753D5/13432/vista_32bit_os.gif

[ericcbrown1]

What do you mean? are you running a 32bit or 64bit OS? You need to install the appropriate type of driver.

I'm running 32-bit os, but the processor is 64 bit - i thought that was what you were all getting @.
and it made relatively no difference after installing 64 bit vista with the 64 bit driver.
(previous config was 32 bit vista os with the 32 bit driver package.)

sorry for the ambiguity.

[Midknyte]

Which driver sets have you tried so far? Sometimes you have to go back to a slightly older driver.