akaM2 March 29, 2007 Share akaM2 Member March 29, 2007 Hello all, I am installing a 7900gs on a friends xps410 with windows vista premium on it. I was wondering, is it the same kind of procedure with xp? Put card in computer lol boot into safe mode (does vista have safe mode like the others? aka f8) run driver cleaner reboot to regular vista install new drivers reboot all sound good? death to vista Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters March 29, 2007 Share stutters GC Alumni March 29, 2007 viva la resistance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage March 29, 2007 Share ZeroDamage Member March 29, 2007 I would avoid using driver cleaner until the maker (Spike) has time to write a version that will work with the Vista system. You can probably just get away with uninstalling the previous drivers, shut down, remove the old card and put in the new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX March 29, 2007 Share NOFX Member March 29, 2007 i always do a clean format with any hardware upgrade.. especially a video card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage March 29, 2007 Share ZeroDamage Member March 29, 2007 You can typically run drivercleaner and it is almost the same thing since all entries for the previous video card's drivers is removed completely. The problem is that Vista is different enough that it may not work or it may break the OS. http://www.drivercleaner.net There is a new .net version apparently that is coded to work for Vista. He charges $9.99 for it. May be worth picking up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo March 29, 2007 Share Cujo Member March 29, 2007 why would you not uninstall and clean the old drivers with the old card in? i never use safe mode to change a vid card... i just remove any sign of the old drivers, remove the old card, put the new card in and then boot up. cancel as many times as you need to the run the installer for the new driver. reboot when it says and you're good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage March 29, 2007 Share ZeroDamage Member March 29, 2007 The reason for doing the uninstall in safe mode is because the drivers will still be in memory and some files may still be in use and may not get uninstalled. Safemode uses the default svga/vga drivers so none of the nvidia/ati drivers will be in use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo March 29, 2007 Share Cujo Member March 29, 2007 cool. i've never had a problem uninstalling in regular windows mode but to each his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher March 30, 2007 Share Preacher Member March 30, 2007 Try going from nvidia to ati or vice versa and you may get to see why you do the switch in safe mode with driver cleaner. Or even worse if you tried to switch an old ATI like a 7500 series with one of the new x1XXX series cards and you will see some major hicups and will end up either doing the driver cleaner route in safe mode or a complete reinstall of windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo March 30, 2007 Share Cujo Member March 30, 2007 i've never had a problem going back and forth either just using add/remove and then installing the new driver once the new card is in. maybe i haven't done it under enough circumstances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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