nVidia FX5500 help; can't play games or watch TV

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  1. slotdawg

    slotdawg Member

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    HELP!!! I recently built this system and cannot play any of my games nor watch TV using my ATI TV Wonder Elite PCI card:
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    Windows XP Pro SP2
    AMD 64 Clawhammer 3200+
    Abit UL8 socket 939 Motherboard
    1Gb Dual Channel DDR400
    Apollo FX5500 (nVidia) AGP videocard
    1 20Gb PATA/IDE harddrvie (C:)
    1 160Gb PATA/IDE harrdrive (D:)
    DVD burner
    CD-RW/DVD reader
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    I have updated the drivers, played with refresh rates and resolutions, and I still cannot get this card to work properly! I can't play Halo (for PC) nor can I play Microsoft Train Sim. Both games start up, go through intro video, then screen goes blank when game is at first menu (yet I can still hear audio). Similarly, I am unable to watch TV using my ATI TV Wonder Elite PCI card (with newest drivers). I can hear the TV, but the screen is either just blank black or white. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
     
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    Try a modded driver.
    guru3d.com has loads!
     
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    I tried three different drivers (two newer versions, and one moded) with no success... Any other suggestions? could my chipset (ULi M1689) be causing the problems? There is a driver for the chipset that mentions PCI/AGP after I install it, suggesting that I reinstall my videocard drivers; should I try uninstalling it? If I tried installing Win x64 and the corresponding 64-bit drivers, would that potentially fix the problem?

    Any help is greatly appreciated!!!
     

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