Graphics card driver installed, but cant use it??

I'm using an old geforce fx5500, and windows 7 found and installed the drivers for it. I look in Device Manager, and I see my fx5500 and my onboard graphics both listed, and both reporting no issues. But when I right click on desktop and select Screen Resolution, the Display drop-down only lists the onboard graphics.

I only have one monitor, and I had to plug it in to the onboard graphics for installation, because my computer's BIOS and POST never appear on a monitor plugged in to the fx5500 (BIOS doesn't recognize it?). This was never a problem in XP though, it always did the same thing every time there. I installed XP on my onboard graphics, then switched to the card. And when booting, it would just show a blank screen til XP came up.

Is my card too old to be fully recognized? It is pretty ancient, only the 128mb version of the fx5500. I see everyone now using the fx5500 all have 256mb, is the driver different?

I just want to get off the onboard graphics, with its crippling 16mb memory!

Romulinx2 said:

Hi, here's a direct download link for your drivers. :)

ForceWare Release 95

Thats the driver for windows vista, 64 bit. I tried it anyhow and the installation detected that I wasn't running vista, and closed itself. I went back and looked for something closer to what I needed, and found they don't make drivers for an fx5500 for windows 7. There were windows 7 drivers, but only for newer cards. I also tried the forceware 96.85 but for vista 32 bit, and that one at least seemed to complete installation, although it still didn't solve my original problem.

Is there no support for this card, because its just too out of date?

I am using a geforce fx 5200 128 mb PCI card with no problems. i'm using the Nvidia driver(it installed its self)9.6.8.5,
It runs aero, It might not be top notch but it works.
Can you post your bios options?

Raz

razy60 said:

I am using a geforce fx 5200 128 mb PCI card with no problems. i'm using the Nvidia driver(it installed its self)9.6.8.5,
It runs aero, It might not be top notch but it works.
Can you post your bios options?

Raz

im using the exact same card as u razy but after i install the drivers it boot and all i get is a black screen but if i go to safe mode the drivers are there the device manager sees the card

ichey103 said:

im using the exact same card as u razy but after i install the drivers it boot and all i get is a black screen but if i go to safe mode the drivers are there the device manager sees the card

Hi, Have you set your bios so that the card is being used and not the onboard graphics,

Raz

razy60 said:

Hi, Have you set your bios so that the card is being used and not the onboard graphics,

Raz

all my computers are custom built so there is no on board video. from what i found out the fx5200 is not supported on the windows 7 platform.