nvidia geforce fx 5200

This chipset is shown, on the nVidia Website, has being supported by their Vista beta 2 driver. However, after downloading this file, the nVidia setup software says that the chipset is not supported: there are no drivers for it in the package.
Got any ideas?

I have a nVidia Geforce FX 5200 128 MB AGP, downloaded beta 2 drivers (32-bit) and installed just fine. Make sure you downloaded for the correct platform 32-bit or 64-bit. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Nicholas Bedworth, CTO, DigitalDirect" wrote in message

This chipset is shown, on the nVidia Website, has being supported by their Vista beta 2 driver. However, after downloading this file, the nVidia setup software says that the chipset is not supported: there are no drivers for it in the package.
Got any ideas?

"Nicholas Bedworth, CTO, DigitalDirect" wrote in message

This chipset is shown, on the nVidia Website, has being supported by their Vista beta 2 driver. However, after downloading this file, the nVidia setup software says that the chipset is not supported: there are no drivers for it in the package.
Got any ideas?

There is no install shield included with the drivers. Read the installation instructions please, and then install via the .inf file.
-- Regards,
Richard Urban MVP Windows Shell/User (using Vista 5384.4)
Quote from George Ankner: If you knew half as much as you think you know, You would realize you don't know what you thought you knew.

Works fine for me also. "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

I have a nVidia Geforce FX 5200 128 MB AGP, downloaded beta 2 drivers (32-bit) and installed just fine. Make sure you downloaded for the correct platform 32-bit or 64-bit. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Nicholas Bedworth, CTO, DigitalDirect" NicholasBedworthCTODigitalDirect@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message This chipset is shown, on the nVidia Website, has being supported by their Vista beta 2 driver. However, after downloading this file, the nVidia setup software says that the chipset is not supported: there are no drivers for it in the package.
Got any ideas?

Actually, Richard, it is a full-blown installer for the nVidia Vista Beta 2 drivers.
And as others have said, aside from a flicker or two during the installation process, it has been running 100% w/o any issues.
- naseru
"Richard Urban" wrote in message

"Nicholas Bedworth, CTO, DigitalDirect" NicholasBedworthCTODigitalDirect@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message This chipset is shown, on the nVidia Website, has being supported by their Vista beta 2 driver. However, after downloading this file, the nVidia setup software says that the chipset is not supported: there are no drivers for it in the package.
Got any ideas?

There is no install shield included with the drivers. Read the installation instructions please, and then install via the .inf file.
-- Regards,
Richard Urban MVP Windows Shell/User (using Vista 5384.4)
Quote from George Ankner: If you knew half as much as you think you know, You would realize you don't know what you thought you knew.

Naseru is correct.
However, it is possible to point the driver properties, manually, to nv_disp.inf. The driver thinks the chipset is the GeForce FX 5200, which is supported; I don't know what the difference is, if any, between the FX 5200 and FX Go 5200.
On the Toshiba laptop, the driver thinks the display RAM is 32 MB, when in fact it is 128.
I can now get Aero to run, on the 1440 x 900 screen, at 32 bits, but when I connect up a second monitor, 1280 x 1024 x 32, it defaults to non-Aero.
On the Dell XPS 400, with the FX 6800, still no luck getting into Aero on a 1920 x 1200 screen, even though is shows the 8.8.6.1 driver.

"Naseru" wrote in message

Actually, Richard, it is a full-blown installer for the nVidia Vista Beta 2 drivers.

Please see: http://download.nvidia.com/Windows/88.61/88.61_ForceWare_Release_Notes.pdf
Quoted from the above Forceware release notes:
Driver Installation
Minimum Hard Disk Space
The hard disk space requirement is minimum 30.5 MB.
Installation Instructions
This driver does not include an Installshield. You must use the INF installation
to install this driver as follows:
1 Follow the instructions on the NVIDIA .com Web site driver download page
to locate the appropriate driver to download, based on your hardware and
operating system.
2 Click the driver download link.
The license agreement dialog box appears.
3 Click Accept if you accept the terms of the agreement, then either open the
zip file or save the file to your PC.
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
GeForce FX 5800
GeForce FX 5700VE
GeForce FX 5700LE
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
GeForce FX 5700
GeForce FX 5600XT
GeForce FX 5600SE
GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
GeForce FX 5600
GeForce FX 5500
GeForce FX 5200LE
GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
GeForce FX 5200
GeForce FX 5100
Table 3.1 Supported NVIDIA Products (continued)
Consumer Products Workstation Products
12 N V I D I A C o r p o r a t i o n
C H A P T E R 3 : T h e R e l e a s e 8 5 D r i v e r N V I D I A D r i v e r H i s t o r y
4 Extract the files to a temporary folder folder on your hard drive.
5 Go to the Windows Device Manager, right-click the display adapter and then
click Update driver from the pop-up menu.
6 Install the driver using the INF that you downloaded.
Windows may default to 16bpp color after the driver install and disable the
Desktop Window Manager (DWM). To work around this issue set the color
to 32bpp and reboot the PC.
-- Regards,
Richard Urban MVP Windows Shell/User (using Vista 5384.4)
Quote from George Ankner: If you knew half as much as you think you know, You would realize you don't know what you thought you knew!

Very odd... I double-click the EXE file, and InstallShield loads, and everything installs without any hiccups --> evidence that it is a full-blown installer.
Methinks Richard Urban wishes not defeat in this matter.
- naseru
"Richard Urban" wrote in message

"Naseru" wrote in message Actually, Richard, it is a full-blown installer for the nVidia Vista Beta 2 drivers.

Please see: http://download.nvidia.com/Windows/88.61/88.61_ForceWare_Release_Notes.pdf
Quoted from the above Forceware release notes:
Driver Installation
Minimum Hard Disk Space
The hard disk space requirement is minimum 30.5 MB.
Installation Instructions
This driver does not include an Installshield. You must use the INF installation
to install this driver as follows:
1 Follow the instructions on the NVIDIA .com Web site driver download page
to locate the appropriate driver to download, based on your hardware and
operating system.
2 Click the driver download link.
The license agreement dialog box appears.
3 Click Accept if you accept the terms of the agreement, then either open the
zip file or save the file to your PC.
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
GeForce FX 5800
GeForce FX 5700VE
GeForce FX 5700LE
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
GeForce FX 5700
GeForce FX 5600XT
GeForce FX 5600SE
GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
GeForce FX 5600
GeForce FX 5500
GeForce FX 5200LE
GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
GeForce FX 5200
GeForce FX 5100
Table 3.1 Supported NVIDIA Products (continued)
Consumer Products Workstation Products
12 N V I D I A C o r p o r a t i o n
C H A P T E R 3 : T h e R e l e a s e 8 5 D r i v e r N V I D I A D r i v e r H i s t o r y
4 Extract the files to a temporary folder folder on your hard drive.
5 Go to the Windows Device Manager, right-click the display adapter and then
click Update driver from the pop-up menu.
6 Install the driver using the INF that you downloaded.
Windows may default to 16bpp color after the driver install and disable the
Desktop Window Manager (DWM). To work around this issue set the color
to 32bpp and reboot the PC.
-- Regards,
Richard Urban MVP Windows Shell/User (using Vista 5384.4)
Quote from George Ankner: If you knew half as much as you think you know, You would realize you don't know what you thought you knew!

I have the exact same video board as the O/P. He could NOT install the video drivers using setup.
I did install them, by extracting the files to a temp folder and then pointing driver update to that folder. It found my FX 5200 without any problem and installed the drivers.
So, do you think it may be worth a shot for the O/P to follow the instructions in the readme file?
-- Regards,
Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
Quote from George Ankner: If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
"Naseru" wrote in message

Very odd... I double-click the EXE file, and InstallShield loads, and everything installs without any hiccups --> evidence that it is a full-blown installer.
Methinks Richard Urban wishes not defeat in this matter.
- naseru
"Richard Urban" wrote in message "Naseru" wrote in message Actually, Richard, it is a full-blown installer for the nVidia Vista Beta 2 drivers.

Please see: http://download.nvidia.com/Windows/88.61/88.61_ForceWare_Release_Notes.pdf
Quoted from the above Forceware release notes:
Driver Installation
Minimum Hard Disk Space
The hard disk space requirement is minimum 30.5 MB.
Installation Instructions
This driver does not include an Installshield. You must use the INF installation
to install this driver as follows:
1 Follow the instructions on the NVIDIA .com Web site driver download page
to locate the appropriate driver to download, based on your hardware and
operating system.
2 Click the driver download link.
The license agreement dialog box appears.
3 Click Accept if you accept the terms of the agreement, then either open the
zip file or save the file to your PC.
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
GeForce FX 5800
GeForce FX 5700VE
GeForce FX 5700LE
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
GeForce FX 5700
GeForce FX 5600XT
GeForce FX 5600SE
GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
GeForce FX 5600
GeForce FX 5500
GeForce FX 5200LE
GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
GeForce FX 5200
GeForce FX 5100
Table 3.1 Supported NVIDIA Products (continued)
Consumer Products Workstation Products
12 N V I D I A C o r p o r a t i o n
C H A P T E R 3 : T h e R e l e a s e 8 5 D r i v e r N V I D I A D r i v e r H i s t o r y
4 Extract the files to a temporary folder folder on your hard drive.
5 Go to the Windows Device Manager, right-click the display adapter and then
click Update driver from the pop-up menu.
6 Install the driver using the INF that you downloaded.
Windows may default to 16bpp color after the driver install and disable the
Desktop Window Manager (DWM). To work around this issue set the color
to 32bpp and reboot the PC.
-- Regards,
Richard Urban MVP Windows Shell/User (using Vista 5384.4)
Quote from George Ankner: If you knew half as much as you think you know, You would realize you don't know what you thought you knew!

hi
Go on to the Nvidia web site download http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/winvista_x64_88.61_uk.html http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/winvista_x86_88.61_uk.html