please sorry my english

i not have a satble system when i install a recent wareforce from nvidia.com or when i use drivers from CD of this card.

i get a utility to read the VGA-BIOS from guru3d.com but dont see any program to write in VGA-BIOS.

can help me please

I understand. Your english is OK. You say "my system is not stable when I use the downloaded drivers from nVidia.com. It is not stable using the drivers on the CD I got with the video card, either".

This is what you see at nVidia.com Download Page
Below you will find drivers for all NVIDIA multimedia processors and additional software applications, tools and games designed to demonstrate the exciting features of NVIDIA processors. Simply choose from the selections below and press “Go” when you are ready to download.

It is not so simple.

Please wait for more advice.

ok ill wait for more advice
thanks

Hardware conflicts are sometimes easy to fix, but other times, it will require a little more time.

Lets start with the basics so that I know what you have.

What is the brand name of the computer (ex: IBM Aptiva)? The model number on the case would benefit as well.
What is the exact model number of the video card?
Did you have a video card in there before, or are you upgrading from on-board or embedded video?
What version of Windows do you have?

If you are not sure on any of the answers, thats ok. The more you know, the better you can help me help you.

About your English-that is perfectly fine. We do not have any teachers here grading our threads. If we did-I would probably fail all the time .

No brand name of the computer.
i buy it part for part.


>>The model number on the case would benefit as well.

Processor #1 : AMD Athlon XP (Model 6) / 7B4B0C95
Platform : Socket A (Socket 462)
Vendor String : AuthenticAMD
CPU Type : Original OEM Processor (0)
Family : 6 (7)
Model : 6 (6)
Stepping ID : 2 (2)
Brand ID : - (-)
APIC : ----
HT Log.CPU Cnt : ----
Name String : AMD Athlon™ XP 2100+

Internal Clock : 1733.38 MHz
System Bus : 266.67 MHz DDR
System Clock : 133.34 MHz
Multiplier : 13.0

L1 I-Cache : 64K Byte
L1 D-Cache : 64K Byte
L1 T-Cache : ----
L1 Cache : ----
L2 Cache : 256K Byte
L2 Speed : 1733.38 MHz (Full)

MMX Unit : Supported
SSE Unit : Supported
SSE2 Unit : Not Supported
SSE3 Unit : Not Supported
MMX2 Unit : Supported
3DNow! Unit : Supported
3DNow!+ Unit : Supported

Host Bridge : 1106:3099.00 [VIA Apollo KT266/A,KT333]
South Bridge : 1106:3147.00 [VIA VT8233]
VGA Device : 10DE:0185.A4 [$NVIDIA NV18]
Memory Size : 256M Byte
Memory Clock : ----


>>What version of Windows do you have?

OS Version : Windows XP Version 5.1.2600
-------------- : -----------------------------------
StdFunc 0 : 00000001 68747541 444D4163 69746E65
StdFunc 1 : 00000662 00000000 00000000 0383FBFF
ExtFunc 0 : 80000008 68747541 444D4163 69746E65
ExtFunc 1 : 00000762 00000000 00000000 C1C3FBFF
ExtFunc 2 : 20444D41 6C687441 74286E6F 5820296D
ExtFunc 3 : 31322050 002B3030 00000000 00000000
ExtFunc 4 : 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
ExtFunc 5 : 0408FF08 FF20FF10 40020140 40020140
ExtFunc 6 : 00000000 41004100 01008140 00000000
ExtFunc 7 : 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000001
ExtFunc 8 : 00002022 00000000 00000000 00000000
C0010015h : 00000000 04081008 00000000 FECCB830
C0010016h : 00000000 00000000 00000000 FECCB830
C0010017h : 00000000 00000000 00000000 FECCB830
C0010018h : 00000000 E0000018 00000000 FECCB830
C0010019h : 0000000F F0000800 00000000 FECCB830
C001001Ah : 00000000 10000000 00000000 FECCB830
C001001Bh : 00000000 6003D22F 00000000 FECCB830
C0010111h : 00000000 000B0000 00000000 FECCB830
C0010112h : 00000000 00000000 00000000 FECCB830
C0010113h : 00000000 00000001 00000000 FECCB830

##--- Date 11/20/2004, Time 16:50:15 / 2.0.0.0

>>What is the exact model number of the video card?

Device ID 0185
VESA PRODUCT NAME nv18 board - p119s0nz REV chip rev A4
NVIDIA P119 GeForce4 MX 4000 VBIOS Version 4.18.20.39.13

>>Did you have a video card in there before, or are you upgrading from on-board >>or embedded video?
No any vCard before.

Motherboard MSI kt333 ultra II
Model: MS-6380E

this is enough?
PD.i dont know about hex code. LOL

I did find an updated driver (September 17, 2004) for it. It is a unified driver, but it may work for you.

Win XP unified video driver v5.10

If that does not work for you, then there are 2 possible problems: defective card, and power supply problems.

If you have never had the card working properly, then it is likely defective. I would return it to the store that you purchased it. If it was an online purchase, call or E-mail them to see how they handle returns.

If you had the card working sometimes, and then at a certain amount of time, it shuts down, then you may need to upgrade your Power Supply Unit(PSU). When you add a video card, it takes up power. How much is your PSU (in watts)?

ok thanks for the help.
i have a PSU of 500W
and my vCard has working very well for 7 months , i detect some problems in last week but dont put atenttion to that , becouse is the first time, i mean never before my vCards do this.
becouse i want repair this, i think: maybe in WEB have the answer to this.

thanks again

VERY GOOD information from JEServices about new driver update. Might help. My computer is very much like yours, Sahojiro. It is:
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CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1733 MHz (13 x 133) 2100+
Motherboard Name MSI K7N2 (MS-6570) (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 ACR, 3 DIMM, Audio)
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce2 SPP
System Memory 512 MB (PC2100 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (01/16/03)
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 (Microsoft Corporation) (64 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400
Monitor Compaq S710 [17" CRT] (037CG43HC314)
Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive Maxtor 6E040L0 (40 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Disk Drive Maxtor 6Y120P0 (120 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Optical Drive _NEC DV-5800A (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
Chassis Type Desktop Case
C: (NTFS) 39205 MB (35525 MB free)
D: (NTFS) 36240 MB (34494 MB free)
E: (NTFS) 80999 MB (79305 MB free)
Optical Drive SONY CD-RW CRX220E1 (52x/24x/52x CD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK
------------- I built it myself, from parts, like you --------------------------------------

I hope you get the vid card working correctly.