R. McCarty wrote:

> Here is what I'd recommend. First, Uninstall all nVidia driver
> packages. Download the latest Chipset driver set for your PC.
> Everest Home Edition, which is a software/hardware inventory
> tool can display that information for you.
> Install the appropriate Chipset package. Then download and
> install the latest nVidia software.
> Everest Home edition here:
> http://www.lavalys.com/products/down...ng=en&pageid=3
> nVidia Driver Menu page:
> http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
> It might also help if you redefined the driver for you monitor
> to a more exacting driver. Most monitors are defined simply
> as "Plug-&-Play". Check your monitor vendor's website for
> a driver.
> It would probably also be a good idea to go through Device
> Manager (w/ Show Hidden Devices) and examine both the
> Display & Monitor categories and check for "Phantoms".
>
> <penang@myrealbox.com> wrote in message
> news:1128857955.584786.150590@g44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> My Problem: XP keep drops back to 16 colors
>>
>> Hello all, greetings !!
>>
>> My XP system has a problem. It has a taste for 4-bit, or 16 color
>> display. No matter which setting I have determined, if I shut down
>> the computer, and reboot it, XP drops everything back to 16 colors.
>>
>> My display card is NVIDIA GeForce MX400 based, with 256MB of RAM on
>> it. It isn't any fancy top-of-the-line card, but it does get the job
>> done. My computer is a typical Pentium 4, with 2 GB of RAM. Not
>> fancy, but workable.
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If Mr. McCarty's good advice about the drivers doesn't help, then the
video card is failing and needs to be replaced.

Malke
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