Video Card Update, Monitor Kaboom

[Seil]

Like the title says, when I went to update my video card drivers, my monitor went kaboom. It worked as the computer started up, but once I got to the desktop it told me that there was no connection and... shut itself off.

I have a NVidia GeForce4 MX440 with AGP8X, and went to the NVidia site to get the update which fizzed out my monitor. Since there wasn't a specific match to mine, I just hit GeForce4 440. When the monitor stopped working, I rebooted the computer in safe mode and did a system restore.

I wanna update my drivers, but feel overly cautious. Is there a way it can be done, and am I doing this all wrong - or is it completely hopeless?

[Mirai Gen]

Wow, someone with that exact same GeForce4 MX 440 besides me. I only recently upgraded from that video card to a 9700 Pro Radeon.

So, two questions. Your computer have an on-board video port?

Does the computer work on other monitors?

I remember having really bad problems with the MX440. You can get a new card for pretty cheap right about now I think.

[Mike McC]

If at all possible, see if the monitor works on a lower resolution.

[Seil]

So, two questions. Your computer have an on-board video port?

Does the computer work on other monitors?

...I dun know what that is. I'm computer illiterate. (>>)

And yes it does work on two monitors. A while ago, our monitor died - no reason, just died. So my mum goes out and buys a 17" flatscreen LCD. Which I thought was awesome, by the way. However, the monitor had a problem where it would show the two halves of the screen at opposite sides of the screen. Turned out that the settings had to be changed from the old monitor - so I fiddled around for a bit, and it worked.

=3

[Mirai Gen]

I'm assuming you mean you fixed the problem on a different monitor.

Anyway, look on the back of your computer. If you have a GeForce 4 MX 440 you should have a plug for your monitor where the video card is. Look on your computer and see if there's another one. If so, it means you have an on-board video card, one that's a part of the motherboard. Usually plugging in a new video card overrides this slot, but I've had problems in the past.

But! If your computer works on different monitors it just sounds like a monitor/Video card conflict and I dunno what to do about that.