First post, by fosterwj03
I've been trouble shooting a Nvidia driver issue in Windows 2000. I'm trying to get a Quadro 4000 to work in Windows 2000 SP4 with the stock kernel (i.e. not the extended kernel from Windows XP). While the GeForce and Quadro Release 258 drivers (which support the Quadro 4000) will install on Windows 2000, the drivers fail to load at startup and the Nvidia control panel app fails with a series of .DLL system call errors (system calls that work in Windows XP).
Oddly, the same system with the same drivers will load when I have a GeForce 6800 GS in the slot instead of the Quadro 4000. The Nvidia control panel from Release 258 also functions correctly with the 6800 GS.
I can only conclude that the driver set executes different system calls (intended for Windows XP) when it detects the presence of the Quadro 4000. I wonder if this is caused by some sort of requirement for DirectX 10 which Windows 2000 SP4 does not support. I also wonder what other cards encounter this problem given that the drivers support the GeForce 200, 300, and 400-series (all DirectX 10 capable).
Has anyone here gotten a GeForce 200, 300, or 400-series card to work with Windows 2000's stock kernel? If so, how did you get around the issue I described above if you encountered it at all? Thanks.