Opened 7 years ago
#17185 new defect
VirtualBox v5.x & nVidia Graphics Card: Driver reverts to VGASave upon VB Installation
| Reported by: | Pol_JS | Owned by: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 5.2.0 |
| Keywords: | nVidia Graphics Driver VB Previous Versions | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | all | Host type: | other |
Description
My system:
MS-WinXP with SP3 and fully Updated
Palit nVidia GeForce 7300GT AGP 8X 512MB DDR2 128bit
nVidia Driver Packages tried:
- 306.81-desktop-winxp-32bit-english-whql.exe
- 307.74-desktop-winxp-32bit-english-whql.exe
- 307.83-desktop-winxp-32bit-english-whql.exe
Example nVidia driver details output:
CMD>filever -v \WINDOWS\system32\nv4_disp.dll
--a-- W32i DRV ENU 6.14.13.774 shp 4,493,440 01-03-2013 nv4_disp.dll
Language 0x0409 (English (United States))
CharSet 0x04b0 Unicode
OleSelfRegister Disabled
CompanyName NVIDIA Corporation
FileDescription NVIDIA Windows XP Display driver, Version 307.74
InternalName nv4_disp.dll
OriginalFilenam nv4_disp.dll
ProductName NVIDIA Windows XP Display driver, Version 307.74
ProductVersion 6.14.13.0774
FileVersion 6.14.13.0774
LegalCopyright (C) 2012 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved.
VS_FIXEDFILEINFO:
Signature: feef04bd
Struc Ver: 00010000
FileVer: 0006000e:000d0306 (6.14:13.774)
ProdVer: 0006000e:000d0306 (6.14:13.774)
FlagMask: 0000003f
Flags: 00000008 private
OS: 00040004 NT Win32
FileType: 00000003 Driver
SubType: 00000004 DisplayDrv
FileDate: 00000000:00000000
The problem:
Using VirtualBox v5.1.28 [VirtualBox-5.1.28-117968-Win.exe] with the corresponding extension pack, also previous versions, also with two other, GeForce 6200 nVidia cards, I was experiencing the following:
- occasional screen blanking, which, after a few seconds, was restored
- my graphics card driver was spontaneously reverting to VGASave [the Microsoft “failsafe” generic driver, that is not able to provide my graphics card & monitor optimal native resolution] after rebooting my system, but a re-installation of the driver package would return things to normal
After having upgraded to the current version of VirtualBox [VirtualBox-5.2.0-118431-Win.exe (with the corresponding extension pack)] my graphics card driver permanently reverted to the VGASave and consistently does so immediately after I install VirtualBox, ever since [I have also tried installing two previous versions, v5.1.30 and v5.0.40, to no avail]. After I uninstall VirtualBox, things magically return to normal.
