diplay adapter not working

[csmithwork]

i have an nvidia gforce 8800 gt display adapter which doesn't seem to work with my HP 2311x display

[old_geekster]

Csmithwork, welcome to the forum.

When requesting help, you should always include the make/model of the computer and/or monitor. This information is necessary for us to review the specifications of them.

In the meantime, try updating the drive for the card.  Is the video card new?

[suntattood]

That is right. Each hardware should be compatible to each other if you want it to work. A bit more information of your system might give us a hint.

[csmithwork]

It's a Dell XPS desktop. I've had it for a few years with no problem  using a Samsung monitor. But I swapped the monitor out for a new 23" HP 2311x LED monitor.  I downloaded the monitor driver from the disk that came with it.  From the control panel I checked my nVidia gforce 8800 GT display adapter on the desktop and it showed a code 43 error. I clicked the update driver button and it said I had the latest driver.  Just in case I went to the nVidia website and downloaded the driver from there to no effect.  In lieu of that, it looked like the computer defaulted to a basic display adapter that only provided 640x.... screen resolution.

What I did next was to pull out the drivers disk that i got with my computer and i downloaded the other display drivers that the disk listed.  Now I get the boot screen but nothing thereafter.  Do I now have to replace the video card?