Thanks for the responses. I am a gamer, hence my desire to update. I'll try
the drivers directly from mfr. Sorry I wasn't clear in my original post: it
would complete the POST but did not make it past.
Again, thanks for the help.


"Michael Walraven" wrote:

> If this is a laptop, get any video drivers from the laptop maker site.
> If this is a desktop, and the video is on the motherboard, go to the desktop
> maker site for hardware drivers.
> If this is a desktop, and a video card, go to the site for the video card
> maker for the update.
> In my experience, updating hardware drivers from the Microsoft update site
> (except for Microsoft devices) has usually caused me grief.
>
>
> If your system could not get beyond POST, how were you able to reinstall
> Vista??
>
> Michael
> Vista Home Premium
>
>
> "XeroMan" <XeroMan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CF8BCE49-06E1-4099-8CF7-821CAA00A84F@microsoft.com...
> > Following my initial setup of Vista an optional video driver appeared in
> > the
> > automatic update. I installed it and upon restart my computer would not
> > make
> > it past POST. I tried booting from the Vista disc, then the system repair
> > and
> > finally the system restore. Nothing worked. I had to do a fresh install of
> > everything.
> >
> > Is this normal? I want to update the video drivers obviously, but at the
> > same time I don't want to risk having to reinstall Vista again.
>