here-is-the driver for GF FX 5200 series-works with W7 32-bit

Yep.

That means that the card can not communicate with the motherboard.

if you have a chipset of nForce3 or below, it can not work on Vista or 7. Then you have to use XP.

If you have a different chipset, it can work. Update the motherboard bios to newest and install the latest chipset drivers.

Which motherboard do you have? I can show you what to install or tell you if it can work at all.

The computer I try to update is an old but robust laptop dell inspiron 8600 - pentium M 1500 - 768 Mo RAM - from end 2003.

Where do I find the information on the nForce3 chipset ? I searched in the device manager - in the details of the graphical card but I don't what exactly to serach.
Same question for the motherboard ?

I updated the bios to the last known version as you requested.

Like the challenge ?

IHi,
I have a similar problem. My system:
Tohshiba Satellite P25 Serie
Ram: 2GB
HDD: 250 GB
Processor: Intel Pentium 4,CPU 2.8 Ghz
32-bit, Windows 7 Ultimate
Graphic Card: Nvidia Geforce fx go 5200
I just installed the modified 96.85 driver (downloaded from www.laptop2go)and followed the instructions wrote by msaif in this forum. The resolution I got is the recommended by Microsoft, 1440 x 900 but aero has to be disabled in order the system doesn´t crash.
My id hardware is:
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0324&SUBSYS_FF001179&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0324&SUBSYS_FF001179
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0324&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0324&CC_0300
and the moified file nv_disp.inf is attached.
Could you or someone else tell me how I can fix it.
thanks in advance for your reply.

Hi,
I did everything you say here but Aero doesn´t work properly. I mean, the screen resolution is the one recommended by Microsoft (1440x900) but Aero has to be disabled so that the system doesn´t fail; however, from time to time the screen blinks.
My computer is a laptop Toshiba P25 series and the graphic card in Geforce Fx Go 5200.