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[Tone-EQ]

www.ben.pope.name/a7n8x_faq.html
Tried installing the latest nVidia ForceWare 3.13 drivers. Windows XP Home
stalled during bootup. Using the "Last Known Good Configuration" option also
got me nowhere, only a crash or reboot. Safe Mode got me into Windows, which
then proceded to crash several times. After trying Safe Mode a couple more
times I finally got into Windows albeit with an unchangable 640x480
resolution with 4bit colour.

System Restore luckily got me back to where I was before everything went
wrong, but where did I go wrong, any ideas? I usually stick with the "if it
ain't broke, don't fix it" approach, but I want slightly better performance
out of my system. I chose "Yes" when asked if I wanted the "IDE SW Drivers",
could that be anything to do with the bootup problem I mentioned?

Everything is up-to-date except the 1007 BIOS, which I have on a floppy
waiting to be flashed as I type.
--
Regards,
Tony. (tony.cue(at)tiscali.co.uk)

Discogs: building the definitive database of electronic music...
http://www.discogs.com

Asus A7N8X Deluxe (Revision 1.04, BIOS 1006)
AMD AthlonXP 2400+ @ 2800+ (TBred-B, 13.5 x 166, 1.7VCore)
Coolermaster X-Dream HSF
1Gb (2 x 512) Samsung PC3200 400Mhz DDR RAM Dual Channel
(M368L6423DTM/CC400)
Leadtek WinFast GeForce 4 Ti4200 128Mb (A250LE TD MyVIVO)
19" Mitsubishi 1280x1024 100Hz 0.24 dot pitch (Diamond Pro 930SB BK)
2 x 120Gb Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9 8Mb Cache (6Y120P0, Primary Master,
Primary Slave, no RAID)
Samsung 48x/24x/48x/16x CDRW/DVD-ROM (SM-348B, Secondary Master)
Samsung 52x CD-ROM (SC-152A, Secondary Slave)
Lope i-Tee Silver ATX Case
Windows XP Home (SP1, DirectX 9.0b)

 

[Ben Pope]

www.ben.pope.name/a7n8x_faq.html
Tried installing the latest nVidia ForceWare 3.13 drivers. Windows XP Home
stalled during bootup. Using the "Last Known Good Configuration" option
also got me nowhere, only a crash or reboot. Safe Mode got me into
Windows, which then proceded to crash several times. After trying Safe
Mode a couple more times I finally got into Windows albeit with an
unchangable 640x480 resolution with 4bit colour.

System Restore luckily got me back to where I was before everything went
wrong, but where did I go wrong, any ideas? I usually stick with the "if
it ain't broke, don't fix it" approach, but I want slightly better
performance out of my system. I chose "Yes" when asked if I wanted the
"IDE SW Drivers", could that be anything to do with the bootup problem I
mentioned?

Could be... I'd try installing without the IDE drivers and see what happens.

I don't think you'll get much more performance (in fact propbably a tad
less, but with less likelihood of problems), but it depends on what drivers
you have now.

Everything is up-to-date except the 1007 BIOS, which I have on a floppy
waiting to be flashed as I type.

I've had no problems with it.

Ben

 

[Tone-EQ]

www.ben.pope.name/a7n8x_faq.html

Could be... I'd try installing without the IDE drivers and see what happens.

I don't think you'll get much more performance (in fact propbably a tad
less, but with less likelihood of problems), but it depends on what drivers
you have now.

Will try again later in the week, see below...

I've had no problems with it.

Just flashed to 1007, everything works as before, no problems here. However,
on loading, Windows XP detects "NVIDIA nForce2 Memory Controller". I click
on find driver, drivers found etc etc... The same message box pops up time
after time after time even though it has found them... think I need to try
the new drivers now to sort this one out!

Thanks for your help Ben, as always, it's appreciated.
--
Regards,
Tony. (tony.cue(at)tiscali.co.uk)

Discogs: building the definitive database of electronic music...
http://www.discogs.com

 

[Ben Pope]

Just flashed to 1007, everything works as before, no problems here.
However, on loading, Windows XP detects "NVIDIA nForce2 Memory
Controller". I click on find driver, drivers found etc etc... The same
message box pops up time after time after time even though it has found
them... think I need to try the new drivers now to sort this one out!

There should be 4 of them. And in addition, an "Ultra 400" one too.

Thanks for your help Ben, as always, it's appreciated.

No problem.

Ben