18 replies to this topic

[Chris82]

Okay, so, as you guys know, I had my computer and it was all running awesome. Had everything just riiight. About to install SP2 in fact. But today is the day I ran this long-ass 100ft ethernet cable through my house, and had to drill a total of four holes.

So being that the ethernet on my motherboard is integrated gigabit, I had to install the lovely nVidia nForce 4 chipset drivers.

So I click to install them and it says I can install not only the ethernet drivers, but the PCI/se detection management system and the IDE optimizers. I thought what the hell and installed them all.

So I reboot. Try to stick a CD in the drive. It doesn't work. I click My Computer and it's no longer listed as a DVD drive. So I go to control panel->System to try and get to the Device Manager. Then the hourglass pops up. And System never comes up. Same thing with Add Hardware, Add/Remove Programs, Network Connections, etc...all froze explorer.exe.

I repeat the "reboot-try to uninstall drivers" process about 15 more times. I then tried to open Windows System Restore. Didn't even show up.

Long story short, because of nVidia's retarded IDE drivers, I had to reformat. Again.

So here I am...all default settings...again. But still, this time I just installed the ethernet driver and the internet flies!

[Janton]

Didn't I tell you once to install SP2 FIRST THING? Hardly any Nvidia chipset drivers are compatible with SP1. This has nothing to do with Nvidias drivers as they tell you SP2 or later on the motherboards with their chipset.

Edited by Janton, 06 January 2007 - 03:22 PM.

[Mandraque]

Didn't I tell you once to install SP2 FIRST THING? Hardly any Nvidia chipset drivers are compatible with SP1. This has nothing to do with Nvidias drivers as they tell you SP2 or later on the motherboards with their chipset.

lol, owned.

[The Drizzle]

hahaha you noob. You arent supposed to install the nvidia IDE drivers. Its not nvidia's fault you installed them. Yeah they arent great, but they def didnt f*ck your comp up like that, Ive forgot a few times, and yeah they were annoying but not that difficult. And you werent going to install the nvidia nforce 4 chipset drivers anyway? You expect your comp to run correctly? i think it was a PBKAC.

OK enough with my rant on you being noob. Dont install the IDE drivers or the NV firewall crap. The system and ethernet drivers are necessary.

EDIT: Yeah SP2 is necessary as well. It should be slipstreamed onto the disk already though? If not I should have sent you a disk along with my ethernet cable.

Edited by Drizzle4535, 06 January 2007 - 03:27 PM.

[Janton]

Order of perfection.
Build Computer
Install OS
SP2
Chipset Drivers (Audio, Ethernet, ect.)
Install Video Drivers
Install Firefox
*Restart after every one except the last, some people thing SP2 is magically going to work without a restart, come on guys it's Windows, not SuSe.

[DarkShadow]

Lol so true, then again I don't even touch the NV firewall or any of their software, last time I did I got bluescreens and lockups like a motherfucker because it had a conflict with the ATI drivers, fuck them niggaz.

[Janton]

You know whats sexy? The ATI chipsets, normally I just pop in the CD and click "Chipset Drivers" and that includes everything I need.

[Chris82]

Yes, I am a noob at building PCs, how the f*ck was I supposed to know?

Anyway, whatever, it's over with. But I'm installing SP2 right now. My order:

Build
OS
Video drivers
Ethernet drivers
Firefox
Sp2
Other software

[Janton]

I still love you buddy, but next time, listen to the old man ;)

[wondergod]

I still love you buddy, but next time, listen to the old man ;)

my momma always told me old men give you worms ;)

[Justin Sane]

No no no. Do SP2 after the OS Install, then Video Drivers then all other drivers. SP2 XP is best if it's the first thing done.

Also, ATI 4 Life.

Edited by Justin Sane, 09 January 2007 - 01:41 PM.

[Iceman]

I told you not installing SP2 could cause issues.... SP2 is a MAJOR update.

I usually install the video drivers after everything else. Once the network card is online, I download the latest drivers from nvidia's website, instead of using the ones that came on the CD.

Make sure you head over to windows update right after you install the other drivers.

Edited by Iceman, 09 January 2007 - 02:07 PM.

[SoB]

all i have to say is HAHAHAHAHAH NOOB AHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA NOOOB HAHAHAHAHA

[monster]

user error? lol

[DarkShadow]

ur all fuckin wrong, Get an XP disk with SP2 Integ' already on it, it saves u a lotta trouble...

[SoB]

ur all f*ckin wrong, Get an XP disk with SP2 Integ' already on it, it saves u a lotta trouble...

ding ding ding


chris..what kind of cheap kike ass windows disk did you buy?

[Sniprwulf]

I think all of you are who are yelling at chris to install sp2 first failing to recognize one thing: when installing the drivers it asks you 3 different things what you want to install the ide, the ethernet and the smbus drivers. They're all defaulty checked. For anyone with nForce4 drivers you should know this and chillllllllllllllllllllll lol..

I love you guys. good2 be back

edit: btw chris incase it didnt tell you which it should have, install the ubs2.0 drivers after sp2 is installed.

Edited by Sniprwulf, 09 January 2007 - 09:27 PM.

[medel]

Hmm, never had any problems with any nVIdia drivers except when I had errm "removed" a cap off of a mobo... Apparently that didn't help any. :D

SP2 is both a demon and an angel. Fixes lots of driver crap, but I remember it breaking everything when it first came out. Crashed every day. :D

[DarkShadow]

I dunno about that wording, medal, But i agree somewhat.