nVidia drivers wont load

IZON · 04-02-03, 04:03 AM

...It's the strangest thing. I get the nVidia boot up screen. It then asks me to 'insert win98 cd into drive selected below' (when in fact there is actually no drive selected). So I put in win 98cd press enter and then it tells me 'I have decided to cancel installation of nvidia drivers and will cancel setup' - then BSOD, no drivers = no sound. What's going on? (All the other drivers on the same Asus disk load with no problem).

IZON · 04-03-03, 03:38 AM

Aw c'mon, it'a not like I'm talking Japanese. This is a serious problem, I bought this board to save a little cash on the sound card. Now it looks like I'll have to buy a sound card after all, that really sux. If I'd known, I would have gone for a board w/out nforce crap.

-Nite- · 04-03-03, 02:23 PM

Check this link out..Its a F&Q about the asus a78nx board..It should help you out..Windows 98/98se have little issues with this board..I think it may help in some way..
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3199

IZON · 04-04-03, 12:47 AM

Thanks for the link Nite. However I managed to solve the problem. There was indeed a boot up issue with the nvidia sound drivers. All my efforts [cmos reset, hd reformat, drive unpartitioning, os reinstall, sledge hammer] did nothing to correct the problem. I then started to 'manually' install each driver by going through detect 'new hardware' and then guiding the installer to the correct driver location on the disk. nvidia boot up manager simply couldn't detect the location of the drivers by itself. - what a pain, been up all night nursing this Asus mobo *yawns*

Modmonger · 04-05-03, 11:43 AM

Try flashing the bios back to 1002 or up to 1003 haven't tried 1003 yet. But I know the 1002 is a rock solid version of the bios. Then retry the sound drivers. Make sure sound is also enabled in your bios. I never had a problem with my system... Keep me up to date, pm me if you want.

IZON · 04-06-03, 06:43 AM

Thanks Modmonger, problem solved, read my previous post above urs.

04-02-03, 04:03 AM	Thread Starter #1
IZON Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: London	SOLVED: nVidia drivers wont load ...It's the strangest thing. I get the nVidia boot up screen. It then asks me to 'insert win98 cd into drive selected below' (when in fact there is actually no drive selected). So I put in win 98cd press enter and then it tells me 'I have decided to cancel installation of nvidia drivers and will cancel setup' - then BSOD, no drivers = no sound. What's going on? (All the other drivers on the same Asus disk load with no problem). Last edited by IZON; 04-04-03 at 10:19 AM.
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04-03-03, 03:38 AM	Thread Starter #2
IZON Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: London	Aw c'mon, it'a not like I'm talking Japanese. This is a serious problem, I bought this board to save a little cash on the sound card. Now it looks like I'll have to buy a sound card after all, that really sux. If I'd known, I would have gone for a board w/out nforce crap.
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04-03-03, 02:23 PM	#3
-Nite- Registered Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Texas	Check this link out..Its a F&Q about the asus a78nx board..It should help you out..Windows 98/98se have little issues with this board..I think it may help in some way.. http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3199 __________________ Mother Board : A7N8X Deluxe CPU: AMD 2600 XP 333mhz fsb (12.5@180fsb) HSF:SLK-800 w/Tornado 80mm (NB:Vantec Copper cooler) HD:WD 40gb 7200rpm PSU:Enermax 431w Ram:Samsung 256mbs X2 VidCard: gForce4 Ti4400(stock speeds) Case: ghetto POS! CDRW:POS :( CDROM:POS :(
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04-04-03, 12:47 AM	Thread Starter #4
IZON Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: London	Thanks for the link Nite. However I managed to solve the problem. There was indeed a boot up issue with the nvidia sound drivers. All my efforts [cmos reset, hd reformat, drive unpartitioning, os reinstall, sledge hammer] did nothing to correct the problem. I then started to 'manually' install each driver by going through detect 'new hardware' and then guiding the installer to the correct driver location on the disk. nvidia boot up manager simply couldn't detect the location of the drivers by itself. - what a pain, been up all night nursing this Asus mobo yawns
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04-05-03, 11:43 AM	#5
Modmonger Registered Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ohio	Try flashing the bios back to 1002 or up to 1003 haven't tried 1003 yet. But I know the 1002 is a rock solid version of the bios. Then retry the sound drivers. Make sure sound is also enabled in your bios. I never had a problem with my system... Keep me up to date, pm me if you want.
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04-06-03, 06:43 AM	Thread Starter #6
IZON Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: London	Thanks Modmonger, problem solved, read my previous post above urs.
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