K7n2delta Drivers

Foolish question maybe...I can't load the drivers properly.
Which is the correct way?
I tried win 98 and I always get a lot of peripherical disactivated.
I tried win XP home (in dual boot) and the system stops at the reeboot after the driver installation.
This happens with and without integrated perifericals activated.
I tried to load the drivers automatically and manually form the driver CD, copying alternatively from MCP2 and MCPD folders.
I also downloaded updated drivers, but nothing went better.
Where am I wrong?
My system
- amd Athlon xp 2800 Barton FSB 333
- K7N2 Delta L
- ddr 400 Twinmos
- hd Samsung 60 gb
- Asus Ti 4200
- Logitech cordless mouse
- cd, dvd. ...
Thanks in advance

Robinson,
Give the nForce Drivers a shot from the nVidia Website. (nForce was made for WinXP, Win98SE support was an afterthought.)
Take Care,
Richard

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patroo wrote:
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OK, first; thanks for the link. It is very much appreciated. Next, this is the only card compatible with my Pavilion zd8230us (as per HP Senior Support Technicains). I was told that the Audigy 2 zx PCMICA was compatible (BY Creative), only to be told by HP that that card can and will do damage to my notebook. I find it very disturbing that Creative would suggest a product that would damage my computer! Last, the box (for the NX) says that it is 24 bit HD audio 96KHz/02db Signal to noise ratio. As well, it clearly states ON THE FRONT OF THE BOX:

"...EAX ADVANCED HD game effects" 

Sorry, but in English (at least American English) that means it supports EAX in games, yes? lol So, THEY Are the ones that decided to put that on the FRONT of the box, if it doesn't support it then they should have a class action lawsuit filed against them by EVERY SINGLE person that ever purchased an NX and we should be paid for; purchase price, pain and suffering, and puniti've damages. THEN Creative might learn a lesson. roflol

Now on to the 'driver' isssue. Simple, Alexs3d2, the American consumer expects 'Driver Updates'. Why? Simple, what version of Direct X was standard when the NX came out, and what version are we using now? Microsoft sees fit to improve the API that Creative is making money off of, but Creative does NOT see the responsibility to the consumer to keep UP with the technology that we end users update on a regular basis. Next, I am tired of people dogging ATI BECAUSE they have taken on the responsibility to issue monthly driver updates! Granted, Alex, you may well understand 'what' the driver updates ARE better than the average user. However, that does NOT dismiss the BETTER PERFORMANCE that WE experience every single we update or display adapter drivers! Just because slough (on the part of SOME companies) is accepted by a small cross section of the population does not mean that the rest of us should LOWER our expectations? of the company that WE keep in business. Least THEY forget that WE are the reason they ARE in business!!! Driver updates are GOOD. Driver updates are what end users EXPECT. Any company that does not want to support a product that is still on store shelves should just pack up and leave. Period. 

Last, here is a little quote from the back of the NX box. 

"USB 2.0 is only supported in Windows XP and REQUIRES ONLINE SOFTWARE update(s) from Microsoft and SOUNDBLASTER.COM..." 

How the hell am I supposed to accomplish THAT when Creative screws me out of what they tell me I require? 

In closing; this venue is not the only place that I have been sounding off a bout this problem. I have written Creative (SB) Tech support, and they are giving me 'double speak'. I have kept every single email that they have sent back, and cc'd to another email addy for verification. I li've in California, and you can not swing a dead cat without hitting an attorney. I WAS hoping that Creative would be GOOD and RESPONSIBLE partners, but they have forced my hand. I have filed a complaint with the California Department of Consumer Affairs, and am in the process of gathering users for the afore mentioned 'Class Action Lawsuit'. This way, the PEOPLE get to decide WHAT is responsible corporate stewardship, and IF Creative is acting in a deliberate way to misrepresent their products, and their capabilities and IF they should have to release Drivers just the way they tell us they are going to on the packaging!! 

EnzoMatrix

P.S. Umm, the whole Nazi thing... that is a bit over the top. I am Jewish, and Creative may have killed my love of their products, but I do not know of anyone that they have actually killed. If you know otherwise, let me know... that info could come in very handy in my class action lawsuit!! roflol
P.P.S. Looking at this forum, I get the impression that I am not the only person that feels screwed by SB and Creative. THAT should make for a VERY favorable jury pool for the lawsuit.
Message Edited by EnzoMatrix on 07-2-2006 2:3 AM
Message Edited by EnzoMatrix on 07-2-2006 0:2 AM

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