Stable nForce drivers

So everyone knows 2.00 nForce drivers does NOT fix BkSOD. Does that mean the stable version is still 1.05? I couldn't find the 1.05 drivers on nVidia's web site until I browsed through the download URL for the 2.00 nForce drivers.
Could someone tell me whether the BkSOD is only an Win XP issue? The fix description on nVidia's web site indicated it (2.00) was an XP issue but didn't say anything about Win 2000.
BTW, I experienced a recent BkSOD in Win XP while ripping a DVD. It was about 6 Gig total but only ripped about 40% when the problem occured.

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Originally posted by wonkanoby
memtest takes nearer 15 hours to run than 15 minutes
have you changed the drive jumper
OK, got new RAM since Monday. 2 modules of Crucial 256 PC2100 CAS2.5
Since My original generic 128 MB PC2100 was also CAS2.5 I decided to have 3 modules on the motherboard. 128 is in the socket closest to the motherboard.
The strange thing is that initial memtest-86 found errors. I then changed CAS from 'Auto' to '2.5' in BIOS. Ever since then memtest-86 have not reported any errors. 2nd night ran for probably 7 hours, 3rd night ran for 17 hours. No errors reported. I was running the 'standard' test, not 'extended' or 'complete'.
Everything was freshly installed on HD. Playing Counter-Strike with latest patch caused a reboot with-in 5 min. I tried using DirectX mode instead of OpenGL but the colors kept shifting in game. Then I tried software 3D emulation and it just looked very bad.
My reserved RAM for integrated graphics is 32 and 64 for AGP aperature.
Am I missing something?

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NVidia firewall stopped working after nForce drivers upgrade

Just for the record, my nVidia firewall stopped working after I "upgraded" from nForce 4.08 (came with the mobo cd) to 4.24 (latest drivers at the nVidia website).
...damn nVidia.
Anyone else have this problem?

Thanks for the reply. I tried -- to an extent -- what you suggested. Thinking nVidia was smart I went on to installing the 4.24 without removing previous drivers/components. Everything installed except for the network/firewall stuff. I clicked "yes, install nVidia network stuff" and a fatal error occured a few seconds into the installation. I then proceeded to uninstalling the network access manager, followed by a retry of the 4.24 installation: same problem.
However, I never uninstalled the nForce drivers themselves. I will redownload the 4.24 .exe, uninstall everything, and run the .exe. I'll then proceed to report my crappy results here, in this forum.

Installing new Nforce drivers?

I'm running the lastest Nforce driver pak from MSI on my K7N420. When the new Nforce drivers from Nvidia come out (Soon I hope) should I be able to install them over the MSI Nforce drivers I'm running now? If not, could someone please tell me an easy way to uninstall old Nforce drivers, MSI or Nvidia.
Thanks
Dennis

Thanks for the reply. One more quick queston. I'm running an Gf4 add in card so removing the Nvidia display drivers in Add/Remove does the video drivers, I know this one. What listing in Add/Remove removes the Nforce drivers?
Thanks
Dennis

Nforce drivers which one ? nvidia or msi ?

i need to know which ones gives you max performance ? either nvidia ones or msi's ! .. i had msi nforce3 drivers so i uninstalled them and installed nvidia's ones , i also have a nvidia gfx card , so after installing nvidia nforce drivers i was getting BSOD , so i had to format windows and installed msi's ..
BSOD = may be msi drivers were in the reg and never got uninstalled properly so i m gettin BSOD so you get BSOD if u put nvidia nforce3 having a nvidia gfx card?
so how many of you are using nvidia's ? and which ones better?
my os windows xp sp2

I've always used nvidias drivers , realtek's sound drivers . Now latest 5.10 .
Xp sp2 no problem here.
MSI drivers are made by nvidia of course .
The MSI 5.03 driver package was something in the middle of nvidias 4.27 and 5.10
when it comes to some of the individual driver versions .
After all : For graphics cards most people always use ATI's site for ATI cards and nvidia's site for Nvidia cards.
Same should apply with chipset drivers .

MEGA 180 Users - new nForce drivers available!

version 5.10 of the nForce drivers are available from nvidia
http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
the audio drivers have had a "fix" it would seem

nForce driver set v5.1 did not make any visible harm to my Mega180.
The strange thing though is that VGA driver version did not change after the installation, and I am now 3 levels behind from what MSI offers via Live Update...

New nforce drivers realeased today (7/29/03)

minty fresh nforce drivers available at nvidia! version 2.45. will test after LSAT class.

For anyone interested here are the Revision Notes:
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WHQL certified kit for nForce and nForce2 (NOTE: the graphics drivers in the English only kit is not WHQL certified. However, it is the same driver version as the international kit)
Includes support for nForce2 400 and nForce2 Ultra 400
EAX fixes and compatibility improvements in
* Operation Flashpoint
* Neverwinter Nights
* The Matrix Reloaded
* Grand Theft Auto: ViceCity
* Mafia
* Battlefield 1942
Updated audio control panel
3D audio performance improvements
NOTE: NVIDIA accelerated IDE drivers are not included in this release.
And the Installation Note:
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Windows XP users must install Service Pack 1 prior to attempting to install this package. Failure to do so will result in the inability to support USB 2.0.
Audio drivers will not install on the following nForce2 products: Chaintech 7NJS. Please use the drivers that come with these products to enable audio functionality.
Take Care,
Richard

New Nforce drivers 5.1

These are the new official Nforce drivers (5.1):
http://ftp://download.nvidia.com/Windows/nForce/5.10/nForce_5.10_WinXP2K_WHQL_english.exe

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Originally posted by syar2003
This is the agp driver from Nvidia's 4.27 pack
; nv_agp.inf
; NVIDIA Windows 2000 AGP INF file
; Copyright 1999-2002 NVIDIA Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
[Version]
CatalogFile=nv_agp.cat
Signature="$WINDOWS NT$"
Class=System
ClassGuid={4D36E97D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Provider=%NVIDIA%
LayoutFile=layout.inf
DriverVer = 10/29/2003, 3.7.7
This is the agp driver from MSI's 5.01 pack:
; nv_agp.inf
; NVIDIA Windows 2000 AGP INF file
; Copyright 1999-2002 NVIDIA Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
[Version]
CatalogFile=nv_agp.cat
Signature="$WINDOWS NT$"
Class=System
ClassGuid={4D36E97D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Provider=%NVIDIA%
LayoutFile=layout.inf
DriverVer = 10/29/2003, 3.7.7
This is the agp driver from Nvidia's 5.10 pack:
; nv_agp.inf
; NVIDIA Windows 2000 AGP INF file
; Copyright 1999-2002 NVIDIA Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
[Version]
CatalogFile=nv_agp.cat
Signature="$WINDOWS NT$"
Class=System
ClassGuid={4D36E97D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Provider=%NVIDIA%
LayoutFile=layout.inf
DriverVer = 04/02/2004, 4.3.6
So the answer is that it's newer compared to MSI 5.01 pack and Nvidia 4.27 pack.
Agp/gart version 3.77 in MSI 5.01 driverpack and in nvidia's 4.27 driverpack .
And agp/gart version 4.36 in nvidia's 5.10 driverpack .
Basically there is nothing new in the Gart department that has not already been out, none of the above solve the punkbuster freezing problem with the K8N Neo Plat. mobo. Neither does the following Gart below which is newer then all of the above:
; nv_agp.inf
; NVIDIA Windows 2000 AGP INF file
; Copyright 1999-2002 NVIDIA Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
[Version]
CatalogFile=nv_agp.cat
Signature="$WINDOWS NT$"
Class=System
ClassGuid={4D36E97D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Provider=%NVIDIA%
LayoutFile=layout.inf
DriverVer = 04/27/2004, 4.4.0
As far as Im aware that is the newest Gart driver available (please correct me if Im wrong), and its dated flipping April!!! Its Flipping September!!! still we have this problem, I wish nvidia would release something a bit more upto date.

Nforce drivers, worth it?

i have a linux box running on an nvidia e-7150 nForce 630i motherboard with an intel core quad.
i use the nvidia display drivers and my own tweaks to xorg.conf to get video the way i want. for sound, i use alsa and for ethernet i'm running the sky2 intel driver (i think). i like to keep my system as free (as in speech) as possible, but i need that video driver.
my question:
is there any compelling reason(s) to download/install/configure the nforce drivers for the nvnet and nvsound modules? i've read most of the documentation about how nvsound needs oss but i could use alsa-oss emulation etc. but is it even worth the trouble?
my system is performing flawlessly now but my card has 7.1 surround sound and optical out that i'm not using and i think the nforce drivers are the only way to utilize that, right? i don't think the nvnet will give me any significant improvements but i'm wondering if anyone has experience with these drivers / this mobo and would like to offer some insight.
thanks in advance.
Last edited by brisbin33 (2008-08-25 19:36:17)

thanks for the reply. i've had issues in previous distros where playing multiple sound sources at once would kill sound in any program thereafter until a reboot. at that time i didn't quite understand the whole alsa / oss / pulse audio interaction though. my only real concern for trying out these drivers was breaking my system back into that situation because i was quite happy to find that problem didn't exist when i set up my alsa-only arch box.
the idea of 7.1 surround sound enticed me; but i think you're right, "if it ain't broke don't fix it".
PS: your homebrew vis workstation is sick

NForce Drivers?

i've been keeping up to date with these drivers posted off the MSI live update site.
but say i want to download the the nforce drivers off the http://www.nvidia.com website, will my system still function right? or is there a reason msi guts theredriver releases for these drivers?
thnx

just use nvidias drivers msi ones are nvidia any way they dont write them
they will allways be older than nvidias

Problems with Samsung dvd and nforce drivers..

Something funny with my pc.
I just got everythng and insalled Wiin xp. Everything working..
both of my cd rom drives show up
1 lite-on cdr
1 samsung dvd 606f
then I install Nforce driver pack from Nvidia and everything works ... but
with Nforce ide controller idriver installed ....
Only one of my drives is detected.
1 lite-on CDR
no DVD
If i switch it back to windows standard IDE Primary and Secondary drivers it comes back..
Any thoughts.....
specks below

the Nforce drivers tend to be a bit picky about jumper settings ensure that your optiacal drive jumpers are set to master & slave. Nvidia doesnt work to well with cls. Alternatively you can just run wwith the MS ide drivers.

Best Nforce drivers Nvidia or Live monitor

Hi me again , was wonder whats the best route form Nforce drivers , Going to the Nvidia site and downloading there latest offerings or using the MSI Live update utility and getting Whats on offer there ?? ..
Thanx in advance Kurvz

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Originally posted by Kurva100
Yeah im using the Nvidia ones I got around two months ago and the IDE driver has been fine , was just wondering if the MSI version had some Msi tweaks so to say , thanx all
i dont think there is any difference between msi and nvidia more than msi got older drives that the "newbies" can install easy with live update.

Nforce Drivers for Diamond Plus

Hi all.....
Anyone use the new nvidia chipset drivers (6.86whql) yet??
Any opnions??
Thanks

Quote from: MurdoK on 09-July-06, 19:32:46
Hello !!
I am using them and have no problems with them....
But they are not faster than 6.85, they contain only minor bugfixes.
Its very important to deinstall all nforce drivers and the nvidia firewall, before installing this new drivers.
Otherwise the system will crash on bootup.
Greetz
I have an SATA hard drive and if I uninstall the previous nForce drivers first then the system won't boot. Are you supposed to reboot the machine before installing the new drivers?

NForce drivers version 1.13 - problems

Firstly I’d like to say that this is my first post on this message board. I a huge fan of MSI and like to say that most of my components in all my systems are MSI based. I’ve been reading this board (and old one) for over a year now! And its helped loads. I have recently purchased the CNR raiser card so that I can get 5.1 out of the Creative Inspire 5.1 – 5300 speakers. I running Windows XP Professional with Version 1.13 of the nForce drivers.When I use PowerDVD XP it works fine and all 5 channels work correctly with in UT 2003 too. Now the problem is with only game I really play on clanbase which is Counterstrike (Half Life). I have noticed that not may people have posted regarding this so either people don’t play it or it works fine on their systems.
1) I was having problems with it only coming out of 2 speakers with the EAX selected within the game. I changed the speaker set-up in the nForce sound application from 5.1 to 4-speakers profile and started to get EAX coming out of 4-speakers the but the problem is the sound is really distorted. As soon as I disable EAX it sounds fine and ultra clear! Any ideas?
2) Other problem is with the MSi GeForce 3 Ti 200 (128MB flavour) I am using the latest beta drivers but I’m having problems with the nVidia control panel. I’ve tried to uninstall the detonator drivers via add remove programs then used the detonator remover app that should give me a fairly clean system then I reinstalled the latest drivers (this process worked for the last beta drivers but since I installed the 1.13 its gone back to not letting me into the advanced settings).
3) I’m also experiencing problem with Counterstrike locking up after a certain amount of time! At first I thought it was a heat based problem but I have a coolermaster server case & 6+ fans and its super cool inside the case. This problem seemed to get better with each new version of detonator but its back now with the latest beta version. I’ve tried setting the priority of the process to above normal but it doesn’t seem to help.
Apart from the above I think that the nForce board is by far the best motherboard I have ever used and cant wait for the nForce 2.
Thanking you in advance!

Hi Jonathon,
What BIOS are you on, and do you have APIC Uniprocessor HAL loaded in XP?
Some people fixed their CS problems by having the GPU on a separate IRQ this way
HTH
BIM2k

NVidia's nForce drivers on P7N Platinum SLI

I just wanted to query the forum and other nForce mobo users to see if they had any problems with using the nForce chipset drivers provided by nVidia on their website. I currently use the chipset drivers provided on the MSI website for the P7N Platinum mobo (750i northbridge, 430i southbridge) and they have outperformed all other drivers supplied by nVidia, including the latest 15.45 package (difference of 500-800 marks in PCMark05). Is this common on nForce boards? Are there certain parts of the nVidia drivers that don't work with the P7N, which would make MSI have to create its own driver package for the board? Anybody else have issues with nVidia's nForce drivers?

I have a P6N, the slightly older brother of your board and yes I had troubles with one of their Nforce drivers in Vista.
Like you im running the ones from MSI, somehow they do the trick much better.
They are older, but who cares
Updated it once, but had to roll back due to all sorts of troubles, so íll stick with them.
In Win 7, im running the 15.35, cause MSI has no drivers for Win 7 for my board and so far, no issues.

K9N-Platinum wrong cpu temp + nforce drivers problem

I have a msi k9n-platinum (ms-7250)
Cpu : Amd 64 x2 3800+
4 * 512 ddr II 533 samsung
Asus 7900 GT
6 x maxtor sata hd's
Power : hyper type-r 580 watts
pioneer 110d
lg combo cdrw-dvd
When i builded the system , i installed Windows XP + Sp2 , made all windows updates
After i tryed to install the drivers a got wit the cd.
My system was very instable (i had no problem whit the motherboard i had before)
I made the install more than once , but still got instability
So i went to the nvidia site and downloaded the drivers for the chipset from there , and also made a bios update to v 1.2
System went stable.
Tried again after the bios update with the original cd --> not stable , randomless reboot
so i'm now working with the nvidia drivers from the nvidia site , it's stable but when i go to bios i see that the CPU temp is -38°
Is it a fix for this or do i have a wrong mobo ????

-38°C , seen that a few times now .
I think you should RMA/return the motherboard .
Why , see:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=99547.0
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=99573.0
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=94762.0
Not the same board as yours but all have a faulty calibraded (non workin) sensor on their motherboards .
The positive thing though is that the boards with this issue that runs on AMI bios doesn't freeze/halt as the award based ones does.

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