Supposedly info on drivers *is automatically passed on to MSFT via WER
(Windows Error Reporting) so you've been there and done that.
Robert McLaws: Windows Vista Edition
"I'm just an online pundit who's barely old enough to legally buy alcohol
Missing Drivers in Windows Vista
Microsoft's collecting much more information about device drivers than you
might think. Did you know that when Vista tries to install a driver, and it
can't find one (either out of the box or online), your Vista computer will
generate Windows Error Reporting error? It then submits that error report to
Microsoft. Microsoft can then prioritize how they interact with device
vendors based on real-world usability, and get the driver on Windows Update.
So if 10,000 users have some obscure piece of hardware, Microsoft can make
sure those users get the best experience possible. Cool, huh?"
CH
"dev" <dev@null.invalid> wrote in message
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> /formerprof/ said:
>> The nVidia graphics driver (96.86) distributed with Vista 32 RTM works
>> properly on my system. The driver released yesterday (97.46) as well as
>> the
>> "RC2" driver (96.85) which was on nVidia's web site until yesterday both
>> fail when I resume from monitor "power-down." The power to the monitor
>> is
>> restored, but the screen shows nothing but a light blue color with thin
>> white diagonal lines. It's impossible to recover from this condition and
>> a
>> reboot is required. CTRL-ALT-DEL changes the color to light green.
>>
>> This problem is recorded in the system log with five instances of this
>> error message: "IRQARB: ACPI BIOS does not contain an IRQ for the device
>> in
>> PCI slot 22, function 0. Please contact your system vendor for technical
>> assistance" Each instance lists a different PCI slot.
>>
>> Hardware: ASUS A32SLI-Deluxe motherboard, XFX 7900GT graphics card, AMD
>> 4800+ dual core 64-bit processor. I have installed the latest BIOS
>> (1303). I've
>> had no trouble with XP or Linux, both 32 and 64-bit versions.
>>
>> I'll appreciate any help - and if anyone has a direct pipeline to
>> Microsoft
>> or nVidia I'd appreciate having this bug passed on. I reported it to
>> Microsoft verbally about ten days ago, but the report seems to have gone
>> to
>> the bit bucket in the sky.
>
> Perhaps your best bet on something of that nature...
> http://forums.nvidia.com/