nVidia doesn't make card specific drivers. Which driver have you installed?
Have you tried the beta driver?
"Old Pilot" <OldPilot@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Thank you John,
>
> Yes the MB and video drivers were my first port of call, along with Vista
> updates and I have the very latest. I am running the GeForce 8800GT
> Super+
> which has 1 Gig of video memory but doesn't have a specifc driver and uses
> the generic 8800. Novatech assure me that the 8 series of drivers are
> correct and should work fine.
>
> Nick
>
> "John Barnes" wrote:
> Quote:
>> Since you get into Safe mode and not Normal mode, the odds are you have a
>> driver problem. Especially make sure you have the latest video driver
>> for
>> you card.
>>
>> "Old Pilot" <OldPilot@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:E5569D8B-46E0-47E1-91F6-CC67E77EFC9B@xxxxxx Quote:
>> > Wilco TooManyBytes,
>> >
>> > I am begining to think it is a number of problems and now top of my
>> > list
>> > is
>> > the ASUS P5E motherboard. The ASUS utility (ATK 0110 ACPI utility)
>> > seems
>> > to
>> > have a growing reputation for causing blue screen failures and there is
>> > no
>> > cure at the moment.
>> >
>> > If I find anything else out I'll post it.
>> >
>> > OP
>> >
>> > "TooManyBytes" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hello
>> >>
>> >> I have the same problem with a quad core cpu, too (Q6700, 8 gig ram.)
>> >> After
>> >> months attempting to get my machine running, I simply gave up and put
>> >> openSUSE on instead.
>> >>
>> >> Vista would run in safe mode or in a virtual pc, but not by itself.
>> >>
>> >> This OS is just so far away from being ready I can't believe it was
>> >> released.
>> >>
>> >> Anyway, the openSUSE runs like a champion, and I am close to getting
>> >> rid
>> >> of
>> >> everything MS.
>> >>
>> >> But I am curious, if you get an answer would you let me know?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Old Pilot" <Old Pilot@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news
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>> >> > Hi Gentlemen,
>> >> >
>> >> > I hope that you can help. I have built a new system to game with
>> >> > and
>> >> > have
>> >> > 2
>> >> > new hard drives, on one I put XP Pro and then on the other I loaded
>> >> > Vista.
>> >> >
>> >> > I have more or less completed all the driver upgrades and windows
>> >> > updates
>> >> > but I keep getting repeated boot failures of Vista. I can always
>> >> > get
>> >> > into
>> >> > Safe mode but in Normal mode the boot fails just after the first
>> >> > spash
>> >> > screen
>> >> > at the point when the screen goes blank to be replaced by the small
>> >> > circular
>> >> > Vista logo. After 2 or 3 attempts it succeeds to load but then the
>> >> > problem
>> >> > seems to reoccur, particularly when I have been back to XP for a
>> >> > while.
>> >> >
>> >> > I had a similar problem with XP but that seems to have sorted itself
>> >> > out.
>> >> >
>> >> > I have tired looking in the logs for faults and failures but no
>> >> > clues
>> >> > there.
>> >> >
>> >> > I am running an ASUS P5E MB with Intel Quad 6600, 4Gig RAM, GeForce
>> >> > 8800GT
>> >> > and 2x250Gig HDs.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks.
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>>