Motherboard Driver Issue.

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MyPOV

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Hi
This is i suppose a repost as i originaly posted my problem in general but thought i might have more luck with it in here.
In short, i have built a new comp (specs in my sig) and everything works fine until i go to install the mobo drivers. All other drivers are up to date but when i go to install the mobo driver my comp will freeze. I cant bring task manager up or anything and have to turn power off and re-boot. After another min or two it will do it again.
I re-formatted my hdd and installed everything again but left out the mobo driver. Everything seems to be working ok (no freezes) but am i missing out on anything performance wise by not having the latest driver installed for my motherboard?
It was the latest driver from the MSI website that i tried to install without success.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Duel Core Duo E8400
    Motherboard
    MSI P7N Sli Platinum
    Memory
    4 GB OCZ 6400 DDR2(vista Edition)
    Graphics Card(s)
    P.O.V GeForce 8800gts 512mb
    Hard Drives
    1 @ 750 GB Samsung
weird.

did you download the file nvidia_c72_mcp55_system_v64_mb.zip from the msi site? you might try to download the drivers from nvidia.com directly and install those.

are you sure you installed the chipsetdrivers first?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD X2 4400+ (socket 939)
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH
    Memory
    Corsair 4*1Gb DDR PC3200C2
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI 8600GTS
    Hard Drives
    WD Raptor 74Gb
    Samsung Spinpoint HD501LJ 500Gb
sanse said:
weird.

did you download the file nvidia_c72_mcp55_system_v64_mb.zip from the msi site? you might try to download the drivers from nvidia.com directly and install those.

are you sure you installed the chipsetdrivers first?
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Thanks for your response.
By install chipset drivers first did you mean before i installed windows or first thing after i installed windows? I installed the chipset drivers after installing Windows. The second time around i didnt install them at all till everything else was put on as i decided to trouble shoot through and see when the problem starts. It is definately the chipset drivers that caused the freezing problem and yes, that is the file that was downloaded and installed. As soon as the system restarted afterwards it would run for a few minutes then completely freeze up.
I didnt think to try the download from the Nvidia site. Would i need to re-start everything again and install these first? (even before windows).

Thanks again.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Duel Core Duo E8400
    Motherboard
    MSI P7N Sli Platinum
    Memory
    4 GB OCZ 6400 DDR2(vista Edition)
    Graphics Card(s)
    P.O.V GeForce 8800gts 512mb
    Hard Drives
    1 @ 750 GB Samsung
MyPOV said:
By install chipset drivers first did you mean before i installed windows or first thing after i installed windows? I installed the chipset drivers after installing Windows. The second time around i didnt install them at all till everything else was put on as i decided to trouble shoot through and see when the problem starts. It is definately the chipset drivers that caused the freezing problem and yes, that is the file that was downloaded and installed. As soon as the system restarted afterwards it would run for a few minutes then completely freeze up.
I didnt think to try the download from the Nvidia site. Would i need to re-start everything again and install these first? (even before windows).
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no, no, install after windows. :) i meant before other drivers, that might be conflicting.

aren't there any hints to be found in the eventlogs of windows? probably the system eventlog.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD X2 4400+ (socket 939)
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-K8N51PVMT-9-RH
    Memory
    Corsair 4*1Gb DDR PC3200C2
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI 8600GTS
    Hard Drives
    WD Raptor 74Gb
    Samsung Spinpoint HD501LJ 500Gb
Hi again,
been busy this week but i've managed to narrow my problem down. It is most certainly the nvidia serial ata contoler driver that is upsetting my system. The only problem is i dont know how to fix this. If i install them i can rip music, play dvd's and play the games i installed but my system will freeze. If i uninstall it my sytem is stable again but i cant do any of them things except play games from a launcher.
Is this a known conflict or have i got a buggy motherboard?

Thanks for your time.

p.s. my cd/dvd drive has the latest firmware and drivers installed.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Duel Core Duo E8400
    Motherboard
    MSI P7N Sli Platinum
    Memory
    4 GB OCZ 6400 DDR2(vista Edition)
    Graphics Card(s)
    P.O.V GeForce 8800gts 512mb
    Hard Drives
    1 @ 750 GB Samsung
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