Problem with nVidia 8800GT drivers

[mcxeb52!]

if you have second drive, couldn't you just dump everything there so you have it and pick them up later when you get your first drive loaded and just reinstall all the programs you need?

[bullwinkle]

Well, that's what I'm worried about.

I can't just copy everything to the D drive, there are too many programs that won't copy because they're being "used" regardless of what programs are or are not running.

So I can't be sure of having all my files protected. 

Plus I don't know where my email files are kept.

The answer is to use a utility to copy them.  I have Ghost (2003) but it won't work.  I'm currently looking to pick up a software program to do that (Paragon is currently looking the best).

[NOT ADMIN :P]

oooh. i had the same problem

2 8800Gt's and the same error message

I reformatted after i burnt all my music and movies to dvds (15 dvd's in total*)

I then flashed my bios and updated it.

Everyting worked fine

Use flashing your bios as a last resort*** It viods your warranty on your mobo and cpu.***

I am still getting an "IRQL uneven flow" error or something like that when i am playing cod4 or wc3 which displays on a blue screen but i just reset and load back in...

I cant seem to resolve this problem??

Any suggestions??

http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,55237.0.html

[bullwinkle]

Do you have a reference to flash the bios?

I don't have a clue how to do that - if indeed it would be necessary.

Sorry I can't help you in your situation.  Did you format the C drive and reinstall everything?

[NOT ADMIN :P]

i reformated and lost everthing. Put it all on disc tho and i am still putting it all back on

But windows generally is very good at picking up new hardware and did your GT's come with a black and white disc with your drivers?

I am using the drivers that came on that disc and havnt updated at all.

Runs all the games i play on full gfx (crysis i had to lower the screen res) and i get wierd black spots on the terrain when i play battlefield 2

Back up reformat and install the stock drivers.

tell us how you go.

[bullwinkle]

Yes, my EVGA CD is black & white but does not install anything.  I get:

AN ERROR OCCURRED DURING INSTALLATION OF THE DEVICE.  THE SYSTEM CANNOT FIND THE FILE SPECIFIED (no file is specified)

If I try to load the drivers from nVidia I get:

THE SYSTEM HAS NOT BEEN MODIFIED

No further explanation.

And every few seconds my mouse freezes up.  That's been going on for weeks and it's getting worse.

Right now I'm waiting for Paragon Backup Software 8.5 to arrive.  My Norton Ghost doesn't work - although it used to.

Just hoping that my system can load and run new programs.  Not sure.

[bullwinkle]

Oh, the pain in my head...

Well, I got the disk copy software.  When I ran it it suggested that I make a recovery disk.  When I attempted to do that, it would write to the disk but never complete the writing.  It would just hang.

So I rebooted and tried a disk copy.  Sure enough, as soon as it was ready to do something, it hung.

So maybe the best thing is to start with a new disk - I could use my old Maxtor 250GB IDE, but I think I'll buy a new 750GB Seagate with 32MB cache because after all this grief and pain I deserve it.

Think that's the best answer?

[NOT ADMIN :P]

Try download omega drivers for your 8800GT

[bullwinkle]

Where can I find them?

[bullwinkle]

I found the omega drivers.  I removed anything nVidia, used Clean Sweep and then rebooted and loaded Omega.

No Go.  Still got the New Hardware msgs.

When trying to remove them I got an message that said "Invalid uninstall control file" and the location of the file Omega Uninstall.xml

So I guess I can't remove them.  They're not listed in Clean Sweep.

And then my mouse keeps locking up every few seconds to make my day more interesting still.

Any ideas anyone???

[mcxeb52!]

use system restore to undo your omega drivers installation.

[NOT ADMIN :P]

why?

But i think its time to buy some dvd's and get backing up.

reformatting is your next step.

im sorry my other suggestions didnt work for you.

i had to reformat but my computer was very new and didnt have much on it.

Reformat after u back up and play a game and see if your gfx drivers are cooperating b4 u dump everything else back on

[bullwinkle]

Here's some more info that may help.

When booting up, not only do I get New Hardware Found for the video driver, but also for SB Controller, PCI Bridge, and PCI Memory Controller.

I've reloaded the drivers for the ASUS mb, but no difference.

Can this be related to the video problem?

[bullwinkle]

I went to Device Manager and removed the ? items mentioned in my last post.  Then rebooted with the mb CD and loaded these drivers.  Everything seems OK.

However I'm still perplexed by the video driver.  When I went to install that, it went through the motions and then said that that there was an error so it wasn't installed properly.

Back to Square One.

About to try an XP repair unless anyone has a better idea.

[NOT ADMIN :P]

yeah try that.

better than reformatting.

you can also do a more in depth repair by going thru like you are going to reformat and then divert off to another repair option near the end.