nForce driver problem: no more boot

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Repeat64

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I tried updating the driver of my nForce motherboard (Asus Striker Extreme) to the latest version available from Nvidia (9.99.09, 9.64 package). After this, my system won't boot anymore. Everything seems okay during POST, but when the green process indicator of Vista appears this stays on the screen indeffinately. A few seconds after the indicator appears, all disk activity ceases. It seems like Vista doen't recognize my disks anymore (Vista is installed on a mirrored array of two disks. The array is healthy according to the POST). The process indicator keeps running, but nothing hapens. I tried using a restore point to return to a point before the driver update, but this also does not work. The repair does not show my Vista installation. When I browse for additional drivers, I am able to browse the Vista-disk without any problems. When I try to add the (older) drivers, this results in a BSOD with 0x0000007E. No driver is mentioned in the BSOD. I tried the command line version of the repair. This showed the restore points that are available and it even could apply one. This took a whole night, and then the status was still "finalizing repair". I decided to reboot at that time, with the same result as before: no more disk activity and a ever running process indicator.

Systeem specs:
Asus Striker Extreme motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 CPU
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
2 x Samsung HD501LJ (RAID Mirror, Boot)
1 x Maxtor 6B200M0
Zalman 750W PSU
Windows Vista Ultimate 64Bit
 

My Computer

System One

Does your computer boot into safe mode?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    I5 3570K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
    Memory
    4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
    Graphics card(s)
    Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
    Sound Card
    creative x-fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    Both 1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500G HD (SATA) 1 x 2TB USB
    PSU
    Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
    Case
    Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
    Cooling
    3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
    Mouse
    Technika TKOPTM2
    Keyboard
    Logik
    Internet Speed
    288 / 4000
    Other Info
    Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers Trust Graphics Tablet
Although I agree that it is important for drivers to be kept up to date, there is, in my mind, an exception to this rule. Motherboard drivers are fundamental to the smooth operation of your system and are best installed during the initial installation of Vista. It is possible that the updated driver you installed doesn't understand RAID (there are different versions of drivers available for RAID and non-RAID systems). I am still using the same motherboard driver that I used when I first installed Vista originally (I reinstalled Vista at the beginning of January this year, but am still using the same driver as I have had no problems with it).
Dwarf
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dwarf Dwf/11/2012 r09/2013
    CPU
    Intel Core-i5-3570K 4-core @ 3.4GHz (Ivy Bridge) (OC 4.2GHz)
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
    Memory
    4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
    Graphics card(s)
    MSI GeForce GTX770 Gaming OC 2GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    OCZ Agility 3 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0) Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2 Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0 WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
    PSU
    XFX Pro Series 850W Semi-Modular
    Case
    Gigabyte IF233
    Cooling
    1 x 120mm Front Inlet 1 x 120mm Rear Exhaust
    Mouse
    Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 for Business (USB)
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 (USB)
    Internet Speed
    NetGear DG834Gv3 ADSL Modem/Router (Ethernet) ~4.0 Mb/s (O2)
    Other Info
    Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30 SATA Bluray Lexmark S305 Printer/Scanner/Copier (USB) WEI Score: 8.1/8.1/8.5/8.5/8.25 Asus Eee PC 1011PX Netbook (Windows 7 x86 Starter)
Try booting into safe mode and as Dwarf said, reinstall your drivers from disk. If you look on this website you will see alot of post where people have updated drivers from MS to find there gfx,sound and other devices have stopped working.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    I5 3570K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
    Memory
    4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
    Graphics card(s)
    Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
    Sound Card
    creative x-fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    Both 1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500G HD (SATA) 1 x 2TB USB
    PSU
    Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
    Case
    Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
    Cooling
    3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
    Mouse
    Technika TKOPTM2
    Keyboard
    Logik
    Internet Speed
    288 / 4000
    Other Info
    Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers Trust Graphics Tablet
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