I'm not even going to ask if you installed the chipset drivers or let Vista patch itself before you tried to dl SP1; if I find out you did, I'm going to stab myself in the eye... Also, if you don't think the details of this new board are important, I'm not going to press the issue.well heres the problem im having NOW:
i did reformat
when i run a perfectly fresh version of windows, It starts crashing before i even have a chance to download and install sp1.
for some reason my original problem board refuses to boot at all.
the only reason i mention the video card is bc i never had this problem until i switched boards. it may be that windows installed an update in the background and it was just coincidentally the same time i installed the card. in fact thats (probably) what it is. but regardless, the first 3 "paragraphs" i just typed above are what are confounding me the most.
Reboot the machine, go into the bios and load the optimized defaults. Save your changes and reboot.
Get this: http://www.guru3d.com/category/driversweeper/ Save it to your desktop then unplug your ethernet. Boot into Safe Mode and run Driver Sweeper. Wipe out all the nvidia drivers. Reboot.
Right click on Computer and select properties. Click 'Advanced System Settings'. Under the 'Startup an Recovery' menu, click settings. Under 'System Failure' uncheck 'Automatically restart'. Exit out. If at any time during these next steps you get a bsod, write down the error.
Next, run a chkdsk for errors; cross your fingers and hope that no hardware has been damaged beyond repair. If chkdsk finds errors, let it fix them. While this is going on, if you have another machine burn SP1 and install it when chkdsk is finished doing its thing. Do not let Windows Update update your machine with 50 patches; patch directly to SP1. Now you can plug back in your ethernet.
Here's the tricky part. Install your chipset drivers. Don't use the one's on the CD; instead, get them from your mobo maker's site. *sigh* Please don't install the nVidia SATA driver.
With any luck, you will survive this without any BSOD's. Go to the Device Manager. Under IDE/ATA ATAPI look for an entry named nVidia nForce Serial ATA Controller. Highlight it and select properties, then select the Driver tab. If the Driver Provider is NVIDIA, uninstall it and reboot the machine. Upon reboot, Windows will load its own driver.
Report back.
This of course all assumes an nvidia chipset. It would be nice to know if we're now dealing with a different chipset, but... I suppose we can't just go spouting State secrets all over teh internets.
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My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Fumz' Flux-Capacitor
- CPU
- E8400
- Motherboard
- DFI LP DK P35-T2RS
- Memory
- 4GB G.Skill PC-1066
- Graphics card(s)
- eVGA 8800 GTS
- Sound Card
- X-Fi XtremeGamer
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung 226BW
- Screen Resolution
- 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- 500GB W.D. RE2 Primary 1TB W.D. Caviar GP WD10EACS
- PSU
- PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610
- Case
- Lian Li Lancool K62
- Cooling
- Thermalright Ultima-90/S-Flex 120mm
- Mouse
- Logitech G5
- Keyboard
- MS Natural Elite 4000 Ergonomic
- Internet Speed
- 2.5MB/430
- Other Info
- D-Link DGL 4500