Nvidia removes nFORCE 2.42 drivers

**Yeloazndevil** · May 27th, 2003

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Nvidia has pulled the nFORCE 2.42 drivers and reverted back to version 2.03.
There appear to be some problems with the IDE driver. Instructions on how to remove the 2.41 and 2.42 drivers are on their site

May 27th, 2003

It seems not only the IDE driver was ****ed up .. though they said they are working on a fixed up version which should be released soon .

Gamer1 · May 27th, 2003

ehh... just goes to show you that not all the latest updates are better.

i expected it to be better from nvidia though. at least they took it out, unlike M$ who didn't even try to fix winme... crap... i'm starting to rant...

zukeft · May 28th, 2003

I didn't have that many problems with the IDE drivers, but then again I haven't tried burning a CD. I *do* have the Apple Quicktime bug, but then again I don't have that many MOVs. I *did* notice that Windows 2000 was booting quicker, so that isn't too bad in the end.

RF · May 28th, 2003

I dont see any problems with mine... I havnt burned a cd either...

What I heard is they posted 2.43 without the IDE drivers, and 2.42 with IDE's.

Sampah · May 29th, 2003

Nforce2 had some problems with IDE drivers? I didn't know that, I thought nforce2 was the most stable board for AMD processor.

May 29th, 2003

Not the chipset had IDE problems , the Driver did .

RF · May 29th, 2003

Also note that this is on selected boards and computers. Some just work, some fck up.

Violineb · May 30th, 2003

hmm newer isn't always better. I just tried the latest ATI drivers 3.4 and it made Pete's OGL run at 7 FPS and then crash and burn. Back to 3.2

or is it 3.1? I think 3.1

RF · May 30th, 2003

Agreed. I have the new 2.42. But reverted to a previous 5.10.2938.0 Audio Codec Interface cause thoes worked best for me.

Sampah · May 30th, 2003

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Originally posted by ChAoSBlade
Not the chipset had IDE problems , the Driver did .

oh, i seethere must be some mistake with the drivers, I think they will release the patch or new drivers to fix it.

zukeft · June 6th, 2003

Update: I tried burning a CD with the 2.41 drivers and I couldn't so I uninstalled them. I didn't exactly follow the instructions that were posted on the nVidia site so I had a few technical difficulties, however the instructions do provide solutions to almost all possible scenarios.

RF · June 6th, 2003

I've burned cd's with them, they worked fine. When I first got C&C Generals I installed, then put cd1 in, but the nvidia drivers fcked up the cd protection, so I reverted to windows for now.

**fivefeet8** · June 6th, 2003

I downloaded and installed the drivers when they were available. Then winxp wouldn't shut down properly. It would get freeze while shutting down. So I uninstalled the Nvidia IDE drivers and reinstalled the default windows IDE drivers. Worked fine ever since and cdr burning works fine.

zukeft · June 6th, 2003

I still didn't like the weird HD shutdown "bug" when you soft-rebooted. In the end, while there is a bit of performance gain with the the 2.41 drivers, it isn't that substancial.

RF · June 7th, 2003

I see you have the new NF7-S rev2 board. fivefeet. How do you like it?

**fivefeet8** · June 7th, 2003

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Originally posted by Reichfuher
I see you have the new NF7-S rev2 board. fivefeet. How do you like it?

It's great. Stable and fast even in it's overclocked state. I'd overclock it more, but it's getting rather hot here in California. Official support for 400mhz fsb Athlon's is a plus.

**DarkAurora** · June 7th, 2003

Does it have RAID? I'm having trouble finding an NForce board that has both a RAID and 400 MHZ BUS support. I seem to be able to only find one or the other. :/

**fivefeet8** · June 7th, 2003

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Originally posted by DarkAurora
Does it have RAID? I'm having trouble finding an NForce board that has both a RAID and 400 MHZ BUS support. I seem to be able to only find one or the other. :/

Yes. It has 2 serial raid ports. But it comes with an adapter if you want to use ide.

June 7th, 2003

SATA too ?

May 27th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
Gamer1 Anti-Brand Loyalist Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Its too dark to tell... Posts: 3,237	ehh... just goes to show you that not all the latest updates are better. i expected it to be better from nvidia though. at least they took it out, unlike M$ who didn't even try to fix winme... crap... i'm starting to rant... __________________ Iris: (Proc:Intel Pentium4 2.8Ghz w/ HT UNLOCKED @ 15x200) (Mobo: Asus P4C800-E) (RAM: Corsair XMS 2x512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: Lite-On 16x DVD Burner 1673S) (GFX Card: Radeon 9800 All-In-Wonder Pro 128MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy) Morrigan: (Proc:AMD Athlon 2500+ @ 11x200) (Mobo: Asrock K7V88) (RAM: Corsair XMS 512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: NEC 16x DVD Burner 3200AG) (GFX Card: Radeon 920064MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live! 5.1)

May 28th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
zukeft Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bogota, Colombia Posts: 1,157	I didn't have that many problems with the IDE drivers, but then again I haven't tried burning a CD. I do have the Apple Quicktime bug, but then again I don't have that many MOVs. I did notice that Windows 2000 was booting quicker, so that isn't too bad in the end. __________________ Flaretech.biz web hosting

May 28th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
RF Canadian Spaceman Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 8,594	I dont see any problems with mine... I havnt burned a cd either... What I heard is they posted 2.43 without the IDE drivers, and 2.42 with IDE's. __________________

May 29th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
Sampah The Handsome Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Unlucky Place Posts: 881	Nforce2 had some problems with IDE drivers? I didn't know that, I thought nforce2 was the most stable board for AMD processor. __________________ PROCESSOR: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ @1.8Ghz RAM: Kingstone 512MB PC3200 MOBO: ECS Nforce4 A939 VGA: Pixelview Geforce 6600GT (Golden Limited Edition) 128MB OS: WinXP pro Service pack 2

May 29th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
RF Canadian Spaceman Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 8,594	Also note that this is on selected boards and computers. Some just work, some fck up. __________________

May 27th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
chaosblade Guest Posts: n/a	It seems not only the IDE driver was ****ed up .. though they said they are working on a fixed up version which should be released soon .

May 29th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
chaosblade Guest Posts: n/a	Not the chipset had IDE problems , the Driver did .

May 30th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
Violineb Study>Bton/Live>Bmore Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN/Baltimore MD Posts: 1,351	hmm newer isn't always better. I just tried the latest ATI drivers 3.4 and it made Pete's OGL run at 7 FPS and then crash and burn. Back to 3.2 or is it 3.1? I think 3.1 __________________ PC1: CPU: Pentium 4 3.06 ghz - GeForce 4200 ti - 2x 256MB PC 1066 RDRAM - 120+160GB Western Digital JB PC2: Abit NF7-S -AMD Athlon XP 1700+- 2x 256MB PC2700 Kingston HyperX BH-5 chips!!!! Western Digital 120GB JB GeForce3 Laptop: Sony Vaio VGN-S360 :guitar: 3DFX Voodoo 5500 PCI-Sega Dreamcast May 1999

May 30th, 2003	#10 (permalink)
RF Canadian Spaceman Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 8,594	Agreed. I have the new 2.42. But reverted to a previous 5.10.2938.0 Audio Codec Interface cause thoes worked best for me. __________________

June 6th, 2003	#12 (permalink)
zukeft Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bogota, Colombia Posts: 1,157	Update: I tried burning a CD with the 2.41 drivers and I couldn't so I uninstalled them. I didn't exactly follow the instructions that were posted on the nVidia site so I had a few technical difficulties, however the instructions do provide solutions to almost all possible scenarios. __________________ Flaretech.biz web hosting

June 6th, 2003	#13 (permalink)
RF Canadian Spaceman Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 8,594	I've burned cd's with them, they worked fine. When I first got C&C Generals I installed, then put cd1 in, but the nvidia drivers fcked up the cd protection, so I reverted to windows for now. __________________

June 6th, 2003	#14 (permalink)
fivefeet8 &-)---\|--< Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Smallville Posts: 7,582	I downloaded and installed the drivers when they were available. Then winxp wouldn't shut down properly. It would get freeze while shutting down. So I uninstalled the Nvidia IDE drivers and reinstalled the default windows IDE drivers. Worked fine ever since and cdr burning works fine. __________________ Play emulated games online Main Rig\|\|Intel Q6600@3.2 ghertz\|4x1gb DDR2 1066\|Asrock 1600sli 110db LGA 775\|EVGA 8800gtx@620/1450/975\|2x Seagate 160gb SATA150 Raid0\|250 gb Samsung SATA2 HD\|Seagate 7000.10 500gb HD\|NEC 3520 4x/8x DVD+R/RW DL burner\|Antec TP 650 watt\|40" Sony Bravia 1080p\|20.1" 5ms LCD 1680x1050 Native\|Logitec 5.1 Speaker System w/15" Sub\|Dual Boot Winows XP Pro/Vista 64bit\|\| 2nd Rig\|\|Athlon64 x2 3800+\|2x1 gig PC3200\|BFG Geforce 6800 Ultra OC @450/1250 agp\|60 gig Maxtor IDE HD 7200 RPM\|40 gig Maxtor IDE HD\|Asrock Dual SATA2\|Silver Aluminum ATX\|17" LCD\|\| 3rd Rig\|\|Athlon Xp 2800+\|1.5 gig PC2700\|BFG GeforceFx 5900 Ultra OC agp\|100 gig Maxtor SATA HD\|NF7-s rev2.0\|Nvidia Soundstorm MCP\|19" CRT\|\|

June 6th, 2003	#15 (permalink)
zukeft Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bogota, Colombia Posts: 1,157	I still didn't like the weird HD shutdown "bug" when you soft-rebooted. In the end, while there is a bit of performance gain with the the 2.41 drivers, it isn't that substancial. __________________ Flaretech.biz web hosting

June 7th, 2003	#16 (permalink)
RF Canadian Spaceman Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 8,594	I see you have the new NF7-S rev2 board. fivefeet. How do you like it? __________________

June 7th, 2003	#18 (permalink)
DarkAurora Back from the dead Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Seymour, TN Posts: 3,735	Does it have RAID? I'm having trouble finding an NForce board that has both a RAID and 400 MHZ BUS support. I seem to be able to only find one or the other. :/

June 7th, 2003	#20 (permalink)
chaosblade Guest Posts: n/a	SATA too ?

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