nvidia driver question

I'm having an issue loading the 32 beta driver. Two times the screen went black at the end and nothing happened. I had to manually reset; and one time the system was unusable after that. One other time on a re-install I got prompted at the end to reboot (what i would normally expect.)
So, is it better to use the Nvidia driver that comes with the install. It's dated April of this year, so it's not toooo old per say.
Just wondering what people thoughts and experience has been on this issue.

On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 09:46:01 -0700, Davely wrote:

I'm having an issue loading the 32 beta driver. Two times the screen went black at the end and nothing happened. I had to manually reset; and one time the system was unusable after that. One other time on a re-install I got prompted at the end to reboot (what i would normally expect.)
So, is it better to use the Nvidia driver that comes with the install. It's dated April of this year, so it's not toooo old per say.
Just wondering what people thoughts and experience has been on this issue.

Just use the drivers that came with Vista unless you can find a specific Windows Vista Beta driver from the Manufactorer. Vista is 7 months away from release at least, it is not supported yet.
Nvidia have not done a working Vista Beta driver yet AFAIK, the existing XP drivers will not work properly.
My cheapo 128MB 5500 Nvidia card is fine on the included MS drivers.
Jonah

"Jonah" wrote in message

Nvidia have not done a working Vista Beta driver yet AFAIK, the existing XP drivers will not work properly.

Depends on what you call "working" or not, but Nvidia does have drivers on their site specifically for Vista B2.

Yep, 88.61 are working fine for me here, Oblivion/Warcraft III
"Chupacabra" wrote in message

"Jonah" wrote in message
Nvidia have not done a working Vista Beta driver yet AFAIK, the existing XP drivers will not work properly.
Depends on what you call "working" or not, but Nvidia does have drivers on their site specifically for Vista B2.

I'm having an issue loading the 32 beta driver. Two times the screen went black at the end and nothing happened. I had to manually reset; and one time the system was unusable after that. One other time on a re-install I got prompted at the end to reboot (what i would normally expect.)
So, is it better to use the Nvidia driver that comes with the install. It's dated April of this year, so it's not toooo old per say.
Just wondering what people thoughts and experience has been on this issue.

It would help to know which card you have.
"Davely" wrote in message

I'm having an issue loading the 32 beta driver. Two times the screen went black at the end and nothing happened. I had to manually reset; and one time the system was unusable after that. One other time on a re-install I got prompted at the end to reboot (what i would normally expect.)
So, is it better to use the Nvidia driver that comes with the install. It's dated April of this year, so it's not toooo old per say.
Just wondering what people thoughts and experience has been on this issue.

It's an Intel Pd 820, Intel xbk 955 motherboard, Nvidia 6800 GS, 1 gig of PC 4200 ram
"Dave B." wrote:

It would help to know which card you have.
"Davely" wrote in message I'm having an issue loading the 32 beta driver. Two times the screen went black at the end and nothing happened. I had to manually reset; and one time the system was unusable after that. One other time on a re-install I got prompted at the end to reboot (what i would normally expect.)
So, is it better to use the Nvidia driver that comes with the install. It's dated April of this year, so it's not toooo old per say.
Just wondering what people thoughts and experience has been on this issue.

I have had the exact same problem on both vista x86 anad 64bit versions.
I am running AMD64 3200+, OCZ1gb ddr 400, Nvidia 7800
I have been searching for 3 days to find someone with the same issue... so I am delighted with finding out somone else is having issues too!
when I install vista 88.61 drivers from Nvidia, the install will not error out at all, but ends with a black screen that does nothing. I manualy reboot and have to roll back drivers...
sorry I haven't got any solutions for you...
"Davely" wrote:

It's an Intel Pd 820, Intel xbk 955 motherboard, Nvidia 6800 GS, 1 gig of PC 4200 ram

Hey, I am having the exact same issue! on both vista x86 and 64bit using nvidia 88.61 vista beta drivers.
I am running a AMD64 3200+, 1gig ddr400, Nvidia 7800
"Davely" wrote:

It's an Intel Pd 820, Intel xbk 955 motherboard, Nvidia 6800 GS, 1 gig of PC 4200 ram
"Dave B." wrote:
It would help to know which card you have.
"Davely" wrote in message I'm having an issue loading the 32 beta driver. Two times the screen went black at the end and nothing happened. I had to manually reset; and one time the system was unusable after that. One other time on a re-install I got prompted at the end to reboot (what i would normally expect.)
So, is it better to use the Nvidia driver that comes with the install. It's dated April of this year, so it's not toooo old per say.
Just wondering what people thoughts and experience has been on this issue.

Great, I'm glad someone else too is see something similar. Other people have somthing close, but not quite like this or it's described differently.
This morning, on a fresh install of Beta 2, I loaded the 32 bit nvidia drivers. At the end, black screen. Let it sit there for a few minutes, nothing. I had created a system restore point before this, so I just reset. It came up telling me it hadn't been shut down properly (duh), so I chose the restore to known good config and it was happy again.
I'm probably not useing the beta drivers anymore. The system seem stable without for now. Hopefully Far Cry will run without any major issues.
I also ran into the issue of the recycle bin not deleting files..irritating as well. Oh well. I'm liking everything else so far though.
No worries on the fix. I was more curious to see if others had similiar experiences. If you find something, keep me informed. Thanks..
Davely
"Regulator" wrote:

Hey, I am having the exact same issue! on both vista x86 and 64bit using nvidia 88.61 vista beta drivers.
I am running a AMD64 3200+, 1gig ddr400, Nvidia 7800
"Davely" wrote:
It's an Intel Pd 820, Intel xbk 955 motherboard, Nvidia 6800 GS, 1 gig of PC 4200 ram
"Dave B." wrote:
It would help to know which card you have.
"Davely" wrote in message I'm having an issue loading the 32 beta driver. Two times the screen went black at the end and nothing happened. I had to manually reset; and one time the system was unusable after that. One other time on a re-install I got prompted at the end to reboot (what i would normally expect.)
So, is it better to use the Nvidia driver that comes with the install. It's dated April of this year, so it's not toooo old per say.
Just wondering what people thoughts and experience has been on this issue.

I had the same problem but managed to work around it.
I went and grabbed the older 87.45 drivers from Nvidia's site (from a few months ago), and updated my video card through device manager. It said that the driver was not installed correctly, but that's okay.
After I installed that, I ran the 88.61 install again and no black screen. Not sure why this worked, but I've done it 3 times (going back to restore points and trying again) and it's worked all 3 times.
See if it works for you guys.
"Davely" wrote:

Great, I'm glad someone else too is see something similar. Other people have somthing close, but not quite like this or it's described differently.
This morning, on a fresh install of Beta 2, I loaded the 32 bit nvidia drivers. At the end, black screen. Let it sit there for a few minutes, nothing. I had created a system restore point before this, so I just reset. It came up telling me it hadn't been shut down properly (duh), so I chose the restore to known good config and it was happy again.
I'm probably not useing the beta drivers anymore. The system seem stable without for now. Hopefully Far Cry will run without any major issues.
I also ran into the issue of the recycle bin not deleting files..irritating as well. Oh well. I'm liking everything else so far though.
No worries on the fix. I was more curious to see if others had similiar experiences. If you find something, keep me informed. Thanks..
Davely
"Regulator" wrote:
Hey, I am having the exact same issue! on both vista x86 and 64bit using nvidia 88.61 vista beta drivers.
I am running a AMD64 3200+, 1gig ddr400, Nvidia 7800
"Davely" wrote:
It's an Intel Pd 820, Intel xbk 955 motherboard, Nvidia 6800 GS, 1 gig of PC 4200 ram
"Dave B." wrote:
It would help to know which card you have.
"Davely" wrote in message I'm having an issue loading the 32 beta driver. Two times the screen went black at the end and nothing happened. I had to manually reset; and one time the system was unusable after that. One other time on a re-install I got prompted at the end to reboot (what i would normally expect.)
So, is it better to use the Nvidia driver that comes with the install. It's dated April of this year, so it's not toooo old per say.
Just wondering what people thoughts and experience has been on this issue.

The fix is written in the release notes.
The only slightly off-putting part is where it tells you to unzip the driver files to a temporary location.
Unzip an exe you ask? How?
Glad you asked.
When you start the installation process from the exe it will unzip itself into a directory (usually c:/nvidia). You can then look for the .inf file in there that we're told to edit
We're told to change a date in the inf. Mine was already two months later than the one written but I changed it anyway and somehow, miraculously this made the bloody thing work! Why nVidia can't change this in the file themselves instead of putting people through this is beyond me.
Oh and tonight I discovered, when I installed my brand new 6200 that I had to reduce the size of the AGP aperture in the BIOS. It was always set to 256 which one would think fine for my new card given that it has 512 mb RAM (my old one only had 128) but I discovered that I couldn't have it higher than 128 else I'd be reduced to a default driver with 4 bit colour depth and 800 x 600 resolution. heh.
I hope some of that ramble helps you all.
-- Ian M. Walker
http://www.IanMWalker.com
~ Look to your own life before worrying how others are living theirs ~ "Dakirn" wrote in message

I had the same problem but managed to work around it.
I went and grabbed the older 87.45 drivers from Nvidia's site (from a few months ago), and updated my video card through device manager. It said that the driver was not installed correctly, but that's okay.
After I installed that, I ran the 88.61 install again and no black screen. Not sure why this worked, but I've done it 3 times (going back to restore points and trying again) and it's worked all 3 times.
See if it works for you guys.
"Davely" wrote:
Great, I'm glad someone else too is see something similar. Other people have somthing close, but not quite like this or it's described differently.
This morning, on a fresh install of Beta 2, I loaded the 32 bit nvidia drivers. At the end, black screen. Let it sit there for a few minutes, nothing. I had created a system restore point before this, so I just reset. It came up telling me it hadn't been shut down properly (duh), so I chose the restore to known good config and it was happy again.
I'm probably not useing the beta drivers anymore. The system seem stable without for now. Hopefully Far Cry will run without any major issues.
I also ran into the issue of the recycle bin not deleting files..irritating as well. Oh well. I'm liking everything else so far though.
No worries on the fix. I was more curious to see if others had similiar experiences. If you find something, keep me informed. Thanks..
Davely
"Regulator" wrote:
Hey, I am having the exact same issue! on both vista x86 and 64bit using nvidia 88.61 vista beta drivers.
I am running a AMD64 3200+, 1gig ddr400, Nvidia 7800
"Davely" wrote:
It's an Intel Pd 820, Intel xbk 955 motherboard, Nvidia 6800 GS, 1 gig of PC 4200 ram
"Dave B." wrote:
It would help to know which card you have.
"Davely" wrote in message I'm having an issue loading the 32 beta driver. Two times the screen went black at the end and nothing happened. I had to manually reset; and one time the system was unusable after that. One other time on a re-install I got prompted at the end to reboot (what i would normally expect.)
So, is it better to use the Nvidia driver that comes with the install. It's dated April of this year, so it's not toooo old per say.
Just wondering what people thoughts and experience has been on this issue.

Self-extracting .exe files can also be extracted using WinRAR.
-- Jane, not plain ;) 64bit enabled ;) Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;) "Ian M. Walker" wrote in message

The fix is written in the release notes.
The only slightly off-putting part is where it tells you to unzip the driver files to a temporary location.
Unzip an exe you ask? How?
Glad you asked.
When you start the installation process from the exe it will unzip itself into a directory (usually c:/nvidia). You can then look for the .inf file in there that we're told to edit
We're told to change a date in the inf. Mine was already two months later than the one written but I changed it anyway and somehow, miraculously this made the bloody thing work! Why nVidia can't change this in the file themselves instead of putting people through this is beyond me.
Oh and tonight I discovered, when I installed my brand new 6200 that I had to reduce the size of the AGP aperture in the BIOS. It was always set to 256 which one would think fine for my new card given that it has 512 mb RAM (my old one only had 128) but I discovered that I couldn't have it higher than 128 else I'd be reduced to a default driver with 4 bit colour depth and 800 x 600 resolution. heh.
I hope some of that ramble helps you all.
-- Ian M. Walker
http://www.IanMWalker.com
~ Look to your own life before worrying how others are living theirs ~ "Dakirn" wrote in message I had the same problem but managed to work around it.
I went and grabbed the older 87.45 drivers from Nvidia's site (from a few months ago), and updated my video card through device manager. It said that the driver was not installed correctly, but that's okay.
After I installed that, I ran the 88.61 install again and no black screen. Not sure why this worked, but I've done it 3 times (going back to restore points and trying again) and it's worked all 3 times.
See if it works for you guys.
"Davely" wrote:
Great, I'm glad someone else too is see something similar. Other people have somthing close, but not quite like this or it's described differently.
This morning, on a fresh install of Beta 2, I loaded the 32 bit nvidia drivers. At the end, black screen. Let it sit there for a few minutes, nothing. I had created a system restore point before this, so I just reset. It came up telling me it hadn't been shut down properly (duh), so I chose the restore to known good config and it was happy again.
I'm probably not useing the beta drivers anymore. The system seem stable without for now. Hopefully Far Cry will run without any major issues.
I also ran into the issue of the recycle bin not deleting files..irritating as well. Oh well. I'm liking everything else so far though.
No worries on the fix. I was more curious to see if others had similiar experiences. If you find something, keep me informed. Thanks..
Davely
"Regulator" wrote:
Hey, I am having the exact same issue! on both vista x86 and 64bit using nvidia 88.61 vista beta drivers.
I am running a AMD64 3200+, 1gig ddr400, Nvidia 7800
"Davely" wrote:
It's an Intel Pd 820, Intel xbk 955 motherboard, Nvidia 6800 GS, 1 gig of PC 4200 ram
"Dave B." wrote:
It would help to know which card you have.
"Davely" wrote in message I'm having an issue loading the 32 beta driver. Two times the screen went black at the end and nothing happened. I had to manually reset; and one time the system was unusable after that. One other time on a re-install I got prompted at the end to reboot (what i would normally expect.)
So, is it better to use the Nvidia driver that comes with the install. It's dated April of this year, so it's not toooo old per say.
Just wondering what people thoughts and experience has been on this issue.

Ian,
Thanks for the info. I went and tried it. Extracted the driver, edited the inf file to match the doc on Nvidia's website, but still no soap for me. Black screen at the end. I changed the date in the inf file to the 3/11 and version. I wonder if it should have been later. The date in the file was May something if i remember right.

"Ian M. Walker" wrote:

The fix is written in the release notes.
The only slightly off-putting part is where it tells you to unzip the driver files to a temporary location.
Unzip an exe you ask? How?
Glad you asked.
When you start the installation process from the exe it will unzip itself into a directory (usually c:/nvidia). You can then look for the .inf file in there that we're told to edit
We're told to change a date in the inf. Mine was already two months later than the one written but I changed it anyway and somehow, miraculously this made the bloody thing work! Why nVidia can't change this in the file themselves instead of putting people through this is beyond me.
Oh and tonight I discovered, when I installed my brand new 6200 that I had to reduce the size of the AGP aperture in the BIOS. It was always set to 256 which one would think fine for my new card given that it has 512 mb RAM (my old one only had 128) but I discovered that I couldn't have it higher than 128 else I'd be reduced to a default driver with 4 bit colour depth and 800 x 600 resolution. heh.
I hope some of that ramble helps you all.
-- Ian M. Walker
http://www.IanMWalker.com
~ Look to your own life before worrying how others are living theirs ~ "Dakirn" wrote in message I had the same problem but managed to work around it.
I went and grabbed the older 87.45 drivers from Nvidia's site (from a few months ago), and updated my video card through device manager. It said that the driver was not installed correctly, but that's okay.
After I installed that, I ran the 88.61 install again and no black screen. Not sure why this worked, but I've done it 3 times (going back to restore points and trying again) and it's worked all 3 times.
See if it works for you guys.
"Davely" wrote:
Great, I'm glad someone else too is see something similar. Other people have somthing close, but not quite like this or it's described differently.
This morning, on a fresh install of Beta 2, I loaded the 32 bit nvidia drivers. At the end, black screen. Let it sit there for a few minutes, nothing. I had created a system restore point before this, so I just reset. It came up telling me it hadn't been shut down properly (duh), so I chose the restore to known good config and it was happy again.
I'm probably not useing the beta drivers anymore. The system seem stable without for now. Hopefully Far Cry will run without any major issues.
I also ran into the issue of the recycle bin not deleting files..irritating as well. Oh well. I'm liking everything else so far though.
No worries on the fix. I was more curious to see if others had similiar experiences. If you find something, keep me informed. Thanks..
Davely
"Regulator" wrote:
Hey, I am having the exact same issue! on both vista x86 and 64bit using nvidia 88.61 vista beta drivers.
I am running a AMD64 3200+, 1gig ddr400, Nvidia 7800
"Davely" wrote:
It's an Intel Pd 820, Intel xbk 955 motherboard, Nvidia 6800 GS, 1 gig of PC 4200 ram
"Dave B." wrote:
It would help to know which card you have.
"Davely" wrote in message I'm having an issue loading the 32 beta driver. Two times the screen went black at the end and nothing happened. I had to manually reset; and one time the system was unusable after that. One other time on a re-install I got prompted at the end to reboot (what i would normally expect.)
So, is it better to use the Nvidia driver that comes with the install. It's dated April of this year, so it's not toooo old per say.
Just wondering what people thoughts and experience has been on this issue.