NVidia drivers - how to choose?

[Linda]

Any advice on how to choose an Nvidia driver? I have
NVidia GEForce FX 5200 ultra, AsusP4S8X motherboard,
ACPI Bios revision 1004, 40gb hard drive, 512 mg RAM.
Curent NVidia driver is newest version 4.5.2.3 and I am
still crashing. Crashed using the driver version prior
to this one as well. I ran driver verifier specifically
to check the nvidia driver, and sure enough, I crashed
and crashed and crashed until I was finally able to
reboot in safe mode and turn off the driver verifier.
There are so many drivers, how do you choose? Is it just
a trial and error process? Any advice will be greatly
appreciated.

[Alvin A Brown]

Hello Linda

Prior to installing the new card what did you have installed
before. Also when you installed the new card did you remove
the old card and drivers, and has the new card worked at all
since you installed it. These are the most current but can you
answer the few questions that I have asked, email me back

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_45.23

Alvin

Linda wrote:

> Any advice on how to choose an Nvidia driver? I have
> NVidia GEForce FX 5200 ultra, AsusP4S8X motherboard,
> ACPI Bios revision 1004, 40gb hard drive, 512 mg RAM.
> Curent NVidia driver is newest version 4.5.2.3 and I am
> still crashing. Crashed using the driver version prior
> to this one as well. I ran driver verifier specifically
> to check the nvidia driver, and sure enough, I crashed
> and crashed and crashed until I was finally able to
> reboot in safe mode and turn off the driver verifier.
> There are so many drivers, how do you choose? Is it just
> a trial and error process? Any advice will be greatly
> appreciated.

[Howard Brazee]

On 9-Sep-2003, "Linda" > wrote:

> Any advice on how to choose an Nvidia driver? I have
> NVidia GEForce FX 5200 ultra, AsusP4S8X motherboard,
> ACPI Bios revision 1004, 40gb hard drive, 512 mg RAM.
> Curent NVidia driver is newest version 4.5.2.3 and I am
> still crashing. Crashed using the driver version prior
> to this one as well. I ran driver verifier specifically
> to check the nvidia driver, and sure enough, I crashed
> and crashed and crashed until I was finally able to
> reboot in safe mode and turn off the driver verifier.
> There are so many drivers, how do you choose? Is it just
> a trial and error process? Any advice will be greatly
> appreciated.

You mean I can turn off a driver and get my computer to stop crashing? (I
crash daily or more because of my 45.23 driver)

[Linda]

Thanks for responding. We had this system built from
scratch, so there was no other video card installed prior
to this one. The individual who built this for us had it
for two weeks with no problems what so ever. We had it
for another two weeks and that is when the system began
crashing. We reinstalled xp and a week later it started
crashing again, and it keeps on happening. Posting to
the performance/maintenance newsgroup resulted in advice
to install a different driver. When I updated to the
current version, 4.5.23, I did not do an uninstall of the
previous Nvidia driver, I assumed the update would take
care of that. Should I roll back the driver, and try
that one again for a while and see what happens?
Because I ran the driver verifier, I am 99% certain it is
the NVidia drivers that are causing the problem. Any
advice is appreciated. I see from all these newsgroups
that I am not alone with NVidia problems. Thanks !
Linda


>-----Original Message-----
>Hello Linda
>
>Prior to installing the new card what did you have
installed
>before. Also when you installed the new card did you
remove
>the old card and drivers, and has the new card worked at
all
>since you installed it. These are the most current but
can you
>answer the few questions that I have asked, email me back
>
>http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_45.23
>
>Alvin
>
>Linda wrote:
>
>> Any advice on how to choose an Nvidia driver? I have
>> NVidia GEForce FX 5200 ultra, AsusP4S8X motherboard,
>> ACPI Bios revision 1004, 40gb hard drive, 512 mg RAM.
>> Curent NVidia driver is newest version 4.5.2.3 and I am
>> still crashing. Crashed using the driver version prior
>> to this one as well. I ran driver verifier
specifically
>> to check the nvidia driver, and sure enough, I crashed
>> and crashed and crashed until I was finally able to
>> reboot in safe mode and turn off the driver verifier.
>> There are so many drivers, how do you choose? Is it
just
>> a trial and error process? Any advice will be greatly
>> appreciated.
>
>.
>

[Alvin A Brown]

Hello

Well you can give the roll back option a go and see if
that changed anything. Since you reloaded already and
still having the same issue maybe it's a faulty card and
then again maybe not, but seems to be the source of your
problem. Maybe another option to try is a ATI card
and pretty sure he gave some sort of a warranty option

Alvin


Linda wrote:

> Thanks for responding. We had this system built from
> scratch, so there was no other video card installed prior
> to this one. The individual who built this for us had it
> for two weeks with no problems what so ever. We had it
> for another two weeks and that is when the system began
> crashing. We reinstalled xp and a week later it started
> crashing again, and it keeps on happening. Posting to
> the performance/maintenance newsgroup resulted in advice
> to install a different driver. When I updated to the
> current version, 4.5.23, I did not do an uninstall of the
> previous Nvidia driver, I assumed the update would take
> care of that. Should I roll back the driver, and try
> that one again for a while and see what happens?
> Because I ran the driver verifier, I am 99% certain it is
> the NVidia drivers that are causing the problem. Any
> advice is appreciated. I see from all these newsgroups
> that I am not alone with NVidia problems. Thanks !
> Linda
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hello Linda
> >
> >Prior to installing the new card what did you have
> installed
> >before. Also when you installed the new card did you
> remove
> >the old card and drivers, and has the new card worked at
> all
> >since you installed it. These are the most current but
> can you
> >answer the few questions that I have asked, email me back
> >
> >http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_45.23
> >
> >Alvin
> >
> >Linda wrote:
> >
> >> Any advice on how to choose an Nvidia driver? I have
> >> NVidia GEForce FX 5200 ultra, AsusP4S8X motherboard,
> >> ACPI Bios revision 1004, 40gb hard drive, 512 mg RAM.
> >> Curent NVidia driver is newest version 4.5.2.3 and I am
> >> still crashing. Crashed using the driver version prior
> >> to this one as well. I ran driver verifier
> specifically
> >> to check the nvidia driver, and sure enough, I crashed
> >> and crashed and crashed until I was finally able to
> >> reboot in safe mode and turn off the driver verifier.
> >> There are so many drivers, how do you choose? Is it
> just
> >> a trial and error process? Any advice will be greatly
> >> appreciated.
> >
> >.
> >

[linda]

Well, I rolled back the driver to 4.4.03 and crashed
twice after that, so did a system restore and am now back
to 4.5.23, This is getting old, I imagine it can't be
good for a system to keep crashing. both guru3d.com and
driverquide.com have so many to choose from. If anyone
else out there who has had nvidia driver problems has
found a compatible one, please let me know. At this
point, we are still going to try to find one that works
and are hoping not to have to change out the video card
Thanks again.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hello
>
>Well you can give the roll back option a go and see if
>that changed anything. Since you reloaded already and
>still having the same issue maybe it's a faulty card and
>then again maybe not, but seems to be the source of your
>problem. Maybe another option to try is a ATI card
>and pretty sure he gave some sort of a warranty option
>
>Alvin
>
>
>Linda wrote:
>
>> Thanks for responding. We had this system built from
>> scratch, so there was no other video card installed
prior
>> to this one. The individual who built this for us had
it
>> for two weeks with no problems what so ever. We had it
>> for another two weeks and that is when the system began
>> crashing. We reinstalled xp and a week later it
started
>> crashing again, and it keeps on happening. Posting to
>> the performance/maintenance newsgroup resulted in
advice
>> to install a different driver. When I updated to the
>> current version, 4.5.23, I did not do an uninstall of
the
>> previous Nvidia driver, I assumed the update would take
>> care of that. Should I roll back the driver, and try
>> that one again for a while and see what happens?
>> Because I ran the driver verifier, I am 99% certain it
is
>> the NVidia drivers that are causing the problem. Any
>> advice is appreciated. I see from all these newsgroups
>> that I am not alone with NVidia problems. Thanks !
>> Linda
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Hello Linda
>> >
>> >Prior to installing the new card what did you have
>> installed
>> >before. Also when you installed the new card did you
>> remove
>> >the old card and drivers, and has the new card worked
at
>> all
>> >since you installed it. These are the most current but
>> can you
>> >answer the few questions that I have asked, email me
back
>> >
>> >http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_45.23
>> >
>> >Alvin
>> >
>> >Linda wrote:
>> >
>> >> Any advice on how to choose an Nvidia driver? I
have
>> >> NVidia GEForce FX 5200 ultra, AsusP4S8X
motherboard,
>> >> ACPI Bios revision 1004, 40gb hard drive, 512 mg
RAM.
>> >> Curent NVidia driver is newest version 4.5.2.3 and
I am
>> >> still crashing. Crashed using the driver version
prior
>> >> to this one as well. I ran driver verifier
>> specifically
>> >> to check the nvidia driver, and sure enough, I
crashed
>> >> and crashed and crashed until I was finally able to
>> >> reboot in safe mode and turn off the driver
verifier.
>> >> There are so many drivers, how do you choose? Is it
>> just
>> >> a trial and error process? Any advice will be
greatly
>> >> appreciated.
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>.
>

[Andre Vachon [MS]]

4.5.23 is the latest and greatest, most reliable driver.
If you are getting reproducible crashes with this driver, please send me the
dump files (located in %windir%\minidump) and I'll take a look (take out the
"online" part of the E-mail address).

-Andre

"linda" > wrote in message
...
> Well, I rolled back the driver to 4.4.03 and crashed
> twice after that, so did a system restore and am now back
> to 4.5.23, This is getting old, I imagine it can't be
> good for a system to keep crashing. both guru3d.com and
> driverquide.com have so many to choose from. If anyone
> else out there who has had nvidia driver problems has
> found a compatible one, please let me know. At this
> point, we are still going to try to find one that works
> and are hoping not to have to change out the video card
> Thanks again.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hello
> >
> >Well you can give the roll back option a go and see if
> >that changed anything. Since you reloaded already and
> >still having the same issue maybe it's a faulty card and
> >then again maybe not, but seems to be the source of your
> >problem. Maybe another option to try is a ATI card
> >and pretty sure he gave some sort of a warranty option
> >
> >Alvin
> >
> >
> >Linda wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks for responding. We had this system built from
> >> scratch, so there was no other video card installed
> prior
> >> to this one. The individual who built this for us had
> it
> >> for two weeks with no problems what so ever. We had it
> >> for another two weeks and that is when the system began
> >> crashing. We reinstalled xp and a week later it
> started
> >> crashing again, and it keeps on happening. Posting to
> >> the performance/maintenance newsgroup resulted in
> advice
> >> to install a different driver. When I updated to the
> >> current version, 4.5.23, I did not do an uninstall of
> the
> >> previous Nvidia driver, I assumed the update would take
> >> care of that. Should I roll back the driver, and try
> >> that one again for a while and see what happens?
> >> Because I ran the driver verifier, I am 99% certain it
> is
> >> the NVidia drivers that are causing the problem. Any
> >> advice is appreciated. I see from all these newsgroups
> >> that I am not alone with NVidia problems. Thanks !
> >> Linda
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >Hello Linda
> >> >
> >> >Prior to installing the new card what did you have
> >> installed
> >> >before. Also when you installed the new card did you
> >> remove
> >> >the old card and drivers, and has the new card worked
> at
> >> all
> >> >since you installed it. These are the most current but
> >> can you
> >> >answer the few questions that I have asked, email me
> back
> >> >
> >> >http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_45.23
> >> >
> >> >Alvin
> >> >
> >> >Linda wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Any advice on how to choose an Nvidia driver? I
> have
> >> >> NVidia GEForce FX 5200 ultra, AsusP4S8X
> motherboard,
> >> >> ACPI Bios revision 1004, 40gb hard drive, 512 mg
> RAM.
> >> >> Curent NVidia driver is newest version 4.5.2.3 and
> I am
> >> >> still crashing. Crashed using the driver version
> prior
> >> >> to this one as well. I ran driver verifier
> >> specifically
> >> >> to check the nvidia driver, and sure enough, I
> crashed
> >> >> and crashed and crashed until I was finally able to
> >> >> reboot in safe mode and turn off the driver
> verifier.
> >> >> There are so many drivers, how do you choose? Is it
> >> just
> >> >> a trial and error process? Any advice will be
> greatly
> >> >> appreciated.
> >> >
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >.
> >

[linda]

Sorry, didn't mean to forget to answer you. I did
not "turn off" the nvvidia driver, what I turned off was
the driver verifier utility. If you disable (turn off)
the nvidia drive and you don't have another video card,
you won't be able to do very much on your
computer.

>You mean I can turn off a driver and get my computer to
stop crashing? (I
>crash daily or more because of my 45.23 driver)
>.

>-----Original Message-----
>
>On 9-Sep-2003, "Linda" > wrote:
>
>> Any advice on how to choose an Nvidia driver? I have
>> NVidia GEForce FX 5200 ultra, AsusP4S8X motherboard,
>> ACPI Bios revision 1004, 40gb hard drive, 512 mg RAM.
>> Curent NVidia driver is newest version 4.5.2.3 and I am
>> still crashing. Crashed using the driver version prior
>> to this one as well. I ran driver verifier
specifically
>> to check the nvidia driver, and sure enough, I crashed
>> and crashed and crashed until I was finally able to
>> reboot in safe mode and turn off the driver verifier.
>> There are so many drivers, how do you choose? Is it
just
>> a trial and error process? Any advice will be greatly
>> appreciated.
>
>You mean I can turn off a driver and get my computer to
stop crashing? (I
>crash daily or more because of my 45.23 driver)
>.
>

[Peter Hutchison]

On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 11:18:42 -0700, "Linda" > wrote:

>Any advice on how to choose an Nvidia driver? I have
>NVidia GEForce FX 5200 ultra, AsusP4S8X motherboard,
>ACPI Bios revision 1004, 40gb hard drive, 512 mg RAM.
>Curent NVidia driver is newest version 4.5.2.3 and I am
>still crashing. Crashed using the driver version prior
>to this one as well. I ran driver verifier specifically
>to check the nvidia driver, and sure enough, I crashed
>and crashed and crashed until I was finally able to
>reboot in safe mode and turn off the driver verifier.
>There are so many drivers, how do you choose? Is it just
>a trial and error process? Any advice will be greatly
>appreciated.

When updating drivers, you MUST follow the instructions supplied
with the driver or on the web site you got the driver from.
Never assume anything.
I always uninstall the current driver, reboot and then install the
new driver.

Peter Hutchison
Windows FAQ
http://www.pcguru.plus.com/