New Nvidia Drivers 21.85

[r00tcracker]

MAN!!!!!!!! I HATE THIS!!!!!!

This drivers keep freezing my computer, the same as 21.81!!!!!

It gives me an error with the "nv4_disp.dll" or something like that!!!!!!!!! In a blue screen, and then resets!!!!!

This happens when I want to play a game or watch a video!!!!!!!

I have a TNT in WXPCORP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HELP PLEASE!!!!!!

Anyone with the same problem?!?!?!?!

Don't leave me alone !!!!!!!!! :ponder:

[scrott]

I've had the same problems with my setup as well on 21.81 and 21.85 drivers. I have a Creative GF2 GTS. I always get my lockups when using the desktop never during game play. I'm using the new style XP GUI, not tried reverting to old style yet.

21.83 drivers link has been removed from Nvidia's download site today. Perhaps they know of issues with them?

[Krome]

I try with WinME and have not encounter the problem... You guys using it with WindowsXP?

[scrott]

Yes I'm using XP.

I'm sure r00tcracker is too from his description of the failure.

[Khujo]

I've been using the 21.83 drivers , i had probs with the crashes too with the 81 and 85 drivers. Its been fine with the 83 drvers and my geforce2 mx400, i'm returning it for a geforce 2 ti this week hoping to see big performance gains :D

[aco Veteran]

It must be the driver because "nv4_disp.dll" is the driver. :)

It seems strange because I have a TNT2 on XP and have had no such trouble. Maybe you should try going back to the 12.41 Detonator3 drivers :s

[scrott]

I might try the old style Windows GUI interface instead of the new XP style next.

I'd have rolled back to the 21.83 drivers, but since Nvidia seem to have removed them from their download site I'll probably hold off and see what happens there next. Perhaps there's another set on the way.

No sign of any newer beta on http://www.3dchipset.com yet.

[Khujo]

I just looked before my last post 21.83 drivers are still on nvidias page with a working link.

[Roger H. Veteran]

I don't know if it's the Det 4 drivers doing this but i've had this problem lately where the system just restarts sometimes. I'll be sitting here reading a review off some site and it just restarts. It does that once every now and then watching movies too and it's starting to **** me off. I'm gonna go back to the 14.70 drivers (i used those for weeks and my system never crashed on me once) and then i'll know what's going on here. Thanx for giving me the idea because i couldn't figure out what the hell was wrong. Hopefully this is the problem and i'll have a stable system for once!

[Tikimotel]

I only get that (bluesreen/shutdown) when using the "s3tc-fix" when I'm overclocking.

[Goku]

i've had this problem with almost all drivers.. i have tried D3s all the way to D4s.. the only improvment now that windows doesn't crash on me for no reason... it only freezes when i leave a game.. specially Quake 3. and i have to restart manually.. i believe it's something with the VIA chipest... that's the only thing i can think of. i have installed xp in 2 machines using Dual AMD using amd chipsets and no crashes at all..

this crashes only happens under winxp.. under win2k.. no crashes at all.. weeks without restarting with win2k!!!

[Spectre]

Originally posted by SHoTTa35

I don't know if it's the Det 4 drivers doing this but i've had this problem lately where the system just restarts sometimes. I'll be sitting here reading a review off some site and it just restarts. It does that once every now and then watching movies too and it's starting to **** me off. I'm gonna go back to the 14.70 drivers (i used those for weeks and my system never crashed on me once) and then i'll know what's going on here. Thanx for giving me the idea because i couldn't figure out what the hell was wrong. Hopefully this is the problem and i'll have a stable system for once!

oh god, and i thought that only i had those strange restart problems

what is your exact pc configuration?

[Roger H. Veteran]

*Hardware*

AMD T-Bird 1.2ghz 266mhz

Shuttle AK-12 (VIA KT133A)

Generic 768MB PC-133mhz

Maxtor 40GB ATA-100 7200RPM

Generic Nvidia GeForce2 MX 200 64MB

SoundBlaster Live! D.E. 5.1

MagicXpress TV Tuner Card

SohoWare 10/100 Base-T Network Card

Generic HCF 56K Modem

16X Toshiba DVD

Antec SX-830 (with 300 watt PSU)

Volcano II 4500RPM Fan

Microsoft Intellimouse Optical

Generic Keyboard

Microsoft Sidewinder GamePad

Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback 2

17" Dell Monitor

*Software*

Windows XP "Corp Select"

Nvidia 21.83 Reference Drivers

I think that's enough? hehe. No i didn't install the VIA 4 in 1 drivers.

[glix81]

I have a

Geforce 2MX

or

Geforce 3

PIII 733

256MB Ram

SB LIVE

I had to go back to windows 98 because of that problem with the spontanous reseting in XP GUI. The thing is that it never seems to reset in DX 8 mode (ie in a game). It has the same problem in both GUI's. The bad thing for me is even when I do a roll back I still seem to keep one of the files which causes the reset. Now Im back in Win98 until I can fix up (ie format) windows xp.

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[RenGx]

damn, so its every 1 whos gettin this.. I 2 am runnin winxp corp and on a Vai chipset??

Any 1 have this problem with Intel chipsets?

BTW

21.85 was a lot stabler with me, but only if I open up WMP 1st and drag n drop, not double click the file :ermm:

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[scrott]

Great question.

I can confirm that my issues are on a VIA chipset (v4.32 all-in-1) not v4.34.

I've got an Abit KT7A, 1.33 Ghz Athlon, 512MB PC-133.

Could upgrading the All-in-1 drivers help I wonder?

[Goku]

i installed the via v4.34 and didn't have any system crashes.. except when exiting quake3... and only crash on quake3 not in any other game.. (serious sam, scarifice, UT...) .. give it a try might help..... and my sys specs are

Dual 1Ghz @ 1.13Ghz

1GB DDR RAM PC2400

Iwill DVD266-R (Pro266 chipset) mobo (USB Disabled..!!)

Asus V8200 GF3 Deluxe

Nvidia 21.83

IBM 30GB

80GB WD

40GB MAX

SB live 5.1 Pla'

.... enuff for now :)

[frod]

AMD Athlon 650

ASUS k7m mobo

geforce 256

512 ram

win xp corp

running 21.83 drivers and having no problems

where as with 21.81's everytime i played a game it would freeze.

so far no problems with the new drivers.

[WishX]

Does anyone know which drivers work for sure? I've seen everything from 21.81 all the way up to the new (beta?) 22.50 drivers from nVidia crapping out. I even went back to Microsoft's drivers (nv4.dll, not nVidia's nv4_disp.dll) and its STILL screwed up.

Where can I get the old Det3 drivers? And does anyone know if they make OpenGL and DirectAnything work again?

[WishX]

I've read on other forums that the SoundBlaster Live! drivers are the actual problem. Here's what I've done so far:

Tried ALL version of Detonator drivers V3 & V4 - nothing

Tried different SoundBlaster drivers (Microsoft & SB) - nothing

Tried all Microsoft drivers straight across the board - nothing

I have an Intel chipset, so its not a VIA thing...

I don't know. Something somewhere must have screwed a system file or mucked up the registry. I've tried every combination I can think of and I'm still getting lockups/BSOD. Now I'm going to start looking at programs like Tweak XP and Norton AntiVirus and stuff that continues to run all the time. I don't know where else to look.

I'm lost. I just hope someone at nVidia is aware of this and will at least have a patch out soon if nothing else.

[scrott]

I found that rolling back the driver to the original 12.40 installed with XP has been 100% stable.

I've just had my boot disk fail and am sending it off for replacement and so I've now got a fresh XP installation again.

[murfster]

Has anyone tried these? New Detonator 22.80 available

:s

[WishX]

Originally posted by murfster

Has anyone tried these? New Detonator 22.80 available

Yep, trying them now. Doesn't fix the lockup/BSOD problem... I've given up. I came >< this close to buying an ATI vid card today simply because I'm fed up.

Anyone else have any input as to what might be causing this?

WishX

[Analise6590]

Well guys, i have the same problem

I have a DELL c810 laptop with a geforce2 go and my system reboots almost 20 times a day, i already tried all drivers available with no results, even the certified ones form dell.

It seems that nvidia as its hands full of work to do. Waiting for the next version of drivers.

I forgot, the problem is always nv4_disp.dll file, this ###### dll.

Hope a fix will be out really soon

[glix81]

Well im not sure but it does seem odd that we

all have Geforce 2s with SB Live. Im acutally wondering

if its a Creative thing. Does anyone out there have

a SoundBlaster Audigy, I will be getting one soon.

Mind you I also have the VIA based chipset.

Now that I acutally thing about it, it could be

any combination of the three.

VIA

Geforce

SB Live

Nah thats not it.

Its more likely

Geforce

SB Live

Yeah that sounds better. Im sure about that one. So I guess

the only answer is to wait until Microsoft or Creative solve the problem. I would not be relying on creative if I was you BTW.