New Nvidia Drivers 21.85


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Someone in another forum posted this about the nVidia lockup/BSOD fiasco:

I had a problem simalar to everyones problems here. It turned out that all of the 3D **** on my card it fried so I can't run with any hardware acceleration either otherwise my card just filps out. If you email a nvidia technition they will send you the list of registry keys that are associated to your cards and the only way to COMPLETELY uninstall your drivers before adding in new ones is through the registry. Each time you installed/rolled back/reinstalled a new key was created each time. Give that a shot.

However, he neglected to say how to write to nVidia's tech support as they don't have a direct e-mail address to tech support on their site nor did he post any of the keys that need to be removed.

If anyone gets their hands on these reg keys, PLEASE post them here. Also, he didn't say whether removing these keys and installing a Det3/4 driver from scratch fixes the problem. None of us had a problem in the first place until one day out systems simply started locking up and BSODing.

Any further input? Apparently this problem has been around since WinXP RC2 was released.

i run a geForce 256 GTS, and a SB Live Platinum (the old one). and i haven't had any problems since i installed the 21.85 dets. the only problem i've had in xp is that my usb doesn't work before i log into windows, and if i have something plugged into a usb port before i log in, it doesn't even work in windows. so now i have to use the ps/2 adapter for my mouse, i guess it's no big loss but it would be a nice thing to have fixed.

It's been solved. The problem for me was the VIA 686B Chipset and the SB Live card. I knew it had an issue but the issue only started lately. I've taken that card out now and it's been running perfect now but i don't have my wonderful SB Live DE 5.1 card so now i can't get Dolby Digital when watching my DVD movies. I'm gonna end up getting a new board so it's all good but i gotta wait a while before i can get that board.

It's not the GeForce & SB Live because i'm still using that combo and it's working fine now! So all you guys/girls with the VIA 686B chipset and SB live cards, Take out the card or see if your MOBO manufacture have a BIOS update!

BTW i'm using the newer 22.80 drivers and i love them! It's finally looking like the XP look and it got a new icon in the advanced settings. It runs faster too when trying to access those settings! Who Hoo!... looks 3D ish!

Um... I don't think I have a VIA anything and I'm still having this trouble. Here's a list of what I do have. If I'm missing a VIA chipset somewhere, please let me know.

Intel SE440BX-2 Motherboard

Intel Celeron 400a 400 MHz

Diamond Multimedia Viper V770 Non-Ultra (nVidia TNT/TNT2 Chipset)

Hauppauge Win-TV PCI card (could this be it?)

Creative SoundBlaster PCI512 (The card just under the Live! series)

SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI SMC1211TX Net card

Microsoft USB IntelleMouse Explorer

I tried pulling the sound card out, rebooting, dumping all drivers, reinstalling it all... nothing works. I don't see VIA anything in my system. Its all Intel, SB or nVidia (except the Hauppauge, which I think is their own chipset).

Clues?

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