F%#$! Help me!!

Potato-VS- · Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 3:37 pm Post subject: F%#$! Help me!!

OMG Microsoft completly screwed over my computer... I was downloading the latest updates - since I was notified that there were updates available fpr my compter from the automatic update wizard. For some unknown reason, the updater attempted to download the nVidia nForce sound drivers - it failed to do so. Now I have absolutely no sound and I can't find the right driver to download!

AHH! Can anyone help me out here? I have a NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) MCP Audio Processing Unit... I hate microsoft.

Oh, btw, the MSN "security" patch also screwed over my comp and slowed it down to a crawl...

Thanks for any help!

Potato-VS- · Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:50 pm Post subject:

Ah! I finally figured it out! Don't worry, I fixed everything and it appears to be working well now.

DaKon · Ville Supporter Joined: 19 Feb 2002 Posts: 2342

Us americans give canucks a bit of extra time before we respond just to make sure that the canuck has time to make sure the speaker cord is plugged in.

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crackhead_fred · Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:31 pm Post subject:

intense over reaction?

Potato-VS- · Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:41 am Post subject:

Nah... For some odd reason the drivers were uninstalled when Microsoft attempted to update... I wasn't able to find the right drivers and I had to search for about 4 hours or so before I found the right software... I wish I was given a CD with the drivers on it when I bought the computer... But there was no such luck... Oh well. It's fixed now, and yes DaKon the wires were plugged in properly - that was one of the first things I checked actually

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EvilGenius · Ville Supporter Joined: 09 Mar 2004 Posts: 394

Heh... I run an Asus A7N8X-Deluxe board with WinXP and absolutely hate how picky it is to get all the software/drivers set-up right to allow one to actually use the on-board nForce sound. When it works, it's pretty good quality sound, but yeah... WinXP continually insists that I need to "update" to drivers from 2002 despite the fact that I'm using the ones from either Asus or nVidia (wish I could remember... think it's nV) that are from 2004 and ACTUALLY work.
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Bull · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:32 am Post subject:

Potato-VS- · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:57 am Post subject:

good tips. I haven't had any issues since I've done a restore so it appears to be fixed. Any driver updates that microsoft sends my way from now on I'm just going to ignore. If I need anything I'll go to the card's official site rather than use microsoft.

Stevo · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 11:18 am Post subject:

I had trouble getting my on board sound working, too. It still does weird things, thought. The little sound icon on the task bar likes to disappear for some reason.
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Albino Gibbon · Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 12:19 pm Post subject:

Microsoft will only give you the latest certified drivers. Which, sometimes aren't always the ones that work with what you are doing. When installing, take your nic offline, so no drivers are slapped on without your consent. I also have auto updates shut off. I will download updates when I feel like I have an issue.
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Bull · Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 6:53 am Post subject: