Those that are having problems with 3.78 drivers
This is a discussion about Those that are having problems with 3.78 drivers in the Windows Hardware category; I have an Athlon 650 on a k7 pro running a Geforce SDR card under win2k. I like mostly everyone else with a similar setup experience frequent lock-ups on the desktop. This is what I am trying now. I used the nv4_mini.
I have an Athlon 650 on a k7 pro running a Geforce SDR card under win2k. I like mostly everyone else with a similar setup experience frequent lock-ups on the desktop.
This is what I am trying now.
I used the nv4_mini.sys from 3.66 with the 3.78 Nvidia reference drivers.
Its worth a shot. The worst that could happen is that you still end up going back to the 3.66 drivers totally.
Go into safe mode and copy the nv4_mini.sys file from the 3.66 driver set into the \%system root%\system32\drivers directory after you have installed the 3.78 drivers.
I have not crashed yet on the desktop. Its has been 3 hours and I haven't played any games to delay the crash. So so far so good.
Give it a shot. This may be the fix, for now.
GPR
This is what I am trying now.
I used the nv4_mini.sys from 3.66 with the 3.78 Nvidia reference drivers.
Its worth a shot. The worst that could happen is that you still end up going back to the 3.66 drivers totally.
Go into safe mode and copy the nv4_mini.sys file from the 3.66 driver set into the \%system root%\system32\drivers directory after you have installed the 3.78 drivers.
I have not crashed yet on the desktop. Its has been 3 hours and I haven't played any games to delay the crash. So so far so good.
Give it a shot. This may be the fix, for now.
GPR
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where can i get the 3.66 file...
did anybody try this with a TNT2 ?? I get freakin BSODs everytime i try to access DX or OGL mode, with any drivers > 3.66
It worked! YAY! Woohooo! I'm now using the 3.78 drivers with the 3.66 mini file thingy.
Pete
Pete
Hmm - I'll try that tomorrow
Although to be honest, the random lock-ups are, er, random - I can go days without one single lock-up - and then get 2 or 3 on one day...annoying isn't the word
Exorcist
Although to be honest, the random lock-ups are, er, random - I can go days without one single lock-up - and then get 2 or 3 on one day...annoying isn't the word
Exorcist
I just copied the nv4_mini.sys from 3.66 into the unzipped 3.78 driver directory and overwriting the existing file.
I let Windows 2K install those and it worked without problems.
Much easier than fiddling around afterwards
I let Windows 2K install those and it worked without problems.
Much easier than fiddling around afterwards
