DFI LanpartyNF4 Ultra - which Software is necessary, specifically the USB Driver

[B00ne]

Does anyone know which Software is necessary for the DFI NF4 Board? Is the USB driver necessary or is the Windows provided driver the right one?
Problem:
Setup my new Computer yesterday (DFI Lanparty NF4 Ultra, Leadtek 6600GT, A64 3000+, 512MB Cosair 3200XL)
Clean install of Win2k
Installed Chipset software from DFI CD (more to this further down)

Now I get a BSOD upon startup whenever a USB device is connected while starting up(starts up fine with no USB device connected.
I know for sure (pretty much) it is a USB driver Problem. A while back I bought a USB2.0 card for my old Computer (the one being replaced right now) I had the same problem when I installed the USB drivers that came with the card. Only after I installed older drivers which I found on the website of the card manufacturer the Problem went away. Now with the new system and I got the same Problem.
-> So, are USB drivers necessary (after all it is a completely new chipset (the mobo anyway dunno about the onboard USB chips)?


And while Iam at it, does someone know, what software actually has to be installed for the DFI NF4? I am moving up to the NF4 from a Pentium3 on a BX board (a superb one it was) . The manual mentiones pretty much nothing regarding the software (driver) as well as it mentiones nothing about all those odd power connectors found on the board (but since it works I guess I figured it out - only the floppy-style power connector on the board is still puzzling me)

The NVIDIA part of the drivers wants to install sound drivers although the board has some Realtek Karajan module (whatever the Karajan means)
Well, and then the CD had those USB drivers which apparently caused the BSOD and some weird firewall etc..
If anyone could help I would be eternally grateful. I guess quite a few things have changed since the BX days

Bump + update

The USB problem is solved by simply not installing the USB drivers supplied with the DFI disk.
However, now I have an odd InternetConnection Problem: I installed my ISDN card and tried to connect to the net -> that worked in as much as it connects. It doesnt load any webpage however. Now I checked the if I have connection: Yes, ping, tracing and name resolving works. But still no webpages load load (no matter what browser), the update feature of software doesnt work either.
Has anyone ever experienced this? Connection is present and works on the low level (ping) but http doesnt? I havent tried ftp yet.

 

[B00ne]

bump

 

[Heinrich]

Well, I would look towards the activeshield piece - the hardware firewall, that comes with the NForce 4 boards, possibly conflicting with the Windows FIrewall. I don't have this level of technology yet, but will soon, but I thought I would at least toss something out there. I would test www.cnn.com with both firewalls disabled for starters

 

[B00ne]

Thanks, Yes it seems so. Now eveything works, except that I havent installed anything from the DFI CD -> leaving lots of question marks in hardware properties

 

[John]

I have the Ultra-D. After I installed XP SP2 the only drivers needed are the NF4 kit from NVIDIA's website.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_nf4_winxp_6.39

You then go to the device manager and double-click the yellow USB entry > driver tab > update driver > search automatically. Afterwards you can then do your expansion card drivers.