Help with Epox 8rda+ Nforce2 drivers

[Dug]

Equipment-

8rda+ MB
AMD 2100+
SLK-800 heatsink
Geforce 4 4400ti
WD 120GB
LiteOn 24x burner
WinXP pro

Geforce4, WD 120GB, and LiteOn all worked on p4 system no problem.

I do a fresh install of XP. Install SP1. Everything works great.

Install Nforce2 drivers and reboot...... I get to the WindowsXP screen, scrolling blue bar goes by a few times and locks up.

I've tried every nforce2 driver out there. Updated the bios. Nothing seems to work. I did finally get into the desktop once, but everything was extremely slow, like it took a minute just to open up My Computer.

Checked temperatures and voltages- all ok.
Tried clearing cmos, going back to old bios, etc.

PS should be no problem as it has my P4 up to 3.26Ghz.

 

[SpideyCU]

Can you get into Safe Mode? If you can, then it's likely not a hardware problem, but the drivers or something software-related. Narrowing it down will let you know what to try next to track down a culprit.

 

[RideFree]

I would modify the order of the install to XP OS, then nForce2 driver set and last SP1 to see if this made a difference.
Obviously, if it does, you should report it here.

 

[Dug]

I'll try that, but it specifically says to install SP1 first.

 

[chizow]

Originally posted by: RideFree
I would modify the order of the install to XP OS, then nForce2 driver set and last SP1 to see if this made a difference.
Obviously, if it does, you should report it here.

Can't install the USB 2.0 drivers w/out SP1 unfortunately. Its recommended in the install readme to install SP1 first, but it might be worth a shot though. Also check your BIOS settings to make sure everything looks nominal.

Chiz

 

[Dug]

That was it. XP, Nforce2 drivers, SP1. Workin like a champ now.

Had me sweatin all day thinking it was my memory or my hd getting corrupt, or maybe my usb mouse or keyboard.

I don't have any usb2.0 devices so I can't comment on if that works or not, but I don't have anything in my device manager showing any problems.



Now its time to o/c

 

[drewdogg808]

you should have some fun oc'ing that rig.

 

[RideFree]

don't have any usb2.0 devices

Glad it worked...I have tested the USB2 and can assure you that if it is listed in the hardware tab...it works. (Obviously, without those pesky !s & other bad things.)

 

[RideFree]

Dug,
You should be in a position to give us some straight comments on the merits of the P4 vs. XP+right?

 

[Dug]

I'll tell ya what...

I can't notice a difference at all between Intel and AMD. The only reason I was running a P4 setup in the first place was because there wasn't a motherboard for AMD that I liked until now.

The two big pluses for the AMD system-

I really like the sound coming out of the nforce2 mb.
I like the one click driver install for everything.

 

[RideFree]

Dug (ETAL),
AFIK, the AMD - nForce2 - ATI 9700 PRO system beats anything in the Intel arsenal, both Stock & O/C'd
(for about $.60 on the dollar). (Well, maybe a little strong, maybe $.90 on the dollar.)