new pc=downloaded files always corrupted

[patentman]

OK, I recently bit the bullet and built the following setup:

Athlon 64 X2 4800+
Asus A8n-sli deluxe
2 GB corsair XMS 3200 LL
Sapphire Radeon X1900XTX 512MB
2X250GB Western Digital SATA
Creative X-Fi extreme music
HP DVD burner with lightscribe
52X lite-on Cd-R/RW drive
600W Coolmax "EZ wire" CU-600T power supply
Thermaltake Xaser Armor Series Va8000BWS case

After receiving the parts, I put everything together, and it posted fine. I formated both disks and installed windows XP home. Windows installed fine and booted normally. Once I got into windows, I installed the motherboard drivers from the CD that accompanied the mobo, and rebooted to have the changes take effect. After the system came back up, I set up my network connection, which went fine. Knowing that the drivers I have on CD for my audio card and soundcard were out of date, I downloaded the updated versions from the web.

However, when I tried to install the updated drivers, windows reported that the updated driver files I've downloaded are corrupted and aborted the installation. In fact, everything I downloaded last night that requires installation (in other words, anything with an .exe file) is corrupted!

Anyone have any idea what might be causing this and how I can correct it?

 

[sourceninja]

If I had to guess, you have a nforce4 motherboard and you are using the nvidia firewall? If you use the nvidia firewall, expect currupted downloads, reinstall the chipset drivers without the firewall.

 

[patentman]

Yes, I am using an NForce chipset and I did install the firewall. I will try your suggestion, as it makes complete sense.

Thanks!

 

[mechBgon]

If the problem persists, try setting the memory voltage manually. The board defaults to only 2.6 volts, whereas the RAM is spec'd for up to 2.8 volts. So maybe try 2.75 volts, since it goes in 0.05V increments.

Additionally, if you look at the chipset IRQ-sharing chart on page 2-15, I think you'll see that PCI slot #3 doesn't share its interrupt-request line with any other slots or onboard devices, so I'd put the Creative X-Fi in that slot if it were me.

 

[BadThad]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
If the problem persists, try setting the memory voltage manually. The board defaults to only 2.6 volts, whereas the RAM is spec'd for up to 2.8 volts. So maybe try 2.75 volts, since it goes in 0.05V increments.

Additionally, if you look at the chipset IRQ-sharing chart on page 2-15, I think you'll see that PCI slot #3 doesn't share its interrupt-request line with any other slots or onboard devices, so I'd put the Creative X-Fi in that slot if it were me.

nVidia firewall is suck.

Once again, great advice from one of AT's best! :thumbsup:

 

[mechBgon]

Once again, great advice from one of AT's best! :thumbsup:

Thanks for the compliment! I hope it actually helps, I'm guilty of taking the guesswork approach a lot of the time

 

[imported_nocturne]

If you're looking for a good firewall, I still recommend Kerio 2.x. It's simple, fast, and hasn't failed me yet.

 

[patentman]

Thanks source, reinstalling without the nv firewall cleared up my problem and a few others!