Problems w/ chipset drivers, can it be the mobo? Should I RMA?

[Achilles97]

I've been having system problems everytime I install the nForce drivers on my 8RDA+ rev1.1 . I've tried everything, 4 versions of the nForce drivers, Windows Updates, Service packs, reformats, etc.

Everytime I reboot, the registry resets itself to the state it was in when I installed the nForce drivers. This means I can't install video drivers, etc. If I remove the nForce drivers, the problem goes away.

I've been trying to find a fix for this problem for 10 months. I don't know what or how I did it, but it finally worked. I installed the nForce drivers one at a time manually, and it didn't work countless times, but this time it worked. I've done the exact procedure before but this time it just worked. I don't know why.

ANYWAY, the Epox tech support said they would RMA the board, but now that I got it working I don't know if I should RMA it. I don't want to send it off, be without a computer for a month, pay the shipping, and have them send it back because they can't find a problem.

What do you think?

Thanks!

 

[Boonesmi]

what OS?

 

[Achilles97]

WinXP

 

[Blain]

I'd add flashing the BIOS in there if you haven't already.

 

[cheapherk]

Did you try older nforce drivers? Those new ones gave me nothing but trouble especially the IDE drivers.

 

[Slammy1]

WinXP reverted to signed drivers, that seems to be the problem you were having. Manual install through the control panel is the fix for that.