Update - New VIA 4-in-1 Drivers Available

[Mem]

all these problems for a stupid ... ini file update ... go figure

Exactly,a simple INF caused so much damage to many users systems,figure that one out :disgust: .

 

[Mem]

UPDATE from VIA Arena!!!!!

The problem was replicated on a P4 chipset system with 1MB of RAM. They have now been removed from VIA Arena.
VIA Arena Team
Web Media Liaison
VIA Technologies, Inc.

HEHE looks like we`re right, these drivers have been pulled from their site,now the 4.49s are back up .

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: Mitzi

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: Mitzi
Thanks for the heads up....I'll give 'em a miss

If it ain't broke....

... leave it to Via to break it

LOL

Good to know though since both of my current machine are VIA's.

 

[Jeff7]

I guess these are like nVidia's 2.42 nForce2 drivers.:Q

 

[Megatomic]

Jeff, that was the 2.41s that wreaked much havoc on us. The 2.42s weren't as bad but they too got pulled in lieu of the 2.03s.

 

[CraigRT]

I just use the 4.43's, I always have and they work fine.. LOL

 

[NYHoustonman]

I had the same problem, reformated and reinstalled everything Tuesday into Wednsday ... A few things to point out:

1-"For all VIA chipsets using Microsoft? Windows Operating Systems"
2-What I had was some kind of overflow error. I tried going back to the last known good config, and that worked to an extent, but every single program I ran came up with a file corruption error, and sound didn't work. Tried uninstalling drivers, no. Tried reinstalling last release, no. Tried repare, nothing. I had to reformat. While I suppose it could be my fault for not backing up, I don't see how so many people (especially @ the VIA boards) can defend the company without being willing to admit that VIA made a mistake here. All I'm getting there is "backup twice a day" and "you obviously didn't try all the fixes listed" etc.

 

[Megatomic]

I've seen similar arguements from other fanboy camps NYHoustonman. It must be in the club membership terms...

 

[Mem]

At least VIA pulled them which is a good thing,I also find it funny they were WHQL certified by Microsoft ,shows you how important that is.

 

[Trente]

Talk about early adaptors.

 

[DragonFire]

So far I don't think Iv had any problems with them. Not sure if its related but IV had to lower my FSB back to 133 due to some radom lock ups. Since I cant remember when the locks upstarted vers when I installed the 4.50's, does anyone know if they could be causing my OC problems at higher FSB speeds?

 

[Quixfire]

Originally posted by: Megatomic
I'm glad to hear you've managed to repair your system temporarily Quixfire. :beer: I'd take this opportunity to backup all your data, format c:, and do a clean install.

That's what I did for Thanksgiving, besides eating turkey , and I have a fully functional PC again.

 

[Mem]

UPDATE:

We would like to sincerely apologize for any problems that people have experienced with the Hyperion 4in1 4.50 drivers.

These drivers were removed from the download page on VIA Arena and from the VIA Arena ftp, once we started receiving reports of the drivers causing problems. These drivers were officially tested and certified by Microsoft and VIA to work correctly and efficiently with Windows Operating systems that have Microsoft certified drivers installed.

After detailed investigation of the issues that have been reported, we have found that they only occur with systems configured with 1GB or more of memory and an ATI graphics card where the AGP aperture has been set above 32MB.

We are currently working on a new revision of the driver that changes the default size of the AGP aperture to 32MB.

Link.

 

[NYHoustonman]

I am happy with their apology except for one thing... It happened to me and I only have 512MB RAM. Seriously, I don't think they've gotten it right yet...

 

[NYHoustonman]

And these stupid VIA fanchildren over at the VIA help forums aren't any help. The little *-suckers don't stop telling me that I should have backed up and it wasn't VIA's fault and that VIA can't possibly test every single setup. How in god's name do you not test with a video card from a company that, from a gaming standpoint, is ahead of anyone else as far as the entusiasts go? If I had my password with me (I'm at school), I'd be posting this over there, but as it is I don't and I need to get this out. I am going to go off (explode) on that message board when I get home if those little moronic brainwashed mother f'ers don't stop being such assholes.

 

[Mem]

I am happy with their apology except for one thing... It happened to me and I only have 512MB RAM. Seriously, I don't think they've gotten it right yet...

Same here as well,however I do have my aperture size set to 128mb so wonder if that was the cause?

 

[Quixfire]

Update: VIA has released new drivers VIA Hyperion 4in1 v4.51 that contain the fixed for the Delayed Write Failed on Windows XP with more than 512MB of ram and ATI Graphic Cards.

Release Notes: 1. Fixed the issue of the Delayed Write Failed only for special condition.
Note: Please install 4in1 4.51 on safe mode if the issue happened.

Release Notes Link

 

[Mem]

UPDATE: I`ve installed the 4.51 drivers via safe mode since I had write failure with 4.50 drivers so did not want to take any chances,just rebooted after to normal desktop and everything is working fine .


So looks like these are fine so far .Make a system restore point if you`re worried.

 

[helloguy]

yup, no prob so far on a7v600 as well~

 

[Noid]

That's a has to be a joke ... right ...?

Telling users to use safe mode AFTER thier system corrupts >...?

They should just say ... "INSTALL USING SAFE MODE" ... BEFORE thier system corrupts ...

... wtf is with that ...?

The 'word' from Via