DriverAgent

[ecko69x]

I did a scan and it showed me some things that needed to be updated. Only problem is, I'm not sure where to get some of them.

http://driveragent.com/driveragent_...906efc55&PHPSESSID=9oab19id9gmo3enh96hvundeh2

 

[Elvandil]

Go to www.nvidia.com and install a new display driver. At the same place, install your chipset driver for your board and that will take care of all the rest.
Chipset driver first and then display.

 

[MichaelDee]

Don't pay them anything. There have been many complaints about that site.

Follow Elvandil's link but I would suggest driver version 93.71 for the 7900 (november 2006 archives) as it is still one of the best performing and stable drivers.

This is the AMD Dual-Core Optimizer patch
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_13118,00.html

 

[ecko69x]

Go to www.nvidia.com and install a new display driver. At the same place, install your chipset driver for your board and that will take care of all the rest.
Chipset driver first and then display.

Not sure what to click on to get to the chipset downloads.

 

[ecko69x]

Bump.

 

[Elvandil]

On this page:

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

choose nForce and then choose the chipset details that you have. You can find what chipset you have in your manual, on the manufacturer's site, with system information apps, or you can use the automatic scanner on that page (Click the Motherboard Drivers button.).

PCWizard

System Information for Windows (SIW)
Belarc Advisor
Mitec System Information

 

[MichaelDee]

Click on download drivers, then see option 2, which can scan for what you need. It doesn't work for me, but then you can manually select your chipset.

 

[Elvandil]

Click on download drivers, then see option 2, which can scan for what you need. It doesn't work for me, but then you can manually select your chipset.

My last link is directly to the drivers page.

 

[MichaelDee]

My last link is directly to the drivers page.

LOL, YEP. I was referring to the other post (nvidia.com) and when I was reaching for the reply button I hear another message coming in and of course it was about your reply.
That has happened a few times I've noticed.

 

[Elvandil]

LOL, YEP. I was referring to the other post (nvidia.com) and when I was reaching for the reply button I hear another message coming in and of course it was about your reply.
That has happened a few times I've noticed.

No big deal. I just mentioned it because if the OP used my link, the options you mentioned wouldn't be there, but the ones from the end of your post would be.

 

[ecko69x]

Ok I know what's going on now. I misplaced my chipset driver CD so when I reformatted my computer it just didn't have the chipset drivers with it. So should I download a driver anyway?

This is what was in the paper for the mainboard.

Asus - AMD /S939
A8N-E (Audio/Glan)nF4 Ultra
Socket 939 - ATX
4 DDR DIMM/4GB MAX,SATA150 RAID & ATA/133, 3P+ 2PCI-X + PCI-X16, ALC8508-Channel Audio, MarvellGigabit Lan, USB2.0

So on Nvidia I would choose; nforce, nforce 4 series, nforce 4 ultra AMD, and XP?

 

[Elvandil]

Try the automatic motherboard drivers scan at the bottom of the page linked above.

On this page:

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

choose nForce and then choose the chipset details that you have. You can find what chipset you have in your manual, on the manufacturer's site, with system information apps, or you can use the automatic scanner on that page (Click the Motherboard Drivers button.).

PCWizard

System Information for Windows (SIW)
Belarc Advisor
Mitec System Information

You have an nForce 4 Ultra Chipset.

 

[MichaelDee]

If that doesn't work try cpu-z, it will list your cpu, mobo and ram.

http://www.download.com/3000-2086_4-10753792.html?tag=dl.1

 

[Elvandil]

You may benefit from more recent drivers, but the ones offered by ASUS will work fine. All drivers for that board are here:

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=A8N-E

Please note that they warn against chipset driver updates leading to a system crash unless you have version 1006 or later of BIOS.

 

[ecko69x]

Ok I did that auto detect thing and it said:

Product: nforce 4 series

Recommended driver: nForce Driver Version 6.86
Version: 6.86 WHQL
Release Date: July 7, 2006

It is the same driver when I did the manual thing as well.