DFI LPULTRA EXPERT SLI + Firewall drivers = corrupts your HD

So i install Windows XP and the system installs fine. I load all the drivers and everything is running smoothly. I start downloading the regular stuff for my computer "Firefox, DiVX player, Ventrilo, Trillian, 3DMark06...etc" and ALL of those get corrupted. I figured it was the download to i redownload them one by one and start testing them. Again, they all are corrupted upon download.

Something has to be wrong so i redo an XP install and load all the drivers that came with the board. Again, same corrupted errors.

I figured, the only thing new that i was doing from before that has to do anything with the downloads was the Nvidia firewall that came with the board. So i uninstall it and use the same files i downloaded before. Again, they are corrupted. So i re-download them and now they installed fine.

So firefox, DiVX, Vent and Trillian are running fine. I install 3DMark03 and it installs and runs fine. Then i installed 3DMark06 and the whole installation went fine. I double click the 3DM06 and it starts loading, then it freezes and my computer gets a blue-screen and reboots itself.

I try again after the reboot and 3DM06 starts loading and then hangs again, this time i CTRL+ALT+DEL it and kill the process before it crashes me again. I tried again, and again it hanged and i kill it the same way as before.

At this point i'm completely frustrated. I have a 7900GT and i downloaded the new drivers from the NVidia website so it shouldn't be the card drivers and i have 2 new sticks of OZC memory (2x1gig), everything is brand new.

Can anyone help me or advice on this? Is this common? Has it happened to anyone else? I'm really dissapointed in the LanParty Ultra and i haven't even started to OC it.

Thanks, i will try that. Was it corrupting your downloads too though?

In your opinion, do you think something like that has the capability of corrupting downloads/files or could it be something else?

You should see what nVidia's firewall does to WoW... It's scary stuff.

NVFirewall = Crap.

I have that exact board and use the NVFirewall and it works. The problem lies within the NV driver. You have to revert to an older version of the firewall and network adapter driver and then it will work like a charm. Its a pain in the ass but it works. Check out dfi-street.com if you have issues with DFI boards, those people are extremely helpful.

I think I had to kick back 2-3 driver versions before I got one that worked correctly, but it can be done.

Honestly I dont know. I fried my mobo due to extreme overclocking so I am on a back up computer. *I think* it was a 6.53 ish, but it definately wasn't 6.7X. I wish I could tell ya, but l;ooking at the nvdia driver archive i would suggest starting with 6.66 and then 6.53 if that doesnt work. BUt to do all this you have to TOTALY uninstall all nvidia drivers, sytem and LAN. Graphics drivers are ok.

Discolsure: I am writing this off the top of my head, its been 3 months since I did it, but it can work. Search DFi-street.com for a more thorough explination ( i cant spell lol)

I wouldn't know, I've avoided updating my drivers because I don't want to go through all the hell that 6.69 brought again, so until I have reason I am not moving chipset drivers.

yes it does cause headaches but sometimes beating the challnege is worth it

Went into bios, saw no thing to disable the Nvidia Firewall

Have to go to Add/Remove programs. Uninstall the firewall. You may have to uninstall the MB drivers then reinstall them again but don't Install the firewall

This is how i solved my problem with the firewall. Just turning it off in the software does not work. I don't know about the bios...