PLEASE HELP ME--IM GOIN NUTS!!!

[mike2201]

ok, i just built a pc with an asus m3n78-vm mobo which has an nvidia 8200 gpu built into the board. everything works great untill i install the drivers for the nvidia. as soon as i do it i get the blue screen of death. i even tried the drivers from their website instead of the mobo cd. the same problem happens if i add in my seperate nvidia ge force 9400 and install those drivers..help im going crazy i know this shouldnt be like this because as soon as i get the BSOD i go into safe mode and uninstall nvidia then restart and everything is good.

fyi--vista 64 sp2, amd phenon II x4 940 3.0GHz, 8G nvidia ram


please help..been trying to figure this out for like 20 straight hours..im going crazy

 

[Onus]

Since this is a fresh install, you might try wiping and starting over. Perhaps one or more Vista files got corrupted on the installation.

 

[xanxaz]

try updating bios from your mobo. vista sp2?? didnt know that the final was out...Vista SP2 Beta... it might be the problem also... try it only with 2gb of ram.

ok, i just built a pc with an asus m3n78-vm mobo which has an nvidia 8200 gpu built into the board. everything works great untill i install the drivers for the nvidia. as soon as i do it i get the blue screen of death. i even tried the drivers from their website instead of the mobo cd. the same problem happens if i add in my seperate nvidia ge force 9400 and install those drivers..help im going crazy i know this shouldnt be like this because as soon as i get the BSOD i go into safe mode and uninstall nvidia then restart and everything is good.

fyi--vista 64 sp2, amd phenon II x4 940 3.0GHz, 8G nvidia ram


please help..been trying to figure this out for like 20 straight hours..im going crazy

 

[mike2201]

i did install it again after it went nuts..it tried to use eraser and it wont erase the windows file which is pretty much the only thing on there so when i installed the new windows it renamed the original as old windows and this cant be it bc it was happening before this.thats why i did it in the 1st place...the sp2 i got from my cousin he his a software engineer and has access to ms website bc of his job and he gets the keys..its legit...its called sp2 debuged..now i cant install any nvidia drivers it says the "sintax of the INF is invalid"...also my new hard drive rattles a lil when you tilt it but it is showing its fine in two comps...i did switch to two gigs ram..ive tried every ram i have ocz platinum, ocz nvidia, no name..three sets all matched pairs...do you think this could be a corrupted windows program even though it was off ms website w a key....he has a password and stuff so i know its not of the web...also in the bottom right of my screen it says evaluation copy yda yada yada i just figured its because it came from an engineer....does this sound like a windows problem??everythings good if i dont install any drivers.....i tried to update the bios by doing ez flash 2 off a usb flash drive and it says this file size doesnt match the current bios file...i got it off asus site .. followed directions to the t..i cant use asus update be i cant get online and i cant do it the other way because i dont have a floppy drive...how do i clear the hd...eraser wont do it

 

[mike2201]

its not a beta version i saw the title on ms site...bc i saw win 7 which was beta and my cousin told be not to try it because its in testing so i dont think he would give me a beta version.....

 

[mike2201]

yea and it installs them one by one and as soon as it gets to nvidia it goes nuts either cant do it or it goes to blue screen of death

 

[xanxaz]

try using just one stick of memory first... sometimes it helps. do you have problems starting programs or the system feels extremely light??

 

[mike2201]

what do you mean does it feel extremly light?

 

[AKM880]

Are th eprograms opening real fast and its feels lightweight. Or is the system slow and its takes a long time to open apps.

 

[mike2201]

yea i do . everytime i open the internet 2 sec later it say int explorer has stopped working . this happens w pretty much every vista program..."such and such program has stopped working...restarting"... over and over..security center...int exp..things like that

 

[AKM880]

This is a genuine copy of Vista thought right? Have you tried another hard drive and installing on that?

 

[mike2201]

yup its genuine.. i was with my cousin when he made it..i have a key but i couldnt reg it bc i have no internet...he is a software engineer and has a password w/ microsoft that lets him download any windows program...its not from a newsgroup or anything..straight from MS w/ key

 

[mike2201]

cant install the driver for internet w/out it crashing

 

[mike2201]

i dont have another hdd just one in my dell but it has important data

 

[AKM880]

Maybe the HDD is corrupted or has bad sectors? BTW which HDD do you have? Just a thought............

 

[mike2201]

wd caviar blue sata300 320gb @
7200rpm..how would i find this out?

 

[mike2201]

my dell says the hdd is working correctly when i install it in there

 

[mike2201]

ok now what i found my problem...i connected the firewire 1394 to the usb 2.0 port on the mobo? i didnt plug anything into firewire...why wouldnt the mobo beep if i did that?

 

[AKM880]

Well because the motherboard beeps when either a major component in the computer has failed or if the major components are working. By major i mean CPU,GPU,PSU,HDD

 

[mike2201]

do you think if i reinstall windows it could be ok? i tried system restore and then intalled drivers and the same thing happened again.

 

[mike2201]

how can i check to see if i damaged the mobo circuits or components..and when i boot up i get the normal one beep, is that a good sign?