Nforce SW IDE Driver

Tr1cK · 01-23-05, 10:07 PM

Well I dont know why, but everytime I put the IDE driver on here it slows my boot time WAY down. It slows on the screen after the initial load screen that just has the bar going across the botom, before the screen that has the Windows XP logo and the little load bar. My boot drives are RAID0 off a Highpoint card. I do have some virtual memory on the drive on the nforce IDE, but its even slow when I disable it. I tried using the Windows driver, and I guess it did ok. I didnt find any problems in it. I just thought the nforce driver would give better throughput, which it did slightly. Any suggestions? How many run the driver on the NF3s? Is there a fix for the slow boot?

superklye · 01-23-05, 10:15 PM

I never, EVER use the nFORCE IDE driver. It only recognized my 60GB hard drive...nothing else. My DVD RW and CDRW were both just gone. Uninstalling them wouldn't reinstall the original Windows IDE drivers, so I had to reformat again.

fivefeet8 · 01-23-05, 10:31 PM

I use to have problems with the older SW IDE drivers, but the newer ones seems to have fixed a lot of bugs. So now I'm using the SW IDE drivers and they work fine. The Nforce drivers also had a few problems with the Ethernet driver crashing your computer when online. That seems have been fixed with the newer drivers as well.

Rytr · 01-23-05, 10:38 PM

I use the latest versions on both NF2 and NF3 boards with no problems.

netviper13 · 01-23-05, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rytr

I use the latest versions on both NF2 and NF3 boards with no problems.

Ditto. The only problem I have is that XP will not recognize my 200gb backup drive until the nForce SW driver is installed, but that's not too major of an issue.

superklye · 01-23-05, 11:39 PM

okay, this is the same driver in the nForce driver package, right?

netviper13 · 01-23-05, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by superklye

okay, this is the same driver in the nForce driver package, right?

Yes.

superklye · 01-23-05, 11:46 PM

what version are you guys using now that aren't casuing any problems? I had nothing but problems when using the 4.3.6.0 (according to Windows) drivers.

Am_I_Evil · 01-23-05, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by superklye

what version are you guys using now that aren't casuing any problems? I had nothing but problems when using the 4.3.6.0 (according to Windows) drivers.

the older versions were messed up and had problems....

but the newest ones are fine....

5.10.2600.470

superklye · 01-24-05, 12:44 AM

Blast! Alright...I do believe I shall be ordering the NF7-S rev. 2 and when I get it, I'll make sure to install those drivers...hopefully they do work.

**zoomy942** · 01-24-05, 06:07 AM

my new gigabyte S939 mobo with an nforce 3 ultra chipset is coming tomorrow ( i am finanlly leaving S754 and via behind) and i'll keep an eye out to see if my nforce drivers act up

Tr1cK · 01-24-05, 07:08 AM

So nobody has the slow boot issue?

It's only after I install the driver. I've tried the 5.10s and some beta 6 series. I waited until everything else was installed, which it was still booting normal, then installed the driver. Thats when the nice 30 second pauses started. When I originally put the board in, it was on the same install of windows (gotta love a pci RAID card). I thought it was just because I had used 3 different boards on the same install, so I reinstalled and still have the problem. I mean, its slow enough by the time the thing initializes the RAID array, the gigabit LAN, and then boots windows.

01-23-05, 10:07 PM	#1
Tr1cK not coming back Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,872	Nforce SW IDE Driver Well I dont know why, but everytime I put the IDE driver on here it slows my boot time WAY down. It slows on the screen after the initial load screen that just has the bar going across the botom, before the screen that has the Windows XP logo and the little load bar. My boot drives are RAID0 off a Highpoint card. I do have some virtual memory on the drive on the nforce IDE, but its even slow when I disable it. I tried using the Windows driver, and I guess it did ok. I didnt find any problems in it. I just thought the nforce driver would give better throughput, which it did slightly. Any suggestions? How many run the driver on the NF3s? Is there a fix for the slow boot?

01-23-05, 10:15 PM	#2
superklye Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MKE Posts: 13,629	Re: Nforce SW IDE Driver I never, EVER use the nFORCE IDE driver. It only recognized my 60GB hard drive...nothing else. My DVD RW and CDRW were both just gone. Uninstalling them wouldn't reinstall the original Windows IDE drivers, so I had to reformat again.

01-23-05, 10:31 PM	#3
fivefeet8 Ngemu Mod Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 1,886	Re: Nforce SW IDE Driver I use to have problems with the older SW IDE drivers, but the newer ones seems to have fixed a lot of bugs. So now I'm using the SW IDE drivers and they work fine. The Nforce drivers also had a few problems with the Ethernet driver crashing your computer when online. That seems have been fixed with the newer drivers as well. __________________ [i7 2600k @4.4ghertz][2x4 GB DDR3 1600][EVGA GTX570 1.280GB SC][EVGA GTX460 physx][Asrock Extreme7 Gen3 Z68][2xSeagate 160 Gb SATA HD raid0][Seagate 250 GB SATA2 HD][Sony Bravia 40' 1080p LCD HDTV][NEC 3520a DVD+-DLw][Windows 7 Ultimate x64][Rosewill 1000w]

01-23-05, 10:38 PM	#4
Rytr SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: River City Posts: 1,726	Re: Nforce SW IDE Driver I use the latest versions on both NF2 and NF3 boards with no problems.

01-23-05, 11:39 PM	#6
superklye Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MKE Posts: 13,629	Re: Nforce SW IDE Driver okay, this is the same driver in the nForce driver package, right?

01-23-05, 11:46 PM	#8
superklye Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MKE Posts: 13,629	Re: Nforce SW IDE Driver what version are you guys using now that aren't casuing any problems? I had nothing but problems when using the 4.3.6.0 (according to Windows) drivers.

01-24-05, 12:44 AM	#10
superklye Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MKE Posts: 13,629	Re: Nforce SW IDE Driver Blast! Alright...I do believe I shall be ordering the NF7-S rev. 2 and when I get it, I'll make sure to install those drivers...hopefully they do work.

01-24-05, 06:07 AM	#11
zoomy942 Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Bellevue, ID Posts: 5,330	Re: Nforce SW IDE Driver my new gigabyte S939 mobo with an nforce 3 ultra chipset is coming tomorrow ( i am finanlly leaving S754 and via behind) and i'll keep an eye out to see if my nforce drivers act up

01-24-05, 07:08 AM	#12
Tr1cK not coming back Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,872	Re: Nforce SW IDE Driver So nobody has the slow boot issue? It's only after I install the driver. I've tried the 5.10s and some beta 6 series. I waited until everything else was installed, which it was still booting normal, then installed the driver. Thats when the nice 30 second pauses started. When I originally put the board in, it was on the same install of windows (gotta love a pci RAID card). I thought it was just because I had used 3 different boards on the same install, so I reinstalled and still have the problem. I mean, its slow enough by the time the thing initializes the RAID array, the gigabit LAN, and then boots windows.

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