OT: Device Driver Errors

Captain Kwok · #1 March 29th, 2004, 11:58 PM

Yeah, that's what I'm going to do when I get the chance tonight is get an updated bios driver.

The motherboard is Asus (can't recall the model right now, will note it on next startup). I've given the rest of the pertinent specs in my first post.

I installed WinXP fresh on the computer when it was new, and also Norton. There are reports of a norton driver causing problems, although my symptons haven't quite matched up to what I read.

I don't think it's connected to software remnants, since it has been present since the earliest days, when the system was more or less "clean" and the error occurs very randomally...

I do run ad-aware on a regular basis.

Phoenix-D · #2 March 30th, 2004, 12:10 AM

There is a specific model of ASUS motherboard that is notorious for having issues..I'll see if I can find which model for you.

Atrocities · #3 March 30th, 2004, 12:14 AM

Another off the wall thing might be that your Asus MB's AGP port might be failing.

You should also consider calling the tech number for your Graphics Card. Most have a long time warrentee and perphas they can help solve the problem.

Captain Kwok · #4 March 30th, 2004, 02:37 AM

I have an ASUS P4SX8 motherboard.

Atrocities · #5 March 30th, 2004, 02:40 AM

Dude I feel for you.

With how ASUS has been cutting quality lately even there best Boards are failing.

DarkHorse · #6 March 30th, 2004, 02:44 AM

If you have a network card in your machine, look at updating its driver; netcards are notorious for causing random reboots.

[ March 30, 2004, 00:45: Message edited by: DarkHorse ]

Captain Kwok · #7 March 30th, 2004, 04:04 AM

I believe the network card and the sound card are both integrated with the motherboard in this case...

...research I've done has shown oddities between ATI graphic cards and my particular motherboard but mostly reported in conjuction with Radeon 9700...

Anyways, I went to download some updated drivers, but the ASUS site lists a bunch of different ones for different components, i.e., ide, sound, network, and so on.

I downloaded the one for sound (although I suspect is more outdated than the one I grab previously from the actual chipset manufacturer of the sound card) and one for the network card. I need to review which files it contains just be to be sure it is actually a more update driver...actually right now I think default WinXP drivers are being used...?