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Thought I'd learned a few tricks, but problems like this pop up periodically
to remind me otherwise.
Specs: Win 2kpro
Abit NF7-S
WD 37gb raptor (system disk)
Seagate 250gb (storage)
Radeon 9800 pro (Cat 5.10 and Cat 5.11)
768mb kingston hyper-x pc2700
3000+ athlonxp (socket a)
Linksys gigabit network adapter (pci, model EG1032)
Attempts at sound: Creative soundblaster live 5.1, Some old Yamaha
windows had the drivers for, and the onboard nforce2 option
I tried so many things, and more chaotically as time went on, that it is
difficult to describe, but here goes:
I decided it was time for a reformat. Went about things as usual, format
the raptor NTFS, install 2k pro. First thing, sp4 and all criticals, plus dx
9.0c which my mobo driver disk claimed was needed. First format (there were
2) I tried the Abit driver disk, second time I used the 4.27 drivers from
Nvidia's website. I installed all drivers, including sound, same as I had
done before, though I planned to disable the onboard sound in bios.
Here was the problem. After the post mobo driver restart, my "multimedia
audio controller" was not recognized. I attempted to reinstall just the
audio drivers and the result was the same. Got a desktop, windows tries to
find the drivers, then give me the following: "An error occurred during the
installation of the device. The data is invalid".
The first time, I figured the hell with it, I'll just install the
soundblaster. Reboot, disable onboard audio in bios, get a desktop, install
liveunipack (creative's recommended driver), reboot. Exactly the same shite.
Windows finds an audio controller without drivers. Try to reinstall them,
get the "An error...." mesage (code 28). Used a highly recommended driver
cleaner (something 2 pro?) as indicated by the text file, and retry. Same
result. Wipe it all clean and try an old yamaha card I have. Same result.
The second format, I did the same stuff, except skipped install of nforce
sound drivers, disabled in bios and tried the creative and yamaha with the
same results.
Now I've Googled the hell out of this problem. I've found some similar
problems, but they mostly seem to involve an upgrade to win xp. I've tried
every registry hack and registry cleanup that I could find. Always the same
result. I've put 6-8 hours into this seemingly basic problem and am near to
bloodying my head on my beautiful new Saitek keyboard. I thought that after
building a fair number of systems, this kind of thing just didn't happen
anymore. If you can help me diagnose and solve this problem, I'll remember
you in my will. Ask if there is any information I forgot to include. Thanks.
to remind me otherwise.
Specs: Win 2kpro
Abit NF7-S
WD 37gb raptor (system disk)
Seagate 250gb (storage)
Radeon 9800 pro (Cat 5.10 and Cat 5.11)
768mb kingston hyper-x pc2700
3000+ athlonxp (socket a)
Linksys gigabit network adapter (pci, model EG1032)
Attempts at sound: Creative soundblaster live 5.1, Some old Yamaha
windows had the drivers for, and the onboard nforce2 option
I tried so many things, and more chaotically as time went on, that it is
difficult to describe, but here goes:
I decided it was time for a reformat. Went about things as usual, format
the raptor NTFS, install 2k pro. First thing, sp4 and all criticals, plus dx
9.0c which my mobo driver disk claimed was needed. First format (there were
2) I tried the Abit driver disk, second time I used the 4.27 drivers from
Nvidia's website. I installed all drivers, including sound, same as I had
done before, though I planned to disable the onboard sound in bios.
Here was the problem. After the post mobo driver restart, my "multimedia
audio controller" was not recognized. I attempted to reinstall just the
audio drivers and the result was the same. Got a desktop, windows tries to
find the drivers, then give me the following: "An error occurred during the
installation of the device. The data is invalid".
The first time, I figured the hell with it, I'll just install the
soundblaster. Reboot, disable onboard audio in bios, get a desktop, install
liveunipack (creative's recommended driver), reboot. Exactly the same shite.
Windows finds an audio controller without drivers. Try to reinstall them,
get the "An error...." mesage (code 28). Used a highly recommended driver
cleaner (something 2 pro?) as indicated by the text file, and retry. Same
result. Wipe it all clean and try an old yamaha card I have. Same result.
The second format, I did the same stuff, except skipped install of nforce
sound drivers, disabled in bios and tried the creative and yamaha with the
same results.
Now I've Googled the hell out of this problem. I've found some similar
problems, but they mostly seem to involve an upgrade to win xp. I've tried
every registry hack and registry cleanup that I could find. Always the same
result. I've put 6-8 hours into this seemingly basic problem and am near to
bloodying my head on my beautiful new Saitek keyboard. I thought that after
building a fair number of systems, this kind of thing just didn't happen
anymore. If you can help me diagnose and solve this problem, I'll remember
you in my will. Ask if there is any information I forgot to include. Thanks.