Rob!
10-26-2007, 05:26 AM
Building a new computer for a client, and I spent hours diagnosing a reboot problem that started after drivers were installed. I ran memtest so the RAM was okay, and the system booted in safe mode, so after talking with some friends I decided to give it a shot.
I system restored to the beginning (after the windows install before anything was done), and installed the drivers off the driver disc one by one and restarted after each one, and determined the driver causing the reboots was the video driver. Tried newest versions off the motherboard website, but those didn't work, so I went straight to VIA, and those installed. And ta-da, restarting again. I got a BSOD too but googling it didn't help much, and all pointed to RAM (which I was pretty sure still was not the problem).
So after trying a bunch of other things, I system restore to the beginning AGAIN and install the newest video driver first, before everything else. On reboot, works fine! Try to install chipset driver, and it gives me some error taht it could not finish. Go through all the other drivers, no problems. Even install Nero, AVG, Firefox. Go online. Leave it on for a little while. No problems. And the only drivers I did not install were the chipset and USB drivers.
Possible driver conflict?
I system restored to the beginning (after the windows install before anything was done), and installed the drivers off the driver disc one by one and restarted after each one, and determined the driver causing the reboots was the video driver. Tried newest versions off the motherboard website, but those didn't work, so I went straight to VIA, and those installed. And ta-da, restarting again. I got a BSOD too but googling it didn't help much, and all pointed to RAM (which I was pretty sure still was not the problem).
So after trying a bunch of other things, I system restore to the beginning AGAIN and install the newest video driver first, before everything else. On reboot, works fine! Try to install chipset driver, and it gives me some error taht it could not finish. Go through all the other drivers, no problems. Even install Nero, AVG, Firefox. Go online. Leave it on for a little while. No problems. And the only drivers I did not install were the chipset and USB drivers.
Possible driver conflict?