GeForce 9800GX2 driver issues

[steve-]

Are you using the latest Vista 32-bit drivers? Should be 180.43, I also have a 9800GX2 and on 64-bit these drivers work perfectly for me. I didn’t have to do any strange install methods, just double clicked the installer and they installed perfectly.

[Rhayn]

Hey Steve,

Yes I went to the Nvidia site and downloaded several different Vista 32-bit drivers
178.24 – which is the latest release version
175.19 – just to try a different version than the 178 version
180.43 – which is still Beta, but I thought what the heck

Of course I completely uninstalled the drivers again before trying with a new driver, but it’s all been no joy experiences.

[Rhayn]

Ok, I think we can safely close this little issue.

I found out that my top PCI-Express slot is busted.

I put the 9800GX2 in the bottom one just to test (Why hadn’t I thought of that before is a myth to me) and it installed everything just fine… just needed to tweak it a little so that it would stop turning off my screen due to switching to the tv-out and stuff, but that was easy enough.

Anyways, RMA’ing the board.

Sorry for wasting everyone’s time, but i’m glad I found out that it’s not the gfx card but the motherboard.

[steve-]

Ouch, mobo issues are never fun to deal with. 🙁
Best of luck on the RMA.

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