newbie with asus 9600xt and abit nf7s 2.0

duckcity · Feb 21, 2004, 01:02 PM

Can someone help me with driver decision. I have been trying to get my first build up and running. Many have recommend the the morpheus 4.08 driver over the 3.13 forceware. How about for my asus 9600xt. Which driver would you recommend. I am having trouble with the install of the asus driver from disc. I am no using the sw ide driver as recommended by most. Can someone make this a little easier.

Zardon · Feb 21, 2004, 01:14 PM

firstly can you tell us what the exact problem is when you try to install the driver from the supplied CD?

duckcity · Feb 21, 2004, 01:34 PM

My computer went into an endless loop of telling me to try and restart in safemod, safemode with network, normal, and no choice would make a difference. I have totally formated and reinstalled windows and have not done any driver installs except for ethernet to get onto net for these forums. I have seen many posts that are not to favourable with the asus but that is what I have. I am not a heavy gamer and want the vivo abitlity of this card. I am looking more for stability and video editing than gaming but want that ability also. Sounds like any ati driver or omega driver updates make take away or even edit some of the abilities I am looking for.

~~HawK~~ · Feb 21, 2004, 01:56 PM

Here is what I would do if encountering these problems..:
First (hard) reset your P&P bios *the easy way is to pull the power plug,
and flip out the battery for 30 seconds or look in your mobo manual which jumper it is*,
(while your in the case check if memory & other Cards are fully seated)
put back the batt. & power back on,
set all your Bios options as they should be, remember a 9600 needs fastwrites to be enabled, (do not forget your Raid settings!!),
copy the Asus driver to disk, and install it, although I would go for the newest ATI 4.2 myself...

might wanne check your voltages to...

duckcity · Feb 23, 2004, 02:34 AM

Others have mentioned about voltages and as I have not done any overclocking before, my voltages are the defaults in the bios. Which is the main voltage that people raise slightly for stability>

The_Neon_Cowboy · Feb 23, 2004, 05:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by duckcity
Others have mentioned about voltages and as I have not done any overclocking before, my voltages are the defaults in the bios. Which is the main voltage that people raise slightly for stability>

no he means the readsing in your bios for eatch rail on your power supply,

+12/-12 +5/-5 +3.3 and you vcore readings from your bios

morpheus 4.08 driver over the 3.13 forceware are chipset drivers morphious are remixed sets

I'm useing the 3.75's forceware which i can share with you if you want to try them pm me ans i'll hook you up. thier not readliy avilable to the public or easly to find but i've been running them for quite a while now and thier quite stable

I'd suggest running driver cleaner then trying to install the latest set of ati's CAT 4.2 and see how things go from there....

Zebra · Feb 23, 2004, 03:01 PM

It is important to run driver cleaner after installing the forceware to remove the display drivers it puts on your system for the Nvidia cards. It is highly recommended that you stop the second part of the driver installation on Nforce. Then go to the Nvidia directory, and delete the folders for the system components you are NOT using on your system. i.e., If you are not using the built-in ethernet port, you would delete the Ethernet folder, if you are not using an Nvidia card, delete the Video drivers folder, etc. You can then run the setup program manually. I found this out the hard way the first time I updated my system.

Feb 21, 2004, 01:02 PM	#1
duckcity DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: British Columbia Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	newbie with asus 9600xt and abit nf7s 2.0 Can someone help me with driver decision. I have been trying to get my first build up and running. Many have recommend the the morpheus 4.08 driver over the 3.13 forceware. How about for my asus 9600xt. Which driver would you recommend. I am having trouble with the install of the asus driver from disc. I am no using the sw ide driver as recommended by most. Can someone make this a little easier. __________________ XP home, Xdreamer2 case, AbitNF7-s, Barton 2500+,Slk 800u with Smartfan2 , Asus 9600xt,1024m OCZ 3200 Ram, LG DVD, LG DVD RW+/- ,2 Maxtor 120 gig sata Drives Raid 0, 1 Maxtor 80 gig ata 133 Backup Drive, 4 vantec stealth case fans, 1 side 1 top case fan, Thermaltake 420w PSU.

Feb 21, 2004, 01:34 PM	Thread Starter #3
duckcity DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: British Columbia Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	driver My computer went into an endless loop of telling me to try and restart in safemod, safemode with network, normal, and no choice would make a difference. I have totally formated and reinstalled windows and have not done any driver installs except for ethernet to get onto net for these forums. I have seen many posts that are not to favourable with the asus but that is what I have. I am not a heavy gamer and want the vivo abitlity of this card. I am looking more for stability and video editing than gaming but want that ability also. Sounds like any ati driver or omega driver updates make take away or even edit some of the abilities I am looking for. __________________ XP home, Xdreamer2 case, AbitNF7-s, Barton 2500+,Slk 800u with Smartfan2 , Asus 9600xt,1024m OCZ 3200 Ram, LG DVD, LG DVD RW+/- ,2 Maxtor 120 gig sata Drives Raid 0, 1 Maxtor 80 gig ata 133 Backup Drive, 4 vantec stealth case fans, 1 side 1 top case fan, Thermaltake 420w PSU.

Feb 23, 2004, 02:34 AM	Thread Starter #5
duckcity DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: British Columbia Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	voltages Others have mentioned about voltages and as I have not done any overclocking before, my voltages are the defaults in the bios. Which is the main voltage that people raise slightly for stability> __________________ XP home, Xdreamer2 case, AbitNF7-s, Barton 2500+,Slk 800u with Smartfan2 , Asus 9600xt,1024m OCZ 3200 Ram, LG DVD, LG DVD RW+/- ,2 Maxtor 120 gig sata Drives Raid 0, 1 Maxtor 80 gig ata 133 Backup Drive, 4 vantec stealth case fans, 1 side 1 top case fan, Thermaltake 420w PSU.

Feb 23, 2004, 03:01 PM	#7
Zebra DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: California,USA Posts: 198 Rep Power: 0	It is important to run driver cleaner after installing the forceware to remove the display drivers it puts on your system for the Nvidia cards. It is highly recommended that you stop the second part of the driver installation on Nforce. Then go to the Nvidia directory, and delete the folders for the system components you are NOT using on your system. i.e., If you are not using the built-in ethernet port, you would delete the Ethernet folder, if you are not using an Nvidia card, delete the Video drivers folder, etc. You can then run the setup program manually. I found this out the hard way the first time I updated my system. __________________ My current system as of 04/20/06: M/B: ABIT K8U Socket 754 RAM: 1024MB Corsair Select CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3700+ (Clawhammer) VIDEO: ATI Radeon AIW X800 XT 256MB AGP8X AUDIO: SB Audigy 2 DISK: Maxtor 7200rpm 200GB 8MB cache SATA drive DVD/RW: Sony DRU-800A DL Dual Format DVD/CD Burner CD/RW : TEAC 48X CD Burner OS: WIN XP PRO w/SP2 VID DRIVERS: Latest Omega Radeon Drivers PSU: ANTEC 500W

Feb 21, 2004, 01:14 PM	#2
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	firstly can you tell us what the exact problem is when you try to install the driver from the supplied CD?

Feb 21, 2004, 01:56 PM	#4
~~HawK~~ Banned Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 2,092 Rep Power: 0	Here is what I would do if encountering these problems..: First (hard) reset your P&P bios the easy way is to pull the power plug, and flip out the battery for 30 seconds or look in your mobo manual which jumper it is, (while your in the case check if memory & other Cards are fully seated) put back the batt. & power back on, set all your Bios options as they should be, remember a 9600 needs fastwrites to be enabled, (do not forget your Raid settings!!), copy the Asus driver to disk, and install it, although I would go for the newest ATI 4.2 myself... might wanne check your voltages to...