Unknown Driver Causing Possible Issues?

Twist86

Twist86

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Hey all I recently built my first system and minus the problem with tigerdirect sending me 3 DOA boards in a row I finally got it working.

Specs
ASUS M3A MB Bios 0838
EVGA 8800GT GPU
2x 1gb g-skill PC6400 Memory
AMD X2 4400+ 2.3ghz CPU (Zalman cooler)
SATA Dual Burner Drive
2x 160gb IDE Hard Drives
450w Corsair 80% Eff PSU


I am how ever running into a few problems. I think its software related or drive related.

For some unknown reason from time to time I try to open say 3 folders and the PC will show image freezes (crash a folder but the image of it is still there) and I am forced to alt+ctrl+delete and hit restart in the options. This is a brand new install for windows XP home and I have done spyboy/kaspersky scans with no isses and did a defrag.

Another issue I have is I have a unknown device error I think this might be the problem causing my other problem.
Here are screenshots of said unknown device


Only programs I have installed the is AMD Dual Core Optimizer and Enabled Cool N Quiet on the ASUS board as well as installing the newest version of the boards Ethernet drivers.

Any clue what this could be? I tried using Device Unknown Software but it gives me tons of drives and none are marked with ! or ? so not sure what I am looking for.
 
After Windows had completed setting itself up did you install the drivers/software for the board like chipset drivers needed for memory controllers and other things? That would be those found on the software cd that comes along with the board and necessary.

The latest chipset drivers are seen at http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us Once there simply select the version of Windows those will be installed under. The other catagories for drivers as well as the online user manual are also seen there.

Here I use the RightMark cpu cooler and leave the Cool'n'Quiet option in the bios disabled for reference on that. http://cpu.rightmark.org/
 
Yeah though do to crappy drives on the disc I installed all of the newer versions after flashing my bios.
I will uninstall the programs and reinstall see if anything was damaged or didn't install properly.

The on board Ethernet was the biggest pain in ass I have EVER seen. I have had to deal with horrible software in the past but this one is my top 1 on the hatred list.
The hours it took to figure out how to get it to install without freezing windows boot up or crashing your PC was enough for me to trash the board ^-^
 
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For onboard Lan as the usual term there you have to make sure that is enabled in the bios setup first otherwise no drivers will work. Windows has to detect that and then see the drivers installed and loaded for that to work. You may want to look the bios settings over to make sure those are set right.
 
yeah I got it working after about 5 hours of toying with it. The LAN that is. Had to go into safe mode unplug my lan as well as turning my PSU off for 5 mins. Don't ask me why but it worked like a charm once I turned my PSU switch off.

What ever the unknown device was is now gone so looks like one of the installs were corrupt or I forgot to install one.

Thanks PC eye with luck it solves my other issues as well :)
 
Don't forget to take a look at the RighMark tool there. That's a plus if you decide to do any ocing at some point. The Cool'n'Quiet on Asus boards has caused problems for some at times.
 
Yeah looking at it right now :)

Though I don't plan to OC atm mainly to the fact no temp programs can give me a even close accurate temp reading. Would be to worried that I would burn my chip up by mistake.
 
What is seen on most cpu lines between models is a design modification for seeing a slight increase in voltage as well as the multiplier. Basically that's working off of the same die to perform a factory oc rather then placing any stress on a lower model.

That also seems to be one reason why the lower end will usually be the better at ocing. I ran into that one seeing an XP3200+ Socket A model showing as an XP3400+ when stepping things up a little. CompaQ at the time had the 3400+s stepped up to compete with the other manufacturers as well as the custom builders by simply seeing a faster cpu speed listed in their own specifications.
 
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