Vista 64bit Users only Please

What do you mean your not using "that motherboard"

Also ~ my current system BIOS is .07s ~ I was unaware that any of the BIOS's had letters in them? What BIOS are you refering to when you say .A8.

I will soon upgrade my SBIOS to .08s and hopefully that will fix it, but I have heard some people have .08s and new drivers still downclock.

 

right my problem that i had regarding missing nvldmmkm.sys driver is not going gaway.. basically i install the nvidia drivers.. all goes good for a lil while then firefox does not start.. my sidebar hangs.. and gpu z and rivatuner both says no forceware drivers even though i have installed the bloody things gahh.... keep on reinstalling and it keeps on dissapperiang.. i have a feeling that vista is somehow offloading the drivers or just deleting it by itself..

so i have decided to reformat and reinstall again..

 

start with a fresh install and see...

 

yeh i did a fresh install initially on my laptop... now i will reformat again and reinstall vista x64. jsut a question shuld i run it in AHCI mode or normal.. and how do i install the intel matrix drivers.. i try installing it now as is and it says error blah blah please run it in ahci mode or something to that effect

 

its in the bios hit f2 when it first turns on at the boot screen dont worry about the matrix drivers prior to install it will be fine turn on achi and you will be good

 

right so the procedure would be ..

hit f2 go into bios and change from normal to ahci mode

save settings and restart computer.

put in vista cd. and follow the prompts..?

 

Yep, that sounds about right

 

Yep,it`s how I did it.

 

yep thanks chaps.. re installed vista x64.. in ahci mode.. takes a bit longer to start up now.. coz it checks for ahci bios compatiblity.. but hey its working !!..

installed 175.75 drivers for my Gfx. and SP1.and things are sweet so far..! (Touchwood)

let see if everything is good before i go on installing more programs. might even do a 3dmark06 benchmark now

 

why did u install in ACHI mode? is that better? Sounds like it isnt if it takes longer to boot maybe?

Also did SP1 Automatically Install for you from Windows Update?

If you re-insall vista 64bit, do you have to do this?

 

apparrently it is a lil faster in ahci mode.. theres this thing call NCQ disk caching thing.. i read up somewhere.

no SP1 did not update automatically. i however downloaded the standalone pack from the MS site and installed it that way. its quicker

 

hahahaha alright - why did u even need to mess with AHCI? Isnt it default for Vista?

 

It is generally disabled in bios by default for compatibility with older OS.

It is generally not a good idea to switch to it after you have installed your OS, you enable it before the install.

 

Alright well I have Vista 64, if I were to re-install vista would I even need to mess with it at all or would it already be all setup for me?

 

yep as clintre says.. its not default u have to enable it.

and yes mine was enabled before i re installed vista again

 

oh wow.....my AHCI was enabled by default, took me half day to figured out what happen with my HDD

 

now im just confused.

 

if it was enabled initially then no you would not need to mess with it. but if its not enabled then yes you would need to hit F2 and go into your bios and enable it.

then re isntall vista 64. and then once you are in windoze.. install the matrix drivers.

 

I get my new 5793 in tomorrow. I will check and see if Sager now sets AHCI on by default now. It would make sense as we move forward as most of the newer OS support it.

 

i re did my 3d mark 06 test and here they are ..

note this is running vista x64 SP1 with modded bios running at 600/975/1500


SM 2.0 Score 4917

HDR SM3.0 6297

CPU score 3849

and i get a grand total of 13118

woohoo im stoked.. prolly can tweak it a bit more. i reckon

 

ok i have also done my 3dMark Vantage benchie too

GPU score 7256

Cpu Score 9461

overall P7705

 

AHCI is turned on by default in the NP5793. I have 08 bios.

 

I'm still having downclocking problems with any driver other than 167.43. I even tried a new 8800M GTX.

I'll try reinstalling Vista 64. How long does that typically take? I'll plan on enabling AHCI before I start. Any other tips?

 

you could do what i did mate, overclock your bios on your 8800gtx. that will eliminate your downclocking problems. dont even need to overclock your gfx further with ntune of rivatuner as it will be hardware overclocked.

umm reinstallation took me bout 25 minutes.

 

Wow, 25 minutes? Did you do a full reinstall and reformat your HDD?

 

yep sure did..

firstly when it boots up hit f2 go into the bios settings and to the hard drive mode and select AHCI. then save settings and reboot.

insert your windoze cd here

it will go through and do its thing.. then boot up from cd and follow the prompts.

format your hdd.. and install windoze.

once in there first thing i did was install the intel matrix drivers and reboot again.

 

did you download the intel matrix drivers?

 

^^ no, i used the ones that were on the driver cd that came with my machine