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hello, i have quite the annoying problem with vista. i recently installed a WD320GB SATA2 7200 HDD on my computer. This HDD is an addtioion to a current SEAGATE HDD 220GB SATA2. The issue is that for some unknown reason vista freezes without a warning, whenever i close a window,close explorer,add a Link to WORD,open my documents etc.. And i need to hard reset the comp to get it to work again. It didnt happen before. i have an MSI MotherBoard,and the two HDD are connected to Controller2, could the problem be that both HDD are connected to the same controller?. The controller is NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller when the HDD are: PORT1-WD320GB PORT0-SEAGATE HDD the comp is: (Using SiSoftware Sandra for specs) Mother Board:MSI MS7346 Chipset Model : Nvidia Corp C55 Host Bridge ,FSB @4x 333MHz (1332MHz data rate) Processor:INTEL core 2 DUO E6750@2.66GHZ MEMORY:2GB RAM VIDEO CARD:MSI geforce 8800 GTS 320 OC EDITION OP SYSTEM:windows vista HOME BASIC HDD: Hard Disk (C:) : 233GB (NTFS) @ ST3250410AS (Fibre Channel) Controller : 2 Bus : 0 Target ID : 0 Logical Unit No. : 0 Partitions Information Partition 1 : MBR Boot IFS-NTFS 233GB Logical Drives Logical Drive : C: New Volume (E:) : 298GB(NTFS) @ WDC WD3200AAKS-00YGA (Fibre Channel) Controller : 2 Bus : 1 Target ID : 1 Logical Unit No. : 0 Partitions Information Partition 1 : MBR IFS-NTFS 298GB Logical Drives Logical Drive : E: SYSTEM TEMPRATURE: Board Temperature : 23.0°C / 73.4°F td CPU Temperature : 14.0°C / 57.2°F td thanks vista user

UPDATED As there seems to be no organized list of games that works with vista and geforce 8 i think it is really needed,all the games are games that REALLY WORK or in some cases really DONT WORK in DRIVER crash way.... geforce drivers are 162.22 windows vista home 32 bit Lets start with the bad news,not working at all games(with workarounds to make some of them work ): sadly one of my favorites games NEED FOR SPEED III:HOT PURSUIT(The original one not the collection one) Doesn't work at all,not in SOFTWARE MODE and not in HARDWARE mode,when you click the nfs shortcut nothing happens... NEED FOR SPEED:ROAD CHALLENGE(HIGH STAKES in the states) Not working. well it works in SOFTWARE mode but this game isn't supposed to be played in SOFTWARE mode right?. NEED FOR SPEED 2 SE-When you click the file it says it need glide,and thats about it. Workaround-There is a way though using DGVOODOO,You just need to put the GLIDE2X.DLL and DGVOODOOSETUP in the game's folder. DOOM95(the collection one)-Not working in any way(Error message looking for missing win95 files). Workaround:It could work with DOOMSDAY mod just put the game WAD files into it and it works with amazing hardware accleration. BTW:This mod also works with HERETIC and HEXEN(for some reason though the mod's latest build 1.9.0 beta 5 doesn't run FINAL DOOM) . MIDTOWN MADNNESS-for some reason it doesn't want to install an error occurs in the installation process,it might just be the disc scratched or something although i doubt it. Workaround-Strange but if you just copy the files from the cd to the hd it works,it still needs the disc to run. TUROK- it is the demo really but still same glide problem,not working. Workaround-Well it still has some graphics issue, stretching ground and wierd FOV look,but the DGVOODOO mentioned earlier at least makes it work. C&C GENERALS+ZERO HOUR(FIRST DECADE not originals)-Not working. The driver does not recognize the dvd,the splash screen appears(when it checks for cd) and just closes and nothing happens,it might in some cases show an error message but it still does not work. GAMES THAT WORK BUT HAVE CRASHES , ISSUES Just Cause DEMO-It works but crashes for an unknown reason with a c++ error and if you play it again it just crashes again this time with System HANG(most likley a game issue). NOTE:As noted in the post below the original version works fine Lost Planet DX10 demo-this game has it's share of issues,the AKRID level works fine but the second one crashes with the DRIVER STOPPED RESPONDING AND RECOVERED error,they did say it's a work in progress.... World In Conflict Demo-With some of the most amazing graphics, sadly this game crashes every 5 or less minutes,serious crashes with the Driver Recoverd error only this time you need to restart the comp because each game that you play afterwards have the same problem,World In Conflict just messes the driver or something. Crimson Skies-works with old NVIDIA drivers,with current ones have the invisible menu problem and black screen, it works ok in software mode(although very unwatchable, 640x480 someone? ) . BATTLEFIELD 1942-works. has bugs in older NVIDIA drivers,need to update to newer ones The only thing that might be a problem is the fact that you need to run it as an administrator,if you don't it just crashes each time you change a level because of the disk checking,Some say checking xp compatability mode also helps . BATTLEFIELD EXPANSION:SECRET WEAPONS-Same issue as before,run as an administrator,update NVIDIA drivers. NOTE:The game does crash when you switch between exp packs and bf1942,sometimes it doesn't but mostly it does,perhaps switching between diffrent BF games is too much to ask,it will work while staying in the same game though.... BOTTOM LINE-Works albeit not as it could. GAMES THAT WORKS WITH VISTA This are games that works with vista and geforce 8 period without any modding whatsoever(well they should all work like that really hope in time all of them will). MYST:MASTERPIECE ADDITION-Even recognized by the explorer! (you might need an older version of quicktime for the movies say 6.5 can be found here,but this is the same for xp so no vista problem here.) CEASER III(the one from the collection)-works and looks just fine. RISE OF NATIONS+EXPANSION GHOST RECON ADVANCED WARFIGHTER-looks and works just smoothly with the 8800. UNREAL ANTHOLOGY-works like a charm and than some . SIN-yeah the original one still works have a bit of a slowdown in full screen mind which is odd,but works great. FREELANCER BALDUR'S GATE BALDUR'S GATE EXPANSION TALES OF SWORD COAST CONDEMNED-ORIGINAL SINS STEAM/VALVE GAMES: COUNTER STRIKE SOURCE-works fine HALF LIFE 2-works finer than fine HALF LIFE:SOURCE-same here. Lost Coast DOOM 3 I might have some more games to add to the list but for now ill finish

Hi, I have a vista home basic (32BIT) geforce 8800 gts 320 msi OC (162.22 drivers) Intel core 2 e6750 2G ram 450w PSU Optiarc AD5170A DVD ROM 6X The most serious problem is the fact that i cannot erase DVD-RW I tried Nero 7(ver 10) windows own burning program and DVDinfopro. I tried erasing the same DVD-RW on my other computer xp and it worked fine. I tried using a new TDK DVD-RW(4X RW2) and still the same problem. I installed the latest DVD firmware still doesn't help. Is it a vista bug?(I installed the latest windows fixes,it also happened before that mind.) Another problem is with the Nvidia uninstallation process,for some reason when i uninstall the Nvidia drivers from ADD/REMOVE a BSD(Blue screen) appears saying there is a BIOS ERORR and the computer restarts. The drivers do get removed but this BSD isnt supposed to happen. the last issue is again with Nvidia drivers,whenever i play World in conflict it crashes after a while with the "nvlddmkm stopped responding and restored" ,it also happens with LOST PLANET DX10 demo. While it is a problem in itself the main issue is the fact that afterwards each Hardware acclerated game i try to play make the screen blink and repeat the same driver error,the game still works but crashes each couple of minutes. I need to restart my computer in order to play without this error. And this isn't supposed to happen after the last vista preformance update. Is it a World in conflict problem? DX10? or a driver/vista problem? hope someone resolved those issues.