Direct X9c updates and Bois Updates

[Capt.Tyco]

Right lets get stuck it:

AMD 64 (939 socket) Winchester 3200+

Dfi Lanprty UT nF4 Sli-D mobo

512 DDR Kingston Ram

SATA 120 gig HD

Chaintech Geforce6600GT

Updates:

AGP_Nvidia_Win2k_xp_V71.24 <---chaintech card update

71.89_win2kxp_english <----nvidia updates

nForce_6.39_WinXP2K_WHQL_english <---erm cant quite remember what this updates for, mobo i think

Above is the mains of my rig and updates, **** problem is i cant play my games properly, screen frezzes and now goes black. Ive been getting theses errors copying when im installing the gfx manufacturers updates

Setup cannot copy the file: nv4_mini sy_. , nvsvc32.exe , nv4_disp.dll.. , nvoltnl.dl_.nvmctray.dll. etc etc ... each as a individual message.

Engineer told me today to do the following:

Updates windows XP fully from main page

Update the Direct X 9c from MSDN the latest version (april 05 maybe)

Updates teh Bios of my mobo ( but i was told by someone whom i trusted not to do this, but he isnt a game)

What do u whiz kids think, im the result of years of computer gaming and learning gone down the drain because of girls

[azagahl]

Ive been getting theses errors copying when im installing the gfx manufacturers updates

This is very disturbing. Are you sure the drivers are the right kind for your graphics card?

Are you installing the drivers from an exe file?

It's possible, but unlikely, that the exe files are corrupt. It might be that

your CPU / motherboard / memory combination is unstable. It's also possible, but unlikely, that you have a weak power supply, heat buildup problems, or a bad hard disk. The result of such problems will be that extracting from exe files or archives, especially large ones, will fail. Games will also crash quickly.

I also recommend downloading a few programs: MEMTEST86, Prime95, and

super_pi.zip. MEMTEST86 writes out to a floppy which you can boot from and it checks for memory problems. With Prime95, enter Advanced password 9876, and the choose Options and set Priority 10. Then do Torture Test. If your computer lasts half an hour then your hardware is probably OK. If it detects math errors you have stability problems. Super Pi is just another stress test.

Also try downloading 7-zip, IZarc, and possibly TUGZip. These programs do things such as help you open ZIP files. Try right clicking on a large zip file or executable such as DX9 installation program. You should be able to choose Extract Files. If it starts extracting but then fails partway through you have stability problems, or the archive is corrupt.

Hope this helps.

Edited June 20, 2005 by azagahl