Updating A8N-SLI Drivers

[CraKaJaX]

I'm trying to update my chipset drivers on my A8N-SLI Deluxe. The File downloaded is a "MAkeDisk" file. I put in a floppy, format it, and click on the file which extracts all the files to the floppy. When I reboot.. just before the windows loading screen, I get "NTLDR is missing, press any key to restart." I tried making a Boot floppy too, got the same error. I just bought the floppys yesterday, and I tried a few of them. Any ideas?

 

[m1ldslide1]

I haven't owned this motherboard for several months, but I remember it being very easy to do the BIOS. I did a quick check of the asus USA website and there are a bunch of files for this model like "ASUS Update Install Program" and "Phoenix Award BIOS flash tool" and so on under the BIOS tools. I don't remember ever having to make a bootable floppy to do this. On my abit it's a different story though.

 

[CraKaJaX]

I've already updated the BIOS... this is different. These are the chipset drivers. Flashing the BIOS worked fine.

 

[CraKaJaX]

bump.

 

[CraKaJaX]

no one?

 

[pkme2]

Better to install chipset drivers from the hard drive, not a floppy.
Try this since the other didn't work.

 

[Nocturnal]

I'm guessing you're trying to update the BIOS and not the chipset drivers. The two are totally different things. Normally you would not update any type of "driver" via booting from a floppy since a driver is what tells Windows how to interact with a type of component.

If you're trying to actually update the drivers for say the Ethernet port, video, etc, then you're going to do it within Windows.

 

[m1ldslide1]

Um, yeah. If you're trying to update your chipset drivers, you download the executable from asus website and run it in windows like any other setup file. You're done in 2 minutes.

 

[CraKaJaX]

I don't get it. Here's what I'm trying to install:

Description ---- NVIDIA chipset drivers disk for Windows 2000, Windows XP/2003 32bit and Windows XP/2003 64bit.

The only way to do it is with a floppy because it checks for one. If you don't have a floppy in the drive it just says "Unable to get disk information. Volume: Unknown" If you put a floppy in you can click "Extract" and it will extract all the files to the floppy.

Edit: Also there are 2 different folders in the WinXP folder that I unzipped... "pataraid" and "sataraid". I tried both of them.

 

[CraKaJaX]

I was also wondering if this problem has anything to do with why my machine thinks my HD and Optical are removable drives? Pic of what I'm talking about. I didn't have this until I reformatted.

 

[alfa147x]

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
I was also wondering if this problem has anything to do with why my machine thinks my HD and Optical are removable drives? Pic of what I'm talking about. I didn't have this until I reformatted.

wow thats wierd ... removable...

 

[Nocturnal]

Plextor 712A is a regular IDE drive. I'm not sure why that is happening but I'd say it's some form of corruption maybe? I'd try re-installing Windows.

 

[leocanuck]

For Asus boards, you are better off getting the chipset drivers from nvidia at http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

They can be downloaded and installed directly.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Plextor 712A is a regular IDE drive. I'm not sure why that is happening but I'd say it's some form of corruption maybe? I'd try re-installing Windows.

It's a SATA drive. And it was working fine before I reformatted.