Drivers Lost after Shutdown

[vendetta81]

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Why is it that everytime i shut down my son's computer, does it have to reinstall drivers for pci-?bridge{something like that}, sound etc, also the mouse becomes un responsive at times and you ca't close windows or shut down? i think it might be the mouse? dunno, thanks

[Chris]

Hello Vendetta, welcome to the forum!

Do the drivers reinstall every time you start up? Is it always the same driver? What OS are you running?

[vendetta81]

Yeh every time, sound, pci things?, always the same ones, it's Vista Home Premium:)

[Chris]

Yeh every time, sound, pci things?,


Is it sound, pci, both? Its important to know which ones.

How long ago did this start? Have you tried doing a System Restore?

[Gatto]

Obviously, that isn't something that Vista should be doing! I would agree with Chris that the best course of action is to restore the computer to a point before this started happening.

You can do this by going to Start --> All Programmes --> Accessories --> System Tools --> System Restore

G

[vendetta81]

sorry for being so vague & not quick to respond, i'll start at the begining i think:crazy:

I just built a computer for my 5 yr old son, summit cheapish, and as a project for myself, the computer comprises of the following - Black ICute ATX PC Case, MSI PT890 Neo mainboard, INTEL® Pentium® 4 E2160 Dual Core CPU, PNY Geforce 7200GS 128MB PCI-E Graphics Card, 2 x 512mb pc-4200 533mhz modules, 400W iCute ATX Power Supply, Samsung DVD Drive Writer LIGHTSCRIBE NERO 20x internal, some other dvd drive, 3.5" Internal Multi Multiple Card Reader/W, And it's running Vista Home Premium.

So problem is at the begining i installed Vista, when first started, it came up with the pop up in the task bar for windows installing drivers, at first it was quite alot, now just - 1. PCI STANDARD PCI TO PCI BRIDGE, 2. HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO CONTROLLER, 3. REALTEK HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO. it only does it after a shutdown, if restarted it's fine, only after shutdown and then powered up does it install these drivers again, and again. I've re-installed vista twice and it still does it. I've a Packard Bell Imedia with Vista, A PC Specialist PC with Vista, And a Toshiba A-200 19k with Vista, and no problems, and if i plug in my external hard drive into one of these etc and keep it plugged in a after shut down, then later power up, they don't try to reinstal that same driver, so why does my sons computer keep re-installing these drivers when they are integral to that PC??? Have i done something wrong or is something faulty???

thanks:)

[Gatto]

2 & 3 are audio drivers and the 1st would seem to be related. So I think we need to rule out the sound card being a problem.

Do you have a seperate sound card, or is it integrated into the motherboard?

If it is seperate, can you plug it into a different PCI slot?

Either way, download the latest drivers from the relevant manufacturer. Ie from the the maker of the soundcard (if seperate) or from mobo (if not seperate).

G