HELP!: nVidia Chipset Driver and Intel X-25 160 G errors

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I have a Dell Studio XPS 1340 with Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit, Intel P9600 Processor, 8 Gigs Ram, 512 Meg nVidia 210m Video Card.

My problem is I can not install nVidia's Chipset Driver (nVidia MCP79 Chipset ver.2.11,A04)

as it changes the timings of the SSD and changes it from ATA to SCSI. Also Intel SSD toolbox will not work (cannot connect to drive error).

With a fresh install of Win7 and updates the SSD X-25 is reconized as ATA and Intel,s Toolbox works. I can even install all the lastest drivers

and nVidia's display driver and everything is fine with X-25.

But I have and error with the Coprocessor as I have not install the driver. I have used the laptop for weeks with the Coprocessor disabled so I do not get warnings but this is not the way I want to continue

Installing the chipset driver just makes my laptop get Blue Screens with a couple of different error messages to many to list.

Dell just tells me that Intels SSD Drives are not support by Dell so I cannot get help unless I BUY DELL's SSD built by Samsung

nVidia tells me to contact Dell.

Intel tells me contact Dell

What am I to do? HELP INTEL HELP SOMEBODY HELP

[idata]

Your problem is that you're running windows. Try it under Linux and you'll be a much happier person

[DZand]

MTF schrieb:

But I have and error with the Coprocessor as I have not install the driver. I have used the laptop for weeks with the Coprocessor disabled so I do not get warnings but this is not the way I want to continue

What you need is an nForce SMU driver version, wich does support the "Coprocwssor" of your special chipset.

You may try the 64bit SMU driver I have linked within this thread: http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=173089 http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=173089

If you should not succeed, please give me the HardwareID's of your device named "Coprocessor" (right click onto it > "Properties" > "Details" > "Property" > "HardwareID's").

Regards

Fernando

[idata]

To Fernando,

Sorry about not getting back to you I did try your SMB Driver but it did not help for my laptop. So I just just did another fresh install and did not install the driver for the chipset from Dell and their Dell System Software. I just left the coprocessor disabled. I have been using the laptop for 9 months and I have yet to run into any problems. Only one thing I've noticed is in Slingbox Player Desktop 2.0, "No video acceleration hardware detected" is grayed out.

Here are my Hardware ID's for the Coprrocessor

PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0AA3&SUBSYS_02711028&REV_B1

PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0AA3&SUBSYS_02711028

PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0AA3&CC_0B4000

PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0AA3&CC_0B40

Message was edited by: MTF

[idata]

First, be sure you install Windows after the AHCI option is selected in the BIOS (instead of the ATA).

Download and install the latest nForce driver package from Nvidia for the 730i chipset (updated May 2nd!)...

http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce-vista-win7-64bit-15.56-driver.html http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce-vista-win7-64bit-15.56-driver.html

Deselect the option to install the storage driver (nForce IDE Serial ATA) since you need to use the driver for the Microsoft Standard AHCI Serial ATA Controller under the IDE ATA/ATAPI device group in order to have TRIM support on the Intel drive. Changing the driver from the NVIDIA nForce to the Standard Microsoft one will fix your problems with the Intel Toolbox not connecting to the drive. It's the only way to make the drive fully functional - and believe me, I've checked.

Wait to do the post-install reboot until after you switched the SATA driver back to the Standard Microsoft one.

Stay away from the latest Dell System Software update - if you install it, you will be in a big BSOD hell.

You should install Nvidia's latest graphic driver for the G210M...

http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook-win7-winvista-64bit-270.61-whql-driver.html http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook-win7-winvista-64bit-270.61-whql-driver.html

And... be sure to have the Ricoh chipset installed, as that was also a common source of an "Unknown Device" message in Device Manager for me...

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?c=us&cs=rc967899&l=en&s=dhs&deviceid=15252&lib... http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?c=us&cs=rc967899&l=en&s=dhs&deviceid=15252&lib...

In fact, that Ricoh chipset may have been what fixed the co-processor problem for me.

Regards,

Mike