geekmaster

Hi, I have a DFI LanPartyUT nF3 250GB motherboard with an AMD Athlon64 cpu running WinXp. Because of problems with the Forceware Web Interface and the Forceware Network Access Manager I uninstalled all nVidia Forceware drivers and software using Add/Remove programs.

After rebooting and disabling my antivirus program (McAfee) I proceeded to install the "Nforce 11.16 Unified Remix Package" which went beautifully.Accept when it came to installing the ethernet drivers and the Forceware Network Access Manager software I got this error message--"The installed version of the software is not the same as the current setup. Please remove the previous version before installing this version."--the network install then aborted and setup finished installing the rest of the drivers.

So then I went back to Add/Remove Programs to see if I missed something but there's nothing there. I then ran the install again several times configured to only install the ethernet drivers and got the same result each time.

So then I decided to start fresh and removed all nVidia drivers/software using Add/Remove Programs- rebooted- searched my system for any and all nVidia files or folders and removed them- rebooted again- disabled the Antivirus- installed the remix- and got the same result with the same message!!

I don't get it- what the hell is the problem? What I ended up doing is using System Restore to bring my system back to where I started... with outdated MB drivers, a corrupt and unusable Network Access Manager and Web Interface, but at least WITH ethernet drivers and Web access. Please help..any advice or info would be greatly appreciated and Grass-Hopper would be most grateful. Thank you for your time.

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Regeneration

Try to install it without the Network Access Manager. You don't really need this feature, its just a poor firewall.

geekmaster

thank you for your prompt responce. I tried that and the result is I don't have web access and when I run a diagnostic I get the message "your ethernet adapter is disabled" so I checked- device manager- network adapters and listed there are: "1394 Net Adapter" and "NVIDIA nForce networking controller" both of which state they are working properly. any other ideas? again, thank youn for your time.

zme-ul

if the network adapter is disabled go to Network Connections and right click you lan
if there is a Enable tag click it
if not ... elsewhere is the problem

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geekmaster

well i certainly feel a little foolish, that did the trick. I can't believe i missed it. oh well you know what they say: "sometimes you can't see the forrest for the trees." anyway thank you for your time and help.