I started having hardrive errors the last few days. I heard a "click" noise like a switch being thrown occasionally. Then I noticed the computer would slow down during fs9 and then speed up. Overall just random glitches and wierdness. Fearing my HD was failing, I backed it up and had the HD tested. No problems found.The I happened across some postings that the new Nvidia driver was causing crashes and hard drive errors. I have removed the June/23/2006 driver and rolled back.I have not had time to verifi that my problems were all in fact caused by the driver but they started happening about the same time I loaded it.IMO avoid the latest driver.Amd 3500+ Asus a8v delux

I don't understand how a diplay driver could cause HDD problems? The 'clicking' usually indicates that you HDD is soon going to say 'bye-bye' very soon, but it seems that you might be lucky ;)I have the 91.31 drivers and they work flawlessly for me, despite the fact that preview aircraft are not being displayed with 4XAA, 4xAF.Pat

>The I happened across some postings that the new Nvidia driver was causing crashes and hard drive errors.Could you please tell us where to find those postings. :-hmmm Hard to believe this is true.Ulf B

http://techreport.com/onearticle.x/10335Just a quick link to one source as I do not have the time right now to dig up more specific post."machines apparently suffered from not only crashes, but also data corruption"Just googling around I found alot of other people with various problems with the new driver but there always are with any new release. Ive just never had problems with my hard drive.So if you are having no problems,great. Just wanted to pass on what happened to me so take it for what its worth.BTY-Since rolling back I have had no problems.

I've been using the 91.31 drivers for a while with 2xFX7800GTX 512Mb in SLI mode and have had no problems whatsoever.George

>I started having hardrive errors the last few days. I heard a>"click" noise like a switch being thrown occasionally. Then I>noticed the computer would slow down during fs9 and then speed>up. Overall just random glitches and wierdness. Fearing my HDCould be the driver doing that, but keep an eye on your power supply too. I've seen similar behavior from a failing p/s.Rhett

>http://techreport.com/onearticle.x/10335>Just a quick link to one source as I do not have the time>right now to dig up more specific post.Well, that post says there is problems with nVIDIA 91.31 and motherboards with the new nForce 570 SLI chipset. Important fact because most of us haven't that chipset, yet (I think).EDIT: And I guess that your motherboard has a VIA chipset.Ulf B

My freind owns a computer store and he ran test and we couldnt get the computer to act up.I also suspected the ps. The voltage from the power supply was a little low but he said it was fine as was its fluctuation.We added a bigger cpu fan and all temps were good.Later that night I heard that click, the screen froze and I was rebooted.The next day I ran across some info while using google so went back to the previous drivers.That was 3 days ago and I have not had any problems.It could crash today but so far so good.

>My freind owns a computer store and he ran test and we>couldnt get the computer to act up.That always happens :) Rhett

Same with cars.Or when I complained for days about garbled cable channels.The cable guy shows up, turn on the tv and all the channels were perfect.Or my internet speed.

I'm still using the 77.77's from Nivida. they are still the best for my system. I can't use FSAA in multi-monitor mode with the 80 or 90's series.Scott :-)ATP/CFII/DA20 Type Rated - Instructor Pilot - USAFA (KAFF), Colorado Springs, CO & at KCOSAOPA #00956593, since 1987Background in Corporate, Airline, and General AviationB.S. Degree in MISGamming System Specs: (Built this one myself)AMD Athlon-64 3000+ (Overclocked to 2.35ghz)Gigabyte K8NS nForce3-250 Chipset 8x AGP Main Board2GB DDR400 PC3200 Memory (400mhz)2 - 160GB 7200 rpm Hard Drives 16x DVD-ROM Audigy 2ZS Gammer Sound Card (Set at FULL acceleration)5.1 Channel Surround Sound SpeakersNvidia Graphic Cards:256MB GeForce-5700 8X AGP Video (Overclocked) with CGA and DVI256MB GeForce-5500 PCI Video (Overclocked)TRI Monitors 2 - 17" CRTS & 1 - 17" LCDCotytech Gaming CaseCH Products Yoke, Rudder Pedals, Throttle QuadrantSaitek Cyborg Gold Joystic for Helo's & Stick equipped aircrafteDimensional Force Feedback HeadsetsSaitek Eclipse KeyboardWindows XP Pro SP2Home Network for using the Instructor StationFS9 Sliders maxed with other settings at their best quality positions.Antalasing: 4XAnistropic Filtering: 4XResolution: 1024 X 768 32bitTexture load speed: 200Average FPS: 25 (Locked at 25)

I'm still using 77.79 for some reason.I think if I recall, I tried an 80-something driver, but the 77.79 works great for me.I use AA 4x, Aniso 16x, usually 1024x768x32 (but sometimes higher for A320 panel), and a Texture Bandwidth Mult setting of 360.(this is on a 3700+ (stock speed for now), 2 gigs ram, 7800GT w/256)I frame lock at 30; the rig will realistically do 28 at default KSEA with 100% AI and weather.Rhett