Latest drivers for nForce 3

[HENNESSY]

I only see posts for nForce 1/2 and nForce 4 drivers. Where can I find the latest nForce 3 drivers? Is there a website that always has the latests (beta) nForce 3 drivers?

TIA

[bimdimbo]

I'm about to buy a NF3 board, and have been doing a bit of research into this. Not really had much luck finding an all in one package specifically for NF3 owners. Lucky NF1 and 2 owners have AndyR and the great work he does on making a good package thats good for those boards. If anyone has any link or info on the issue of solid NF3 drivers, please let's hear from you!

[mad_arab]

I think nf3 is more of a hassle because there needs to be different versions because of the network. Some of them have the firewall functionality and can use nf4 drivers, some need hacked network drivers because they just have a regular network chip without firewall.

[Unbreakable]

I have my own NF2 driver package. It's not that difficult...

Here's a little guide for you NF3 owners:
1. Download the official 5.10 drivers from nvidia
2. Extract them into a folder called "nforce"
3. Delete the content of the \IDE\WinXP and \IDE\Win2K folders
4. Delete the folders: \AudioDrv and \AudioUtl
5. Download the new 7.13 drivers (see thread in this forum)
6. Extract em into a folder called "nforce713"
7. Now go to nforce713\IDE\WinXP\PATARAID and copy the content to nforce\IDE\WinXP and nforce\IDE\Win2K
8. Copy/Move the \AudioDrv and \AudioUtl folders from "\nforce713" to "\nforce"
9. That's it! Well, not exactly: some NF3 mobos just have the old integrated network (nforce3 150). The drivers are already in \Ethernet\PreNRM. The newer nforce3 250Gb southbridge has the integrated fw and uses a different driver:
9a. If you have the old NF3 southbridge, you're ready to install your new driver.
9b. Owners of the NF3 Gb250 southbridge should just start the setup of the 7.13 drivers and only install the Ethernet drivers.

Updated: uses now the nForce4 AMD 6.70 drivers for updating the nForce3 5.11 drivers

[bimdimbo]

Cheers for the info dude. Will give that a shot. Much appreciated.

[HENNESSY]

I have my own NF2 driver package. It's not that difficult...
7. Now go to the \IDE\WinXP\PATARAID and copy the content to nforce\IDE\WinXP and nforce\IDE\Win2K

Thanks I'll try it, but what if you use the S-ATA ports, shouldn't the \sata_ide\ folder be copied?

[Unbreakable]

I have my own NF2 driver package. It's not that difficult...
7. Now go to the \IDE\WinXP\PATARAID and copy the content to nforce\IDE\WinXP and nforce\IDE\Win2K

Thanks I'll try it, but what if you use the S-ATA ports, shouldn't the \sata_ide\ folder be copied?

AFAIK, the 7.13 driver has only SATA drivers for NF4 intel ed. They wouldn't work with NF3 SATA.

[Unbreakable]

@HENNESSY:
OK, I just took a look at this SATA issue:
Just follow my instructions. Don't mess with the sata_ide folder, it's only for NF4 (intel and amd).

[mad_arab]

It is a shame that we have to do this ourselves.

[bimdimbo]

I have my own NF2 driver package. It's not that difficult...

Here's a little guide for you NF3 owners:
1. Download the official 5.10 drivers from nvidia
2. Extract them into a folder called "nforce"
3. Delete the content of the \IDE\WinXP and \IDE\Win2K folders
4. Delete the folders: \AudioDrv and \AudioUtl
5. Download the new 7.13 drivers (see thread in this forum)
6. Extract em into a folder called "nforce713"
7. Now go to nforce713\IDE\WinXP\PATARAID and copy the content to nforce\IDE\WinXP and nforce\IDE\Win2K
8. Copy/Move the \AudioDrv and \AudioUtl folders from "\nforce713" to "\nforce"
9. That's it! Well, not exactly: some NF3 mobos just have the old integrated network (nforce3 150). The drivers are already in \Ethernet\PreNRM. The newer nforce3 250Gb southbridge has the integrated fw and uses a different driver:
9a. If you have the old NF3 southbridge, you're ready to install your new driver.
9b. Owners of the NF3 Gb250 southbridge should just start the setup of the 7.13 drivers and only install the Ethernet drivers.

Unbreakable, do you think it would OK (talking about 9b here) to just copy the contents of the 713 Ethernet folder to the nforce folder? That way it's just one package I can zip and archive for future use and for others.