| Windows 7: Serious driver problems? (Even my CPU?) |
03 Feb 2012
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#1 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit (x86) |
Serious driver problems? (Even my CPU?) 
Alright, so this is what I'm up against.
I've had this problem for a pretty long time now, but it hasn't bothered me that much (well, once I got past pulling my hair out and eventually deciding that it was un-fixable), but recently, I've tried to mount ISO files and of course, this old "Error Code 3" driver problem restricts Daemon Tools abillity to install drivers.
I'm not asking how to get Daemon tools working, I'm simply going insane over this entire problem, I mean, what IS happening here?
It's far too late for a system restore, and I do not want to reinstall my OS unless I REALLY have to, which I presume I don't, since this must be fixable.
I've tried uninstalling, restarting, and reinstalling drivers, but nothing seems to work, infact, every single time I uninstall something, when it re-installs, I get the error messages that the driver did not install correctly, and that error is of course Error Code 3.
I'm definitely not running out of memory, by the way.
I was thinking, possibly there's some way to purge the drivers folder of everything that isn't required for Windows to operate?
I just don't understand, it's so confusing, and now that I realize it's causing a lot of problems, it's REALLY getting on my nerves.
Any suggestions? | My System Specs |
| OS Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit (x86) CPU Intel Q6600 3GHz (OC) Memory 4GB DDR3 800MHz Graphics Card Zotac nVidia GTX 465 Monitor(s) Displays 22" LCD Screen Resolution 1680x1050 PSU 700W Coolermaster GS700 Hard Drives 500GB SATA HDD (x2) |
04 Feb 2012
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#2 | | Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 Mt. Crumpit/Whoville |
You can try a manual Windows Update to see if anything will install.
Aslo run SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker to check for file corruptions. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built Desktop By DataTech OS Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 CPU Intel i5-2550K, Differing ~4.4-4.8GHz No built in GPU Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 Memory 16GB G.Skill Sniper 2133MHz 4x4GB Graphics Card ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 460 Sound Card Onboard Realtek 5-1 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung P2570HD Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Old, beat-up Dell USB From 10 yrs Ago Mouse Gigabyte m6900 wired PSU Corsair HX650W Case Inwin Dragon Rider Cooling Hyper 212 EVO w/two Noctua fans, push-pull, @1300 RPM Hard Drives Crucial M4 128GB for OS, 750GB Seagate MomentusXT for data, 500GB Seagate Constellation for storage Internet Speed 8-19 Mbs down, 3-4 Mbs up Comcast Cable Antivirus Norton Internet Security Browser IE 9, Opera when needed Other Info 4 case fans, LG BluRay-RE, ASUS DVD-RW, Mr. Fusion power generator with flux capacitor, 1.21 gigawatts. |
04 Feb 2012
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#3 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit (x86) |
I've tried manual updates, nothing was fixed.
I did try and run a Microsoft FixIt program that supposedly (well, I'm sure it DOES work, just not for me) finds problems with device drivers, searches Windows Update and then installs them, but of course, they all failed.
I tried SFC, and it DID find corrupt files, it also reported that it couldn't repair all of them.
The problem still remains. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit (x86) CPU Intel Q6600 3GHz (OC) Memory 4GB DDR3 800MHz Graphics Card Zotac nVidia GTX 465 Monitor(s) Displays 22" LCD Screen Resolution 1680x1050 PSU 700W Coolermaster GS700 Hard Drives 500GB SATA HDD (x2) |
04 Feb 2012
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#4 | | win 7 ultimate nottingham |
Hi DANCUBE, Welcome to the forums, could you please tell us the make /model of your PC/ Laptop ,this will help us further to find drivers for you  you seem to have a lot of virtual CD/DVD drives ,try uninstalling magic iso then updating the troublesome drivers through windows update first , How much ram do you have? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number self build OS win 7 ultimate CPU amd phenom x4 9600 Motherboard asus m2n32-sli deluxe Memory corsair twinxs 2x2gb Graphics Card 2x nvidia 1gb 8500gt Sound Card onboard Monitor(s) Displays 19" lg ring tft PSU oryxx tornado 750w Case thermaltake xaser lll Cooling artic freezer64 pro + 7 case fans Hard Drives maxtor sata 500gb
maxtor sata 320gb
fujitsu sata200gb |
04 Feb 2012
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#6 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit (x86) |

Quote: Originally Posted by pebbly Hi DANCUBE, Welcome to the forums, could you please tell us the make /model of your PC/ Laptop ,this will help us further to find drivers for you  you seem to have a lot of virtual CD/DVD drives ,try uninstalling magic iso then updating the troublesome drivers through windows update first , How much ram do you have?  I've done all of those things, the problem is that they will not successfully install, each time I uninstall, re-install and reboot, windows searches on Windows Update for the driver, finds the correct driver, and attempts to install, this results in Failure.
I've tried manually installing the correct drivers too, no use, same result.
I have two sticks of 2GB DDR2 800MHz RAM (4GB). 
Quote: Originally Posted by Ashoksc19 Thanks, but I know that Error 3 is pointing to either driver corruption or low memory. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit (x86) CPU Intel Q6600 3GHz (OC) Memory 4GB DDR3 800MHz Graphics Card Zotac nVidia GTX 465 Monitor(s) Displays 22" LCD Screen Resolution 1680x1050 PSU 700W Coolermaster GS700 Hard Drives 500GB SATA HDD (x2) |
04 Feb 2012
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#7 | | win 7 ultimate nottingham |
DANCUBE, have you tried installing the drivers in compat mode ? Compatibility Mode | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number self build OS win 7 ultimate CPU amd phenom x4 9600 Motherboard asus m2n32-sli deluxe Memory corsair twinxs 2x2gb Graphics Card 2x nvidia 1gb 8500gt Sound Card onboard Monitor(s) Displays 19" lg ring tft PSU oryxx tornado 750w Case thermaltake xaser lll Cooling artic freezer64 pro + 7 case fans Hard Drives maxtor sata 500gb
maxtor sata 320gb
fujitsu sata200gb |
04 Feb 2012
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#8 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Oklahoma |
The first thing i would do is get rid of Daemon Tools it's nothing but problems in Win 7, then reinstall the chipset driver for your motherboard from the manufacturer. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell XPS 730 OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit CPU Intel Core 2 quad Extreme Q9770 @ 3.2 GHz Memory 4x2 GB Muskin 1600 MHz ram Graphics Card NVidia GTX 250 Sound Card Soundblaster X-Fi Fatality Champion Monitor(s) Displays 2 Dell 2007WFP Ultrascans Screen Resolution 3360 x 1050 Keyboard MS Natrual Keyboard Pro Mouse Logitech Wireless Trackball PSU 1000 Watt Cooling air Hard Drives WD Black 1TB sata, 2-WD Black 500 sata, 2-Seagate 500 Go external Internet Speed DSL Elite |
04 Feb 2012
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#9 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit (x86) |

Quote: Originally Posted by 1Bowtie The first thing i would do is get rid of Daemon Tools it's nothing but problems in Win 7, then reinstall the chipset driver for your motherboard from the manufacturer. Done it, no difference.
The problem was there a good while before I installed Daemon Tools.
The only reason I installed it was because CloneCD stopped working, and when I checked the device manager, I seen that they had yellow triangles beside them, and gave Daemon tools a go, but as you know, it also didn't work. 
Quote: Originally Posted by pebbly DANCUBE, have you tried installing the drivers in compat mode ? Compatibility Mode I haven't, I guess I'll give it a go.
I'll try running it in "Vista" compatibility, although I doubt it'll do much, I'll try. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit (x86) CPU Intel Q6600 3GHz (OC) Memory 4GB DDR3 800MHz Graphics Card Zotac nVidia GTX 465 Monitor(s) Displays 22" LCD Screen Resolution 1680x1050 PSU 700W Coolermaster GS700 Hard Drives 500GB SATA HDD (x2) |
04 Feb 2012
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#10 | | Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 Mt. Crumpit/Whoville |

Quote: Originally Posted by DANCUBE I've tried manual updates, nothing was fixed.
I did try and run a Microsoft FixIt program that supposedly (well, I'm sure it DOES work, just not for me) finds problems with device drivers, searches Windows Update and then installs them, but of course, they all failed.
I tried SFC, and it DID find corrupt files, it also reported that it couldn't repair all of them.
The problem still remains. Try running it two more times with a reboot between each one. It takes more than once at times.
EDIT: I mean re-run sfc. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built Desktop By DataTech OS Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 CPU Intel i5-2550K, Differing ~4.4-4.8GHz No built in GPU Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 Memory 16GB G.Skill Sniper 2133MHz 4x4GB Graphics Card ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 460 Sound Card Onboard Realtek 5-1 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung P2570HD Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Old, beat-up Dell USB From 10 yrs Ago Mouse Gigabyte m6900 wired PSU Corsair HX650W Case Inwin Dragon Rider Cooling Hyper 212 EVO w/two Noctua fans, push-pull, @1300 RPM Hard Drives Crucial M4 128GB for OS, 750GB Seagate MomentusXT for data, 500GB Seagate Constellation for storage Internet Speed 8-19 Mbs down, 3-4 Mbs up Comcast Cable Antivirus Norton Internet Security Browser IE 9, Opera when needed Other Info 4 case fans, LG BluRay-RE, ASUS DVD-RW, Mr. Fusion power generator with flux capacitor, 1.21 gigawatts. Serious driver problems? (Even my CPU?) problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:41 PM. | |