Omega Drivers - Problem on Startup

UnknownQuantity · Jan 21, 2008, 10:51 PM

I tried out the new Omega drivers (v2.169.21) and encountered an odd problem. When I boot my computer I get something like this:

1. Windows loading screen - OK
2. Desktop background image loads - OK
3. Start menu and desktop icons load - OK
4. Screen is filled for 3 to 5 sec with garbage graphical output - not good.
5. Desktop returns to normal, system seems to be perfectly stable, and I do get the advertised performance improvement for gaming - OK.

The garbage is an ugly, shifting, multicolor cross-hatch of horizontal and diagonal lines. The only time I've ever seen anything like it was when an old video card died. Best I can tell, I'm looking at corrupted or uninitialized video memory.

My first guess was that I needed to reinstall my AGP drivers, but I'm not experiencing the all-around slowness that should come with no AGP acceleration at all. In fact, once the problem clears up, things seem to be running better than they were with nvidia's drivers.

(Somewhat laughable) System Specs:
Win XP Pro, SP2
AMD Athlon 2800+
1 Gig RAM
Nvidia GeForce 6600
Envision EN7100e monitor
DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

I really like the performance boost from the Omega drivers, but I'm not comfortable with the bizarre goings on at startup. I'm worried that it's indicative of more serious stability issues that I'm not immediately noticing.

Any ideas?

KhaosDefender · Jan 29, 2008, 02:37 PM

ditto

Same problem

No clue why

Maybe bad drivers?

Comp Specs

Pentium 3.0 Prescott
Nvidia 7600 GS (AGP)
1.5 Gigs
XP Pro, SP2

Angeldestiny352 · Feb 9, 2008, 09:24 PM

Yea Same Here
Whenever it boots up, The Screen Fills with Colors lines.
I had to boot into safe mode and uninstall the Drivers.

I Think its the Driver, because when I install the Original one from Nvidia, This doesn't happen.

I also notice that when You have multiple accounts, If you Uninstall it on one account, it still shows up on the other accounts and you can't get rid of it. So I ended up reformatting my computer. I didn't have any software that was able to remove hard to remover list from the Add/Remove Control Panel.

Comp Spec:
AMD Athlon 3400+
2 GB RAM - 3200 Series
PNY Brand - GeForce 6600
Win XP Home SP2

sgtjon117 · Mar 1, 2008, 10:51 AM

I get the exact same problem after installing the new Omega drivers. I had the version before on my comp before I had to reinstall windows. And while there have been no hardware changes, with this version it does this. Similarly I had to boot into safe mode to uninstall the drivers.

Comp Specs:
Intel 2.8 GHz Dual Core
1 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE (PCI Express 16x)
Win XP SP2 Media Center

mintpixie · Mar 3, 2008, 03:35 PM

Same. moments after displaying my desktop after startup the screen will repeat a portion of my screen in a garbled mess of repeating distorted lines. (best way I can even explain it) Sometimes if I allow it to sit like this the screen will blank for a moment and return again with the same mess often my main monitor will then shut down and display a message about the resolution being too high.

Specs:
Intel Pentium D 2.80GHz (dual core)
2 GB Ram
NVidia Geforce 7600 GS (PNY) AGP
Windows XP Media Center

Notes: I run two CRT monitors

MathewBrendell · Mar 5, 2008, 02:40 PM

Hello,

I have the same problems as the people above: At first the system loads but then the graphical garbage appears. it might be the omegadriver that loads as a service in msconfig.

I'm using a 6200 GeForce card.

I have had to uninstall the drivers in safe mode and the system is stable again. Will hopefully switch back once this problem is solved

drtat · Apr 2, 2008, 05:18 PM

i had that problem to. also when i installed nvidia 174. something drivers to my 7600gs it did that to, except for the fact it black screened and gave me no single about 2 seconds after, and also it sometimes was just really slow and the screen flashed black every 5 or so seconds, possibly incompatible driver issue.

Blitzkriege · Apr 7, 2008, 04:03 PM

Same issue but after the 5 seconds of madness, my monitor goes to sleep. I like omega drivers because I've used them in the past with great results but at this point they're not usable. I run a 7500 LE, anyone have any great results with other drivers?

drtat · Apr 7, 2008, 05:39 PM

does nvidia anything about this? it also just happened with the standard 169.21 drivers, working in safe mode to prevent tit from crashing.

Matt08642 · Apr 22, 2008, 07:39 PM

I just installed them for the first time, and I got the garbled mess, then just a blank screen...

I'll have to boot in to safe mode, uninstall, then reinstall the clunky nvidia forceware

EDIT: So when I was uninstalling it, it said "This will uninstall Radeon drivers..."

Could that have been the problem? The .exe was labeled Nvidia omega, but uninstall said Radeon...

EDIT2: YouTube - Graphics Glitch Is that the problem you guys were having?

Shwa · Apr 27, 2008, 01:19 PM

YouTube - Graphics Glitch Is that the problem you guys were having?[/quote]

The EXACT same thing happens to me and it stays that way.
I had to do a system restore via Safe Mode.

How do we fix this problem? 'Cause this could improve my GeForce FX 5200 big time, of what I read.

Exhorder · May 28, 2008, 04:25 PM

I have the same problem trying to use the last Omega Driver on a 7600 GS... Basically artifacts+freeze on startup... I tried the different things mentioned here (Nvidia Omega Drivers v1.169.21 for Windows XP/2k) to no avail.

thegoldenstrand · Jun 15, 2008, 12:09 AM

Omega..??