I apologize for not catching this in time. You have to run "setup.exe" which is located in C:\NVIDIA\DisplayDriver\(version number goes here)\WinVista_Win7_64\English. Or another way to say it is, you have to look for this:
So do the .INF file again and then run setup.exe. It should work perfectly.
I have followed all the steps for downloading/extracting the driver and the INF file stuff for driver 302.77.
After modding the INF by copying and pasting the info, I clicked the setup.exe but the installer still says:
Nvidia installer cannot continue.
The graphics driver could not find compatible graphics hardware.
Should I try downloading an earlier driver and trying the process again? if so would I need to delete the files that have been extracted by the other driver downloads.
It might be easier than we think. The .INF contains the version number at the very top of the document. You will also need to make sure the path to setup.exe matches the version number. For example: C:\NVIDIA\DisplayDriver\302.77\WinVista_Win7_64\English
It's important for the .INF to be for the exact same driver version as well. So if everything is matching up and this is still happening, then I don't know what else to try. I mean, if he's right about the reference driver not being able to install without some fancy trick like this, then it would mean that you'd have to keep trying things until it works.
Wait a minute. The name of the .inf file is supposed to be nv_disp.inf.
Basically, I have gone to this website LaptopVideo2Go: Drivers
then in the search terms the first box needs to be filled 0426 and the second box 3016104D. Then I also clicked for only windows 7 64bit drivers.
I have followed the page to where u can view the modded INF, and looking at it I haven't seen anything wrong with it that doesnt match to the driver its associated with on the site.
I know nothing about all this though so if you can view the INF mod that is associated with the driver and see if it does indeed match fine then that would be much appreciated. I am going to keep looking through the modded INF to look for any mismatch.
What is the path to your setup.exe file? Does the version number in the path match the version number of the nv_disp.inf file that you downloaded?
Maybe what you're supposed to do is just download their setup file for the driver. I sorted only by Windows 7 64-bit and here's the latest WHQL Certified driver:
http://download.laptopvideo2go.com/n...92_win7x64.exe
This may not require you to do anything but install it.
I am downloading that driver as we speak. I have started from scratch and deleted the 302.77 Folder from C: > Nvidia > DisplayDriver
After download/extraction, I will attempt an install using the setup.exe, which will show the error message I mentioned earlier, but then that should create the nv_disp.inf file right??.
I have just clicked on the download modded INF file for the driver you suggested, but it says it is not available??
Should I try an earlier driver which has the modded INF available?
By installers, i mean the setup.exe that you showed the icon of earlier. And yes they were all from the same site, as they are extracted from the downloaded file.
Once the file is downloaded it extracts itself into my downloaded files as a folder, then i cut that folder to C: > NVIDIA > DisplayDriver. so its inside DisplayDriver folder.
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