Windows not recognizing NVidia GeForce 8400M GT

TorrentG,

I have been having the same listed problems listed before. I have tried to remedy this problem for the past 3 months myself by following other threads, advice, etc but have had no luck. I am able to force drivers to accept but it causes the video drive to fail constantly. So I apologize for having to resort to ask you for help, but I have no other choice unless I just resort back to Vista 32bit.

My laptop is a Sony Vaio VGN-AR550U.
My OS is Windows 7 Home 64bit
my Video card details are:
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0426&SUBSYS_9016104D&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0426&SUBSYS_9016104D
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0426&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0426&CC_0300

I noticed earlier in this thread someone with the exact same ID (or so I thought) but it attempted to load Nvidia GeForce 9600, when my card should be a 8600m.

Like I said before, I was desperately trying to avoid having to bug you for help, but I am out of options. I am on leave at home now from my overseas station and all I want now is a half working laptop lol.

Thanks again in advance for any help or advice you can provide.

-dan

nokstar said:

TorrentG,

I have been having the same listed problems listed before. I have tried to remedy this problem for the past 3 months myself by following other threads, advice, etc but have had no luck. I am able to force drivers to accept but it causes the video drive to fail constantly. So I apologize for having to resort to ask you for help, but I have no other choice unless I just resort back to Vista 32bit.

My laptop is a Sony Vaio VGN-AR550U.
My OS is Windows 7 Home 64bit
my Video card details are:
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0426&SUBSYS_9016104D&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0426&SUBSYS_9016104D
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0426&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0426&CC_0300

I noticed earlier in this thread someone with the exact same ID (or so I thought) but it attempted to load Nvidia GeForce 9600, when my card should be a 8600m.

Like I said before, I was desperately trying to avoid having to bug you for help, but I am out of options. I am on leave at home now from my overseas station and all I want now is a half working laptop lol.

Thanks again in advance for any help or advice you can provide.

-dan

Try updating your drivers from here:

Sony eSupport - Computers & Peripherals - Select Your Model

Try updating your drivers from here:

Sony eSupport - Computers & Peripherals - Select Your Model

No luck, the version that was installed was 32bit version of Vista Ultimate. To embrace the full use of 4+ GB of ram I went for Windows 7 64 bit. Any version I try to get from Sony will be a 32 bit Windows driver

FZ21Z said:

See my sig for 64 bit Sony drivers.

I cant believe this worked. Thank you so much, now i can keep windows 7!

Many thanks

Hi there
I'm having the same problem with my VGN-FZ38M
Windows 7 (64 btis) just won't update the drivers.
Tried downloading a couple of versions on the official site, but none of them worked.

My Graphics card details are:
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0426&SUBSYS_9005104D&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0426&SUBSYS_9005104D
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0426&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0426&CC_0300

Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks in advanced

Hi torrentg, I have the same problem installing the Nvidia Geforce 8400 GS drivers for my Sony Vaio VGN-SZ650N. I am running Windows 7 64bit. Can you make a custom INF file for me? Thank you.
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A02&SUBSYS_9008104D&REV_0C
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A02&SUBSYS_9008104D
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A02&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A02&CC_0300

hey, sorry to ask cuz it seems like everyones asking you for a custom inf but im really desparate as i need my latop working for college lol

if u culd that would be great

Windows 7 64bit
nvidia 6100
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0247&SUBSYS_0317107B&REV_A2
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0247&SUBSYS_0317107B
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0247&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0247&CC_0300
thankyou!