Well the only thing I can think of at this stage is that it could be the Bios needs to be updated.
But that's a bit risky if we don't know the exact machine that you have.
In the picture that you uploaded it tells us your bios number, so if you are happy that it
is the latest, we will have to try something else.
I have just compared the two support downloads side by side and they are identical.
I am going to try the manual modded file again just incase I did something wrong.
By the way...really appreciate your help :)
Ok, make sure you have the Driver that you downloaded from the HP site handy, say in a folder on the desktop.
Stop Auto install of Drivers.Open the Control Panel, type "a" into the Search, top right.Click on Devices and Printers.Right click on the icon for PC Click on Device Installation Settings.
Click on, No let me choose what to do.Click on Never install driver software from Windows Update.Go to the Device Manager, find your Device, right click on it and select Uninstall, Properties and click the box that says Delete this Driver
Select OK, close all windows and Shut Down, Then start your machine up again.Install the Driver that you have.
Last edited by jfar; 28 Jan 2010 at 19:39.
Ok...will try that in a mo...bit of an update. I went through the post mentioned earlier re modding the inf file.
All was going well, windows detected the card, the screen looked brilliant, I had nvidia options on right clicking on the desktop.
BUT
I tried refreshing the "Experience rating" in System and it hung...upon rebooting black screen.
I have now installed again and will try once more before trying your suggestion above.
One thing I did notice is that the driver tabs states that the driver (Nvidia one) is NOT digitally signed, do you think this is causing the problem and if so is it possible to turn Digital Signing off ?
Ps...If Im logged off its just another "reboot"..
The digital signing shouldn't matter as long as the driver is compatible. Sometimes a reboot and reinstall will fix those problems or you could try a different driver after modding the inf again.
just going to try that now....do you think it is worth downloading a slightly older version and one that is good for Vista ( and then run it it compatibility mode) or just download a different windows 7 one?
Strange thing is MS Windows site says that this card is OK
Also if it is the signing that is a problem, we can turn that off by pressing f8 as it is booting,
only thing is it has to be done everytime you restart the machine, but that's
another days prob.
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