Geforce go 7400 sony vaio problem

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  1. Posts : 6
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    Geforce go 7400 sony vaio problem


    Hi Guys,

    Just installed windows 7 home premium edition over XP as a clean install. Now my nvidia ge force go 7400 has disappeard and reverted back to the VGA card. I've tried finding the appropriate windows 7 driver from nvidia but the website says it doesn't support sony vaios, and how would i install the driver anyway if the card cannot be found? Need help?

    Thanks in advance
    Last edited by skunksmash; 16 Nov 2009 at 12:39.
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  2. Posts : 11,840
    64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
       #2

    Download the driver to your desktop... goto device manager video adapter update driver.. point to the driver on your desktop and install.. reoot if necessary.... Let us know if this helped...
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  3. Posts : 6
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    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thanks, did what you said and the nvidia driver has succesfully installed over the VGA, however windows then detected a problem and crashed. It reported that the video card doesn't support the required version of DirectX and this version of Windows requires a video card that supports DirectX 9.0 or newer. I thought my card did support that already though?
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  4. Posts : 11,840
    64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
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    When you say crash, do you mean a BSOD?? If so, navigate to c:/windows/minidump, zip up the .dmp file and attach it to your next post for analysis.....
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  5. Posts : 5,747
    7600.20510 x86
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    NVIDIA Driver - Convert from Desktop to Mobile (Laptop)

    Sony is not included in NVIDIA's drivers on the site.
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  6. Posts : 6
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    Thread Starter
       #6

    Yep BSOD. See attached minidump files.
    Geforce go 7400 sony vaio problem Attached Files
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  7. Posts : 5,747
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    Install my driver method above, then update or remove these old ones from the system:

    SFEP SFEP.sys Fri Aug 03 01:36:08 2007
    e100b325 e100b325.sys Fri Nov 16 13:53:32 2007
    mdmxsdk mdmxsdk.sys Wed Oct 05 19:58:05 2005
    HSF_CNXT HSF_CNXT.sys Tue Oct 18 19:52:28 2005
    HSF_DPV HSF_DPV.sys Tue Oct 18 19:53:21 2005
    HSFHWAZL HSFHWAZL.sys Tue Oct 18 19:52:32 2005
    nv4_mini nv4_mini.sys Wed Nov 30 02:02:10 2005

    Wow, some of those are old! Some could possibly be malware.
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  8. Posts : 11,840
    64-bit Windows 8.1 Pro
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    Those files are definitely left over from an upgrade... not a clean install... follow torrentgs' advice ... if that doesnt work, use a third party app to completely wipe your drive and then reinstall windows 7...
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  9. Posts : 6
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    Thread Starter
       #9

    Cheers i'll have a go, so just to clarify in this case i would need to download the nvidia geforce 7 driver for windows 7 not the geforce go 7 for notebooks? Also how do i remove the above files from my system? Sorry for all the questions!
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  10. Posts : 5,747
    7600.20510 x86
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    Yeah, the tutorial is clear and well written. Just follow what it says.
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