Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit) not recognizing NVIDIA Geforce 8600M GT

Here is my Display Adapter Hardware Ids:

PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0407&SUBSYS_9016104D&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0407&SUBSYS_9016104D
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0407&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0407&CC_0300

Basic System Specs:

System Manufacturer/Model Number - SONY VAIO Laptop / VGN-AR750E
OS - Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit)
CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T8100 @ 2.10GHz
Memory - 4.00 GB DDR2-667 SDRAM
Display - 17" WXGA TFT with XBRITE-HiColor Technology
Graphics Card - NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
Audio - Realtek High Definition Audio
Hard Drives - 320GB (160GB X 2) SATA (5400rpm)

I have no idea how to fix this problem. I've downloaded drivers from nvidia.com (several from WinVista_64 to Win7_64 and even tried a WinXP_64 driver). I tried the Mobility Modder program with the latest driver for my GeForce 8600M GT card and it won't recognize the driver installed. My graphics card isn't physically broken either since it worked perfectly before I upgraded to Win7_64 Ultimate. Standard VGA Adapter is all I have detected. Tried manually installing nvidia drivers while the Standard VGA was disabled and even uninstalled it as well. No difference. I also spoke with SONY Tech Support they don't have any drivers or helpful anything for this problem. Apparently if you have any problems with SONY VAIO VGN-AR750E/B series laptops and don't have Windows Vista Home Premium installed as your OS you might as well just find a Commadore64 to play games on. Any help with this is much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

GrimZero said:

Here is my Display Adapter Hardware Ids:

PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0407&SUBSYS_9016104D&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0407&SUBSYS_9016104D
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0407&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0407&CC_0300

Basic System Specs:

System Manufacturer/Model Number - SONY VAIO Laptop / VGN-AR750E
OS - Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit)
CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T8100 @ 2.10GHz
Memory - 4.00 GB DDR2-667 SDRAM
Display - 17" WXGA TFT with XBRITE-HiColor Technology
Graphics Card - NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
Audio - Realtek High Definition Audio
Hard Drives - 320GB (160GB X 2) SATA (5400rpm)

I have no idea how to fix this problem. I've downloaded drivers from nvidia.com (several from WinVista_64 to Win7_64 and even tried a WinXP_64 driver). I tried the Mobility Modder program with the latest driver for my GeForce 8600M GT card and it won't recognize the driver installed. My graphics card isn't physically broken either since it worked perfectly before I upgraded to Win7_64 Ultimate. Standard VGA Adapter is all I have detected. Tried manually installing nvidia drivers while the Standard VGA was disabled and even uninstalled it as well. No difference. I also spoke with SONY Tech Support they don't have any drivers or helpful anything for this problem. Apparently if you have any problems with SONY VAIO VGN-AR750E/B series laptops and don't have Windows Vista Home Premium installed as your OS you might as well just find a Commadore64 to play games on. Any help with this is much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I am sure this has been mentioned but if you can find older drivers (vista, or xp 64 bit) they will probably work if you install them in compatibility mode. To do that simply right click the installer>properties>compatibility>select OS.

Let us know if this doesnt help

Ken

GrimZero said:

System Manufacturer/Model Number - SONY VAIO Laptop / VGN-AR750E

I've downloaded drivers from nvidia.com (several from WinVista_64 to Win7_64 and even tried a WinXP_64 driver). I tried the Mobility Modder program with the latest driver for my GeForce 8600M GT card and it won't recognize the driver installed.

Since this is a Sony laptop, you'll need to get the drivers from Sony. Even though you have an Nvidia card Sony has tweaked the card/drivers to work with your laptop. That's why you're finding that the drivers from "Nvidia" themselves don't work. If you had an ATI card on that laptop, you would still have to go to Sony.

Unfortunately, many people upgrade their laptop OS before checking to see if drivers are available for the upgrade only to find there are none, especially if the machine is old.

Again, check with Sony for the Windows 7 driver. If that doesn’t work, I suggest you try what zigzag says.

Good luck.