Geforce go 7400 sony vaio problem

[Wazz]

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

 

[Tews]

Download the driver to your desktop... goto device manager :ar: video adapter :ar: update driver.. point to the driver on your desktop and install.. reoot if necessary.... Let us know if this helped...

 

[Wazz]

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?

 

[Tews]

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.....

 

[torrentg]

http://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-cards/36593-nvidia-driver-convert-desktop-mobile-laptop.html

Sony is not included in NVIDIA's drivers on the site.

 

[Wazz]

Yep BSOD. See attached minidump files.

 

[torrentg]

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.

 

[Tews]

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...

 

[Wazz]

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!

 

[torrentg]

Yeah, the tutorial is clear and well written. Just follow what it says.

 

[Wazz]

Thanks i'll let you know how i get on

 

[Wazz]

Hi guys, everything is working fine so thanks loads for the help, much appreciated

 

[torrentg]

Hi guys, everything is working fine so thanks loads for the help, much appreciated

Awesome!

 

[Tews]

Glad you have it all sorted out!!

 

[TheDMan]

Hi, I'm trying to get a Vaio VGN-C25G/H with an nvidia go 7400 gpu working too. I'm trying to follow the instructions posted by torrentg to use the desktop driver but I'm not sure which card in NV_DISP.inf I should be editing?

The second entry in hardware IDs for my card is:
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_01D8&SUBSYS_820F104D

Can anyone tell me which card in NV_DISP.inf I should be modifying? Wazz, which one did you go with?

 

[TheDMan]

The second entry in hardware IDs for my card is:
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_01D8&SUBSYS_820F104D

Can anyone tell me which card in NV_DISP.inf I should be modifying?

I think I've got it, for posterity I've just tried following the instructions in this thread and modifying the lines for the 7300 GS (DEV_01DF), and everything seems to have worked beautifully.

 

[plaffen]

Hi,

I have a similar problem with a vaio which has a nvidia go 7400.
Im just wondering if I should go to: device maneger -> display adapters -> Standard VGA graphics adapter ?

Im very greatful for answeres

 

[FZ21Z]

Hi, I'm trying to get a Vaio VGN-C25G/H with an nvidia go 7400 gpu working too.

Download the original drivers for that model HERE, and you'll find your card driver in there.

I have a similar problem with a vaio which has a nvidia go 7400.

Which model?

 

[plaffen]

I have a Nvidia Go 7400, for a Vaio VGN-SZ3XP/C

Windows 7 64bit

 

[FZ21Z]

I have a Nvidia Go 7400, for a Vaio VGN-SZ3XP/C

Windows 7 64bit

Your support page has everything you need - Vaio : Sony Europe

The Vista drivers should work, if not, report back.