Left 4 Dead Won't Run With Windows 7 Home on Mac *help*

[nightfire]

yup that's what happened, it didn't install. Now what do I do?

 

[BusOfTheUndead]

I just tried it and it said it couldn't locate anything that was compatible to my set up???

Have you tried looking in Windows Update to see if there is a driver listed for your card? If you don't know how to get to it. Click start and in the box where it says search for programs and files type update and hit enter. Once Windows Update is launched click Check for updates on the left. After that is done look under both the critical and optional updates available but I believe if there is one it will be under optional.

 

[nightfire]

Yeah I did that and installed all the critical and optional drivers except one optional one that was for security because it wouldn't install for some reason. But no video card drivers

 

[BusOfTheUndead]

Is there a newer version of boot camp than what you are using that comes with newer drivers? Maybe try installing the drivers from the OS X CD again. Make sure you are choosing 64 bit drivers.

 

[nightfire]

I just looked on microsoft's website and it looks like a LOT of people are having the same problem. It looks like there is no driver out there for this car for windows 7?! People say they solved the problem and got everything to run but the directions are too confusing for me to follow

 

[nightfire]

It's coming up in my settings menu as a "Standard VGA Graphics Adapter"

 

[BusOfTheUndead]

I just looked on microsoft's website and it looks like a LOT of people are having the same problem. It looks like there is no driver out there for this car for windows 7?! People say they solved the problem and got everything to run but the directions are too confusing for me to follow

I found this thread on a mac forum Apple - Support - Discussions - update NVIDIA drivers for 9600 GT M? ... they say to try and download this driver http://files.laptopvideo2go.com/Dox/Vistax64/VistaWin7x64_185.85.exe

Not sure if it will work but if you have issues the people in that forum are more likely going to be able to help you out since this is really a Mac problem. They will be more familiar with hardware that is made for the Mac.

 

[BusOfTheUndead]

It's coming up in my settings menu as a "Standard VGA Graphics Adapter"

That's because it seems it's a card made for the Mac. It's up to Apple to release drivers for it. Or you can try an unofficial one.

 

[nightfire]

it's a dead link to the file. I tried searching the site and found one that looked like it might work but I can't install it because it is a zip file for all these other files and none of them install? I tried the mac forums and no one is answering back

 

[BusOfTheUndead]

it's a dead link to the file. I tried searching the site and found one that looked like it might work but I can't install it because it is a zip file for all these other files and none of them install? I tried the mac forums and no one is answering back

The file was from this thread Forceware 185.85 - NVISION
Scroll down on the first post to the download links (they will be in red) and choose VistaWin7x64_185.85. That laptopvideo2go site might actually be able to help you out as well if that driver doesn't work.

Just so you know I'm heading to bed now but will be back on tomorrow. Good luck in the mean time and please let me know if you do get it working.

 

[nightfire]

I found the file you were referring too. I'm up to the point where I have to select my gpu config. The options are:
Standard Single/SLI-Win 7
Hybrid Graphics-Win 7
Hybrid Graphics/SLI-Win 7

Any clue which one I would be?

By the way I really appreciate you trying to help me out so much, I'll ttyt, let me know what you think when you get this. Thanks!

 

[nightfire]

By the way I have an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T9600 @ 2.80GHz. I think that's what they are talking about, I hope that helps

 

[BusOfTheUndead]

I found the file you were referring too. I'm up to the point where I have to select my gpu config. The options are:
Standard Single/SLI-Win 7
Hybrid Graphics-Win 7
Hybrid Graphics/SLI-Win 7

Any clue which one I would be?

By the way I really appreciate you trying to help me out so much, I'll ttyt, let me know what you think when you get this. Thanks!

That Mac thread where I found the driver says to use Hybrid Graphics/SLI mode. I believe this is because the Macbook has another lesser GPU it uses in power-saving mode.

 

[nightfire]

The game fires up!!!! WAHOO! lol

Thanks for all the help I really appreciate it!!!

 

[BusOfTheUndead]

The game fires up!!!! WAHOO! lol

Thanks for all the help I really appreciate it!!!

No problem. Glad you got it working. Maybe I will see you in game.

 

[Diabolical]

O.O

Honestly i dont know how u were able to manage to install window 7 in a mac cpu, i highly doubt its your graphic card, becuase if it is, left for dead pops up a dialog that says ur graphic card is out dated, if you wanna check you can go to "start, then type in "DxDiag" then go to display and chip type or graphic card, if its a old one it might be the problem, but mac arent good with games, if you like gaming u i recommend for you to get a pc

 

[BusOfTheUndead]

Honestly i dont know how u were able to manage to install window 7 in a mac cpu, i highly doubt its your graphic card, becuase if it is, left for dead pops up a dialog that says ur graphic card is out dated, if you wanna check you can go to "start, then type in "DxDiag" then go to display and chip type or graphic card, if its a old one it might be the problem, but mac arent good with games, if you like gaming u i recommend for you to get a pc

Macs have been using Intel CPUs for a while now. They are now basically the same hardware as a PC. A lot of Mac users now dual boot with OS X and Windows.

It wasn't a problem with his graphics card, his card works fine, the problem was he didn't have the correct driver for the card installed. Windows didn't recognize the card and installed a generic VGA adapter driver. Don't bother posting if you aren't going to even read the thread and see that the problem was solved. There is no need to post another useless just get a PC thread.