Notebook Nvida driver problem

[wrxshotta]

hey im running a 8200m on my compaq, the problem is....windows update wont give me the nvida driver update option...and when i go to device manager or advanced options to view the card properties and im told i have a 8bit gpu with a total of 14mb of gpu memory...it does however recognize its a nvida chipset....any advice? computer runs like crap without drivers

 

[Mark]

I think that you can drivers from the Nvidia site for your laptop now.

 

[wrxshotta]

naw...all they tell you to do is check windows update

 

[Shades3k]

I use these with no problem (notebook)...

If you're on 32bit go here...
GeForce Release 179

64bit go here...
GeForce Release 179

You might need to run the installer in vista compatibility mode or as admin but they work fine here.

 

[wrxshotta]

it says setup cannot loctate drivers for my current hardware..i tried in compatibility mode as well

 

[Schimski]

Almost same Problem here (Samsung R560 Geforce 9600m GT)
No driver in Windows Update, but if I click the "Search Driver online" Button in the device manager it finds and installs correct drivers... Only Problem is: Windows won't start anymore! Just when the welcome screen should appear the notebook reboots

 

[wrxshotta]

hrmmm....i really have no clue what to do...what really has me curious is...when you have a graphics card under the standard windows drivers should it not register how much memory the card actually has? ie 256 or 512? mine says i have 14mb lol

 

[Schimski]

Everest tells me the same, 8bit, 14mb... But Windows obviously knows it's a 9600! Doesn't it install any drivers if you let windows check online when updating the driver in the device manager?

 

[wrxshotta]

nope it says that everything is up to date

 

[Schimski]

Okay, perhaps another solution for you:

Get this driver:
RapidShare: Easy Filehosting

And mod it with the NV modtool:
NVIDIA Mobility Modder - DriverHeaven.net

Installed it without Problems, but as I said before: reboot loop here.

Good Luck!

 

[wrxshotta]

im not 64 bit though....

 

[wrxshotta]

well im not 64bit but i used the 32 bit and i modded it still dont work...

 

[rijanshrestha]

I use these with no problem (notebook)...

If you're on 32bit go here...
GeForce Release 179

64bit go here...
GeForce Release 179

You might need to run the installer in vista compatibility mode or as admin but they work fine here.

I have a Vista Home Premium 64 bit OS and I am dual booting with Win7 (64 bit). I have a 516MB dedicated graphics memory (nvidia GeForce 9600 M GT) but the windows 7 wasn't recognising the graphics card. When I ran the windows update, it still didn't find my graphics card.

I have been searching the forums like a headless chicken. the above solution works perfectly fine..you just have to re-run the experience index assessment, and it finds the video card.

Thanks a lot for the help.

cheers!!!

 

[Shades3k]

No problem, good to hear!!

 

[Plamarine]

I just installed the 179.28 64 bit drivers on my Dell XPS M1530 from the link in this thread and my WEI went from 5.0 to 5.1 on the 3d Gaming score, all other scores stayed the same. I had the WDDM drivers that Win 7 installed so I am happy! I just ran the setup program without any compatability mode or anything.