nVidia NVS 290

[bdnuke]

Hello all, I've been working on getting Windows 7 ready to be deployed out to our company, but a major issue that I have been running into is with the nVidia NVS 290 graphics card. Almost all of our Developer workstations, and a good 20% of our regular staff is using these cards. The issue that I keep experiencing is that the video will just disappear for no real reason (sometimes I can force it to by going to Device Manager > Display Adapters > NVS card and click on the 'Details' tab, it'll kill the video instantly. I've tried about 7 different drivers (March & April releases from nVidia, 2 from Dell, 1 from HP, Windows default and some from November from nVidia). The only set of drivers that I have found that work consistently is the one set from Dell, which is from 2008 designed for Windows Vista. These drivers are now beginning to have problems with McAfee, so I'm hoping to find a resolution to why newer drivers are constantly failing on me. If anyone has any suggestions, or have ran into this before, please let me know.

Thanks, BDN

 

[Rik55]

Have you been installing the newest correct quadro drivers.

Win7 x86 NVIDIA DRIVERS 197.59 WHQL Quadro Driver
Win7 x64 NVIDIA DRIVERS 197.59 WHQL Quadro Driver

Can you provide the full specification of one of the machines you are having issues with.

 

[bdnuke]

The latest drivers that I had tested was the ones released 4/21 (197.54). One of the systems that we've been having issues with is a Dell Precision T3400, Specs:
Intel Core2 E8400, 2GB DDR2-800, I don't have specifics on the motherboard used. I have downloaded the latest drivers, and will give them a shot.

 

[Rik55]

For this T3400, Dell do supply all Win7 drivers including a BIOS update and Dell NVS 290 driver (Dell Custom NVS290 190.38 10/2009).

Dell T3400 Win7 x64 Drivers: Drivers & Downloads

Dell T3400 Win7 x86 Drivers: http://support.ap.dell.com/support/...abIndex=&scanSupported=True&scanConsent=False

 

[bdnuke]

The test machines that I have been using have had the latest BIOS version. The recommended driver from Dell for the video card is the only one that I have found so far that does not have any problems with video, however our security team has now discovered an issue with it not working correctly with the McAfee EndPoint protection they are planning on rolling out soon. The newer drivers work with McAfee, however cause the video to no longer function.