Win 7 & GeForce Go 6200

[Mugen Power]

Bump for suggestions!

 

[neo101]

What he said was - he installed the driver eg in a temp folder.
Then went to device manager
Click 'update driver' on VGA/Graphic device >
Then pointed the 'new driver' search to the (temp) folder where the (unzipped) new driver exists and it loaded automatically.

Sometimes you have to over_ride that and force install the driver (although there could be multiple drivers under exactly the same name for different brands/models).

 

[Mugen Power]

What he said was - he installed the driver eg in a temp folder.
Then went to device manager
Click 'update driver' on VGA/Graphic device >
Then pointed the 'new driver' search to the (temp) folder where the (unzipped) new driver exists and it loaded automatically.

Sometimes you have to over_ride that and force install the driver (although there could be multiple drivers under exactly the same name for different brands/models).

That's what I've been doing but with no success...

 

[thefabe]

Mugen Power if you have downloaded the driver for your card from the nvidia site. Then modded it with the nvidia mobile modder. Place that file on your desktop.Then go to device manager>right click on diplay adpater>update driver software>browse my computer>let me pick>have disk>browse>navigate to the driver on your desktop>click (or double click the .inf file>click ok>then next and let it install, if it complains it is not signed,click the part to let it install anyways. See if this will allow you to complete the install. Fabe

 

[neo101]

What he said was - he installed the driver eg in a temp folder.
Then went to device manager
Click 'update driver' on VGA/Graphic device >
Then pointed the 'new driver' search to the (temp) folder where the (unzipped) new driver exists and it loaded automatically.

Sometimes you have to over_ride that and force install the driver (although there could be multiple drivers under exactly the same name for different brands/models).

That's what I've been doing but with no success...

Fill out your
System Specs > Make/Model etc

loads of people might ignore you coz you haven't bothered!

There are zillions of versions of Nvidia Geforce GO!

 

[Mugen Power]

What he said was - he installed the driver eg in a temp folder.
Then went to device manager
Click 'update driver' on VGA/Graphic device >
Then pointed the 'new driver' search to the (temp) folder where the (unzipped) new driver exists and it loaded automatically.

Sometimes you have to over_ride that and force install the driver (although there could be multiple drivers under exactly the same name for different brands/models).

That's what I've been doing but with no success...

Fill out your
System Specs > Make/Model etc

loads of people might ignore you coz you haven't bothered!

There are zillions of versions of Nvidia Geforce GO!

Well, in my posts, I stated that I have the Go 6200. I put it in my system specs, now.

Anyway, this is what I tried again just now. I downloaded the latest nVidia drivers, used the Mobility Modder (browsed to look for the original file, hit "Modify" with all the default settings), and then I did all the steps suggested by thefabe. I still get the same error, stating that "The driver selected for this device does not support this version of Windows."

 

[thefabe]

NVIDIA DRIVERS 196.21 WHQL Here's what I think the problem is. When on Nvida's site and you select geforce>6 series> Under supported products it does not list the Go 6200.Lets try this go to device manager>click on display adpater>properties>details tab>drop down menu>select hardware id> Copy and Paste the hardware id string. And their is another 3rd party app that migh have the driver for you. Fabe

 

[Mugen Power]

NVIDIA DRIVERS 196.21 WHQL Here's what I think the problem is. When on Nvida's site and you select geforce>6 series> Under supported products it does not list the Go 6200.Lets try this go to device manager>click on display adpater>properties>details tab>drop down menu>select hardware id> Copy and Paste the hardware id string. And their is another 3rd party app that migh have the driver for you. Fabe

Yeah, but I thought that everyone else with the Go 6200 was getting this to work, since this thread is the Go 6200 on Win 7. Also, it was my understanding that the Mobility Modder would add the line in the .inf file that would add the Go 6200 to the list for the drivers. Anyway, I will do what you suggested and report back.

 

[FZ21Z]

That's what I've been doing but with no success...

This driver - 195.81 - has your card listed so should work with the modified inf. There is a link in my sig on how to use the driver and inf, but any questions post back here.

 

[Mugen Power]

This driver - 195.81 - has your card listed so should work with the modified inf. There is a link in my sig on how to use the driver and inf, but any questions post back here.

Thanks, that worked! I think the problem I had was that with the newer nVidia driver, it wasn't meant to support non-mobile GPUs so even though I used the Mobility Modder utility to add the line in the INF file, it still wouldn't take. This one worked like a charm, though. Thanks again!

 

[GarretD]

Fabe, first time poster and it looks like you're the man in terms of the help you've offered. There have been no active posts here since March, and I believe I've tried everythng you have suggested and still cannot seem to get the 195.81 driver to update on my Vaio. I downloaded the Modder, rebooted in Safe mode, modded the driver, moved it to my desktop, went to the device Mgr then the card, tried updating the driver and got the same message everyone else got. So I'm doing something wrong. The thing is, I don't know what a Modder is, and frankly I'm not sure which icon I'm supposed to move to the desktop (I moved the setup one, FYI). Any suggestions for a neophyte?

 

[Magictallguy]

Hello, I'm also struggling with this issue.
I have tried all of the above suggestions for my friend's Sony Vaio VGN-FS195VP, and a few more tricks besides (clean boot, writing a different inf file, etc.) and still to no avail.

The laptop ran fine with Windows XP Professional SP3 and 512mb of RAM.
I've since upgraded his RAM to 1GB (as the Vaio really can't support much more), and installed Windows 7 Ultimate x86 SP1.
Since installing Win7x64, it has constantly displayed a BSoD after around 5 minutes of running any application that uses the graphics (World of Warcraft, Minecraft, and an NDS emulator).
Though, the laptop can run fine if no games are played.

Perhaps someone else can shed some light on this, as I'm going stir-crazy!

 

[Magictallguy]

I have found no fix, and have reverted that laptop back to Windows XP SP3 (x86). It appears to have no issues whatsoever with WinXP

 

[Magictallguy]

If, however, anyone can find a fix for this, you have my complete attention!

 

[Micodat]

Hi,

this is, how I solve it for Windows 8 32Bit:

Laptop: Sony Vaio VGN-FS195VP
Graphic: NVidia GeForce Go 6200 TurboCache
Hardware-ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0167&SUBSYS_81C2104D&REV_A1

1. Download Driver 196.21 and unzip to local directoy
   .
2. open NV_DISP.INF with notepad an add 2 Lines: (see bold lines)
   
   %NVIDIA_DEV.0165.01% = Section002, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0165
   %NVIDIA_DEV.0167.01% = Section001, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0167
   %NVIDIA_DEV.0169.01% = Section001, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0169
   
   NVIDIA_DEV.0161.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM)"
   NVIDIA_DEV.0162.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200SE TurboCache(TM)"
   NVIDIA_DEV.0163.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE"
   NVIDIA_DEV.0165.01 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285"
   NVIDIA_DEV.0167.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM) Sony"
   NVIDIA_DEV.0169.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6250"
   .
   
3. set kompatibility mode of setup.exe to "Windows 7" and start it for installation

It works for me!
Frank

 

[Magictallguy]

Ah, clever! I may try this.