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    Why cant I install the 340.52 driver for Alienware 14

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Papusan, Aug 30, 2014.

  1. Papusan

    Papusan Jokebook's Sucks! Dont waste your $$$ on Filthy

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    It's an Alienware 14 user who has this problem. is there anyone who can help?:hi2:
    This is what he says about the issue:
    I tried to install nvidia's new 765m driver (340.52) this time using geforce experience to try it out. It downloaded, installed, (I used a clean install) and restarted. However, after restarting, my GPU didn't appear in the device manager, and the control panel for nvidia did not show upon right clicking. I tried to open a game (minecraft) but It crashed on startup due to the lack of a driver. Also, when I opened geforce experience, it only showed the drivers tab (other tabs greyed out) with the update screen for 340.52. Luckily, I made a restore point, so I just reverted back to 337.88. Did I do anything wrong here, or is it just geforce experience? Thanks for help.
     
    Papusan, Aug 30, 2014
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  2. Spartan@HIDevolution

    Spartan@HIDevolution Company Representative

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    When I tried installing the latest nVIDIA Driver + the latest GeForce Exprience it installed right away and worked fine without even the need to modifying the INF files

    Try uninstalling the driver + GeForce experience then remove all traces using: Display Driver Uninstaller 13.0.0.3
     
    Spartan@HIDevolution, Aug 30, 2014
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  3. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    Sometimes you need to mod the INF file. Give that a try.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Sep 2, 2014
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