Aftermarket GPU help.... (GeForce GTX 670MX ~ Alienware M17x R3)

Hey Guys, I would imagine this has been posted and answered a million times but I'm looking for some help.... I upgraded my Alienware M17x R3's GPU a few months ago and from a 460M to a GTX 670MX, and everything was fine and dandy but during this last week I have been trying to update my drivers. (mainly to attempt to play Watchdogs) and for some reason Geforce experience is saying that my driver is up-to-date it is running on 327.23 and I know that is not the latest driver.... So I diligently went to the Geforce website and downloaded the latest update 337.88 but when I tried to run it is telling me that "the graphics driver could not find any compatible hardware"... And I know that my graphics card is working because I've been playing Skyrim only this morning on ultra settings.... Now I was wondering if any kind soul of any expert could help guide me in where I am going wrong.... as I have tried mutiple websites but I am yet to find an answer.

I thank you for your time and Happy Gaming

Kind Regards
TheQuayleo

 

I believe you may need to mod the inf files to install the driver. Have a look on this AW17 forum for threads on this... There are plenty of them..

 

Hi, If the GPU as not sold as an option by dell then you need to modify the driver to add in the information so the installer can see your card correctly.

I used to get them from here LaptopVideo2Go: Drivers.

Basically you get to the 'hardware not detected' error and quit. Go to the driver install folder and find and replace with the inf file from the site above. You wont need the whole driver just the inf and they are specific to a driver version.

HTH

 

Thank you both very much, I am trying this now (fingers crossed.)

It still doesn't seem to work...
I'm probably still doing it wrong...
I used the DUU programme to remove my old driver (as I thought at the time that it would help) now on my device manager it is stating that it is a "standard VGA graphics adapter"...
I'm at a loss.
Any more help would be greatly appreciated...

 

That is normal until a driver is installed. Did you get the modified inf file and replace the one under the c:\nvidia\.... ?

I'm guessing the working driver you had was supplied? if so just go for that one first but you'll still need the modded driver inf file.

 

I bought my new graphics card off of Eurocom, and I managed to download their driver and it worked fine but now it won't work. I

I'm now looking at my at the folder Display Driver, and there are four files there. 306.97, 331.40, 331.65 and 334.67. When I try and find these files on LaptopVideo2Go: Drivers but they seem to be only available for Windows 8 / Xp. Does this matter or do I need a driver specifically for Windows 7

 

No, for some stupid reason they assume everyone knows win 8 will work fine on win 7. XP was a different kernel and needs an older type of driver file.

 

Hi there, open device manager -> Display adapters -> Details -> Hardware Ids. Post results.

 

Wonderful, So all I need to do (hopefully) is too copy the INF file into a notepad file and replace the nv_dispn.inf file with the new one I have copied from the website. (is that correct?) THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP. I would probably been crying in a dark room without you

hello J95 this is what I found

PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_11A1&SUBSYS_04901028&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_11A1&SUBSYS_04901028
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_11A1&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_11A1&CC_0300

 

LOL

If you use notepad make sure you do NOT save the file as text or a hidden extension will get added stopping it working.

I'm guessing j95 is looking to put together an inf file just for you

 

- Download GeForce 337.88 WHQL
- Extract driver with 7-Zip/winrar
- Display.Driver folder -> open nvdmi.inf (notepad) CTRL+H -> Find What: 05AE Replace With: 0490 -> Hit 'Replace All'
- Find What: 11E0 Replace With: 11A1 -> 'Replace All'
- Find What: 770M Replace With: 670MX -> 'Replace All' -> save.
- Nvidia 337.88...International folder\ run setup exe.

 

oh wow.... Thank you both!

So I'm guessing I should wait until J95 comes back to me

 

OH WOW THANK YOU SO MUCH. I will try to do this now (fingers crossed)

 

He has given you the info to do it yourself

 

with a very heavy heart I'm sad to report that it did not work.... :'(

 

I've edited the introductions, included "Find What: 11E0 Replace With: 11A1"

- Download GeForce 337.88 WHQL
- Extract driver with 7-Zip/winrar
- Display.Driver folder -> open nvdmi.inf (notepad) CTRL+H -> Find What: 05AE Replace With: 0490 -> Hit 'Replace All'
- Find What: 11E0 Replace With: 11A1 -> 'Replace All'
- Find What: 770M Replace With: 670MX -> 'Replace All' -> save.
- Nvidia 337.88...International folder\ run setup exe.

 

You did save the file as-is and not as a text file? You should get a prompt asking you if you wish to overwrite if you have the correct name and location...

 

I missed a line out.... sorry it's nerves

IT IS WORKING THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH

is there anything I can do for either of you (I am fairly new to these forums...)

 

No problem, missed 'Find What: 11E0 Replace With: 11A1'.

 

Great, it's so easy to make a small mistake but you got there.

Click on the star lower left on any person/post you wish to add 'reputation' to

 

done and done.

Thank you again!!!!

Happy Gaming

 

Hello folks! I realize this thread is a few months old but I was hoping to get a bit of help with a similar issue I'm having, I recently upgraded my poor old workhorse of a graphics card in my M17xR3 (nvidia460m you served me well) to a nvidia 680m (versus the 670mx the op had).

I wasn't sure if the steps that were taken would be similar or completely different so I figured I would try and ask.

The issue I am having right now is the card not being recognized, which prevent me from installing the drivers. I made sure the card was seated properly and from what I read from this topic the VGA adapter error code is a common occurrence until the drivers are able to be installed.

This is my first time doing any sort of modification to my laptop so please be gentle!

Here are some pictures of what the display is showing in the device manager, the error itself, Hardware ID's and some system specs (not sure if thats needed) I figured I should start the process from scratch but I'm not sure, any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

Hi there, simple one - hopefully .

You don't mention modding the driver. For a non-standard GPU the card and machine ID need to be in one of the install inf files. Either search out other 680m threads where user j95 has posted modified files OR go to laptopvideo2go and navigate to the INF file for the driver version you are attempting to install. Replace the file of the same name - by default it will be under c:\nvidia\displaydriver\ version_number\display.driver. This is where the installer is.

On LV2Go win 8 is win 7 and the driver download is not modified. If you use their driver download it will expand into whatever directory you run it in and still need the INF file.

Seems there is a problem with LV2go http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/drivers just tried it and get an error page - argg. Check user j95's recent posts, he usually releases one for every new driver release .

Good luck.

 

Sorry for the late response, holidays and all, but will do and thank you for the information I defiantly appreciate any help and or information I can get on the subject.