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    Geforce GTX 260M Driver issues

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by JesseKom, Jun 9, 2014.

  1. JesseKom

    JesseKom Newbie

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    I've been trying to upgrade to the newest driver 337.88 but of course Dell doesn't allow you to update past what they give you -.-'

    I tried looking around here and various other sites for some mods (Like I did with the 310.33 I'm currently using) but I haven't run into any that say they would work on the 260M. Just curious if anyone could help me out and point me in the right direction >.<

    Thanks a ton.
     
    JesseKom, Jun 9, 2014
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    JesseKom Newbie

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    Never mind I guess, went ahead and looked up some guides on how to mod them myself and did that =) Worked great. If anyone would like it hit me up.
     
    JesseKom, Jun 9, 2014
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    zombiegoat Notebook Consultant

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    Sure, I'd be interested. I'm one of the old guard tech-wise, and I'd appreciate any leg up I can get. October's a long way away, so a couple links to mods and the appropriate installation guide would be genuinely appreciated.
     
    zombiegoat, Jun 10, 2014
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    Ishani Newbie

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    I always have to hack the new drivers because they have the wrong hardware id number in there for the 260m and they don't recognize that I have nvidia hardware on my system. Heres the directions I got off a youtube vid, don't have the link for it, sorry. Hope it helps :)

    M17x geforce 260m driver hacking

    needed hardware id:
    PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0618&SUBSYS_02A11028

    Unpack the driver
    Browse to the Display.Driver folder
    Open the "nvdm" file in notepad
    Scroll down to the device ids and look for one that starts with 0618 (or crtl-f for find)
    Copy the id just after SUBSYS_
    go up to edit/replace and paste the id on the first line, and the id above in this document on the 2nd line.
    Click Replace All
    Save and close
    Go up one directory to the International folder and run Setup
     
    Ishani, Jun 12, 2014
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