M17x Drivers thread

Tried the 186.81 today and they're working just fine with Hybrid mode

 

This are the latest ones....

http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/topic/24999-v18682-windows-7vista-64bit-nvidia/

"Edited... some feelings were hurt on the process"

 

Geez dude... you think you could at least come up with your own description of 186.82 or at least credit the source. Nice copy and paste job from my blog post. ROFL - sad man... just sad.

3rd paragraph, 3rd sentence

 

Batboy.. that does not matter... pretty much, my interest here is to help you folks... with latest drivers.

You can post your blog posts here... so everyone can be informed about the releases.... Sounds good to you?

 

Tried these new 186.82 drivers, I'm running Win 7 64bit and dual 260ms with hybrid disabled.

The 186.12 drivers installed fine but when I try to install these I just get no valid device found?

 

Fairey:

Once you have downloaded and extracted the 186.82 driver from LV2Go, look inside the directory for the 'Additional INFs' .zip archive.

Extract this and copy/paste the 'nv_whql.inf' into the top level of the 186.82 directory.

Once this is done, run the setup.exe app to install. This is required for the driver to recognize the hardware in the M17x. The default INF (nvfu.inf) does not support the M17x GPUs.

 

Excellent thanks worked like a charm, now just need to work out why my SSD keeps freezing up randomly!

 

yikes. bad sign.

 

Re-seat the cable?

 

Yup going to try reseating the HDD1 drive tonight and worst case I'll have to revert to the original drive which I may do anyway to see if it solves my SLI issues running the factory installed Vista 64, first I need to do some Vantage benchmarks and screen shots with GPUz Late night for me!

 

Did you try to switch between AHCI and ATA in the bios? I had freezing issues with my SSD and switching to ATA resolved them. (I could run in AHCI but with a driver that didn't support TRIM)

 

Thanks I will try that, I'm suspicious as it was fine for a few weeks and then only just started doing it.

 

Moo, your third Audio driver is a broken link.

 

ughhhh Dell n their links are driving me nuts


ill get it fixed tonight

 

Cool thanks. Im actually trying to get this damn thing to push ALL 6 speakers, but it keeps treating my setup like a 2.1 One driver will use the woofer and 2 rear speaksers, the slightly newer one actually uses the front spekers, but I need all 6 at once. Was hoping v6.1 was it but it didnt get through.

Your an amazingly helpful member keep it up!

+rep

 

ummmm there isn't a woofer and the only speakers are the one in the front

 

No, dude, Im talking about an actual external speaker set, plugged into the blk/ylw/grn ports on the side.

 

Ive got that third driver now (its name.exe was part of the dead link, googled it)
It correctly detects that all 3 plugs are is use, but still wont emit a 5.1 signal. (Still emitting pseudo-2.1 signal)

 

O lol

i use a head set

 

Hmm well I did that and it wont boot so assume I have to set that before I install Win 7 and then do an install with it set originally to ATA?

 

This thread should be made into a sticky!

 

do we need the audio patch with the latest audio driver (6.10)?

and

does the nvidia driver 186.82 supports hybrid sli?

 

So far, none of the audio drivers work properly for me, but its supposed to be Windows 7's fault. On Vista, v6.1 is likely advisable.

As for hybrid SLI, its often found that including a 9400 in a dual 260 or 280 setup causes problems, so many people just turn the integrated chip off altogether through the BIOS.

However, it may very well be caused by a driver weakness not knowing what to do with hybrid. Maybe that can fix it.

 

I tried 186.82 now. hybrid sli works but what i see is that the sound stucks randomly on specific games and generally a serious decrease of fps on all games. and this is on vista ultimate sp2. i personally return to dell beta drivers. its the only one with hybrid sli support and good fps.

i think we should wait for win7 driver from dell. latest drivers like the osd and the a02 bios are optimized for win7 support. so i think we are on a good way.

 

finally i think that these problems came with the new bios and not the nvidia driver. do you have the same issues with the new bios?

 

Mmm I had this problem too and I can't remember how I resolved it. I know I tried to boot into safemode and changed the drivers from NVIDIA ones to microsoft ones but I also did other things. Anyway, you shouldn't have to reinstall (at least I didn't have to).

 

I dont believe so. I did not run the audio patch when I reinstalled the current audio driver and have had no issues. If you encounter issues with webcam audio (mic), just run the patch. The patch was to correct audio distortion when recording audio.

 

Finally it was the nvidia driver 186.82 causing a whole range of problems, from sound stucking randomly and fps decreasing. i tried to install previous dell drivers (performance and the initial one) but it didnt solve the problem. i had to format. now everything ok with new bios.

do you have the same problems with the nvidia 186.82 drivers?

 

186.82 + A02 = flawless on my system

 

Hey mate your drivers need updating.

 

186.62 or 186.82? is this the one you use?

http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/topic/25056-v18662-windows-7vista-64bit-asus-hybrid/

 

i just upgraded to the new 186.91 drivers http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/topic/25071-nvidia-geforcequadro-18691-drivers-released/ no custom inf needed as the m17x is supported stock (drag the nv_whql.inf out of the additional INF zip like with the 186.82) so far no issues, unfortunately i didn't have a system benchmark from 186.82 made yet to compare to.

 

I had problems with 186.91 switching from boost to power save. I went back to 186.82, but if no one else has any issues with .91 I might try and go back.

 

186.82, sorry....

 

This driver rocks! i reached over 70fps on crysis on gamer specs while the middle fps are around 40! amazing! and no problems at all like with the 186.82.

please post new drivers if you find even newer.

thanks!

 

I have my 9400m disabled in the BIOS so i am unable to test this for you.

 

Installed .91 again and this time switching back and forth between power/boost is working, however performance is about 500points less in vantage than .82 was.

switching back.......

 

ok imma update now

 

sup guys, hows the 186.91 drivers working ? ... any good?

 

I also saw a bit of reduced performance (both in-game as well as benchmark runs) with .91 and have reinstalled .82. Would be nice to see a changelog from MS included with the driver but I wont hold my breath

 

k, so i did a clean install of windows 7 and i was reinstalling all of the drivers, ive had no issues except for with the alienware command center, it only puts the alienFX and the touch options in and the fusion and sense just dont show up at all in it.

any ideas?

on another note also sincei installed it the battery reads 66% full, plugged in and not charging for the entire time, any advice is appreciated.

 

fn + f2 should get your battery charging again

 

thanks, 1 problem down XD

 

The other issue is just a cc/Win7 problem. The only fix is to wait for one.

 

oh, so its doing it for every one?

 

Alienware support said that they won't release an update for Windows 7 until at least two weeks after it gets shipped retail.

 

meh, i suppose its not of great concern than, it alwyas tells me i got bad lighting for the facial recognition anyway lolz

 

The only thing I use cc for is alienfx. No biggie for me

 

well than other than that, ive got no idea why i didnt try out w7 sooner lolz XD

 

Fusion and sense are missing from mine as well. Can't explain it.
I didnt even realize until yesterday, because the Vista installation that came stock with the machine was running so bad that I could not get Alien Command Center to start at all, So I had never seen those options until I stumbled across a screenshot somewhere.