My nvidia card seems to not be detected with nvidia drivers?

PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1211&SUBSYS_057B1028

I modded the inf file so it would include my hardware ID, but how come it did not detect in the first place?

I'm going to assume that I bought a 580m that isn't truly a 580m, but possibly a reflash? Is there any possibility of flashing a different vbios so that the hardware ID will be included in nvidia drivers? I don't want to have to mod an INF file every update. If I did, I would be using a different higher end card.

What's weird is when I had the 580m in a R3, I did not have to mod the inf file, it would detect right away. But now that I moved the 580m to a R4, I had to do it. I technically am using the same laptop but upgraded my R3 to a R4 motherboard.

 

does it detect in the BIOS? if so then you need to disable driver signing enforcement.

 

Yeah bios displays Nvidia GFX next to Discrete graphics.

Are you sure on this driver signing enforcement? I got the driver installed by modifying the inf file, but I found it weird that I had to modify the INF file for a 580m. The card came from an R3 but is put into my R4.

When I installed the driver after modifying the inf, it said the driver was not signed, so I hit install anyway, and it fully installed. I just don't want to have to do it everytime there's a driver update.

 

Quoting for alert!

 

ha! like that's gonna happen!

 

I currently use W7 64bit, so I did the cmd.exe as admin, with the two bcdedit.exe -set commands.

Once I restart, I should be good to just use modded inf files for nvidia updates? I suppose it's not the end of the world to just add a line each time there's an update every few months. I might as well look into getting a stronger video card too

 

Hi, the reason that it will not work in an R4 is that all laptop OEM's have to opt-in to tne nvidia driver program. This stops laptops using unapproved drivers, the original intent was to get drivers only from the OEM.

So, dell supply NV with a set of hardware ID's and the cards supported. If you want to use a non standard card then you either have to mod the ini file yourself or get one already done. www.laptopvideo2go/drivers has them. Ignore the search and just select the driver you want to use. it will then offer you the driver (unmodified) or the ini file you need to replace. note win 8 is also win 7 but NV have recently released win 10 only drivers so watch out for this.

The 580m was the worst card I ever used and I had multiple failures as well as a lot of others! If you track down a 680m it is plug-n-play in an R4 and an excellent performer.

Good luck

PS no need for bcedit on win 7, it's a win 8 and later thing.

 

Hey,

thank you for the response. yeah I noticed I did not have to do the bcdedit, as I installed the driver before doing that.

I went ahead and just flashed my 580m to a 675m, which I believe did come with the R4s.

I've been searching for a 680m or 780m, but I'm in no rush, as the 675m seems to work for whatever I currently play. I know that the 580m has had a terrible track record, so I'm looking to replace it in the near future.

 

Cool, my R4 came with the 675m but that also failed (being exactly the same card) so as soon as the warranty was up i got the 680m. A way superior performer and it overclocks like a demon. I run it overvolted and +220mhz and it doesn't break a sweat, 74c max .

Good luck in your search, you'll be modding again with a 780m and the 680m easily runs faster (OC'd) than a 780m at stock. The 780m also can give sound probs on the R3 so just be aware before paying out.