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    NVIDIA Driver 296.10 WHQL

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by maxheap, Mar 13, 2012.

  1. maxheap

    maxheap caparison horus :)

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  2. dellienware owner

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    gotta wait for tweaked inf file for gtx 260m sli and 9400
     
    dellienware owner, Mar 13, 2012
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  3. Jody

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    Any hope of 3D screen owners getting their HDMI input back this time?
     
    Jody, Mar 13, 2012
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    mmmm, is not working with alienware R1, if you put the modded inf from NVIDIA Verde 295.73 WHQL Driver says that some files are missing..
     
    ampo2004, Mar 13, 2012
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  5. SlateJones

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    UPDATE: I updated the inf from lv2go and installed the driver on my r1, should work for everyone here is the link
    nvwi.inf

    if it downloads as nvwi_2.inf just rename it to nvwi.inf
    Hope this helps you guys... it works perfectly for me, should work for anyone with 260's, 280's or 285's
     
    SlateJones, Mar 13, 2012
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  6. Psychotic deformity

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    For the R1 just use the inf from LV2GO for the 295.73 and update the driver revision line of the file with the right numbers.
     
    Psychotic deformity, Mar 13, 2012
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    Oh come'on no Alan Wake SLI profile again .... mmmm, the guy from remedy posted this:

     
    tyranus7, Mar 13, 2012
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    I keep on gettin an error with this and the one prior to it.
    Any tips?
     

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    New drivers are working great for me. I'm on an m14x, though. However, I did notice a slight bump in performance with BF3, and the GPU seems to be running a little cooler too; so I'm very well pleased. Hopefully you guys get similar results.
     
    BetaFire, Mar 14, 2012
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    Installed new drivers no problems here :)
     
    Ammo7, Mar 14, 2012
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  11. SlateJones

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    That does seem strange.... try selecting custom install when asked, then select clean install. Thats the option i always choose and it always works.
    You have gtx 280m's... so the inf should work with your cards.
     
    SlateJones, Mar 14, 2012
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    mmmm not working for me i have gtx 260s, it says an error at the end "failed to install display driver"
     
    ampo2004, Mar 14, 2012
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  13. Ammo7

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    ampo2004: Silly question but you are trying to install the 296.10 M drivers
     
    Ammo7, Mar 14, 2012
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  14. ampo2004

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    Yep tried the mobile version. Made it work here is the necessary INF tested by me on gtx 260s R1.
     

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  15. spradhan01

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    does my errors have to do anything with the 64 bit os?
     
    spradhan01, Mar 14, 2012
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  16. tayer

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    No. I'm on a 64bit and everything installed just fine with zero errors.
     
    tayer, Mar 14, 2012
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  17. AWM17XR1FAN

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    Awesome, thanks for posing this!
     
    AWM17XR1FAN, Mar 14, 2012
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    Heads up.

    HDMI in for 3d\120hz configurations is still... Broken.
     
    charlie22911, Mar 14, 2012
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  19. tayer

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    DAMMIT!!! I think they might be overlooking hdmi support... I dunno.
     
    tayer, Mar 14, 2012
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    After ampo2004's inf, it installed fine but I cannot go to my desktop.
    After I enter my windows password, all I get is a black sceen.
     
    spradhan01, Mar 15, 2012
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    I am getting very bad FPS performance with these drivers.

    Assasins Creed Revelations Drops to 3-5 FPS from 20.

    I'm actually not sure if this is a driver issue, I updated to the latest NVIDIA drivers to see if that would help to no avail.

    Is anybody else having really bad framerate with these 296.10 drivers?
     
    eschur, Mar 15, 2012
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  22. Jinglepie

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    Hi,

    I'm running an R1 with 280M SLI (and when installing drivers I usually run the 9400 in hybrid to update that as well although this is probably stupid and awful) and Slate's nvwi.ini file resulted in the same error as Sprad initially had (failed to install->pic on first page).

    I then ran with ampo's nvdm.ini file which installed the driver fine, however left out the option to install new versions of nview and the HD audio driver.

    Anyone mind telling me what I should alter and how to have those as install options? Additionally, ampo mentioned that he used it to get his 260M SLI running... I feel like the modded file doesn't pertain only to the 260Ms, however I felt it worth asking whether or not that would have a negative impact on my 280Ms.

    Thanks,
    Sean

    Edit: It seems my control panel is only showing the Performance/RAID Storage addons and omitting the SLI config, general video settings, etc, and the driver is being recognized as one below 266..
     
    Jinglepie, Mar 15, 2012
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    bummer. Have had my system over a month now and tried HDMI in for the first time today. Was hoping there was a workaround. It's not a deal breaker for me, but disappointing. Does Dell have an official statement on this, or do you just have to use older drivers?
     
    brianwi, Mar 15, 2012
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    The older drivers will bring hdmi in support back to full functionality, but at the expense of utilizing older drivers :/
     
    tayer, Mar 15, 2012
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    Anyone with the modded inf for 280M SLI in R1?
     
    spradhan01, Mar 17, 2012
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    The ones posted previously (i.e. the lv2go ones) should of worked, but I've attached one I modded myself and works on my R1 (note: I have the 9400M disabled).
     

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    This version appears to be a bit buggy. Both of my computers had kernel crashes (accompanied by weird screen coloration).

    Reverting back to v295 for now.
     
    ryan_calif, Mar 18, 2012
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  28. bigtonyman

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    hmm weird. v295 drivers are pretty stable and are still rather new so you should be good to go for a while. :)
     
    bigtonyman, Mar 18, 2012
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    Doesnt work for geforce go 6600 ,
    when I open setup it says required files missing , what could this be?
     
    evgasr2, Mar 18, 2012
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    works fine for me just need to get my fan replaced
     
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    I never disabled 9400M while installing these drivers. So, I need to disable 9400 and say good bye to the hybrid to install these drivers?
     
    spradhan01, Mar 18, 2012
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    Don't know, not sure if the Dell versioned 9400M is in the .infs or not, and I haven't manually added it to the .inf I attached. The laptopvideo2go fixed .inf should have all of them. Could try it enabled with mine, and if it isn't detected, try the lv2go ones.
     
    KracsNZ, Mar 18, 2012
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    Here's a link to an nvidia forum thread describing the problem I was getting with the v296.10 driver.

    nvidia drivers 296.10 - opinions? bug? - NVIDIA Forums
     
    ryan_calif, Mar 18, 2012
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    Thanks Slate! Works perfectly once again thx to you :D
     
    js_the_greatest, Apr 8, 2012
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    hey is this file broken? i can't seem to download it. it wont unzip. thanks
     
    Sn8kEater, Apr 28, 2012
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