upgraded to windows 7. cant use main gpu

i can only use the crappy intel graphics card on windows 7, have xp on dual boot, and i cant watch youtube or films on full screen as it has poor frame rate.
any idea how i can get the nvidia 8800 gt to work?
i tried accessing it on control panel but it gives me an error message
thanks

 

First thing, you are in the wrong section, this is for the Dell M15x. Yours is the Area-51 edition and this post should go in the Legacy section. Second have you tried installing the correct drivers for your computer?

 

maybe your card is fried

 

card is fine as it works on xp with no probs

 

try to uninstall and then reinstall the graphic drivers in windows 7.

 

MAke sure you have that GPU engaged on your system and not the Intel GPU engaged.

 

how do i do that? ^^

 

To see whether you're on which GPU, simply right click on your desktop.

You should see Nvidia Control Panel as one of the options if you're on the 8800.

You normally see Graphics Options if you're on the x3100.

To switch from one GPU to the other, you press Fn+F7.

You might want to take a look at dhoang's thread on how to run everything fine and dandy on your m15x with win 7.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...9-windows-7-64-bit-drivers-m15x-not-m15x.html

 

thanks a lot cha but it still doesnt seem to work :S

hmm i went on control panel and all it says is you are not currently usaing a disply attached to an Nvidia GPU

any ideas

 

thanks a lot cha but it still doesnt seem to work :S

hmm i went on control panel and all it says is you are not currently usaing a disply attached to an Nvidia GPU

any ideas?

 

Which driver version are you using?

Driver versions 190 and up won't work with the area 51 m15x. Trying using 186.81 from Nvidia

NVIDIA DRIVERS 186.81 WHQL