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    Trying to install 266.58 from 260.99 on my R2

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by DeeVu, Feb 24, 2011.

  1. DeeVu

    DeeVu That Compsci/Psych Major

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    Hey guys,

    I just got my R2 today and I originally decided I wanted the 260.99 driver because it was the most stable. Now I hear that 266.58 has the punkbuster fix for bad company 2... So I decided to download it. ~160MB later I run it and after the compatibility test it states "The Graphics driver could not find any compatible graphics hardware." Am I completely missing something? On the R1 it would just ask for a clean install when I was in discrete mode. Now there is a compatibility issue? Is it something to do with optimus? Do I need to install it another way? Any help for this R2 noob would be much appreciated :)

    -DeeVu

    P.S. It is the Windows 7 Driver. Not the XP one. Made sure of that. (and its off of the Nvidia site)
     
    DeeVu, Feb 24, 2011
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  2. BranMuffin

    BranMuffin Notebook Consultant

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    Try manually uninstalling the 260.99 driver then extract the 266.58 go to the extracted folder and run the setup. Maybe use ccleaner right after 260.99 and do a registry fix.
     
    BranMuffin, Feb 24, 2011
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  3. ragingazn628

    ragingazn628 Notebook Consultant

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    I just straight installed 266.58 w/o doing anything else from 260.99 and it's working fine so far. Knock on wood.
     
    ragingazn628, Feb 25, 2011
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  4. bchreng

    bchreng Notebook Evangelist

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    I too installed 266.58 over whatever Dell shipped my M11x with with no issue at all. What Muffin said might be worth a shot. Try removing the drivers and installing the new ones.
     
    bchreng, Feb 25, 2011
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  5. IRSmurf

    IRSmurf Notebook Geek

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    Driver Sweeper, then Dell driver, then NVIDIA driver
     
    IRSmurf, Feb 25, 2011
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    roxxor Notebook Evangelist

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    Nvidias new driver code means you can install on top of old drivers. First, do a clean reboot and try running the installer again. If it still pops in the error, do what IRSmurf suggests.
     
    roxxor, Feb 25, 2011
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  7. MasivB

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    This usually always works for me.
    - Uninstall all nvidia releated programs
    - Reboot in safe-mode
    - Run driver sweeper
    - Reboot and install new drivers
     
    MasivB, Feb 25, 2011
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  8. DeeVu

    DeeVu That Compsci/Psych Major

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    Oh wow. I completely and utterly can not read. I have been trying to install it for the past 45min. Safemode + CCleaner + Driver Sweeper... if only I read the driver. I googled 266.58 verde windows 7 driver but didnt realize there was a desktop one too. So this whole time I have been trying to install the wrong driver. Thank you all for your advice :) At least now I have a clean registry!

    -DeeVu
     
    DeeVu, Feb 25, 2011
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