New M17x driver issue

Well I guess we should start by identifying the problem:

What are the latest drivers you successfully able to install on each operating system?


From what Ive been hearing it's only the one's from Dell's site which are 179.85.

 

The drivers on Dell's website are newer but giving lower 3dmark scores that the one that comes on the resource dvd. Both work fine in Vista but I guess just older.

In Windows 7 the drivers on the Dell's website are the only ones that work but are not stable while running 3dmark, the system locks.

 

And can you install anything newer than the Dell drivers on Vista?

 

Never tried since they were working. In the other threads we were troubleshooting Windows 7 because we had nothing stable.

 

I assume you're referring to the newer driver downloaded.

 

You should try installing newest nvidia drivers on Vista then since there might not even be a problem. I thought Vandit was saying he couldn't get anything past Dell's drivers to install. Maybe he was just talking about Win7?

 

@phinagle: Yes he was complaining about Windows 7.

@don: the method on the first page doesn't work because if you cannot change the 280s without affect the 9400 and vice verse. So if I uninstall the 280s the 9400 becomes uninstalled.

So what do I try next??

 

Bah all so confusing. :confused2:

 

I d/l the Dell driver from their support site and had a look.

From what I can tell it def is a custom driver and I am not sure how we are going to get this figured out. The inf has only the 9400 and 260/280's listed with a custom hybrid install package.

Anyone know ppl from lv2go?? Maybe they can help?

 

Bottom line is if someone wants Windows 7 I haven't found a stable driver yet. Maybe someone else has.

 

The way I see it is Dell will still be selling this system when Win7 launches. I am sure Dell will also offer Win7 instead of Vista.

So, we will have access to an official driver when that happens (via support.dell.com)

 

Just trying to help out the Windows 7 fanatics. Vista doesn't bother me.

 

I can understand why Win7 may not work right now with the Hybrid support being up in the air so if Vista can get the latest drivers installed it shouldn't be a problem.


That said though the 185.85 laptopvideo2go drivers I posted on the first page have an install for Win7 with Hybrid support. Did you use the custom installer that came with that download when you attempted to install them on Win7 Mandrake? If so what choice did you pick from the drop down menu for GPU config?

 

Windows7 64bit and Hybrid SLI - Win7

 

I can try them again after doing a driver sweep.

 

Failed, same result. Screen becomes unreadable. I'll try the 186.18 version.

Edit: 186.18 won't even install. All that works is Dell's 179.85 but that driver was locking up on me during 3dmark06.

Edit 2: I'm sure I would be just as unsuccessful with the upgraded drivers and Vista.

 

Thanks Mandrake.

 

Yeah, thanks!

I'd give you more rep but I have to spread the love first

 

BTW, I can really see the difference with SSD and the 7200RPM disks when I'm switching back and for. I'm a SSD believer now!

 

microsoft already said they will not support hybrid sli systems, will explain the lack of or at least very patchy support

 

my phone is acting up were i can't go back. so i assume it's still not working.

what i was trying to do is to delete the driver files to see what's not installing. so we can say it's the 9400 right. can you uninstall your chipset driver or is that a dumb question. maybe the chipset is rendering it unstable. install the chipset last or over the driver.

 

don- those l2v drivers just don't work with WIn7. End of story. Mandrake and I both spent countless hours trying to get the drivers working. I reinstalled Vista. I will just wait until better support comes out. Win7 isn't even supposed to be released before the fall, so I am not upset.

 

ok i didn't know.

i'm wondering if it's the chipset why it's not working.

what's your chipset????

 

mcp79

its a nvidia chipset

 

thanks. i'm downloading it now. i'm going to look at the dell
s one.


also can some download the dell ones and replace the infs. or was this already tried?

 

Did anybody manage to overclock the GPUs on this one? Ntune is giving me the option to overclock 9400m and that is it. Is there a way to overclock the SLI 280m GTX?

 

i haven't heard of any one trying

^^^i didn't know you got one

 

If it is availbale, that means I have it

 

oooo lucky you

 

Well I'm not sure why everyone is having issues with the SLI in Windows 7

I'm running Windows 7 RC and i just ran a 3DMark06 benchmark and got a score of 14377. I'm going to download Vantage now and see what i get.

Edit: I got a 3DMark Vantage score of 10144.

 

Are you using the drivers on Dell's website?

 

ok granted 3dmark06 is a little old now and vantage is the new benchmark

but even with that for uk buyers changing to the m17x is alot to ask

i paid £1700 for my M17 + £250 for my quad

for £1950 i would get a pig of a m17x to get even a comparable system i would need to get the quad (assuming i sourced one from ebay for comparison issues) upped to the 260 sli (again roughly the same depending if you believe 06 or vantage) i would be seriously out of pocket, even more so if i went for the 280's

AW are screwing us

edit : sorry for off topic, just nice to compare m17>m17x

 

No im using some drivers i got off of laptopvideo2go

 

OK, which version. Care to share any other detail?

 

Alrighty,

1. Uninstall all current video drivers.
2. Install the 186.18 drivers & modified INF found here
3. When Laptop is done rebooting it will be running on the 9400M.
4. Install the Nvidia Chipset driver from the Resource CD.
5. When Laptop is done rebooting you may still be running on the 9400M (i was), if so just use the FN+F7 combo and reboot like told.
6. Now when your PC is done rebooting you should be able to use the NVIDIA Hybrid SLI trayicon to switch between the SLI and 9400M.

 

Thanks, did you use driver sweep between step 1 and 2?

You said 3dmark06 worked for you, did you try any games?

 

i just used normal windows uninstaller for drivers.

Ive played Crysis and Gears of War without issue, I also edited my early post to include my 3DMark Vantage score.

 

mandrake can you confirm that this works???

 

Sure. Give me 20 minutes or so.

 

I still get compatible card not found. Are you disabling hybrid in the bios first?

 

i didnt disable anything in the bios you are using the Modified INF correct?

 

You want me to use the modified inf before the install...sorry it's early. I'll try again.

Edit: It's installing now. +rep coming if this works.

 

OK driver installed. Running 3Dmark06 now.

 

This is good news, wonder if it will work for the Toshiba users as well

 

kqmaverick, did 3dmark run at 4:3 ratio? I didn't change the rez but for some reason it's running at 4:3.

 

yes 06 runs in 1024x768 theres an option in the nvidia control panel if you want it to stretch the image to fill screen or keep aspect ratio. So im assuming 3dmark06 didnt crash?

 

14345 in 3dmark but ran @4:3 ratio the whole time.

 

default shows 1280x1024. No it's didn't crash.

 

well thats obviously an improvement, have you tried vantage?

 

Not yet. Changing the rez to 1280x768 goes back to 16:10. I'll see what the score is. BTW I'm running at 3.2Ghz right now.

Edit: 14534 @ the new rez.