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    Failed to load detection driver HELP

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by gowithdaflow, Apr 13, 2011.

  1. gowithdaflow

    gowithdaflow Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok, I've been using this laptop for a month or two now (G73JH-BST7 bought at BB) and it's been great. Games run smoothly, though I rarely play high-end graphic games, usually play MMO's. I just checked a few minutes ago that there was a new Catalyst driver available. So i downloaded it, tried to install, then BAM! A small blue screen with my laptop making some weird sound. So I did a force shutdown by holding the power button, then turned it on again, and there it was, I was on 800x600 resolution. So I thought, "hmm, maybe it's just because my laptop crashed while it was installing" so I ran the Catalyst Driver I downloaded from the ASUS website (v11.3). Then all suddenly, an error pops out saying "Failed to load detection driver". Then I panicked. And here I am, asking for some help on how to fix this.

    BTW, I NEVER updated my BIOS, vBIOS. When I bought this laptop, I just used the ASUS live update.

    Im sorry I can't give out a screenshot on the bluescreen.

    Any reply is very much appreciated.

    never mind! I fixed it, just installed Miscrosoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable and it worked fine.
     
    gowithdaflow, Apr 13, 2011
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  2. Chastity

    Chastity Company Representative

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    You need to update your machine to BIOS 213 + update the vBIOS to the latest release (see link below) in order to use any Catalyst after 10.3 or else you will get the problems you just listed.
     
    Chastity, Apr 13, 2011
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  3. gowithdaflow

    gowithdaflow Notebook Enthusiast

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    oh ok, will do! Thanks for the advice
     
    gowithdaflow, Apr 13, 2011
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