Asus Nvidia 8600m driver problem

Hi,

I have the Asus V2S runs on Vista Ultimate and has a Nvidia 8600m GT 512mb card.

Force Ware 101.38

I can't seem to update the drivers for it - by using the Nvidia drivers or the Asus drivers. Either I get an error message or it says your card driver is uptodate.

I can't run Company of Heroes 2.1 on my computer. Everything runs beautifully until gameplay. Then the graphic card has a heart attack.

NVIDIA System Information report created on: 10/09/2007 23:04:04
System name: SPARTAN

[Display]
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7500 @ 2.20GHz (2194 MHz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista
DirectX version: 10.0
GPU processor: GeForce 8600M GT
ForceWare version: 101.38
Total available graphics memory: 1263 MB
Dedicated video memory: 512 MB
System video memory: 0 MB
Shared system memory: 751 MB
Video BIOS version: 60.84.49.00.24
IRQ: 10
Bus: PCI Express x16

[Components]

nvCplUIR.dll 1.4.2.55 NVIDIA Control Panel
nvCpl.cpl 1.4.2.55 NVIDIA Control Panel Applet
nvExpBar.dll 1.4.2.55 NVIDIA Control Panel
nvCplUI.exe 1.4.2.55 NVIDIA Control Panel
nvViTvSR.dll 7.15.11.0138 NVIDIA Video and TV Server
nvViTvS.dll 7.15.11.0138 NVIDIA Video and TV Server
nvDispSR.dll 7.15.11.0138 NVIDIA Display Server
NVMCTRAY.DLL 7.15.11.0138 NVIDIA Media Center Library
nvDispS.dll 7.15.11.0138 NVIDIA Display Server
NVCPL.DLL 7.15.11.0138 NVIDIA Compatible Windows 2000 Display driver, Version 101.38
nvGameSR.dll 7.15.11.0138 NVIDIA 3D Settings Server
nvGameS.dll 7.15.11.0138 NVIDIA 3D Settings Server

 

Download drivers from laptopvideo2go.com. Read the gaming stickies.

 

Yeah, in Vista I can't play BF1942 unless I get later ones from Laptopvideo2go.com

 

I have the exact same problem and all the drivers from laptopvideo2go seem to not work PLEASE HELP!

 

Don't update the conventional way. Do it via Device Manager. Go to device manager and select display adpaters and then right click on your video card. Then click "Update Driver Software". Then say "Browse Computer..." selection and then select "Let Me Pick..." then say "Have Disc". Once you open that dialog just search the folder where you downloaded and extracted the drivers. It should automatically find the "inf" file and select the proper card. Before you do this inorder to get rid of the old drivers if you want, you have to remove them and check "Delete devicce software". This will delete those older drivers and you will not be able to return to them. Windows will restart and will install its own "Standard VGA" driver. Update with the above method to get the new drivers, but make sure to restart for the drivers to kick in.

 

thanks alot that worked!