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    Dell's New Video Driver For XPS 15 & 17 - Unable To Download

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by SAiLO, Jan 4, 2011.

  1. SAiLO

    SAiLO Notebook Evangelist

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    The new driver for our new XPS laptops equipped with Nvidia GT435 & GT420 has been released by Dell on 2nd of January.

    I have been trying to download it since yesterday, no luck.

    Here's the link:

    Drivers and Downloads

    or

    Drivers and Downloads


    Has anyone managed to download it?
     
    SAiLO, Jan 4, 2011
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  2. coyrls

    coyrls Newbie

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    I noticed the new driver today and posted in the "How can we install official drivers from NVIDIA" thread. I was going to download the drivers directly to my laptop this evening but when I saw your post I tried to download the drivers to my (non-laptop) computer and, as you say, the download failed. I chose the browser download option and the download failed silently, subsequent attempts resulted in a "The page you are looking for cannot be found and may no longer be available." error.

    So it looks like the drivers can't be downloaded :(
     
    coyrls, Jan 4, 2011
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  3. zarr

    zarr Notebook Geek

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    Also noticed the 'new drivers' but then checked the current driver version already installed from the Device Manager and it's the same version '8.17.12.5951' as the new driver listed, I'd say it's not quite released yet since the version of the new listing and the one I downloaded last year ar the same...

    The reason I'm looking for the new driver is because when I'm watching an AVI file, the avi seems to have a line through the middle where the sync goes out or something, this happens only with fast movement... like the top and bottom of the playing video (either full screen or not) cause some sort of friction between each other.. anyone else experience this??
     
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  4. coyrls

    coyrls Newbie

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    Yes, you're right the version numbers are the same! The only difference seems to be the previous one had ",A02" after it and the new one has ",A03". Perhaps a reference to the minimum BIOS level?

    I've not really viewed .avi files extensively and so can't really comment on your problem.
     
    coyrls, Jan 4, 2011
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  5. Cap

    Cap Notebook Consultant

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    I tried to download the new driver too. I keep getting a "Session Data is corrupt" message.
     
    Cap, Jan 4, 2011
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  6. DaneGRClose

    DaneGRClose Notebook Virtuoso

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    Why use Dell's drivers? There has been a few threads that have proved that the Dell drivers are inferior to Nvidia drivers. If anyone needs any help in sourcing the Nvidia drivers they need post your specs and I'll give you a link to the most recent and most stable drivers.
     
    DaneGRClose, Jan 4, 2011
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    dog_pig Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was under the impression that we could only use the drivers provided on the Dell site?
     
    dog_pig, Jan 4, 2011
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  8. DaneGRClose

    DaneGRClose Notebook Virtuoso

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    Not true, that's what Dell wants you to believe. It requires some modding of the .inf file to use right now though.
     
    DaneGRClose, Jan 4, 2011
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  9. SAiLO

    SAiLO Notebook Evangelist

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    So, will a modded .inf file from laptopvideo2go.com along with the newest driver work with 435GT / 420GT? Or do we need to further modify the file?

    Thanks.
     
    SAiLO, Jan 4, 2011
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  10. DaneGRClose

    DaneGRClose Notebook Virtuoso

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    You need to modify it further, the id strings for our cards are not included in any driver out there right now other than the Dell driver. If you have the non-Optimus versions all you need to do is copy paste the id strings for the cards in the right place, if not it requires further modding.

    Edit: Just noticed a new Nvidia driver let me check the id strings first.
     
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    DaneGRClose Notebook Virtuoso

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    If someone could try to install the driver below to see if it works or if it fails I'd appreciate it, I'm slammed at work right now or I would check it myself. If you could report back so we know if it supports our laptops I'd appreciate it. If it doesn't work I can mod it for everyones use. If it works it will work for the entire XPS 14/15/17 line Optimus or not. Here is the link:

    NVIDIA DRIVERS 266.35 BETA
     
    DaneGRClose, Jan 4, 2011
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