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    Why does my Dell xps1530 drop the Video Driver in XP?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by bagginz, Jul 10, 2008.

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    bagginz Newbie

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    Can anyone give me a clue as to why my XP install of on my DEll xp1530 drops the video driver almost every other time that I boot?

    I have tried several forceware drivers (with modded infs) and they work for a couple of boots , then suddenly they won't load and I get the painfully slow screen re-draws which signlas (to me at least) that it has loaded a win xp basic safe video driver.

    I then have to delete the display driver ( along with using Driver Sweeper set to remove all Nvidia video drivers) re-boot, and load the inf modded driver again. Which works fine for a couple of boots and then... same

    I have the GeForce 8600M GT hardware in the XPS and am using the correct driver.

    In my vista partition, absolutely no problem at all with video drivers.

    I'm not after squeezing maximum framerates, I just need good 2D performance as I rarely play games.

    If anybody has any ideas they would be most welcome.

    Cheers,
    bagginz
     
    bagginz, Jul 10, 2008
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    bagginz Newbie

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    Anyone got a clue?
     
    bagginz, Jul 11, 2008
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