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    nvidia driver help

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Jrlrule, May 25, 2008.

  1. Jrlrule

    Jrlrule Notebook Geek

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    i am a real noob and confused reading forums in laptopvideo2go, but how do i install the drivers in that site? I downloaded 175.12, something like that, and then it gave me a folder with all the files. Thats when i got stuck, i dont kow what to do or where to put the files at... So i clicked setup.exe in the folder and it said its not compatible with my card or something..

    i have the 8600gt and have 156.69, so i want to update to a better version.
     
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    so does it matter where i extract it? and how do i install it? click on setup.exe?

    and how do you uninstall the nvidia drivers i have now

    thx
     
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    Just start up setup.exe. It does not matter where you extract it. Once your done installing, you can delete the extracted files.

    You do not need to uninstall the drivers you have currently.
     
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    No, they are just temporary files. After it has successfully installed you can delete them. No need to remove your old drivers.
     
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    ok so i started up setup.exe and then once it get in the nvidia background i get an error saying:

    "the nvidia setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. Setup will now exit."

    had the same problem last time i tryed to install the drivers...

    anything i can do??
     
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    You need to replace the .inf file with the modded one.
     
    sesshomaru, May 25, 2008
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