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    xps m170 7800gtx drivers wont install

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Spec260, Jan 28, 2008.

  1. Spec260

    Spec260 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well I tryed playing team fortress 2 and everything was screwed up. I downloaded the newest go drivers from nvidia only to find out they dont work. When I goto install it says setup could not find the whatever hardware for these drivers, setup will now close.

    The latest drivers on dells site is from 2006, so what drivers are good that will install?

    I also tryed v169 on laptop2go.com and they didnt work either.
     
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You need to read the instructions @ laptopvideo2go. You need the modded inf file.
     
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    Spec260 Notebook Enthusiast

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    oh i see now thanks, which ones would you recommend though to download and is it possible to use the modded inf to get the drivers from nvidia.com to work?

    edit; just followed instructions adding the modded inf, went to install the newest ones listed on laptopvideo2go.com 169.09 and got BSOD.
     
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    ok nevermind finally got them to work, I installed the 84.63's which are the ones listed as newest on nvidias site for my card. I found them in the archieves on laptop2go forums and followed the instructions with the modded inf and it worked great, TF2 now plays and looks great.
     
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