Difficulty installing 430.86 driver with modded inf for 980M 4GB in win 7

Hi everyone,

Been awhile since I frequented the forums or indeed modded an inf! I recently had the opportunity to pick up a rare 980M 4GB mxm (MSI gsync) card to play with in my ancient M15x. I had been after one of these for a while as they are easier to cool and less power hungry than the 8GB common version.

It installed without a hitch and gets into windows no problem. I proceeded to download the latest 430.86 driver for windows 7 64 bit and modded the nv_dispi.inf file with the gpu hardware ID as per an online guide here I also found this guide that seems to follow a more modern and different process to mod the nvdmi.inf file for Alienware machines. It seems however this is more for windows 10 machines. I modded it anyway.

The driver software started fine and recognised the GPU. I began the install the drivers. About 20 seconds into the installation windows asks whether I really want to install non verified drivers and click yes and then 20 seconds later the installation fails.

Any ideas, tips and guidance would be much appreciated! Here is a screenshot of the GPU ID below:

Capture by King of Interns posted Jun 26, 2019 at 1:25 AM

Thanks everyone!!

 

Did you disable driver signature enforcement? Also hardware i.d and a clean nvmii.inf file link and your modded one will have a look for ya.

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Hi hacktrix. The hardware ID is in the screenshot above. Also I didn't mod the nvmii.inf file but instead nvdmi.inf (for Dell/Alienware)

Driver signature enforcement I think is disabled but I will check this is disabled at bootup to be on the safe side (win 7). Will have to wait to get the files. Essentially it was the latest driver from nvidia for 980M though.

 

Will mod it after I had my tea.

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Got it to work

Modded the nvdmi.inf this time replacing as follows everywhere

NVIDIA_DEV.13D7.05AB.1028 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M"

with

NVIDIA_DEV.1617.02A2.1028 = "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M"

Then I I disabled driver signature enforcement from bios although it still didnt stop the pop up and it worked.

So far so good. In 30C+ ambient temps idle is around 42C. Will test further and have some fun with it.

Thanks again!

 

Nice was just about to get started as well. Glad you got it working though.

 

Good job King.

 

Now I need a modded vbios. GTA V with all the eye candy on max at 1080p except the "advanced graphics settings" sees frames rarely above 30fps. Temps top out at 60-63C.Is @Prema still active? I will happily send him a donation if he is and can unlock this card

 

Thanks for the kind offer to help Hacktrix. I guess you wouldnt know how to mod a vbios would you

 

You can use the Maxwell VBIOS editor to make a modded bios. However personally I'd use MSI Afterburner to see if you can overcom the issue with an overclock as VBIOS editing and flashing can be very risky.

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GTA V and m15x .... Are you sure it isn't the CPU holding you back?

 

Haha now I fixed it stock 980m and 940xm gets me to the 60fps buffer 90% of the time at 1080p

Cpu not bottleneck at this resolution and high settings gpu is. Good news is temps are much more manageable with 4gb vram! After 2 hours gaming temps hit max 79c in ambient 30c. Didnt even bother controlling fans as it was for most part staying 65-75c. Before you ask completely stock cooling.