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    Reinstalled 8600gt driver...now the card wont show up!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by format13, Nov 13, 2007.

  1. format13

    format13 Notebook Consultant

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    I had 169.09 installed, Live For Speed was running at a lower FPS, so I decided to unistall and reinstall 169.01. During the uninstall, it froze, i restarted and did it again. Restarted, and installed the 169.01 drivers, but now the graphics card wont show up! It doesnt show in Device Manager.

    Vista 32 bit. Vostro 1500

    Help!
     
    format13, Nov 13, 2007
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  2. Harleyquin07

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    Corrupted driver install, you'll either have to try again after using drivercleaner to delete the old drivers and then installing in safe mode or installing a slightly older driver as 169.01 is a beta driver.

    Alternatively 169.04 is newer and provides good performance.
     
    Harleyquin07, Nov 14, 2007
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