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    help with 8600gt drivers

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Major_Tierce79, Oct 12, 2007.

  1. Major_Tierce79

    Major_Tierce79 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok i just bought a Asus C90s with a 8600m GT 512mg. I can install the drivers just fine with the CD that asus provided, but when I try updating to 163.69 or 163.74 the installation says that it did not find any hardware compatible witht the drivers...

    My device manager sees the card as a 8600m GT driver version 7.15.11.117.

    I am using vista 32-bit

    plz help

    thx
     
    Major_Tierce79, Oct 12, 2007
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  2. odin243

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    Please read the stickies before posting, there is a thread dedicated to updating video drivers.
     
    odin243, Oct 12, 2007
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    its because when you download it you need to make sure it says Geforce Go.. and they don't have the downloads available for the 8 series yet...
     
    Ninthwonder, Oct 13, 2007
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  4. Lithus

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    Umm, NO. It's because he's missing the .inf. But like Odin said, read the stickies.
     
    Lithus, Oct 13, 2007
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  5. odin243

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    Actually, ninthwonder was correct, there are Forceware mobile releases that do not require a modded INF.
     
    odin243, Oct 13, 2007
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    Definitely a case of missing INF.
     
    Lithus, Oct 13, 2007
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    He downloaded them from nVidia, not from LaptopVideo2Go. Modified INFs are not required if you use nVidia's mobile Forceware releases.
     
    odin243, Oct 13, 2007
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    Well, he doesn't say where he got them from, plus those aren't Nvidia's official mobile releases, thus he needs to find an INF so that they will work with the mobile cards. I don't know why we're arguing over this.
     
    Lithus, Oct 13, 2007
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  9. Major_Tierce79

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    ok thx i found out I had a bad INF
     
    Major_Tierce79, Oct 13, 2007
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