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    Gateway 6860fx graphics card

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Nathand, Jun 6, 2008.

  1. Nathand

    Nathand Notebook Consultant

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    Hi, I bought the Gateway 6860fx from best buy yesterday and am multi booting XP Pro and Vista. The problem is none of the drivers for the laptops hardware are installed. I've managed to find and install most the necessary drivers, but the 8800M GTS graphics card driver eludes me.

    Can anyone link to the best driver for XP for this graphics card?

    Help is much appreciated!!
     
    Nathand, Jun 6, 2008
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  2. flynnaz

    flynnaz I am a Night Elf Mohawk!

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    Goto this link;

    http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18823

    Follow these directions from Johnksss;

     
    flynnaz, Jun 6, 2008
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  3. Nathand

    Nathand Notebook Consultant

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    That page has the driver version 175.80, do the directions still apply?
     
    Nathand, Jun 6, 2008
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    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    Yes all of them.
     
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  5. Nathand

    Nathand Notebook Consultant

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    Excellent, thank you.

    Now I just have to get the audio working :confused: You wouldn't happen to have a quick fix on that too would you?
     
    Nathand, Jun 6, 2008
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  6. Johnksss

    Johnksss .

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    maybe


    what is the problem?
     
    Johnksss, Jun 6, 2008
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  7. Nathand

    Nathand Notebook Consultant

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    I'm not really sure, it's just not installed. I tried downloading and installing an IDT audio driver but it doesn't work, no sound on xp.

    Do you have a link to the correct driver?
     
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    Nathand Notebook Consultant

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    Nathand, Jun 6, 2008
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    Johnksss .

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    you have the xp driver in your recovery partition....

    and the sound under xp is jacked up to start with. the left side is louder than the right. and has some crackling in it from time to time.
     
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  10. Nathand

    Nathand Notebook Consultant

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    Has anyone else had problems with 175.80? Age of Empires II freezes every couple of seconds..
     
    Nathand, Jun 10, 2008
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  11. Johnksss

    Johnksss .

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    what driver we're you running before?
     
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  12. Nathand

    Nathand Notebook Consultant

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    The one that came installed on the laptop.
     
    Nathand, Jun 10, 2008
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    Actually now that I think about it, this is the XP system so it didn't have a factory installed driver. The first driver I've used on the XP install is the one in the link on the previous page, the one I'm having problems with.
     
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    Johnksss .

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    try a lower version of the file then...like 175.63
     
    Johnksss, Jun 10, 2008
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    Will do, thanks.
     
    Nathand, Jun 11, 2008
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