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    Problem with nVidia Driver

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by DawnsEclips, Jul 9, 2009.

  1. DawnsEclips

    DawnsEclips Notebook Consultant

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    Problem: Cant play games, browser scroll is slow, glitchy, and laggy.

    So i went and upgraded my nVidia driver, at first there were no problems, but then i decided to switch to the DOX Forceware 185.85. I followed the instruction and uninstalled the nVidia driver first then cleaned what ever was remaining with driver sweeper on administrator. After rebooting i ran the installer. Everything was fine and the installer finished, but then when i tried to test out games like Left 4 Dead and Trine nothing would happen. The game opens but nothing shows up. Then i tried to go to the nVidia normally if i click on desktop i would be able to change settings, but now its not there. When i do open it, now it's empty. Help please.

    Heres what my it looks like.
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  2. Syngensmyth

    Syngensmyth In All Seriousness

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    Something didn't install right or get removed before install ... my guess. Try the whole thing again. Maybe boot to Safe Mode for the uninstall and clean. Make sure Windows does not auto install when booting back into Full OS. Check the Generic VGA driver is the only one present. Then install.
     
  3. DawnsEclips

    DawnsEclips Notebook Consultant

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    I did notice that it did try to auto install something but says it fails when i reboot after uninstall and clean, but i ignored it and installed the driver anyways. I'll try to do the safemode uninstall and clean.

    How do i check Generic VGA driver is the only one present?

    EDIT:
    Ok i just rebooted in safemode, when i try to uninstall the driver, it tells me that i will be removing the high def audio, so i'm guessing that i didn't actually install the display driver. I'm going to clean and reboot to full OS and install again.

    Just finished installing the driver again, nothings changed. Looks like it wont install the display driver for me. Cause when i go to uninstall it normally it would ask me if i want to delete the display and audio driver but this time it's only telling me that it will uninstall the HD audio driver.

    For some reason there is a nVidia Folder in my (C) drive, so i have nVidia > DisplayerDriver > 186.03 > international > inside the folder is a load of setup files and .dlls, then there is a HD audio folder and display folder with stuff in them.
     
  4. InfectedSonic

    InfectedSonic Notebook Evangelist

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    try manually running the setup for the video drivers as admin with any anti virus software off. i remember a dox driver not installing with the main setup so i had to do it with the actual video driver setup. although i cant remember which version of dox drivers it was. you could give the driver i use a shot its not a dox driver but it is a great driver in which everything works fine. its version 190.15.its a quadro driver so youll need a modified inf file but you can get that all at laptopvideo2go.com
     
  5. DawnsEclips

    DawnsEclips Notebook Consultant

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    I don't think the 190.15 supports the GPU i'm using and i don't know what to do with the modified inf file. Nevermind, i extracted the files and threw the inf in there to replace the old one.

    So I'm guessing I'm running the 190.15 driver right now...but does anyone know why the installer from nVidia's site didn't work?