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    Driver help needed for my (2) Nvidia GTS 280M video cards installed

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by ARMYCYCO, Dec 17, 2013.

  1. ARMYCYCO

    ARMYCYCO Newbie

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    i need some help please, i am new to this, and never edited video cards, and i have (2) nvidia gforce GTX 280M 1 GB video cards installed in my Alienware M17x that was bought jan 2010... can anyone please help me try to install the most current workable drivers for this stupid laptop, i am so ready to smash it, its gotten to me... i read on other sites where people have edited stuff, and things, but i am not so good at stuff like that, so need some help to with this please

    System Information report written at: 12/16/13 20:31:54
    System Name: ALIENWARE-ADMIN
    [System Summary]

    Item Value
    OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
    Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
    Other OS Description Not Available
    OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
    System Name ALIENWARE-ADMIN
    System Manufacturer Alienware
    System Model M17x
    System Type x64-based PC
    Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9800 @ 2.93GHz, 2934 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
    BIOS Version/Date Alienware A07, 3/4/2011
    SMBIOS Version 2.5
    Windows Directory C:\Windows
    System Directory C:\Windows\system32
    Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
    Locale United States
    Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
    User Name Alienware-Admin\Admin - Alienware
    Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
    Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
    Total Physical Memory 8.00 GB
    Available Physical Memory 4.68 GB
    Total Virtual Memory 16.0 GB
    Available Virtual Memory 11.5 GB
    Page File Space 8.00 GB
    Page File C:\pagefile.sys

    [Hardware Resources]
     
    ARMYCYCO, Dec 17, 2013
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  2. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Have you downloaded the correct drivers? NVIDIA packages their desktop and mobile sets separately. These are the ones you want.
     
    saturnotaku, Dec 17, 2013
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  3. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    your linky not worky :(

    if youve been having problems loading the drivers follow the manual walk through in my sig below. theres also the links to the nvidia driver page that shows you the last 15 or so drivers.
    as youve got oldish 3-4 year old graphics cards i can highly recommend the best nvidia ever brought out for the 2**GTX 186.81. yes they are old but its best to start off with them and then build upto later ones. its a bit of a bind but i think its the only way to test whats best for your cards. im still running 186.81 on my 260GTX as ive tried newer and never found any more stable.
     
    MrDJ, Dec 17, 2013
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  4. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Link should be working now.
     
    saturnotaku, Dec 17, 2013
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