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    NVidia setup not detecting my 8400M GS graphics, why?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Prince14, Feb 19, 2009.

  1. Prince14

    Prince14 Notebook Enthusiast

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    This has been getting on my nerves lately. In the past, they never bothered releasing drivers for laptops but now that they do, I can't get it to work with my laptop, which is HP Pavilion 6670ee with NVidia 8400M GS...

    I know that 3rd party driver will work with it but I am not able to get the PhysX support with those drivers for some reason and if I download Notebook driver from NVidia website, the latest which they released few days ago for example.

    I get this error during installation:

    The NVIDIA setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. Setup will now exit.

    It's NVidia's own 8400M GS - wth is it not detecting it?
     
    Prince14, Feb 19, 2009
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  2. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    You need to include the Subsys ID of your card into the original INF. The original INF doesn't support all cards. It might support 8400M GS, but with different subsys ID's. Download the laptopvideo2go driver with the modded inf.
     
    coolguy, Feb 19, 2009
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  3. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    What is your OS?
     
    ahl395, Feb 19, 2009
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