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    better 2370 vista video driver

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by serenityconsulting, Oct 5, 2008.

  1. serenityconsulting

    serenityconsulting Notebook Consultant

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    Because of notebook specific features, you cannot grab just any Nvidia Go 6100 driver for the 2370/2371. The Vista driver available from Averatec is Nvidia version 100.65. I have been running an alternate Vista Go 6100 driver for a few months now with no problems.

    This driver is specifically for the HP G6040EG Notebook PC. It is Nvidia Go 6100 driver 167.43, dated November 7, 2007 (released by HP on February 4, 2008.) http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-58706-1&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&os=2093&product=3636489 (Nviida is up to version 175.24, but I have yet to find a newer and reliable video driver that fully supports our 2370/2371)

    HP's site says this update "Improves display quality and compatibility with games and DVDs" It is a 133MB download. (but keep in mind, this is NOT going to magically turn your 2370 into a great gaming machine)

    You also have to use an alternate installation procedure. The Installshield mechanism will determine you are not doing this on an HP notebook and will automatically abort.

    Download the file and run it to expand the installer to a folder of your choice.

    Then open Vista's Device Manager (handle the UAC as necessary). Open up the current listing for the Go 6100 display adapter, go to the driver tab and select Update Driver.

    Do not allow Vista to automatically search. It should go to a listing of currently installed drivers, select the Have Disk option and browse the the folder you created above. Tell Vista to install the driver from that location.

    Your screen will likely go crazy at some points as the driver change occurs. Reboot when done.

    BTW, if you are a competent hardware type, see my next post about improving GPU cooling on this unit.
     
    serenityconsulting, Oct 5, 2008
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