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    Better site to find drivers?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Stryker412, Jan 7, 2012.

  1. Stryker412

    Stryker412 Notebook Consultant

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    The Sager site is excruciatingly slow to download from. Is there a better site that has the stock drivers for the 8130?

    Also, I'm currently reformatting my laptop. Where can I obtain the modified ini file for the latest nvidia drivers so I can install the latest? The drivers on Sager's site are 6 months old.
     
    Stryker412, Jan 7, 2012
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    gwilled Notebook Deity

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    The best place to satisfy driver hunger:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo/573379-clevo-driver-thread.html


    A good source for Nvidia drivers and modified infs:
    http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/
     
    gwilled, Jan 7, 2012
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    Stryker412 Notebook Consultant

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    Thank you for that link. So we can DL the normal nvidia drivers now? I remember before you had to hack the ini file to allow it to install.
     
    Stryker412, Jan 7, 2012
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    mrblings, Jan 7, 2012
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  5. WhatsThePoint

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    You can check station-drivers.com every few days for new WHQL and Beta drivers for all your hardware except Sager hardware specific utilities that must be downloaded from Sager.

    Majorgeeks.com and filehippo.com are good sources to keep your software programs current.
     
    WhatsThePoint, Jan 7, 2012
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  6. Anthony@MALIBAL

    Anthony@MALIBAL Company Representative

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    There hasn't been a need to use modified inf's for Nvidia drivers for a few months now. You shouldn't have any issues getting the newest releases directly from their site.
     
    Anthony@MALIBAL, Jan 7, 2012
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    is it best to have latest stable drivers or the one from CD that retailers give? Im going to install a WIN 7 on a NEW HDD tuesday.
     
    mrblings, Jan 7, 2012
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    The drivers manufacturers include on CD are, more often than not, horribly out of date. I'm talking usually a minimum of six months (more like a year plus in most cases). 999 times out of 1000 it's best to install the latest drivers from the hardware maker, not the notebook integrator. As for the 1 time out of 1000 it's not best, the answer is usually that you simply install the driver that came out right before the most recent. NVIDIA keeps an archive that goes back a few revisions, so you would be covered regardless.
     
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    This is off topic of the post, but not the thread title... but just in case x7200 users come across this thread - I have a listing of all known drivers, BIOS, and manuals for the x7200 in my sig.

    Most drivers are from the actual vendor, not Sager or Clevo unless they specifically provide that URL.
     
    jclausius, Jan 8, 2012
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