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    D900F -> GTX 265m - Unable to load drivers

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by pacoV, Mar 19, 2010.

  1. pacoV

    pacoV Newbie

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    I just received my D900F with the GTX 285m and Windows 7 - 64 bit, but the DVI and HDMI ports do not work - I tried to reload the Drivers from both Clevo and nVidia - but, the drivers do not see the adapter - the original laptop image came with the drivers already installed - Anyone else run in to this?
     
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    Sorry I meant 285m
     
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    ReDuNZL Notebook Evangelist

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    Do you see your external monitor in the Nvidia Control Panel - Set up multiple displays ?
     
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    No - I spent a few hours going over it with the tech from the company i bought the laptop from - He found some drivers that would actually install - but even after installing them, the laptop still did not see the external displays - I got an RMA and shipped the machine back - its probably a hardware problem with the video adapter = when the figure it out, I'll post the solution
     
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    There have been multiple reports of Nvidia drivers for laptops (with the GTX280m/285m) not being able to use the HDMI and DVI out connectors.

    Sager installed Nvidia notebook driver 188.30 on my 8690 last month when it was shipped, (even though 187.71 is the latest thing they show on the download page for drivers).

    Nvidia released a WHQL driver today (197.17 just for notebooks) which many of us have been waiting for. This new driver may solve the problems, I don't know.

    laptopvideo2go has a lot of info in the forums relating to Nvidia drivers and workarounds. Good resource.

    Best of luck!
     
    Schmagagled, Mar 29, 2010
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