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    D900f 285m unable Nvidia driver update

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by blueridgeflyer, Mar 23, 2010.

  1. blueridgeflyer

    blueridgeflyer Notebook Enthusiast

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    Greetings,

    When I attempt to update the 285m with the latest WHQL nvidia notebook drivers I am presented with a W7 error message citing compatibility or somesuch. Im am only able to use the Nvidia drivers provided by a reseller such as Sager which are quite old actaully 18x.xx versus the latest Nvidia 19x.xx. Anyone help would be greatly appreaciated.
     
    blueridgeflyer, Mar 23, 2010
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    grbac Notebook Deity

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    It would help if you can tell which error exactlyare you getting. Where did you DL the nvidia driver?
     
    grbac, Mar 24, 2010
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    ReDuNZL Notebook Evangelist

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    Maybe there's a reason why the resellers don't have the 195.62 drivers available - I know there's issues with the 195.62 and my D900F, had to go back to 186.81 myself.
    Issues concerns proper handling of an external monitor.
    I am not entirely sure whether it's the 195.62 or the Nvidia Systems Tools 6.05 that has the malfunction though, but as you can't use the older 6.03 System Tools with the latest drivers, or vice versa, had to roll back both.
     
    ReDuNZL, Mar 24, 2010
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  4. blueridgeflyer

    blueridgeflyer Notebook Enthusiast

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    The drivers are downloaded from Nvidia. 195.62_notebook_winvista_win7_64bit_international_whql

    Error message: The Nvidia setup program can not locate any drivers that are compatible with your hardware. Setup will now exit.
     
    blueridgeflyer, Mar 25, 2010
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    Soviet Sunrise Notebook Prophet

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    I don't know why you decided to create this thread in this section, but the only reason why you can't install the 195.62 WHQL driver is because the subsystem code for the GTX 285M doesn't exist in the .inf database that comes with the driver because the GTX 285M wasn't out yet at the time of 195.62 WHQL. It's as simple as that.

    Here is the 195.62 WHQL driver for Vista/Seven x64. Download the .inf file with it as well and dump that in the setup folder. Install your driver through device manager. http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/topic/25744-v19562-windows-7vista-64bit-nvidia/. Personally, I think 195.62 WHQL is garbage and that you're better off using the 196.34/46/75/86 build or the 197.15/25 build. I have 197.15 installed on my machine right now and I've taken a liking to it. Nothing wrong has happened yet in regards to stability or performance.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Mar 25, 2010
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    blueridgeflyer Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for your help. That worked like a charm. Settled in on the 197.15 for now and they work well.
     
    blueridgeflyer, Mar 25, 2010
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