Need driver for gtx280m Win 7 64bit

I know this has probably been answered, but I tried searching and with terms like "gtx280m driver windows 7" it came back with too many results to sort through. I looked at a bunch of them, but it is just too much.

I bought a R & J Tech laptop (AWESOME company - they treated me really well). I downloaded Windows 7 64 bit. I dont know which driver to run. Can anyone advise me?

My Hardware Ids say:
PCI/VEN_10DE&DEV_060A&SUBSYS_04811558&REV_A2
PCI/VEN_10DE&DEV_060A&SUBSYS_04811558
PCI/VEN_10DE&DEV_060A&CC_030000
PCI/VEN_10DE&DEV_060A&CC_0300

When the computer still had Windows Vista on it I tried updating with the Nvidia refference driver from www.nvidia.com 185.81 and it said I did not have a supported video card. So I figured I would ask before downloading the 113MB Nvidia refference driver for Windows 7. It takes me about 3 hours to download a 100MB file.

 

Choose 200M and it'll download the new 185.85 which has the 280M supported.

 

Quick link to what you need.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_notebook_win7_x64_185.85_whql.html

 

So this one will work with my hardware ids? because 185.81 for Windows Vista did not.

 

Products Supported for that driver per NVidia

Just click the "Products Supported" tab on that page

GeForce GTX 280M
GeForce GTX 260M
GeForce GTS 160M
GeForce GT 130M
GeForce GT 120M
GeForce G 102M
GeForce G 110M
GeForce G 107M
GeForce G 105M
GeForce G 103M
GeForce 9800M GTX
GeForce 9800M GTS
GeForce 9800M GT
GeForce 9800M GS
GeForce 9700M GTS
GeForce 9700M GT
GeForce 9650M GT
GeForce 9650M GS
GeForce 9600M GT
GeForce 9600M GS
GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 9500M GS
GeForce 9500M G
GeForce 9400M GS
GeForce 9400M G
GeForce 9400M
GeForce 9400
GeForce 9300M GS
GeForce 9300M G
GeForce 9200M GS
GeForce 9100M G
GeForce 8800M GTX
GeForce 8800M GTS
GeForce 8800 GS
GeForce 8700M GT
GeForce 8600M GT
GeForce 8600M GS
GeForce 8400M GT
GeForce 8400M GS
GeForce 8400M G
GeForce 8200M G

 

I understand that it is listed on nvidia's site that way, but it listed the GTX280m for the 185.81 driver for vista 64bit also, and despite listing it, it did not work.

 

Did the installer error out when trying to install it?

If so, install the driver through the device manager and it will likely work.

Vista has LOTS of issues.

 

Thats true. I am going to go ahead and download the Nvidia refference driver (185.85) while I go to dinner, and give it a stab when I get back.

 

Hopefully you see this before you try to install.

Check this thread on the Xotic PC forums where I helped someone else get drivers installed. Similar problem and solution perhaps??

http://www.xoticpcforums.com/showthread.php?t=4061

Sorry I didn't think of it originally, been a busy day here.

 

I would think the autodriver from nvidia would find it no problem

 

My thought exactly, but nothing in my life has turned out exactly like I thought.

If installing them through the device manage doesn't work, I'm not sure what I'd do next. Maybe a driver cleaner to completely remove the old drivers first.

If that failed, I'd go clean install, but I have that option easy because I have no real data stored on my laptop, its on a network drive.

 

http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_notebook_win7_x64_185.85_whql.html

That should be it

 

Yep, thats the one.

I helped someone on that other forum with a similar issue. The installer program would error out and never install the drivers.

Trying it through the device manager doing an "Update Driver" worked fine though.

I'm thinking there's either something wrong with the installer EXE or perhaps a bug in Vista.

As long as there's a workaround I'm happy.

 

Ok, so heres my next problem. Is there a windows 7 chipset driver for this laptop? In my device manager I show 4 question marks under "Other decives." One of them is my fingerprint scanner, which windows has a driver for, but I dont know what the other three are.

 

You should run windows update... and if that doesn't fix it there are some good device managers you can get for free... Someone will probably link them I can't remember the names

 

What model laptop is it?

Vista drivers will likely work for it.

 

It is a m570tu. I bought it from rjtech.com.

 

http://www.clevo.com.tw/en/e-services/download.asp

Choose your model in the dropdown list, then select ALL for the driver type.

I'd start with chipset drivers, but only after doing a full Windows Update until there are no more updates to install.

The Vista drivers should work ok, though you may need to install them through the device manager to get them to work.

Did you manage to get the video drivers installed ok yet?

 

No. I am still downloading it. Internet here is painfully slow.

 

That model is also known as the Sager NP5796 (noticed while searching the web for drivers), so this link may also help.

http://74.212.252.103/pages/notebooks/download.cfm?ProductType=5796


Info on the models being the same thing here....

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=339000

 

i thought it was the 5797?

 

The NP5793, 96 and 97 are the same models just with an update of hardware every time

 

I see. Of course I got to 87% and the download died. All these improvements to Windows and they still don't have a download manager built into internet explorer. Man thats annoying.

 

No kidding, I've had some wierd internet stuff going on ever since I upgraded

 

Firefox 3. Use it.

 

Yup, that or something like GetRight to manage downloads.

FireFox is easier.

 

I just ran the .exe file with no problems Windows 7---

 

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