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    Problems when upgrading drivers

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Tankbuster, Dec 25, 2008.

  1. Tankbuster

    Tankbuster Notebook Consultant

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    Hey all,

    Yesterday I decided to update the 179.28 drivers that have been on my machine for a couple of months.
    But now a strange thing occurs: I tried a couple of new drivers (nvidia 180.48, Dox's improved 180.48, nvidia 181.00), and all of them install just fine. BUT when I plug my laptop into power, it freezes completely, and the only thing I can do is power it off with the big power button.

    When I uninstall the drivers, the problem disappears, so it definitely is software related.

    I have a M570TU with 9800M GT, running vista 32bit.

    So, any ideas? I'm pretty clueless, even after a bit of websearching :confused:
     
    Tankbuster, Dec 25, 2008
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  2. GanGstaOne

    GanGstaOne Notebook Evangelist

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    remove your old drivers run some program for driver cleaning and for system clean, registry, junk files... and then install new drivers you can try Dox Optimised v180.70
    If this dont help maybe you have to make clean windows install
     
    GanGstaOne, Dec 25, 2008
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    apparently some of the newer modified drivers have waking and sleeping issues....
     
    Johnksss, Dec 25, 2008
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  4. Tankbuster

    Tankbuster Notebook Consultant

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    Tried that but still didn't work :(

    I just tried the official 179.28 NVIDIA drivers and they appear to be stable. The issues are resolved now.
    I guess I'm going to stick with these for a while.

    Thx all!
     
    Tankbuster, Dec 26, 2008
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  5. sheaiiimef

    sheaiiimef Notebook Enthusiast

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    If it ain't broke, don't break it.
     
    sheaiiimef, Dec 26, 2008
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