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    Sager np9262 Nvidia drivers

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by plokkr123, Apr 4, 2010.

  1. plokkr123

    plokkr123 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Can anyone recommend me Nvida drivers that will not BSOD upon install for a NP9262 WIN7X64?
    I've been pulling my hair out over this, but I tried a lot of the new drivers out on laptop2go and even tried the official ones off nvidia.com, but all lead to BSOD
     
    plokkr123, Apr 4, 2010
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    Have you been using Driver Sweeper to fully clean out old drivers?
     
    ettornio, Apr 4, 2010
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    They work without problems. There is no problem with the drivers. The problem is with your windows or hardware.
     
    pasoleatis, Apr 5, 2010
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    I found out the problem. These new Realtek network drivers windows update installed was causing problems with my SLI on boot. I rolled them back and now any vid driver works.
     
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    must admit ive had 4 bsod since i loaded the latest official 197.16 drivers from nvidia.
    im getting these error messages:
    DRIVER_CORRUPTED_EXPOOL
    VIDEO_TDR_ERROR

    the safest ive found has to be 186.81
    if you havnt already done so download Who Crashed which will give you the full dump readout.
     
    MrDJ, Apr 5, 2010
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    Well my BSOD returned. Turns out the rollback only worked temporary. I am using the 197.16 sets also. The problems all seem to be related with SLI. If I disable a card, my notebook doesnt blue screen and works fine.
     
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    try 186.81. never had a problem with those at all.
     
    MrDJ, Apr 5, 2010
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    Your BSOD issues could be from un-swept drivers, or if using Windows 7, ticking the "Delete Driver Software" when uninstalling. I've learned the hard way that doing that is a really bad idea. Make sure you leave that unchecked!
     
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    Well I confirmed the BSOD on boot isn't caused by leftover driver files, Because the same BSOD appeared when I did fresh a format install with the new drivers. I installed an older set and everything is fine now. This problem seems to only affect people with 8800 cards on sli, as I found numerous references from other people with the same exact problem.
     
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    That's interesting. I haven't had any issues with 9800 GTX SLi after a clean install. Here's hoping your issues are resolved in a future release.
     
    ettornio, Apr 5, 2010
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    Strange. I had the SLI with 2 8800m gtx for some time with no problems.
     
    pasoleatis, Apr 5, 2010
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    You may want to try rebooting on battery and see if that stops the BSOD. On every 196 and 197 driver I get the BSOD on reboot with a single 9800m gtx.

    I am currently using the official notebook 197.16 drivers and still have this issue also. Works great for games so I just plug back in the power after windows has loaded.
     
    brownstonemr, Apr 6, 2010
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    I tried using the battery method which works fine on boot, except when I get to the desktop and I plug my power cord back in I seem to get the BSOD eventually. Im running 195.62 sets right now and everything is working perfect.
     
    plokkr123, Apr 6, 2010
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