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    latest nvidia 197.16 drivers are garbage

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

  1. ARGH

    ARGH Notebook Deity

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    for D900C with sli they enjoy BSOD'ing on bootup during windows loading screen quite often. maybe it's because of triplehead2go device plugged in or whatever....going back to older drivers...piece of junk and nvidia lately.
     
    ARGH, Apr 4, 2010
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    I use these new drivers on my x8100 and they work perfect for me.. It fixed all those graphic glitches in BF BC2 when using directx 10..With the old drivers I was using that came with my laptop I had to use directx 9 when I was playing..I can acually see thru the AA machine gun now xD
     
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    I have a PC Microworks Blackhawk XR-5 (basically a D900C) with dual Nvidia 8800M GTX's in SLI and I get the same BSOD while rebooting after install. :mad: I had to revert back to 186.81; that seems to work the best for me.

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    Radikal-1, Apr 25, 2010
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  4. flode

    flode Notebook Consultant

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    jep they are garbage .... same problem, bsod while install and after login
    old driver works perfect
     
    flode, Apr 25, 2010
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    Same here! I get a BSOD, but only when my ac adapter is on the computer. Booting on battery makes my computer boot just fine with the new drivers. And I get the same BSOD when using 197.16, .44 and .45. The only reason I keep these drivers for is that they are the only once which can tranfer sound via HDMI in windows 7. I got a clevo m570tu.
     
    anmatheextreme, May 10, 2010
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  6. flode

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    hi there. i use now 195.62 which work perfectly. alle new driver from the 197 serie i get bsod like you discribed... sucks very much..

    btw i can transfer sound via hdmi with windows 7 with the 195.62

    greetings flode
     
    flode, May 10, 2010
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  7. anmatheextreme

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    Flode, are you running 32bit or 64bit version of windows 7?
     
    anmatheextreme, May 10, 2010
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    64 bit windows 7
     
    flode, May 11, 2010
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