169.09 Drivers

Hello to all,

Ive been quietly hanging around here for the past few weeks absorbing info that I can use on my new X205 SLi1. Want to let everyone know how much I appreciate all of the knowledge your willing to share.

I noted that once I updated my video driver to the 169.09 release, I can now switch between SLi and non-SLi modes without a reboot. To me, this is a big plus for hooking it up to an external display. I'm surprised that I haven't heard anyone else mention it. Maybe there was just a problem with my original driver. hmmph.

Secondly, When I plug in my HDMI cable, I have to enable the HDMI output through the sound settings (set it as the default) and then switch it back to the internal speakers manually after I unplug the cable. Has anyone found a work-around so that this will switch automatically when the cord is plugged in?

Thanks,
Matt

 

I don't know of a way to get it to auto switch, I always have to go in and manually change it when i hook up to HDMI, but then it does work fine... would be cool if it was like a headset though, that auto switches as soon as you plug it in, so seems it should be technically possible when you plug in HDMI, but mine doesn't either.... of course, guess there are those that wouldn't want it to if they were using a seperate audio reciever through the optical connection, as i want to do when i can find the proper cable...

but,

Welcome to the board! Sorry i couldn't help, but was on and wanted to say hello, and good luck with your SLi1. Glad to help whenever I can, and I know many others are as well, it's a nice place to figure this stuff out

 

does anyone have any issues with these drivers and using the hd-dvd drive to play hd dvd's with the toshiba hd dvd player?

i want to switch drivers so that i can enable/disable sli without a reboot but i want my drive to continue functioning properly as well.

anyone?

 

Yeah, it's doable but you have to use the original toshiba .inf file, but modified for the updated drivers. It's not hard, basicly just take the toshiba file, update it for the new drivers with date and version, and replace the new inf with the new drivers with your modified one.... the regular inf file that comes with the drivers, or even the modified ones from laptopvideo2go won't support the HD player.... they lock that down because of copyright issues, so you have to work around it, an extra step, but fairly easy.... search for HD DVD player and the thread should come up, I've posted it several times recently, it's on page 3 of the thread, but don't have it handy at this moment.

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=155445&page=3&highlight=hd+dvd+player

Here ya go, it's on page 3 of this thread, tells ya how to do it..... let me know if you can't figure it out, but works great and lets you use both the HD player and the latest driver! nice trick

 

thanks alot!

i have read through that thread and really was not going to update the new drivers. but i didn't know about the hot swappable sli till this thread. that makes this a necessary upgrade.

but i was looking for a remedy to the fact that you can not navigate the hd dvd player with your mouse. at least the toshiba player forces you to use the keyboard. well let me go do some more reading..................

 

Ha, well, hopefully i helped you a bit, I would recommend upgrading to the newer drivers, especially if you play games at all. I actually use Cyberlink's Power DVD, as it allows you to watch HD DVD's while using SLI without any issues at all, it's a great player.... not cheap, but works awesome if you want a great player. Don't have any issues at all with a mouse, as you just click anything you want, don't have to touch the keyboard.

 

You know I found out I cannot use this trick as the inf file does not work with the 64Bit drivers and WinDVD is not 64Bit compatible either so I have no way right now of watching HD DVD's unless I can get PowerDVD Ultra to work but so far it does not want to work with the 169.12 drivers, I may have to switch back to 32Bit Vista but don't really want to do that.

 

Also, just curious, but why are you switching SLI modes so often? I gather that you are from your post stating that this is a necessary upgrade... I, on the other hand, just leave it enabled and have no issues.... what's messing up and making you disable it regularly?

 

Ahh, now that's a new problem.... i wonder if Cyberlinks Power DVD player works with 64 bit? GREAT question, as I'm VERY curious how you like 64 bit, cause if you get it worked out, I'll be installing it then!

 

It does work with 64Bit Vista the problem is getting it to see the drivers as properly digitally signed that is the problem I have right now it says my drivers need to be upgraded and I know it is looking for MS digital signature of approval.

 

Ok, did some research, and according to some google work and Cyberlink's requirements, it looks like PowerDVD does support 64bit, so maybe it's just a WinDVD problem? PowerDVD works great with my 169.09 drivers.

 

ahh, gothca.... ya updated while i was researching something you already knew! That's wierd though, as with Vista32, using the 169.09's and modifying the inf, all works great for me

 

ok, just read back through this, and sorry,ha, slow night, but I JUST realized your problem.... you have no working 64 bit version of the inf to even modify! duh, sorry, I'm slow at times ha.... I woulda never thought of that until I ran into it! Sounds like we need to find you some Vista 64 Toshiba drivers to start hacking!

 

Yeah that is my dilemma, if I could somehow modify the Toshiba inf driver to work with the 64Bit version of the drivers it would work but so far I had no luck but the cat file seems to work ok, just gotta keep on trying till I get it to work, cause I am not uninstalling Vista Ultimate 64 at least not yet as all else I have works fine with it.

 

b-solo:

since you have the 169.09 drivers and cyberlink dvd:

1. did you do the toshiba tweak or not?

2. what version of cyberlink do you have? please include the build number.

3. are u running vista or xp?

4. have you thought of doing a dual boot, as that is what i am contemplating.

thanks.

 

Hey gammit, here ya go:

1. I am using the Toshiba nvco file from the Toshiba drivers updated to the new date and driver version as mentioned in other posts

2. Power DVD 7.3Ultra, couldn't find where to see the build number, but tell me where to look and I will.... but, i have done a couple upgrades, and none have had any issues

3. Vista Home Premium 32bit

4. Have no reason to, as I'm completely satisfied with Vista so far. Initially it ran a bit sluggish out of the box with all the toshiba addons, but a clean reinstall and updated drivers, along with a few tweaks from the many available guides have done wonders to the speed, and nothing I've tried to run has had any compatibility problems or perfomance issues as opposed to how it ran under XP.

No problem!

 

thanks.

why did you tweak the video driver if u are running cyberlink? i thought that the only reason to tweak the 169.09 driver was to make it compatible to run with toshiba's hd dvd player.

i was unsuccessful with the update to 169.09. it made my machine quite unstable. wouldn't boot up 50% of the time. so i downgraded. i think i know what i did wrong so i will try again.

thanks again.

 

PowerDVD will not run in vista if it does not see properly certified nvidia drivers, this is why you need to tweak them with the Toshiba inf and cat files this allows PowerDVD to run propely it's something that has to do with the HD format and Vista.

 

so here are the directions from the other thread.

"so I d/l'ed the Toshiba drivers from Toshiba support (don't install them) and
copied that inf file (NVCO.inf) over the 163.44 drivers inf file (nv_disp.inf) from www.laptopvideo2go.com.
Then I changed the lines in the nv_disp.inf file:

from:
CatalogFile = NVCO.CAT
DriverVer = 06/06/2007, 7.15.11.0138

to:
CatalogFile = NV_DISP.CAT
DriverVer = 08/17/2007, 7.15.11.6344"

i am interpreting "copied that inf file (NVCO.inf) over the 163.44 drivers inf file (nv_disp.inf)" as he deleted the nv_disp.inf file in the original nvidia driver file and copied the nvco.inf file from the stock toshiba files into the nvidia files. can someone help me understand this?

i am great with hardware. programming is my brother's thing...... i build and fix hardware/rigs and he writes code. go figure.....

 

I haven't had any problems at all so far with the 169.09's, so I can only assume that something went foul during your install. And as for why i modify them, like Jesse said, you still have to in order to trick the player into thinking you're using the signed drivers. I can only assume it has something to do with all the security and copyright stuff they are always adding.

The biggest benefit I had to Power DVD was that you can leave SLI enabled, where as the Toshiba player would always require me to disable it, which was a pain. Also, PowerDVD uses the HD hardware acceleration features on the Nvidia chip, so is very light on CPU usage while watching HD DVD's while looking absolutely gorgeous, which is a good thing, as with only CPU decoding it can really limit any multitasking while watching an HD DVD.

 

i am actually surprised someone has not simply posted a modded driver yet.

 

these are exactly the benefits that i am looking for. as soon as i get the drivers up and running i will install cyberlink.

 

what you want to end up with is a nv_disp.inf file in the new Nvidia driver directory before you install them with the Toshiba info in it, updated to show the date and version, along with changing the catalog line to show nv_disp.inf instead of the nvco.cat

Does that make sense? Trying to figure out how to word it

Delete the nv_disp.inf file
Rename the nvco.inf to nv_disp.inf
Change the lines in the "new" nv_disp.inf as instructed above to match the version, date, and cat name
Install

That should be it, been a long day though ha

 

Well, after you copy the nvco.cat to the 163.44 drivers folder make sure you rename the file from nvco.cat to nv_disp.cat, cause the drivers from laptopvideo2go.com usually do not have a cat file included, so if you rename the file along with the changes you made in the inf file which should read the following:
CatalogFile = NV_DISP.CAT
DriverVer = 11/12/2007, 7.15.11.6909
this is driver date and driver version information for the 169.09 drivers, once this changes are made you should be good to go. Good Luck!!!

 

and don't know if it really matters, but for install I uninstall all nvidia stuff, reboot to safe mode, run driver cleaner, reboot and then when it finds new hardware, I click the have disk method and select the Nvidia directory, and go from there

 

got you. i am actually installing the 169.09 drivers. is it different then or not???

also, is it really necessary to change the date???

 

Hey jesse, how's that compare to how I did it? I was using the laptopvideo2go 169.09's from before they went down a few weeks back... don't wanna steer him wrong, but that's what I did and so far so good, but def no pro

 

No it's the same just make the date 11/12/2007 and the proper driver name in the inf file.

 

Dunno, but I always do... I just put the date and version that was in the .inf you are replacing, and so far haven't had a problem

 

Let me remember, I used both the inf and cat files from the Toshiba drivers then renamed the cat file to nv_disp.cat then modified the Toshiba inf file to reflect the 169.09 date and driver name and correct cat file name and this how I got PowerDVD to work in Vista 32bit, anyhow I thought this is how you did it. Let me knwo if I was getting the wrong idea. Thanks!!!!!.

 

HA, I only used the Toshiba nvco.inf file, dated 9/13, copied that from Toshiba drivers, renamed it, updated the info as instructed, and used everything else from the newer drivers, not touching an actual cat file.... I was thinking that's why you have to update the catalog file line, to point it to the newer drivers cat file.... but, as I said, I'm no expert by ANY means

It does work that way, as I've done it for a couple driver installs, BUT may not be the proper way.... Good luck!

 

thanks, guys. i got it up and running.

sli enabled with no reboot. unfortunately, i am with my girl at the emergency room right now waiting on one of her family members so i will not be able to test the hd-dvd function to see if that is still working.

so i will report back when i can.

 

good, glad it installed.... good luck with the emergecy room thing man

 

Sorry for bringing this old thread up, but I was in two minds about upgrading to these drivers from 163.75 (WHQL). I did it over the weekend and I have a noticeable improvement in performance.

I haven't run 3d mark (not installed after last clean install ) but in DOW:WA the opening bombing scene for the imperial guard was choppy with "forehighpoly" and AA enabled. After the driver upgrade it was smooth! Have been playing with both options enabled with no noticeable drop in framerate at all.

Anyone thinking of upgrading your driver go for these. These are the best drivers I have ever had and thats from someone with a go7300!! I think this driver gives an improvement whatever your card is.

 

I have a strange but pleasant outcome.
I was using the 169.09 drivers (as least I assume so), but was getting tired of the driver rebooting itself in some games multiple times (specifically Crysis and Battlefield 2). I remember when I initially installed them I followed the instructions on modifying the NVCO.inf to nv_disp.inf here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/show...=hd+dvd+player

Well, I recently re-installed the 169.09 drivers and used Driver Cleaner pro 1.5 this time. After disconnecting from the Internet, uninstalled the NVIDIA program from Add/remove programs, then restarted into safe mode. Used Driver Cleaner to remove the NVIDIA drivers and the NVIDIA WDM drivers. Then rebooted into safemode again. And installed the 169.09 drivers.

Here is the pleasant outcome. After booting back into Vista Premium normally, I enabled SLI mode and then tried to play an HD DVD with the Toshiba program. IT WORKED! It had not done that before. So now I have SLI mode enabled and I can still watch HD DVDs so I dont need to disable SLI mode.... How is this possible or do I not really have the 169.09 drivers?

Under the NVIDIA control Panel, all the driver files have the version 7.15.11.6909 Is this correct? Or is there anything else I can check to make sure. I do still have the folder I used to install the drivers, in case someone wants to verify my results.

Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this?

 

Yay my x205-Sli4 is going to be delivered tomorrow so this is probably one of the things I am going to do first. I am going to try it with LV2G's 169.61 driver found here: http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17288 I am so excited about getting my new machine.

-J.B.