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    NVIDIA won't open

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by robarakira, Nov 24, 2006.

  1. robarakira

    robarakira Newbie

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    Hi, I just bought a new SZ320CP.

    The battery life is not great at about 3 hours even using the best NVIDIA settings and such.

    NOW the NVIDIA won't open when I click it in the control panel. What do I do?

    There is no re-install for "NVIDIA" as a program or driver...

    thank you
     
    robarakira, Nov 24, 2006
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  2. Kirk1

    Kirk1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I had the same problem. Just "roll back" your old NVidia driver. Then reinstall the same driver again from the sony support site. It'll say that installation was unsuccessful b/c there's already a better version installed on the machine. Disregard that message when you see it. It DOES install the same driver again. That's it. It worked for me.
     
    Kirk1, Nov 24, 2006
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  3. robarakira

    robarakira Newbie

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    I sort of figured it out,

    turns out the program does open when in SPEED mode

    does not open when in STAMINA.

    Is it supposed to work this way?
     
    robarakira, Nov 24, 2006
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    Kirk1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    From what I've read from here, yes, that's right.
     
    Kirk1, Nov 25, 2006
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  5. pwaggs

    pwaggs Notebook Consultant

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    Nvidia card is not even powered in stamina mode. Software will not even see the card. That is part of the power/Hybrid concept.
     
    pwaggs, Nov 25, 2006
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