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    NVIDIA Driver disaster - help!!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by WankelRotor, Feb 26, 2010.

  1. WankelRotor

    WankelRotor Notebook Consultant

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    man ... I was using 192 drivers from laptop2go and they were awesum. But then, stupid homos at bluray decided to use WHQL for their HDCP BS. SO I had to go to original nvidia drivers. They dropped my peformance by about 97655% ... Thats not sooo bad, 9262 still has the extra power to handle it but what was annoying is that my temps went by 20C too. . Fans turn on full force and it getts really annoying. So boom I had to go back to non WHQL drivers. Got 193.36 ... couldn't install those. My whole system went corrupt. I had to repair the system with Vista cd. Then I finally got 192 drivers, installed those and boom. My pc restarts whenever I go into full screen mode watching a movie or playing a game. It just restarts. Reinstalled drivers like 50 million times more. Tried every driver out there, used driver sweeper too. Nothing works. Doesn't matter what driver I use, my PC restarts whenever I open a game or anything in full screen mode. Plz help, I m suicidal.
    thx in advance
     
    WankelRotor, Feb 26, 2010
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  2. newsposter

    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    what, exactly, are you rattling on about?
     
    newsposter, Feb 27, 2010
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  3. booboox

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    haha I feel your pain. computers are supposed to make my life easier instead they frustrate the hell out of me just to do what I would consider simple tasks.
     
    booboox, Feb 27, 2010
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  4. WankelRotor

    WankelRotor Notebook Consultant

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    thx for help, I really appreciate this. Got it to work though. I uninstalled my gpus completely, then used driver sweeper then removed registry and it worked.
     
    WankelRotor, Feb 27, 2010
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  5. newsposter

    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    lesson learned (hopefully); don't use the latest releases from nvidia or ati AND MOST IMPORTANTLY don't use any driver sourced from other than the manufacturers original site.
     
    newsposter, Feb 27, 2010
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  6. Pirx

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    Well, yeah, of course, once he "removed [his] registry", he was golden. :D
     
    Pirx, Feb 27, 2010
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  7. gazzacbr

    gazzacbr Notebook Evangelist

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    backups are good too, especially image ones. my win 7 went 'boom' in the night while it was downloading at the weekend. many files currupted and couldnt even check disk :(
    so, i just went 'unboom' and reloaded my image backup.
    now i am not suicidal :D
     
    gazzacbr, Feb 28, 2010
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  8. coolguy

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    You can't generalize this statement. In my Vaio FZ, I have to use the modded latest Nvidia driver, because Sony does't provide any driver update or a 64-bit driver for Windows 7. The latest driver runs perfectly fine.
     
    coolguy, Feb 28, 2010
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  9. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Just FYI, you didn't get a lot of help because your initial post was mostly incoherent, and it was very hard to figure out what you were even asking.
     
    Pitabred, Feb 28, 2010
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