Installing Nvidia 270.61 Issue

I can't install. It keeps saying No compatible graphic hardware.

help?

 

1. Get the update file from Nvidia and run it so it unpacks everything you need to install the driver (You've done this)
2. Go to this website: NVIDIA & Laptop News | Latest NVIDIA drivers and related news | laptopvideo2go.com and scroll down to NVIDIA driver 270.61 WHQL (not Quadro). Select your operating system (probably Windows 7 64-bit) and then click the green "INF Modified" link to download nvwi.inf
3. Go to whichever folder everything was unpacked to in step 1. Somewhere in that folder (or one of its subfolders) is nvwi.inf. Replace that inf file with the one you downloaded in step 2
4. From the folder everything was unpacked to in step 1, find the "Setup" application and run it. This runs Nvidia's driver update application, and the inf file you replaced will now allow the application to recognize your graphics card and update.
5. Enjoy!

The error occurs because Dell does something with the graphics card and releases their own drivers for it. The modified inf file makes the Nvidia application think you're using a regular GT 555m instead of a Dell-branded one.

 

Wow this finally helped me get the new drivers Thank you.

 

thanks so much! added rep

 

Thanks man. Now i have 8 hours to get back to my machine.

 

Give Nand@ a thanks as well, as he was the one that helped me figure it out.

 

thanks guys, i spent a good while yesterday trying to work this all out Now sorted

 

wow thanks a ton! woot!

 

well, I downloaded the driver from nvidia and got the modified inf file, but I cannot find any inf file in the 270.61 I downloaded. Very frustrating. Not sure what I am missign here.

Just to clarify, I:

1. downloaded driver from NVIDIA
2. ran the setuo, the files were unpacked and then I got the error message you expect.
3. downloaded the ini file
4. went to nvidia directory and cannot find the inf file to replace

 

hi bud, dont run the setup, extract the file, and then go into the display.driver directory(path from memory so may be slightly wrong).

In there you will find a file called nvwi.inf, overwrite it with the one from laptoptogo site and then run the setup.exe from the root directory of the extracted files.

 

ahh, i see, thanks

 

Well I was able to extract the nvidia driver I dowloaded, but still cannnot find the inf file I need to replace anywhere. Clearly I am missing something somewhere. so frustrating as this sounds like it shouldn't be tough at all.

 

pm bud, and i will help you further

 

just to clarify guys, you need to download the .61 driver, NOT THE LATEST ONE.

Grab this one and the associated inf and all will be fine

Drivers | laptopvideo2go.com

 

I installed the latest nvidia driver with the custom inf file from laptopvideo2go and haven't ran into any problems...

I also have it overclocked with msi afterburner...

 

how are the drivers? much better than the stock one?

 

of course! are new drivers, so it is "supposed" to improve the performance of the GPU

 

TrackMania Nations had a few issues with the old drivers. Timers and menu buttons would just be made bigger at higher resolutions and not actually processed at the high resolution. They were super blurry, and some of the buttons were unintelligible. They work properly with the new drivers.

The old drivers were getting me about 600 frames per second in Half-Life 1 with all settings maxed at 1600x900. I should check to see if that's improved. I could always use more frames...

 

lol. I just saw this thread. After typing up a long post on modded INF usage, I wanted to provide an example so I did a quick tweak to the 270.61 INF for use on the M14x (just added the DeviceID entries). When i first checked LV2Go's modded INF, I did not see any of the entries for the M14x GT555M GPU. hahaha. What I get for not looking at it closely.

Oh well. In case anyone is interested, my quick mod INF is here -
http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...atus-gpu-driver-updates-m14x.html#post7487927

Also, for what its worth, you 14x owners can also try out the M17xR3 NV 460 Dell Driver. The INF includes the GT555M info.

 

great post ty!

 

kay i have an alienware m11x, and when you need to turn on graphics card u press the button, i downloaded the lastest driver and did the install, but im confused on what unpacking is. i really really really cant figure out why it wont let me do anything plz, i downloading the nvwi, and i dont know why or what to do next it still wont let me play my games! and i dont kno how to turn the graphics card on how i normally do with the m11x, im really confused and lost please someone help me out, i dont understand what im doing or why it wont work it keeps saying you are not currently using a display attached to an nvidia GPU, and failed to find a suitable device display when i try and play a game, please help im soo confused and angry. thanks