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    Area 51 m17x can't get my 8600m gt driver to work windows 7 64bit

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by drummer4261900, Feb 22, 2015.

  1. drummer4261900

    drummer4261900 Newbie

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    Area 51 m17x can't get my 8600m gt driver to work windows 7 64bit I downloaded this one here which seems to be right but both times it crashed my computer and I had to restore it:

    http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/50007

    Any one know why? Or of another driver that will work?

    Thanks!
     
    drummer4261900, Feb 22, 2015
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  2. WhiteAlien

    WhiteAlien Notebook Guru

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    Latest working driver is 186.91
     
    WhiteAlien, Feb 22, 2015
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    beertech Notebook Enthusiast

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    beertech, Feb 22, 2015
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    I have an 8800m GTX and i also have to use 186.91

    but i have the m15x r-1
     
    tutsuo, Apr 29, 2015
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