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    GeForce 8600M GT 64-bit drivers on XPS M1530?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by hanime, May 10, 2008.

  1. hanime

    hanime Notebook Evangelist

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    Anybody have the drivers installed successfully? I tried both the one from Dell, but it's 32-bit. I tried NVidia one, but it states an error, "The NVidia Setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. Setup will now exit." In addition to that, "You are running a 32 bit version of NVidia on a 64 bit system...".

    Dell drivers:
    http://support.dell.com/support/dow...6G1&SystemID=XPS_M1530&hidos=BIOSA&hidlang=en

    NVidia drivers:
    http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_169.25_whql.html

    I'm stumped. Any ideas?
     
    hanime, May 10, 2008
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    richierich Notebook Consultant

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  3. hanime

    hanime Notebook Evangelist

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    Thank you. It worked using the modded INF file!
     
    hanime, May 10, 2008
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  4. BenLeonheart

    BenLeonheart walk in see this wat do?

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    'grats! :D
     
    BenLeonheart, May 10, 2008
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    Steve325 Notebook Enthusiast

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    will that .inf work with all driver versions or only the one posted? I was going to download the newest one, still have the one from April 08, but I'm not sure if it'll work
     
    Steve325, Oct 12, 2008
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    Cadium Notebook Guru

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    Besides losing the ability to play Bluray movies is there anything else that you'd lose by using non-WHQL video drivers? My main concern being HDMI.
     
    Cadium, Oct 13, 2008
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    somekevinguy Notebook Evangelist

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    All you have to do is install the driver manualy and then you don't have to mod the .inf file and then you don't lose your blu-ray playing ability.
     
    somekevinguy, Oct 13, 2008
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