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    8600m gt not working??

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by BigBoy92, Aug 13, 2007.

  1. BigBoy92

    BigBoy92 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi I have recently received my vostro 1500! i uninstalled vista basic, and stuck ultimate on there...I have everything working fine except the 8600m gt! instead it comes up saying "standard vga graphics adapter" 8 bit lol wt can i do to get my 8600m gt back?
     
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    chuck232 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Install drivers?
     
    chuck232, Aug 13, 2007
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    Yeah you need to install drivers
     
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    How do i do this, and which drivers?
     
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    I'd take a look at laptopvideo2go for drivers. You need nvidia drivers. The newest ones will work fine, unless you plan on overclocking.
     
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    well i tryed the 158's and i extract them and they install fine, then i go to change resolution and it says the exact same thing!
     
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    Extracting them only uncompresses the installation files. Did you actually then install the driver using the setup executable?
     
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    Yes i did im not computer alliterate, its just im not very used to vista!
     
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    This is the message i get when installin:

    The Nvidia setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your correct hardware!!
     
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    158 drivers did not work for me either. I am currently using 128 drivers on notebook.
     
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    these were 162's plz help!!
     
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    Ah, so the drivers weren't actually getting installed. You need to download the modded inf to allow support for the mobile cards. You need to overwrite the configuration file in the directory where the installation files were extracted to.

    http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/drivers

    Go there and get the appropriate inf file as well.
     
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    Did you download the corrected inf file for the driver? You need that to install the software.
     
    Bukket, Aug 13, 2007
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    Follow the steps in this guide paying attention to step two as that is where your problem lies. Post back if you still have issues.
     
    win32asmguy, Aug 13, 2007
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