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    Dell Vostro 155 Nvidia 8600m GT driver problem..

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by shogran, Mar 23, 2008.

  1. shogran

    shogran Notebook Guru

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    Hiya,

    I am trying to upgrade the drivers on my Dell Vostro 1500 for my Nvidia 8600m GT. I have tried from the Nvidia site and laptopvideo2go.com and both places the first time I try it just says that it cannot find the drivers required and then vista comes and says to retry setup with correct settings ( :S ) and it gives the error that it's designed for 32 bit windows which I do not have... Although I am running 32 bit vista... to be sure I tried a 64 bit driver and again to no avail...

    I have tried installing over the Dell drivers and afresh after uninstalling drivers. Does anyone have any ideas?

    Cheers
     
    shogran, Mar 23, 2008
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  2. SmoothTofu

    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    Have you been using the Modded INF that comes with the driver on LaptopVideo2Go?
     
    SmoothTofu, Mar 23, 2008
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  3. jcovelli

    jcovelli Notebook Deity

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    also make sure to use drivercleaner (and follow the instructions)

    nvidia drivers are a pain to get rid of
     
    jcovelli, Mar 23, 2008
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  4. shogran

    shogran Notebook Guru

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    No, tbh I could use a hand working that stuff, I cant understand the forum guides...

    You mean this? http://www.drivercleaner.net/ or is it somthing built into windows?

    Cheers guys
     
    shogran, Mar 23, 2008
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  5. SmoothTofu

    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    So when you download the driver off the LaptopVideo2Go forums (try a stable one ex. 169.09 or 169.28), there's a link right next to the driver download that says "Modded INF". Download the driver, then extract the files into a folder on your desktop or whereever. Download the Modded INF and drag the file into the driver folder and replace the INF that's already inside it. Now you should be able to install the driver without problems.
     
    SmoothTofu, Mar 23, 2008
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  6. shogran

    shogran Notebook Guru

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    Will try that! Thanks :D

    EDIT: Tried that... same error :(

    [​IMG]
     
    shogran, Mar 23, 2008
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  7. shogran

    shogran Notebook Guru

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    All fixed

    Thanks people
     
    shogran, Mar 23, 2008
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  8. IM_ALL_IN

    IM_ALL_IN Notebook Consultant

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    Well....what was the problem?
     
    IM_ALL_IN, Mar 24, 2008
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