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    Ideapad u460 NVIDIA Driver problem

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by mock_me, Aug 21, 2011.

  1. mock_me

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    Good Day,

    I hope i posted in the right section :D . I just need help to get my NVIDIA driver to workon my ideapad u460. When i bought this laptop, it had windows 7 home premium installed with it and the NVIDIA driver is working properly, now i reformatted it and upgraded the OS to win 7 ultimate 32 bit and i was able to install all the drivers except one which is the NVIDIA driver. I get the error message that The NVIDIA Setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware.

    How can i fix this issue? what do i need to do for it to work again?

    Below are mg ideapad specs.
    Lenovo Idea Pad u460
    Windows 7 ultimate 32 bit
    4GB RAM
    Intel i5 CPU.

    Also, how much RAM can i put to this laptop since i'm thinking of adding some more. I dont know what is the capacity of my motherboard.

    Thank you in advance :)
     

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    AboutThreeFitty ~350

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    Where did you get the Nvidia driver from?

    Also; If your have a 32 bit version of Windows, you can only use a little over 3Gb of RAM. You have to get 64 bit in order to use anything over 3Gb of ram.

    That brings me to my assumption. If you had a 64 bit and now you have 32 bit, the driver you're trying to install may only work for a 64 bit Windows version. Did the laptop come with a 64 bit version of Windows?
     
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    hi,

    thank you for the quick reply.

    my ideapad u460 had windows 7 home premium 64 bit when i bought it but I reformatted it and now it has windows 7 ultimate 32 bit.

    It had the NVIDIA driver and GUI when i bought it and running windows 7 home premium 64 bit but when i reformated it and change the OS to windows 7 ultimate 32 bit, i'm having problems reloading the NVIDIA driver. I downloaded the correct driver from the lenovo site which is for windows 7 ultimate 32 bit but when i try to install it, its giving me the error i attached on my first post. I don't know what to do next..
     
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    correct, its not allowing me to install the NVIDIA driver which i had previously. I'll post on their support page. Thank You
     
    mock_me, Sep 2, 2011
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