nVidia drivers

Post by **RLucky82** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:19 am

I have a Dell inspiron 8200 with nVidia gforce 440 go card.

when i try to install updated drivers i get a message that says "no compatible drivers found"
I am running on the stock windows xp drivers. also I have no floppy drive...

Post by **shadd_** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:31 am

you need drivers from dells site.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:13 am

shadd_ wrote:you need drivers from dells site.

Winner!

Post by **Foo** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:53 pm

Note: you can force nvidias own drivers to install by editing the .inf file for the driver. Google for the technique.

However unless there's a serious problem with the ones Dell are pushing, don't bother.

Post by **dzjepp** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:27 pm

I use 100.x set now on my geforce go from http://www.laptopvideo2go.com

Works pretty good

Post by **RLucky82** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:23 pm

well I was all excited to install the latest drivers only to have my computer show a garbled BSOD and reboot continuously. thank goodness for system restore!

The OEM dell drivers don't have any options, I mean like nothing. I remember before I upgraded my hdd there were lots of options under the video settings...

I guess I will try and older version from the recommended site! Thanks

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:56 pm

also you can give the Omega drivers a go, they will work with the mobile videocards, again, you will get mixed reviews but that is what i've done when i have needed to update shotty drivers.

Post by **RLucky82** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:57 pm

well, I tried them again and same result except this time after the system restored, I now have a nVidia control panel =\

getting closer!

will try omegas next... :icon14:

Post by **RLucky82** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:45 am

Wooohoo!!! the Omegas installed and work.

I've used omega for my radeon before but I didn't think of them for this :icon32: Thanks for the suggestions :icon14:

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:50 am

good to hear you got it working mang,

Omega's are usually a little pokey to get updates from, but who cares?