Nvidia drivers for 7900GS arent working

tmh88

Hi i just got my laptop today (inspiron E1705, t2500 cpu, 1.25 gigs of ram, 7900 gs card). When I try to update the drivers for my GO 7900 GS, I get an error saying "the Nvidia setup program could not find any drivers compatable with your current hardware.

I also tried the beta drivers found here, http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_winxp_2k_32bit_91.31.html and the same exact thing happens. I found some omega drivers and they worked, I would just much rather have the official nvdia drivers. Any ideas why its doing this?

TheLostSwede

There is a reason for that to m8.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_mobile_83.40.html

Simple enough, Dell isn't supporting any drivers other than what they have on their site and it's hardcoded on the card.

There is a workaround and a rather simple one that is.

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/nvidia/90series/9131.exe

Download that and unpack it (don't install yet)

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/infs/90series/9131inf/nv4_disp.inf

Download that and put it in the unpacked driver sets. Install and enjoy.

Sledgehammer70

MackanzOCZ wrote:

There is a reason for that to m8.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_mobile_83.40.html

Simple enough, Dell isn't supporting any drivers other than what they have on their site and it's hardcoded on the card.

There is a workaround and a rather simple one that is.

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/nvidia/90series/9131.exe

Download that and unpack it (don't install yet)

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/infs/90series/9131inf/nv4_disp.inf

Download that and put it in the unpacked driver sets. Install and enjoy.

Hey MackanzOCZ, Do you know if HP does the same thing? I haven't seen or heard that they don't support the new drivers, But I don't think I want to go through the trouble to find out.

tmh88

thanks.