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Thread ID: 121514 2011-10-29 01:27:00 Updating drivers issue 8600GT (ASUS labeled) goodiesguy (15316) Press F1
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1240644 2011-10-29 01:27:00 My new PC setup is great, and it works well. I've got everything working, except for one problem.

The only driver that seems to work, is the one on the disc, which is from 2007!, so as you can see, the driver is very outdated and is "pre windows 7" so leads to a few issues when playing games (after a while, the game might quit).

I downloaded the latest driver off nVidia's site, which the driver is only a few days old if i remember correctly, and tried installing that, restarted, and it said it couldn't find the hardware or device or something, and my graphics were crappy. I couldn't find the driver on the ASUS site either.

I've gone back to the driver on the disc for now (after getting rid of all the traces of the failed drivers.

Anyone know what the problem is, and how the hell i can update it to the latest driver?

The video card looks like this (a PCI Express one? it's the newer slot after AGP)
goodiesguy (15316)
1240645 2011-10-29 01:53:00 Get the drivers off the nvidia site. Is there previous version avaliable to download? icow (15313)
1240646 2011-10-29 02:00:00 Actually had a very similar problem yesterday, damn so called "correct Drivers" for a card and they wouldn't install.

In the end I used the Auto detect www.geforce.com and it found some others that worked perfectly. You have to agree to the prompts, and allow the java app to run -- the rest is straight forward it gives instructions :2cents:
wainuitech (129)
1240647 2011-10-29 02:28:00 They work with my card. 8800GTS.
:)
Trev (427)
1240648 2011-10-29 02:47:00 Actually had a very similar problem yesterday, damn so called "correct Drivers" for a card and they wouldn't install.

In the end I used the Auto detect www.geforce.com and it found some others that worked perfectly. You have to agree to the prompts, and allow the java app to run -- the rest is straight forward it gives instructions :2cents:

Have just done this, and am now downloading drivers. Will install them and see what the outcome is.

Will this get rid of the ASUS software that installed off the disk? (smart doctor overclocking software etc...)
goodiesguy (15316)
1240649 2011-10-29 02:55:00 There should be an option to uninstall the previous versions -- up to you if you want to I spose. Personally I always do, just in case :D wainuitech (129)
1240650 2011-10-29 03:08:00 Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)

and it said it cant find something error again. The device mananger now has a ! beside geforce.

EDIT:

THIS IS THE ERROR:

Error

Cannot find graphics card information.
goodiesguy (15316)
1240651 2011-10-29 03:21:00 Googled and it might be Smart Doctor doing this. Am uninstalling Asus software with IoBit uninstaller, Will restart after unistall and see if that has fixed the error, as device manager shows the updated driver, but it has an !. goodiesguy (15316)
1240652 2011-10-29 03:28:00 Uninstalling the ASUS software fixed it.

Is there anyway to get the latest Smart Doctor and the other asus software so i can still have the ablility to simply overclock the card etc..?
goodiesguy (15316)
1240653 2011-10-29 04:13:00 You don't have to use Asus software there are other options. Why would you overclock a card of that age anyway? I imagine the difference in modern games will be minimal. icow (15313)
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