Problems with 8600m GT?

aly · Apr 8, 2008

Hi,

I recently got my old MBP replaced due to a recurring fault and just got a new MBP, nice I know. Anyway for whatever reason I can not get the nvidia control panel or the windows power options to let my monitor sleep when the system is idle. No matter what I set, neither the laptop monitor nor my external if connected will sleep.

Any ideas? I've got the 8600m gt 512mb, but I doubt the 512 makes any difference.

Can't seem to find any updated drivers.

Cheers,
Aly.

chrisbeebops · Apr 8, 2008

Which drivers are you using? Have you tried updating the drivers?

wgilles · Apr 8, 2008

www.laptopvideo2go.com
Download the build 169 with the modified inf file.
Go to this topic and go to post 7, follow those instructions, those drivers work great
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/332250/

aly · Apr 9, 2008

wgilles said:
www.laptopvideo2go.com
Download the build 169 with the modified inf file.
Go to this topic and go to post 7, follow those instructions, those drivers work great
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/332250/

Cheers for that!

Do you know if it solves the problem I was talking about?

aly · Apr 9, 2008

chrisbeebops said:
Which drivers are you using? Have you tried updating the drivers?

Ones that came on the mac os x install cd. Nvidia have no drivers posted, going to try what wgilles suggested and see what happens.

cheers.

wgilles · Apr 9, 2008

aly said:
Cheers for that!

Do you know if it solves the problem I was talking about?

I've never heard of that happening, so I'm not sure, but it should work, new drivers can solve a whole bunch of issues for any type of hardware.

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