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Nvidia Driver MBP 9600m gt

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Tobler51

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Sep 4, 2008
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Hi!
I want to update my nvidia driver for the new MPB 9600m gt.
but @ nvidia site there is no "M"drivers for 9 series..
what do i have to do?

thanks in advance!
 
oh yeah thanks, i've found that site just secs after my posting.
but i havent read the guide, i just downloaded latest driver and changed the original file with the modded inf file.

installed fine, no issues atm..

so everything must be alright i guess...hm ;)

thanks
 
Tobler51 said:
oh yeah thanks, i've found that site just secs after my posting.
but i havent read the guide, i just downloaded latest driver and changed the original file with the modded inf file.

installed fine, no issues atm..

so everything must be alright i guess...hm ;)

thanks
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That's why I wouldn't have had any pity on you, as it really is that simple. ;):p
 
okrelayer said:
Where can i find the driver for the 9600 M GT Driver for Vista64 bit on that website?
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Go the main website and on the right you'll see XP drivers (32 and 64-bit) and Vista drivers underneath the Vista drivers (32 and 64-bit).

There is no driver specifically for the 9600M GT. Nvidia uses something called the Unified Driver Architecture. Basically, one set of drivers for all their video cards.

I would actually try these drivers though:

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=20760

If you have any problems, ask on their site.

now i have a error when i go to the preferences.

have i had use the right driver?
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Why don't you tell us what the error says? Do you expect us to be able to read your computer screen? :rolleyes:
 
funny thing

i've tried to install farcry 2 yesterday, and funny things happend when installing the new driver. i started playing with the original bootcamp driver, slow, but it worked. then i took the new one from laptopvideo2go and now farcry tells me that no dx9 is installed. ok i thought, download and install. but the problem still exists. does anyone have in idea what i'm doing wrong? When Installing Bootcamp driver again, it works!?

Software: Vista64 Home Premium, Driver: 180.43
 
again a problem ;)

i want uninstall the standart apple nvidia driver on my macbook pro late 2008,
i have to choose this uninstall points:

display driver
ethernet driver components
nforce pci system
smu driver

what i have to uninstall and what to let?
 
Tobler51 said:
Hi!
I want to update my nvidia driver for the new MPB 9600m gt.
but @ nvidia site there is no "M"drivers for 9 series..
what do i have to do?

thanks in advance!
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That's because it's not called the "m" series. It's called the GeForce series. Go back to the Nvidia site:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook_drivers.html

and get the GeForce driver. Laptopvideo2go's drivers were what you used before because there was nothing better, but now there is something better. Nvidia's drivers, even in beta form, are significantly faster/more stable than the default Boot Camp driver. Laptopvideo2go's drivers were never good.
 
i try the version called the "m" series 179beta and when the installation started comes "not possible on this hardware"....

what i do wrong?
 
Stridder44 said:
That's because it's not called the "m" series. It's called the GeForce series. Go back to the Nvidia site:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook_drivers.html

and get the GeForce driver. Laptopvideo2go's drivers were what you used before because there was nothing better, but now there is something better. Nvidia's drivers, even in beta form, are significantly faster/more stable than the default Boot Camp driver. Laptopvideo2go's drivers were never good.
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These are the only drivers I would trust myself.
 
I'm too getting the "not possible on this hardware".... message as well.
Downloaded the "179.48_notebook_winxp_32bit_beta.exe" off their site and the complete message i'm getting is the following.

"The NVIDIA Setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. Setup will now exit."

Tried it in safe mode and got the same message.
I'm running bootcamp on Windows XP Pro SP 3
 
Markov said:
Are you sure it was this:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_notebook_winxp_179.48_beta.html

If so, try to download a modded INF file from laptopvideo2go, linked below.

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/infs/185series/18520/nv4_disp.inf

You will want to put that in the folder the installer extracts to, where ever the original INF is extracted to. A folder located here:

C:\nvidia
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thank you so much! I was able to install the official nvida driver and things seem to be working great now!
 
Markov said:
Are you sure it was this:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_notebook_winxp_179.48_beta.html

If so, try to download a modded INF file from laptopvideo2go, linked below.

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/infs/185series/18520/nv4_disp.inf

You will want to put that in the folder the installer extracts to, where ever the original INF is extracted to. A folder located here:

C:\nvidia
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Hey Markov,

I think i have the same gen mbp as you.

I have an early 2009 mbp 17'

I am trying to get the windows 7 nvidia driver installed. I have tried everything on this thread. Any suggestions?

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
is the card
 
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