Updating Nvidia Drivers in Windows 7 can't find hardware error?

[Yachtz]

I have been trying to update my drivers for my GeForce 9600m GT card and have been unsuccessful. I have a model number A1297 MacBookPro running the latest version of OS X and bootcamp. I am running Windows 7 64 bit on the PC side. I have looked for help thru Nvidia and Apple and have come up empty every time. Nvidia has tried to give me different drivers and different INF files and suggested I install in safe mode. But no matter their solution I always get the same error. The error occurs when I begin installation and it tells me that it can't detect the hardware and the installer just quits there. Has anybody else had this problem and know of a solution?

 

[Quad5Ny]

These don't work? - Nvidia Verde Release 270.61 WHQL Drivers (Vista/Win7 x64) for Notebooks
You've installed all the latest updates from Windows Update before installing the video drivers right? And are installing the Display Drivers from a Administrator account?

We're going to need more info, or at least a more detailed Error Message.


Lets start with getting the Name, Status and ID's for your card:

• Start Orb > In the Search Box type "Device Manager" > Press Enter > Expand "Display adapters"
• Now double click each Display Adapter and post the "Device Description", "Hardware Ids" and "Compatible Ids" (These are under the "Details" tab)
• Also paste the "Device Status" from the "General" tab
• If there are any devices under the Unknown Group (or Devices with yellow exclamation marks), the info for those might be helpful as well

 

[Yachtz]

Installing the driver you linked resulted in the same problem. Here is the information you asked for and some I thought might also be useful.

Device Status: Working Properly
Device Description: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT


Hardware Id's:
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0647&SUBSYS_00B0106B&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0647&SUBSYS_00B0106B
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0647&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0647&CC_0300

Compatible Id's:
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0647&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0647
PCI\VEN_10DE&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_10DE&CC_0300
PCI\VEN_10DE
PCI\CC_030000&DT_0
PCI\CC_030000
PCI\CC_0300&DT_0
PCI\CC_0300

Here is the current driver information I pulled from the Nvidia control panel.
NVIDIA System Information report created on: 05/18/2011 11:48:28
System name: YACHTZSPC

[Display]
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9550 @ 2.66GHz (2654 MHz)
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional, 64-bit
DirectX version: 11.0
GPU processor: GeForce 9600M GT
Driver version: 188.61
CUDA Cores: 32
Core clock: 393 MHz
Shader clock: 786 MHz
Memory clock: 700 MHz (1400 MHz data rate)
Memory interface: 128-bit
Total available graphics memory: 2291 MB
Dedicated video memory: 512 MB
System video memory: 0 MB
Shared system memory: 1779 MB
Video BIOS version: 62.94.78.00.13
IRQ: 16
Bus: PCI Express x16

[Components]

nvCplUIR.dll 2.5.690.05 NVIDIA Control Panel
nvCpl.cpl 2.5.690.05 NVIDIA Control Panel Applet
nvCplUI.exe 2.5.690.05 NVIDIA Control Panel
nvViTvSR.dll 8.16.11.8861 NVIDIA Video and TV Server
nvViTvS.dll 8.16.11.8861 NVIDIA Video and TV Server
nvDispSR.dll 8.16.11.8861 NVIDIA Display Server
NVMCTRAY.DLL 8.16.11.8861 NVIDIA Media Center Library
nvDispS.dll 8.16.11.8861 NVIDIA Display Server
NVCPL.DLL 8.16.11.8861 NVIDIA Compatible Windows7 Display driver, Version 188.61
PhysX 09.10.0129 NVIDIA PhysX
NVCUDA.DLL 8.16.11.8861 NVIDIA CUDA 2.2 driver
nvGameSR.dll 8.16.11.8861 NVIDIA 3D Settings Server
nvGameS.dll 8.16.11.8861 NVIDIA 3D Settings Server


Thanks for your help!

 

[Quad5Ny]

Are you sure its not "DEV_0647&SUBSYS_00BC106B" I can't find the one you posted in the driver INF.

If it is different, that's why you can't install the latest drivers. But its easy to fix, all you have to do is load the INF in a text editor and change the ID to match your hardware. After that the installer should go through properly.


I've edited the INF and uploaded it, follow these steps:

1. Either find where 270.61-notebook-win7-winvista-64bit-international-whql extracted all the files (Probably on the root of your C drive in a NVIDIA folder) or manually extract it with 7-zip (Right click file > 7-Zip > Extract To)
2. Go to the Display.Driver folder
3. Place the 2 files in the Zip* I linked to at the end of this post inside here (overwriting the old files)
4. Go back one folder and run 'setup'
5. Ignore any warning's that these drivers have been modified or are not signed, ect.

I would normally recommend you uninstall your old drivers and Nvidia software first but we don't know if these drivers work yet (so its up to you to make that decision).


*http://www.2shared.com/file/6BduB9Hw/updated_inf.html

 

[Yachtz]

I just copy and pasted what was there so I don't think the missing letter was my fault. I tried your solution and encountered the same problem. Thanks for your help though. It is greatly appreciated. I will probably send an email to Nvidia tomorrow detailing what I have done and hopefully a solution can eventually be found.

 

[Quad5Ny]

It looks like someone else was having trouble with wrong hardware ID's too. - https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/832829/

So Just for the hell of it uninstall all the old Nvidia drivers and software (make sure to reboot after), then try it again.

I mean you have the original boot camp setup files. So the worst that can happen is you have to reinstall those.


Anyway, good luck. Post back if you get the drivers to install.

 

[Yachtz]

ok I will try that but I am going to back up both of my systems just to be safe. That will take a while so I will get back to you.

 

[Yachtz]

Well I read thru that thread and checked out what they suggested and all my files were correct no changes needed. I uninstalled all the drivers and my display reset and I restarted. But I am still unable to install updated drivers and am getting the same error.