NVIDIA DRIVER UPDATE FOR NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 Failed

[Guest Joyfulgrace]

The NVIDIA driver update continues to fail on my Dell XPS 410. It has been

failing since 4/10/07 to update. I tried multiple times myself to update it

today and yep failure again. Any suggestions? I have cable connection,

therefore no worries about disconnection problems. Thanks.

[Guest Shenan Stanley]

Joyfulgrace wrote:

> The NVIDIA driver update continues to fail on my Dell XPS 410. It

> has been failing since 4/10/07 to update. I tried multiple times

> myself to update it today and yep failure again. Any suggestions? I

> have cable connection, therefore no worries about disconnection

> problems.

 

If you are trying to get this 'update' from Windows Updates (Microsoft

Updates) --> STOP NOW.

 

Microsoft did not make the hardware in your system. The driver they are

trying to give you is likely old and *not* the best driver out there. What

they have is a driver that NVidia likely PAID them to approve and place on

their sites. What you should do is get the driver for your video card

straight from the manufacturer.

 

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

 

Graphics Driver --> GeForce Series 8 (You can choose this - it takes you to

the ForceWare Release 162 release) --> whatever OS you have... You did not

say.

 

It was released on July 26, 2007 by the company that actually manufacturered

your video chipset. -)

 

Having a Dell - you should also get your drivers *from Dell* if it is not

something like a video card - where the manufacturer will be more likely to

have the latest/greatest.

 

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&ServiceTag=&SystemID=DIM_PNT_9200_XPS_410&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=

 

The point being - do not get drivers for non-Microsoft produced hardware

from thw Windows/Microsoft Updates areas. Microsoft did not create the

hardware - why would they be the one you would choose to support it? -)

 

--

Shenan Stanley

MS-MVP

--

How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

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[Guest realcestmoi]

Hi there,

 

And last but not at least: if it ain't broke: do not try to"FIX" it.

 

Best regards.

Michel Denie

 

"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> Joyfulgrace wrote:

>> The NVIDIA driver update continues to fail on my Dell XPS 410. It

>> has been failing since 4/10/07 to update. I tried multiple times

>> myself to update it today and yep failure again. Any suggestions? I

>> have cable connection, therefore no worries about disconnection

>> problems.

>

> If you are trying to get this 'update' from Windows Updates (Microsoft

> Updates) --> STOP NOW.

>

> Microsoft did not make the hardware in your system. The driver they are

> trying to give you is likely old and *not* the best driver out there.

> What they have is a driver that NVidia likely PAID them to approve and

> place on their sites. What you should do is get the driver for your video

> card straight from the manufacturer.

>

> http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

>

> Graphics Driver --> GeForce Series 8 (You can choose this - it takes you

> to the ForceWare Release 162 release) --> whatever OS you have... You did

> not say.

>

> It was released on July 26, 2007 by the company that actually

> manufacturered your video chipset. -)

>

> Having a Dell - you should also get your drivers *from Dell* if it is not

> something like a video card - where the manufacturer will be more likely

> to have the latest/greatest.

>

> http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&ServiceTag=&SystemID=DIM_PNT_9200_XPS_410&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=

>

> The point being - do not get drivers for non-Microsoft produced hardware

> from thw Windows/Microsoft Updates areas. Microsoft did not create the

> hardware - why would they be the one you would choose to support it? -)

>

> --

> Shenan Stanley

> MS-MVP

> --

> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

>