Problem with my display driver??

JMC2981 · 06-06-2009, 04:56 AM

Hi, any help would be really appreciated. I have a Sony Vaio VGN-FZ12M laptop. It's about 13 mths old. Recently the display went all fuzzy and the colours look almost as if it's raining all over the screen.

I backed everything up and did a complete system recovery which didn't work, then I unistalled the display driver and windows searched and found a standard VGA driver.

I then unistalled that driver and manually installed my NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT GPU driver.

It didn't work but then over the last day the display goes back to normal for a short while and then breaks again. I've tried another monitor and the display there looks fine. What do I need to do...any help is much appreciated...Also I have run numerous antivirus software and nothing is being picked up including norton 360 Spec as follows:

Intel Core Duo Processor T7250
Memory - 2GB/Go DDR2 SDRAM
HDD 200GB/Go
Op Sys - Windows Vista Home Premium

Riskyone101 · 06-06-2009, 12:15 PM

Hello and Welcome to TSF,

Did you get your video driver from here: (vista 32bit)

http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce...5.85_whql.html

JMC2981 · 06-16-2009, 03:07 PM

Hi thanks for the response, I've tried to install the driver from there but now I'm getting an error on the installation from NVidia...it's saying that NVIDIA detected that the operating System in use is not Windows Vista [31 bit] / Windows 7 [32 bit] the installation will be terminated. I have gone into my system through control panel and it says that my system type is 32-bit operating system...any help please

Riskyone101 · 06-16-2009, 03:37 PM

Go here for drive Sweeper:
http://downloads.guru3d.com/Guru3D--...er)_d1672.html

Go here again for driver: (vista 32bit)
http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce...6.03_whql.html

1. run drive sweeper and remove any video drivers
2. reboot pc
3. install video driver
4. reboot pc

JMC2981 · 06-17-2009, 02:39 PM

Hi Riskyone101 thanks...I've tried that now but when I try to install the video driver after downloading from Nvidia it says that the setup program can't locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. Setup will now exit.

What should I do? I have an NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT GPU graphics card so not sure why?

Riskyone101 · 06-17-2009, 08:23 PM

[quote]
It didn't work but then over the last day the display goes back to normal for a short while and then breaks again. I've tried another monitor and the display there looks fine.

Try installing the video driver with other monitor hooked up.

06-06-2009, 04:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
JMC2981 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: London Posts: 7 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000)	Problem with my display driver?? Hi, any help would be really appreciated. I have a Sony Vaio VGN-FZ12M laptop. It's about 13 mths old. Recently the display went all fuzzy and the colours look almost as if it's raining all over the screen. I backed everything up and did a complete system recovery which didn't work, then I unistalled the display driver and windows searched and found a standard VGA driver. I then unistalled that driver and manually installed my NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT GPU driver. It didn't work but then over the last day the display goes back to normal for a short while and then breaks again. I've tried another monitor and the display there looks fine. What do I need to do...any help is much appreciated...Also I have run numerous antivirus software and nothing is being picked up including norton 360 Spec as follows: Intel Core Duo Processor T7250 Memory - 2GB/Go DDR2 SDRAM HDD 200GB/Go Op Sys - Windows Vista Home Premium

06-06-2009, 12:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
Riskyone101 Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chicago, IL. Posts: 3,697 OS: XP Pro SP3, MCE 2005 sp3, Vista Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate My System	Re: Problem with my display driver?? Hello and Welcome to TSF, Did you get your video driver from here: (vista 32bit) http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce...5.85_whql.html __________________

06-16-2009, 03:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
JMC2981 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: London Posts: 7 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000)	Re: Problem with my display driver?? Hi thanks for the response, I've tried to install the driver from there but now I'm getting an error on the installation from NVidia...it's saying that NVIDIA detected that the operating System in use is not Windows Vista [31 bit] / Windows 7 [32 bit] the installation will be terminated. I have gone into my system through control panel and it says that my system type is 32-bit operating system...any help please

06-16-2009, 03:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
Riskyone101 Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chicago, IL. Posts: 3,697 OS: XP Pro SP3, MCE 2005 sp3, Vista Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate My System	Re: Problem with my display driver?? Go here for drive Sweeper: http://downloads.guru3d.com/Guru3D--...er)_d1672.html Go here again for driver: (vista 32bit) http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce...6.03_whql.html 1. run drive sweeper and remove any video drivers 2. reboot pc 3. install video driver 4. reboot pc __________________

06-17-2009, 02:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
JMC2981 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: London Posts: 7 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000)	Re: Problem with my display driver?? Hi Riskyone101 thanks...I've tried that now but when I try to install the video driver after downloading from Nvidia it says that the setup program can't locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. Setup will now exit. What should I do? I have an NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT GPU graphics card so not sure why?

06-17-2009, 08:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
Riskyone101 Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chicago, IL. Posts: 3,697 OS: XP Pro SP3, MCE 2005 sp3, Vista Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate My System	Re: Problem with my display driver?? [quote] It didn't work but then over the last day the display goes back to normal for a short while and then breaks again. I've tried another monitor and the display there looks fine. Try installing the video driver with other monitor hooked up. __________________