[SOLVED] Vista SP1 and Nvidia Geforce serie 7

Jary316 · 04-28-2008, 11:33 AM

Hello everyone,

I run Windows Vista Family Premium Edition on my laptop (32 bits) and I have a nvidia graphic card, which is a GeForce Go 7400. Until today everything was working fine and my operating system was up to date.

I did leave windows install Service Pack 1 through the automatic update and there were no issues until I did restart. When I restarted, the laptop was using a really bad resolution and graphics were looking really ugly.

My computer still recognize my graphic card when I look inside the material / driver tab but when I go into my desktop layout, there is written "no description" for the graphic card as if it was not recognized.

Furthermore, Windows Update asks me to install 2 updates that I did install previously: one for my nvidia graphic card and one for my laptop's touchpad. Unfortunately, none of these updates are working! (I tried two times). The error given is: Code 80070103.

So far, I'm downloading the last driver update from nvidia website for the GeForce series 7 but I am scared that this won't help because they were released in 2007.

I'd like to hear any of your advices, thank you.

dai · 04-28-2008, 11:39 AM

nvidia only has a limited number of the go drivers,you cannot use the normal nvidia card drivers with the go chipset

Jary316 · 04-28-2008, 11:43 AM

You are right thank you, I just find out on Nvidia websites. They don't have any driver under the 7800 on their website. Now I have no idea what to do.

dai · 04-28-2008, 12:01 PM

you will find it here
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1530

Jary316 · 04-28-2008, 01:06 PM

Thank you dai, the driver update worked and now my laptop is back to a normal state. Thank you for your support.

dai · 04-28-2008, 01:16 PM

glad you have it sorted

04-28-2008, 11:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
Jary316 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3 OS: XP SP2; Vista SP1	[SOLVED] Vista SP1 and Nvidia Geforce serie 7 Hello everyone, I run Windows Vista Family Premium Edition on my laptop (32 bits) and I have a nvidia graphic card, which is a GeForce Go 7400. Until today everything was working fine and my operating system was up to date. I did leave windows install Service Pack 1 through the automatic update and there were no issues until I did restart. When I restarted, the laptop was using a really bad resolution and graphics were looking really ugly. My computer still recognize my graphic card when I look inside the material / driver tab but when I go into my desktop layout, there is written "no description" for the graphic card as if it was not recognized. Furthermore, Windows Update asks me to install 2 updates that I did install previously: one for my nvidia graphic card and one for my laptop's touchpad. Unfortunately, none of these updates are working! (I tried two times). The error given is: Code 80070103. So far, I'm downloading the last driver update from nvidia website for the GeForce series 7 but I am scared that this won't help because they were released in 2007. I'd like to hear any of your advices, thank you. Last edited by Jary316; 04-28-2008 at 11:36 AM.

04-28-2008, 11:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,569 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Vista SP1 and Nvidia Geforce serie 7 nvidia only has a limited number of the go drivers,you cannot use the normal nvidia card drivers with the go chipset __________________

04-28-2008, 11:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
Jary316 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3 OS: XP SP2; Vista SP1	Re: Vista SP1 and Nvidia Geforce serie 7 You are right thank you, I just find out on Nvidia websites. They don't have any driver under the 7800 on their website. Now I have no idea what to do.

04-28-2008, 12:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,569 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Vista SP1 and Nvidia Geforce serie 7 you will find it here http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1530 __________________ Last edited by dai; 04-28-2008 at 12:11 PM.

04-28-2008, 01:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
Jary316 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3 OS: XP SP2; Vista SP1	Re: Vista SP1 and Nvidia Geforce serie 7 Thank you dai, the driver update worked and now my laptop is back to a normal state. Thank you for your support.

04-28-2008, 01:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,569 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Vista SP1 and Nvidia Geforce serie 7 glad you have it sorted __________________