Windows 7 and NVIDIA 8600M GS

Confussed · 10-30-2009, 12:25 PM

Hi all,

I hope someone can help me. I have upgraded to Windows 7 HP from Vista and did it as a fresh install. Unfortunatly since the upgrade i cannot find my NVIDIA graphics card to install a new driver. In device manager my adapter is shown as "standard vga adapter" and trying to install the latest driver for my card (186.81_notebook_win7_winvista_32bit_international_whql) i get "The NVIDIA setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatable with your exisitng hardware" and it exits.
In fact i cant see my graphics card anywhere. Is there a simple way to get my card up and running?

Many thanks

Confussed · 10-30-2009, 12:37 PM

Some info

SONY VGN-fz21z
Intel core2duo T7500
NVIDIA 8600M GS (256MB)
2 GB RAM

Win 7 Home Premium

Also getting the "error 122" when trying to open any games

Thanks

TazGothmin · 10-30-2009, 12:45 PM

ok so this is a laptop well you can't just take it out then if the flash install got currupted in some way could of messed it up if i was you i would just reformat your laptop with windows 7 disk clean install save all your stuff on data disk if you don't have a 2nd partition

Confussed · 10-31-2009, 08:08 AM

Thanks for the reply Taz

So you think the clean install has somehow deleted the way the card is found. Just to be clear as im a novice I should just do a fresh install. Will the same thing not just happen again, or could i have permently damaged the flash install?

Ta

TazGothmin · 10-31-2009, 08:35 AM

what is this flash install you have a windows 7 disk

just put the disk in run from disk at the settings click install then format the partition then install

**BCCOMP** · 10-31-2009, 08:44 AM

In most cases you will need to modify the driver
Nvidia does not support some laptop models
From the Nvidia site:

Quote:

Note:

The following notebooks are not supported in this release:

Hybrid Power notebooks with Intel chipsets such as:
Acer Aspire 7530
BenQ Joybook S42
Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Xi 3650
Fujitsu notebooks – (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks). Note: Fujitsu Siemens (FSC) notebooks are supported in this release
Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)
Sony VAIO notebooks (please contact the notebook OEM for driver support for these notebooks)
Any notebook that is launched after the release date of this driver
• Windows 7 Release Notes (v186.81)
• Windows Vista Release Notes (v186.81)
• New Control Panel User's Guide

Have you tried to install the Vista driver from the Sony website?
http://support.vaio.sony.eu/computin...-FZ21Z&l=en_GB

If that fails the driver will have to be modified.
You will need to ID the driver:

Open the Device Manager
Right click on the VGA Display Driver>Properties>Details Tab
Scroll to Hardware ID
You will need the DEV & SUB sys numbers
Go HERE
Input the info accordingly and see what it comes up with

Bill

SA Spurs1 · 10-31-2009, 10:15 AM

Go to Control Panel and do the Windows Update and see if that loads the driver. My computer loaded a default driver on install and when I did the Windows update it loaded current driver for me

Confussed · 10-31-2009, 04:09 PM

BCCOMP

Thanks for the sony link seems to of cleared up issue. Will let you know how it goes.

C

**BCCOMP** · 10-31-2009, 10:25 PM

Keep us posted
If you have issues (you may not) try the modified driver.
Bill

10-30-2009, 12:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
Confussed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4 OS: Win 7	Windows 7 and NVIDIA 8600M GS Hi all, I hope someone can help me. I have upgraded to Windows 7 HP from Vista and did it as a fresh install. Unfortunatly since the upgrade i cannot find my NVIDIA graphics card to install a new driver. In device manager my adapter is shown as "standard vga adapter" and trying to install the latest driver for my card (186.81_notebook_win7_winvista_32bit_international_whql) i get "The NVIDIA setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatable with your exisitng hardware" and it exits. In fact i cant see my graphics card anywhere. Is there a simple way to get my card up and running? Many thanks

10-30-2009, 12:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
Confussed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4 OS: Win 7	Re: Windows 7 and NVIDIA 8600M GS Some info SONY VGN-fz21z Intel core2duo T7500 NVIDIA 8600M GS (256MB) 2 GB RAM Win 7 Home Premium Also getting the "error 122" when trying to open any games Thanks

10-30-2009, 12:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
TazGothmin Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 71 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit	Re: Windows 7 and NVIDIA 8600M GS ok so this is a laptop well you can't just take it out then if the flash install got currupted in some way could of messed it up if i was you i would just reformat your laptop with windows 7 disk clean install save all your stuff on data disk if you don't have a 2nd partition

10-31-2009, 08:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
Confussed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4 OS: Win 7	Re: Windows 7 and NVIDIA 8600M GS Thanks for the reply Taz So you think the clean install has somehow deleted the way the card is found. Just to be clear as im a novice I should just do a fresh install. Will the same thing not just happen again, or could i have permently damaged the flash install? Ta

10-31-2009, 08:35 AM	#5 (permalink)
TazGothmin Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 71 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit	Re: Windows 7 and NVIDIA 8600M GS what is this flash install you have a windows 7 disk just put the disk in run from disk at the settings click install then format the partition then install

10-31-2009, 10:15 AM	#7 (permalink)
SA Spurs1 Tech Hardware Team Join Date: May 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 202 OS: Windows 7 Pro x64	Re: Windows 7 and NVIDIA 8600M GS Go to Control Panel and do the Windows Update and see if that loads the driver. My computer loaded a default driver on install and when I did the Windows update it loaded current driver for me __________________

10-31-2009, 04:09 PM	#8 (permalink)
Confussed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4 OS: Win 7	Re: Windows 7 and NVIDIA 8600M GS BCCOMP Thanks for the sony link seems to of cleared up issue. Will let you know how it goes. C

10-31-2009, 10:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
BCCOMP Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Posts: 7,022 OS: Win XP SP3 / Windows 7 Beta / Open Suse My System	Re: Windows 7 and NVIDIA 8600M GS Keep us posted If you have issues (you may not) try the modified driver. Bill __________________ PC Wizard \| Everest \| Power supply info \| Memtest86+ PC Running Slow Speedfan