Drivers don't work

blkjagg · #1 Sep 30, 2009, 06:23 PM

I purchased a new Geforce 8400gs card (NO CD!) installed it ,Downloaded and tried to load the drivers and got an error message.THE NVIDEA SETUP PROGRAM COULD NOT LOCATE ANY DRIVERS THAT ARE COMPATABLE W/YOUR CURRENT HARDWARE.My computer has onboard graphics. Any ideas what the problem could be?

Thanx in advance.

blkjagg · Oct 1, 2009, 12:39 PM

thanks for the responce... I downloaded the drivers but when I unzip I get the error message when I attempt to install them

blkjagg · Oct 1, 2009, 05:09 PM

The exact error message is in the beginning of this thread. The file I downloaded and used was from the seller of the graphics card. I get the message at the very beginning of the driver instalation.

NeedKarma · Oct 2, 2009, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by blkjagg

My computer has onboard graphics. Any ideas what the problem could be?

Have you disabled the onboard graphics in the BIOS so that Windows can see the add-in card?

blkjagg · Oct 2, 2009, 12:40 AM

There was a yellow mark just as you mentioned and I uninstalled it , same result as before... I just completed scanning my system and it still believes it is using the original graphics (integrated on MB).How do I remove this"hardware" from my computer and get it to recognize the new graphics card.Perhaps this is why the NVidea Drivers won't install.

NeedKarma · Oct 2, 2009, 12:44 AM

That is exactly why the drivers don't see the card. Simply uninstalling the drivers for the onboard graphics will not do, you have to disable the onboard video chipset in your BIOS - how this is done depends on your computer and the BIOS version it has.

blkjagg · Oct 2, 2009, 12:45 AM

No I did not... how Is this done ?