nVidia GeForce drivers installation problem on Vista 64bit

Posted: 03-15-2008, 01:30 AM

Rob

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I do use a dual-boot PC : Win XP 32 bit and Vista x64 and replaced my old CRT
monitor today with a flat widescreen. I use dual-monitor too.

I am unable to update the drivers for the nVidia 7300 GT video card with
the newest on nVidia website! I keep getting a stupid message that I cannot
use a 32 bit uninstaller with a 64bit application (or something like that) -
funny, as this happen (if I remember correctly) *after* I remove the older
driver and I start the install program for the latest drivers !... Then
another even mre stupid message tells me that these drivers are intended to
run under Vista 64 bit and that this OS is not (!!) Vista 64 bit. (Please
don't ask me : yes it is !)

It did that with the very latest, and it did that with the one released just
before. So I had to come back to the 90 release, my only choice ! Never been
able to get an answer from nVidia on that.

Anyone has a clue on that ?

Now with a new monitor that must run at 1680 x 1050, I need to change my
drivers I guess as I cannot get this resolution now (not even sure I am
running nVidia drivers...or just a default...)

Thanks,
Rob

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Re: nVidia GeForce drivers installation problem on Vista 64bit

Posted: 03-28-2008, 05:35 PM

I found this on this page.
'Download NVIDIA ForceWare Vista 64bit Display Driver 163.69 WHQL
Driver for Windows Vista - Softpedia'
(http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/GRA...369-WHQL.shtml)
Look under Open issues It says,
"All GPUs
* The graphics driver installer sometimes displays an "incorrect
'operating system'
(http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/GRAPHICS-BOARD/NVIDIA/NVIDIA-ForceWare-Vista-64bit-Display-Driver-16369-WHQL.shtml#)"
error message when trying to install on a GPU that not supported by the
driver. [310188]"

Doesn't really help, but sounds like Nvidia is sleeping on the problem.
How can it not be supported and why does it say all GPUs?

I'm having similar problems to you with my 8800 GT OC2 from BFG.
Nvidia's auto checker says I have the lastest driver, but windows says
it might not have installed correctly. So it says to rerun it using
correct cofiguration. That's when I get the same errors as you about the
OS when installing the drivers. Then it shuts down the install program.
And I'm on Vista 64bit Ultimate and the driver is for 8000 series 64 bit
vista. I have a problem with my Crysis game's video crashing sometimes
and artifacting when playing and when it does it forces me to reboot
once the screen goes black, windows troubleshoot thinks it's the video
driver, but it's supposedly up to date and Nvidia hasn't released an
update since December. I just wish they would fix the problem.

--
danek1982

Rob

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Re: nVidia GeForce drivers installation problem on Vista 64bit

Posted: 03-28-2008, 07:31 PM

Thanks for your reply.

Finally, I discovered accidentally that when you believe you have launched
the install program and get all this crappy warnings, all you have done was
''unzipping'' the files into a folder...

Just forget the messages about 32 bit vs 64 bit and wrong OS, go to the
folder where it had been unzipped and double click the exe file and *then*
the real install (update) process takes place.

I have been in doubt for months, leaving the old drivers in place but now I
have the latest drivers. Poorly designed install process I guess... But
it'll work.

Cheers,
Rob

"danek1982" wrote:

>
> I found this on this page.
> 'Download NVIDIA ForceWare Vista 64bit Display Driver 163.69 WHQL
> Driver for Windows Vista - Softpedia'
> (http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/GRA...369-WHQL.shtml)
> Look under Open issues It says,
> "All GPUs
> * The graphics driver installer sometimes displays an "incorrect
> 'operating system'
> (http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/GRAPHICS-BOARD/NVIDIA/NVIDIA-ForceWare-Vista-64bit-Display-Driver-16369-WHQL.shtml#)"
> error message when trying to install on a GPU that not supported by the
> driver. [310188]"
>
> Doesn't really help, but sounds like Nvidia is sleeping on the problem.
> How can it not be supported and why does it say all GPUs?
>
> I'm having similar problems to you with my 8800 GT OC2 from BFG.
> Nvidia's auto checker says I have the lastest driver, but windows says
> it might not have installed correctly. So it says to rerun it using
> correct cofiguration. That's when I get the same errors as you about the
> OS when installing the drivers. Then it shuts down the install program.
> And I'm on Vista 64bit Ultimate and the driver is for 8000 series 64 bit
> vista. I have a problem with my Crysis game's video crashing sometimes
> and artifacting when playing and when it does it forces me to reboot
> once the screen goes black, windows troubleshoot thinks it's the video
> driver, but it's supposedly up to date and Nvidia hasn't released an
> update since December. I just wish they would fix the problem.
>
>
> --
> danek1982
>

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