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Difficulties with installing older NVidia drivers …
February 23rd, 2008, 01:28
Hello, everyone.
Every time I try to install an older NVidia driver I get the message that the installation program couldn't find an installation program for the hardware I use.
I'd like to downgrade to an older driver, but the .INF files simply don't contain descriptions for them.
Example: The 94.24 driver. (I read that Majesty should run with it).
Is NVidia secretly recompiling older drivers so that they won't run anymore later ?
I almost suspect this, because when i still had my "ye olde" Win98SE, I tried to downgrade to older drivers I actually had once used. But then, after I downloaded it, it wouldn't work no more.
Has someone of you a clue or an idea for that ? Me, I'm puzzled.
Alrik
Every time I try to install an older NVidia driver I get the message that the installation program couldn't find an installation program for the hardware I use.
I'd like to downgrade to an older driver, but the .INF files simply don't contain descriptions for them.
Example: The 94.24 driver. (I read that Majesty should run with it).
Is NVidia secretly recompiling older drivers so that they won't run anymore later ?
I almost suspect this, because when i still had my "ye olde" Win98SE, I tried to downgrade to older drivers I actually had once used. But then, after I downloaded it, it wouldn't work no more.
Has someone of you a clue or an idea for that ? Me, I'm puzzled.
Alrik
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Original Sin 1 & 2 Donor
February 23rd, 2008, 11:21
Could be the remains of newer driver preventing the installation of older driver? Try looking up DriverHeaven.net or guru3d websites, both have ATI or Nvidia drivers cleaner tools.
Antihero
February 24th, 2008, 19:18
Which card model do you have?
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Sentinel
February 25th, 2008, 21:20
Once you have the driver you want on your desktop in a file, delete all drivers then install. Be sure that any virus protection is disabled first.
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Sentinel of Light
February 25th, 2008, 23:29
I have a GeForce 8600 GT, manufactured by Gainward in the "Bliss" label.
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"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." (E.F.Schumacher, Economist, Source)
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." (E.F.Schumacher, Economist, Source)
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Original Sin 1 & 2 Donor
February 26th, 2008, 02:59
There's your problem then. The Geforce 8 series has only been supported by the 16*.** series drivers from the very beginning, IIRC. The 9*.** drivers support only the 6 and 7 series.
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Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe
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Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe
Sentinel
February 26th, 2008, 21:10
In addition to that, I use the 17x.xx (beta) drivers only with my 8600GT.
It works much better with those.
Try guru3d.com.
It works much better with those.
Try guru3d.com.
Guest
February 27th, 2008, 00:44
Originally Posted by KazikluBeyI had feared that.
There's your problem then. The Geforce 8 series has only been supported by the 16*.** series drivers from the very beginning, IIRC. The 9*.** drivers support only the 6 and 7 series.
Thanks for this confirmation.
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"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." (E.F.Schumacher, Economist, Source)
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." (E.F.Schumacher, Economist, Source)
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Original Sin 1 & 2 Donor
resetting all drivers in xp
April 20th, 2008, 23:28
For those of you who don't know - in order to truly remove a driver from the xp OS you must boot into safe mode and go to that piece of hardware under device manager and then remove the driver and this is especially true of video drivers the OS will not "let go" of them without doing this also you will need to remove the software from the add remove programs window after you have successfully accomplished this you can reboot and add whatever version of driver you want ! !
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