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Compatability with drivers..?
Was installing (attempting to, at least) a GeForce MX 4000 into a Sony Vaio (Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.6GHz, 504MB RAM, XP Home, SP2). It had an Intel 82865G card onboard. Keep getting "...could not find any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware." I was fairly certain that the nVidia card was of a better quality and newer than the onboard one (perhaps I'm wrong?) but I tried a regular install, then tried to point the driver update to the file myself, and finally tried to force it with a similar (unsigned) 4 series driver from nVidia. Is there any way to make this work, or am I fighting a losing battle? Thanks |
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laurakoz wrote:
Was installing (attempting to, at least) a GeForce MX 4000 into a Sony Vaio (Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.6GHz, 504MB RAM, XP Home, SP2). It had an Intel 82865G card onboard. Keep getting "...could not find any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware." I was fairly certain that the nVidia card was of a better quality and newer than the onboard one (perhaps I'm wrong?) but I tried a regular install, then tried to point the driver update to the file myself, and finally tried to force it with a similar (unsigned) 4 series driver from nVidia. Is there any way to make this work, or am I fighting a losing battle? Thanks Generally you have to disable the onboard video before the system will recognize the add-in graphics card. Do this in the PCs BIOS. Look for a setting with the option "INIT GRAPHICS" or "VIDEO ORDER" or anything along those lines and check if the setting is "ONBOARD/AGP" and switch it to whatever the other option is, probably "PCI" or "AddON". I have no idea where that setting is in a Vaio, but it is there somewhere. BTW, you may have to uninstall the video drivers for the onboard card to get the new card recognized as well. |
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"laurakoz" wrote in message
... Was installing (attempting to, at least) a GeForce MX 4000 into a Sony Vaio (Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.6GHz, 504MB RAM, XP Home, SP2). It had an Intel 82865G card onboard. Keep getting "...could not find any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware." I was fairly certain that the nVidia card was of a better quality and newer than the onboard one (perhaps I'm wrong?) but I tried a regular install, then tried to point the driver update to the file myself, and finally tried to force it with a similar (unsigned) 4 series driver from nVidia. Is there any way to make this work, or am I fighting a losing battle? Thanks You have this: http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce4mx.html Your Viao comes with this: http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/intel865g/ Where did you get this MX card? Used on eBay perhaps? The MX 4000 series is old and outdated. When new, it was a low and budget card. From the links above, it would appear that the onboard Intel video is more up to date and a better choice. For example, Intel has Vista drivers for the 82865G chipset and the *oldest* NVIDIA card series with full Vista support is the 6000 series (yes, 2 generations newer than the 4000 series). |
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Compatability with drivers..?
* laurakoz:
Was installing (attempting to, at least) a GeForce MX 4000 into a Sony Vaio (Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.6GHz, 504MB RAM, XP Home, SP2). It had an Intel 82865G card onboard. Keep getting "...could not find any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware." I was fairly certain that the nVidia card was of a better quality No. and newer than the onboard one No. (perhaps I'm wrong?) Yes, you are. The GF4 MX4000 was crap when it was new maybe 4 years ago. The i865 chipset gfx is newer, and the "performance" of both is around the same. Get something newer which also fits better to your CPU. You should look for a Geforce FX5500, Geforce 6200 or better, and I'd recommend to get at least another 512MB of RAM. Benjamin |
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Is this the driver you downloaded? If not, do so.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_93.71_2.html -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." "laurakoz" wrote in message ... Was installing (attempting to, at least) a GeForce MX 4000 into a Sony Vaio (Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.6GHz, 504MB RAM, XP Home, SP2). It had an Intel 82865G card onboard. Keep getting "...could not find any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware." I was fairly certain that the nVidia card was of a better quality and newer than the onboard one (perhaps I'm wrong?) but I tried a regular install, then tried to point the driver update to the file myself, and finally tried to force it with a similar (unsigned) 4 series driver from nVidia. Is there any way to make this work, or am I fighting a losing battle? Thanks |
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