nvidia +vista? AAARGH help.
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Blpup,
Posted on: 2009-09-09 14:07 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
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Make sure you don't have 64 bit. If it has that 3 in detected, I'd say look for malware. Have you tried running the setup under xp compatability mode with admin access. Go to the Nvidia website and try various downloads.|
Originally Posted by MrCaptainMan
I got a new rig! Yay!
Except i was idiot enough, it seems, to get Vista 32 bit for it. I hav a geforce 9600gt, and Ive been trying to install drivers for it for a day now. 'Setup has det3ected that the operating system is not Vista 32bit and has ceased its action' is the message i get. Im using Vista 32 bit. I've looked online and I can't find any help. Does anyone have any advice? Eco. |
Other than that, I don't know. Never had a single problem with any of my three rigs and vista/nvidia (2 of the rigs were pre fab HP's that I've modded, the third is all pieced togeather)
Someone reported this a few days ago trying to load the newest nVidia driver. I can't recall off the top of my head if they had the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Vista.
I'll look to see if I can find it and report back.
It may be that nVidia goofed something in their download link or packaging the file for download and it's actually got a 64-bit driver in the package or some of the error-checking for the 64-bit version in the package.
You might check on the nVidia official forums to see if others are reporting this problem as well. It's possible that there is a workaround listed if others are reporting it.
EDIT: After finding the post I mentioned, it was a different error message that he was getting so it probably isn't related.
I would recommend posting the results from running CoH Helper. Maybe we'll spot something that is causing the problem.
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I think i'll just take vista back and exchange it for xp. Ive been to the nvidia forums, they're no help, and after spending literally hours trying to look for solutions online, dling various drivers, uninstallung the old ones, etc, i feel i've done enough. Microsoft obviously dont have any confidence in vista either, with windows 7 coming out so soon.
I guess this is a lesson for me in the value of the adage 'if it isnt broken, dont fix it'.
Eco
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
[The Incarnate System is] Jack Emmert all over again, only this time it's not "1 hero = 3 white minions" it's "1 hero = 3 white rocks."
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i have a vista 32bit ultimate works fine and did you download the service packs?
I built my rig, installed vista, installed my modem drivers and set up my internet connection, and then activated vista upgrade. 59 upgrades later it reported vista as completely up to date. I went to nvidia's site, and dled the vista 32bit drivers for my geforce 9600gt card. Thats the total 'stuff' ive done with the system. After that firat driver didnt recognise vista i spent ages trawling thru forums trying othet drivers etc. I'm not the only one who's had this problem but i can't find a solution.
Eco
edit i have vista 32 bit home basic.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
[The Incarnate System is] Jack Emmert all over again, only this time it's not "1 hero = 3 white minions" it's "1 hero = 3 white rocks."
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If you can get a full refund, do so. Windows 7 launches in a month, and it will be £75 ish, though you can preorder it from Amazon for £65. I know that doesn't help you with Vista right now, but I can't recommend that anyone get Vista when 7 is imminent.
EDIT: Or do you get a free upgrade to 7 when it launches?
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Right now I kbow for a fact that XP works, so i'm just going to ask for that. I dont want to wait another month before playing CoH on my new system.
Eco
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
[The Incarnate System is] Jack Emmert all over again, only this time it's not "1 hero = 3 white minions" it's "1 hero = 3 white rocks."
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I built my main rig, running an 8200 Mobo, 9800 GT, dual core, 8 gigs of ram, 3 screens. Installed Vista 64 bit prem, updated, went to nvidia, installed newest (beta) drivers, and always check for updates. That was January. Never had a graphics problem. My other two rigs are 32 bit, pre fab with GFX upgrades running dual screens, that I keep on beta drivers. Neither of them have any problems. Heck I ave been known to run 2 diff MMO's and stream video without any graphics problems.
So I have to ask are you sure you installed everything correctly? Are you sure when downloading the drivers, you picked all the correct options? Nvidia's web site is not all that well put togeather, so it would be easy to not download the correct drivers? Did you try running the installer under admin, or xp service pack 2 mode?
(In my experiance, Vista problems tend to fall more under user error, rather than computer error. And believe me, Win 7 is still on the same programming backbone as Vista, so don't think that its gonna be all that different. It might look new, but its mostly the same, with a new name to get away from the stigma that XP and MAC purists put on vista before it was released. I am looking forward to W7, but then again I like vista. For more information about how vista would have been treated if people had actually tried it before putting it down look up "The Mojave Experiment" or check out http://www.microsoft.com/windows/mojave-experiment/)
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Originally Posted by Haruu
I built my main rig, running an 8200 Mobo, 9800 GT, dual core, 8 gigs of ram, 3 screens. Installed Vista 64 bit prem, updated, went to nvidia, installed newest (beta) drivers, and always check for updates. That was January. Never had a graphics problem. My other two rigs are 32 bit, pre fab with GFX upgrades running dual screens, that I keep on beta drivers. Neither of them have any problems. Heck I ave been known to run 2 diff MMO's and stream video without any graphics problems.
So I have to ask are you sure you installed everything correctly? Are you sure when downloading the drivers, you picked all the correct options? Nvidia's web site is not all that well put togeather, so it would be easy to not download the correct drivers? Did you try running the installer under admin, or xp service pack 2 mode? (In my experiance, Vista problems tend to fall more under user error, rather than computer error. And believe me, Win 7 is still on the same programming backbone as Vista, so don't think that its gonna be all that different. It might look new, but its mostly the same, with a new name to get away from the stigma that XP and MAC purists put on vista before it was released. I am looking forward to W7, but then again I like vista. For more information about how vista would have been treated if people had actually tried it before putting it down look up "The Mojave Experiment" or check out http://www.microsoft.com/windows/mojave-experiment/) |
Gratz on your lovely vista experience. To answer your questions, the NVIDIA drivers I dled first were the ones marked as for the NVIDIA 9 series ones for 32-bit Vista. If its user error at fault, I really sont see what else right I could have donw. I finished building my rig, installed Vista, immediately upgraded vista, and then installed my modem softweare and sorted out my internet connection. Then, the first place I went was the NVIDIA site to dl the drivers. I couldn't have cut out any intervening steps between a virgin system and the drivers.
What's driving me crazy is I can find loads of similar complaints on forums going back to 2007, none recently, but no bloody solutions in between.
Eco.
EDIT Googler 'cannot install nvidia vista drivers' and you'll find the flip side of your happy experience.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
[The Incarnate System is] Jack Emmert all over again, only this time it's not "1 hero = 3 white minions" it's "1 hero = 3 white rocks."
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I got a new rig! Yay!
Except i was idiot enough, it seems, to get Vista 32 bit for it. I hav a geforce 9600gt, and Ive been trying to install drivers for it for a day now. 'Setup has det3ected that the operating system is not Vista 32bit and has ceased its action' is the message i get. Im using Vista 32 bit. I've looked online and I can't find any help.
Does anyone have any advice?
Eco.
MArcs:
The Echo, Arc ID 1688 (5mish, easy, drama)
The Audition, Arc ID 221240 (6 mish, complex mech, comedy)
Storming Citadel, Arc ID 379488 (lowbie, 1mish, 10-min timed)