Driver help, pls
By
Arnabas,
Posted on: 2010-04-29 21:53 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
You do not have to buy a driver detective or any program like it. The best way to install a new driver is to uninstall it, meaning all traces. Here is how I do it, and don't have problems.
1. Find the latest driver and download it to the desktop.
(Looks like you have a notebook, and your driver is here
http://www.nvidia.com/object/noteboo...7.16_whql.html
2. Uninstall the old driver. When the reboot prompt comes up, click OK.
3. When it starts to reboot, tap the F8 key over and over..this will bring up a menu that allows you to get into 'safe mode'. Arrow up till till you can click on Safe Mode. (Don't let Windows install anything...close the prompt if it comes up.)
4. As soon as you are in the Safe Mode Desktop, use a driver cleaner to erase all traces of the old driver. I use Driver Cleaner Pro, but there is a really good free one called Driver Sweeper here:
http://www.guru3d.com/category/driversweeper/
5. As soon as this is done, reboot to the regular desktop, and again, don't let Windows install anything.
6. Now install the new driver sitting on the desktop. You will probably have to reboot again, then you can fiddle with the settings in the control panel.
A couple of other things that you might find helpful...keep your unneccesary 'behind the scene. programs shut off. They are resource hogs. (If you aren't on Yahoo, why have it running in the background?)
Defrag, especially after a patch/update to CoH. Keep temp history folders cleaned out. These are simple things that can really help.
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(Copied from the Player Questions section, as this is probably a better spot to post it)
I have a question in regards to drivers... I have noted comments from various people that drivers should be updated, especially with the release of Ultra Mode. I am normally hesitant to update drivers because every time I do, things get buggered up.
Well, I decided to try. I wasn't sure the best way to go about it, so I went through my control panel/ device manager. It searched online and found an update for me and automatically installed it (without asking). As expected, I am now having the screen flicker and behave strangely.
From what I can see (I am not the best at this sort of thing...) I have a Geforce 8400M GS. At least that's the only name I can find. I wanted to go to the Nvidia site and see if I can find something to fix it, but from what I saw, I need to buy this "driver detective" and pay for the drivers. I thought they were free (again, really... I am a noob at this).
Any advice to get my computer working right again and properly up to date?
Also-- I noticed that my fan was coming on and that the computer was hotter than usual. I wound up doing a system restore to undo it, but now it is kind of slow...
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