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Option 2: Automatically find drivers for my NVIDIA products. PRERELEASE Richard P. On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 7:45 PM, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can you please give me a web address for downloading the Nvidia driver > finder? > > I can't find it a Nvidia's web site nor on Google. There is an Nvidia > Widget, but it seems to involve only Nvidia drivers. > > > Richard P. wrote: >> >> Finally a solution. Yes, I was in driver hell and I am just now >> successfully emerging from it. To refresh, after replacing a defective >> hard drive and performing a system recovery, the computer lost many >> functions. It didn't have an Ethernet connection, video drivers, audio >> drivers and a couple of others. The original recovery CD did not help. >> After contacting AMD (processor), eMachines (tower), and MIS >> (motherboard), I ended up at NVidia. Very long story short, I ended up >> using NVidia's automatic driver finder which worked superbly! It found >> and installed about a dozen drivers which ultimately solved >> everything. Even the missing Ethernet port showed back up in the >> Device Manager. I was also surprised to learn that it is a smart idea >> to back up all existing drivers from an operating system so that they >> can be used after recovery. AMD's support said that the top 3 drivers >> that fail to be installed during a system recovery are Video >> controller, PCI Simple Communications Controller, and processor. >> >> Thanks for letting me know I was in driver hell so I was able to begin >> crawling my way out of it. >> >> Richard P. >> >> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Tom Piwowar <> wrote: >> >>>> >>>> I uninstalled them all and tried to reinstall them when the computer >>>> found them upon reboot, but that installation failed. The monitor >>>> refresh is sluggish, and the Ethernet port still doesn't work. Any >>>> suggestions or is it time to give up. Can't figure out if it's >>>> hardware or software or both at this point. >>>> >>> >>> Looks like you are in driver hell. Sometimes the cuase of the problem is >>> a conflict caused by a driver that is not flagged. To get around that you >>> must uninstall devices that are both flagged and not flagged with a "?" >>> and then let plug and play put everything back together, hopefull in an >>> order that will work. Best to try this after you are sure you have >>> current drivers for everything involved. Driver voodoo can drive you >>> nuts. >>> >>> The problem could also be a too new driver. One that doesn't really match >>> the version of the OS you are running. >>> >>> This is the toughest thing about reinstalling Windows. You can't be sure >>> that the OS and the bunch of drivers you got are really compatable. >>> >>> Another approach woule be to install OS and drivers from your original CD >>> that came with the computer. After installing and making sure everything >>> works you are starting from a known state. Then start updating and >>> checking gradually while taking careful notes. >>> >>> >> >> The only thing I found with a yellow question mark were "Other >> Devices" which listed 5 items: >> >> Video controller >> SM Bus Controller >> Other PCI Bridge Device >> PCI Device >> PCI Simple Communications Controller >> >> I uninstalled them all and tried to reinstall them when the computer >> found them upon reboot, but that installation failed. The monitor >> refresh is sluggish, and the Ethernet port still doesn't work. Any >> suggestions or is it time to give up. Can't figure out if it's >> hardware or software or both at this point. >> >> >> ************************************************************************* >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> ************************************************************************* >> >> > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
