Re: NVIDIA DRIVER UPDATE FOR NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 Failed

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Joyfulgrace wrote:
The NVIDIA driver update continues to fail on my Dell XPS 410. It
has been failing since 4/10/07 to update. I tried multiple times
myself to update it today and yep failure again. Any suggestions? I
have cable connection, therefore no worries about disconnection
problems.

If you are trying to get this 'update' from Windows Updates (Microsoft
Updates) --> STOP NOW.

Microsoft did not make the hardware in your system. The driver they are
trying to give you is likely old and *not* the best driver out there. What
they have is a driver that NVidia likely PAID them to approve and place on
their sites. What you should do is get the driver for your video card
straight from the manufacturer.

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

Graphics Driver --> GeForce Series 8 (You can choose this - it takes you to
the ForceWare Release 162 release) --> whatever OS you have... You did not
say.

It was released on July 26, 2007 by the company that actually manufacturered
your video chipset. ;-)

Having a Dell - you should also get your drivers *from Dell* if it is not
something like a video card - where the manufacturer will be more likely to
have the latest/greatest.

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&ServiceTag=&SystemID=DIM_PNT_9200_XPS_410&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=

The point being - do not get drivers for non-Microsoft produced hardware
from thw Windows/Microsoft Updates areas. Microsoft did not create the
hardware - why would they be the one you would choose to support it? ;-)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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