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Operating Toshiba Satellite 5105/Windows XP with NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go display hardware. Display was locking up at odd times forcing a reboot. Went to mfg web site and downloaded new driver entitled "nVIDIA GeForce Go/GeForce4 Go/GeForce FX Go/Quadro FX Go Driver ForceWare 78.11 Windows 2000/XP download site1." Upon installation I get the following error: "The NVIDIA Setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. Setup will now exit." And exit it does. Tried to go back to an older version. Current version is NVIDIA 5.6.7.3 dated 4/7/2004. It does not offer the native resolution of the screen, which is 1600x1200. It only offers 1370x1050. On the right side of the screen is a strip of blacked out pixels. Full screen windows are incomplete. This is annoying. Anyone know how I can fix this? Either get the updater to recognize the hardware or revert to an older version that will restore the native resolution? Thanks. |
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Roll back driver. Open device manager by [ Press WinKey + Break > "Hardware" tab > Device manager ] Expand and double click your device > Go to "Driver" tab > Click "RollBack Driver" -- → Ayush [ Be ''˛'' Happy] "John Wasserbauer" wrote: > Operating Toshiba Satellite 5105/Windows XP with NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go > display hardware. Display was locking up at odd times forcing a reboot. > Went to mfg web site and downloaded new driver entitled "nVIDIA GeForce > Go/GeForce4 Go/GeForce FX Go/Quadro FX Go Driver ForceWare 78.11 Windows > 2000/XP download site1." Upon installation I get the following error: "The > NVIDIA Setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with > your current hardware. Setup will now exit." And exit it does. > Tried to go back to an older version. Current version is NVIDIA 5.6.7.3 > dated 4/7/2004. It does not offer the native resolution of the screen, which > is 1600x1200. It only offers 1370x1050. On the right side of the screen is > a strip of blacked out pixels. Full screen windows are incomplete. This is > annoying. > > Anyone know how I can fix this? Either get the updater to recognize the > hardware or revert to an older version that will restore the native > resolution? Thanks. > |
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Thanks for your help. I think the old driver got corrupted somehow, so I need to find a compatible older version, such as the one recommended by Ron Rector. john "Ayush" wrote: > Roll back driver. > Open device manager by [ Press WinKey + Break > "Hardware" tab > Device > manager ] > Expand and double click your device > Go to "Driver" tab > Click "RollBack > Driver" > > -- > → Ayush [ Be ''˛'' Happy] > > > "John Wasserbauer" wrote: > > > Operating Toshiba Satellite 5105/Windows XP with NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go > > display hardware. Display was locking up at odd times forcing a reboot. > > Went to mfg web site and downloaded new driver entitled "nVIDIA GeForce > > Go/GeForce4 Go/GeForce FX Go/Quadro FX Go Driver ForceWare 78.11 Windows > > 2000/XP download site1." Upon installation I get the following error: "The > > NVIDIA Setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with > > your current hardware. Setup will now exit." And exit it does. > > Tried to go back to an older version. Current version is NVIDIA 5.6.7.3 > > dated 4/7/2004. It does not offer the native resolution of the screen, which > > is 1600x1200. It only offers 1370x1050. On the right side of the screen is > > a strip of blacked out pixels. Full screen windows are incomplete. This is > > annoying. > > > > Anyone know how I can fix this? Either get the updater to recognize the > > hardware or revert to an older version that will restore the native > > resolution? Thanks. > > |
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Try this one. http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_dtlViewDL.jsp?soid=213190&moid=191877&BV_SessionID=@@ @@2128701673.1158146140@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjaddilefjddhcgfkceghdgngdgmn.0&ct=DL "John Wasserbauer" wrote: > Operating Toshiba Satellite 5105/Windows XP with NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go > display hardware. Display was locking up at odd times forcing a reboot. > Went to mfg web site and downloaded new driver entitled "nVIDIA GeForce > Go/GeForce4 Go/GeForce FX Go/Quadro FX Go Driver ForceWare 78.11 Windows > 2000/XP download site1." Upon installation I get the following error: "The > NVIDIA Setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with > your current hardware. Setup will now exit." And exit it does. > Tried to go back to an older version. Current version is NVIDIA 5.6.7.3 > dated 4/7/2004. It does not offer the native resolution of the screen, which > is 1600x1200. It only offers 1370x1050. On the right side of the screen is > a strip of blacked out pixels. Full screen windows are incomplete. This is > annoying. > > Anyone know how I can fix this? Either get the updater to recognize the > hardware or revert to an older version that will restore the native > resolution? Thanks. > |
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Ron, Thanks for finding that! Everythings OK now. John "Ron Rector" wrote: > Try this one. > > http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_dtlViewDL.jsp?soid=213190&moid=191877&BV_SessionID=@@@@212870 1673.1158146140@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjaddilefjddhcgfkceghdgngdgmn.0&ct=DL > > "John Wasserbauer" wrote: > > > Operating Toshiba Satellite 5105/Windows XP with NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go > > display hardware. Display was locking up at odd times forcing a reboot. > > Went to mfg web site and downloaded new driver entitled "nVIDIA GeForce > > Go/GeForce4 Go/GeForce FX Go/Quadro FX Go Driver ForceWare 78.11 Windows > > 2000/XP download site1." Upon installation I get the following error: "The > > NVIDIA Setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with > > your current hardware. Setup will now exit." And exit it does. > > Tried to go back to an older version. Current version is NVIDIA 5.6.7.3 > > dated 4/7/2004. It does not offer the native resolution of the screen, which > > is 1600x1200. It only offers 1370x1050. On the right side of the screen is > > a strip of blacked out pixels. Full screen windows are incomplete. This is > > annoying. > > > > Anyone know how I can fix this? Either get the updater to recognize the > > hardware or revert to an older version that will restore the native > > resolution? Thanks. > > |
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"John Wasserbauer" <JohnWasserbauer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E9368479-3733-46D3-8281-FF08CE408061@microsoft.com... > Operating Toshiba Satellite 5105/Windows XP with NVIDIA GeForce4 440 > Go > display hardware. Display was locking up at odd times forcing a > reboot. > Went to mfg web site and downloaded new driver entitled "nVIDIA > GeForce > Go/GeForce4 Go/GeForce FX Go/Quadro FX Go Driver ForceWare 78.11 > Windows > 2000/XP download site1." Upon installation I get the following error: > "The > NVIDIA Setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible > with > your current hardware. Setup will now exit." And exit it does. > Tried to go back to an older version. Current version is NVIDIA > 5.6.7.3 > dated 4/7/2004. It does not offer the native resolution of the > screen, which > is 1600x1200. It only offers 1370x1050. On the right side of the > screen is > a strip of blacked out pixels. Full screen windows are incomplete. > This is > annoying. > > Anyone know how I can fix this? Either get the updater to recognize > the > hardware or revert to an older version that will restore the native > resolution? Thanks. Nvidia states in the install notes that all old drivers must be uninstalled before attempting an upgrade. When this is not followed one is in for big problems. Try driver heaven's driver cleaner first then install the latest go drivers. |
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