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Problems with NVIDIA grafic driver and Windows 7 x64



 
 
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Old September 20th 11, 10:53 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Dr. Heiko Muenkel
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Default Problems with NVIDIA grafic driver and Windows 7 x64

Hi,

I've a PC with a GeForce GT 420 card under Windows 7 (64 Bit version).
The graphic driver version is 8.17.12.8026 from the 03.08.2011 (8/3/11)
the name of the downloaded file was
280.26-desktop-win7-winvista-64bit-international-whql.exe.

I've some problems on my PC, which may be caused by the graphic driver:

The first problem is, that I can't display images with the standard
Windows 7 program - in German it is called "Vorschau" (maybe Preview in
english). Instead of displaying the image only the text "Ladevorgang..."
(Loading...) is displayed.

The second one is, that in the NVIDIA control program (NVIDIA
Systemsteuerung) the rotating 3D NVIDIA icon will not be shown. The
window is blank. On a German system you can find this icon under
"3D-Einstellungen", "Bildeinstellungen mit Vorschau anpassen" - maybe on
an english system under something like "3D Configuration", "Changing
display settings with preview".

3. Until yesterday the Windows Media Center started with an error
message. This message contained the info, that the memory of the
graphic card was lower than 64MB - which can't be true. But at the
moment the media center is starting without any problems.

The Direct X diagnose tool dxdiag displays no problems.

I'm able to start windows 7 not only native but also virtual in
VirtualBox under Linux. In this case it uses another graphic driver and
none of the described problems can be discovered - the second problem
can't be tested in this case.

Does anyone have an idea what could be wrong with the system?


Thanks a lot,

Heiko
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Old September 20th 11, 04:10 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Michael[_26_]
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Default Problems with NVIDIA grafic driver and Windows 7 x64

Did you completely deinstall the old graphics driver before installing
the new graphics driver?

Not doing so may cause a lot of problems with Nvidia drivers.
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Old September 20th 11, 04:56 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Dr. Heiko Muenkel
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Default Problems with NVIDIA grafic driver and Windows 7 x64

Am 20.09.2011 17:10, schrieb Michael:
Did you completely deinstall the old graphics driver before installing
the new graphics driver?

Not doing so may cause a lot of problems with Nvidia drivers.


Not at the first time. I've tried at first some other driver versions,
older ones (also with another graphic card) and the latest beta version.
These versions I've installed without completly deinstalling.

But after that I've found an interesting hint in the internet together
with a link to a special driver deinstallation program. I've used it
before I've reinstalled the latest released driver version 280.26. But
this changed nothing.

Do you know if NVIDA is using OpenGL or DirectX for the rotating icon?

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Old September 20th 11, 06:29 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Michael[_26_]
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Default Problems with NVIDIA grafic driver and Windows 7 x64

Am 9/20/2011 5:56 PM, schrieb Dr. Heiko Muenkel:
....
Not at the first time. I've tried at first some other driver versions,
older ones (also with another graphic card) and the latest beta version.
These versions I've installed without completly deinstalling.

But after that I've found an interesting hint in the internet together
with a link to a special driver deinstallation program. I've used it
before I've reinstalled the latest released driver version 280.26. But
this changed nothing.

Do you know if NVIDA is using OpenGL or DirectX for the rotating icon?



I have no idea.
Did you read
http://de.download.nvidia.com/Window...tart-Guide.pdf

especially that part: "Note: For Windows Vista/Windows 7 – Several
features are currently under development and are not yet supported in
the NVIDIA Control Panel. Consult the release notes for the latest list
of unsupported
features."

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Old September 21st 11, 02:03 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Dr. Heiko Muenkel
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Default Problems with NVIDIA grafic driver and Windows 7 x64

Am 20.09.2011 19:29, schrieb Michael:
I have no idea.
Did you read
http://de.download.nvidia.com/Window...tart-Guide.pdf


especially that part: "Note: For Windows Vista/Windows 7 – Several
features are currently under development and are not yet supported in
the NVIDIA Control Panel. Consult the release notes for the latest list
of unsupported
features."


Thanks for the link. I've checked it now, but I've found nothing, which
in my opinion belongs to my problem. And I've seen another Windows Vista
7 64 Bit PC with an older NVIDIA graphic card and an older NVIDIA
driver, which works witout any problems.

But there's another misterious thing, I've on my computer. The program
dxdiag shows DirectX 11 as DirectX version - and I think that Windows 7
has included always this version - but the nvidia control programm shows
the line "Microdoft DirectX 10.0 (6.1.7600.16385)" under "Performance",
"View system information".

Does anyone else see this difference on his system?


Regards,

Heiko
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Old September 27th 11, 06:03 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Peter Dassow
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Default Problems with NVIDIA grafic driver and Windows 7 x64

On 21.09.2011 15:03, Dr. Heiko Muenkel wrote:

But there's another misterious thing, I've on my computer. The program
dxdiag shows DirectX 11 as DirectX version - and I think that Windows 7
has included always this version - but the nvidia control programm shows
the line "Microdoft DirectX 10.0 (6.1.7600.16385)" under "Performance",
"View system information".

Does anyone else see this difference on his system?


Your GT 420 card is not capable to support DX11 (reason: hardware), only
DX10. So this might be the reason nvidia control panel shows DX10, and
parts of Windows 7 shows DX11, because Windows 7 started with DX11 support.

Regards
Peter
 




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