Laptop crashes when installing driver : Othor Games

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:08 am

So I'm trying to update my Nvidia driver, and after it downloads, it looks like the .exe installs correctly. When the little progressbar disappears, one of those boxes pops up (similar to when you're loading Photoshop or something, except it's Nvidia), and my laptop crashes. Any ideas?

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:26 pm

It's the wrong driver?

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:18 pm

Is it the correct driver for your graphics card model, off the official Nvidia site, and for the correct operating system?

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:43 pm

Many laptop OEMs make their systems proprietary and therefore incompatible with generic drivers from the hard makers -- you have to get the drivers from the OEM instead

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:58 pm

I got it straight from the nvidia site and it is the right one.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:04 am

Which laptop is it?

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:58 pm

Sony VAIO

» Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:59 am

Sony VAIO

Sony is the worst offender at making their laptops incompatible with drivers direct from hardware manufacturers. Hit up Sony's website and download the drivers from there

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:27 pm

Sony VAIO

Try downloading your driver from http://support.vaio.sony.eu/computing/vaio/downloads/updates/index.aspx?l=en_gb.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:00 pm

Try downloading your driver from http://support.vaio.sony.eu/computing/vaio/downloads/updates/index.aspx?l=en_gb.

Thanks, but I can't figure out my model or serial number...

edit: I found the model but it isn't on the list.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:36 pm

Thanks, but I can't figure out my model or serial number...

edit: I found the model but it isn't on the list.

Try http://esupport.sony.com/perl/select-system.pl.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:15 pm

Try http://esupport.sony.com/perl/select-system.pl.

It says "Unable to detect your model"

edit: Nevermind, that was a Chrome issue. It gave the same model I found in system info, the one that isn't on the list.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:55 pm

It says "Unable to detect your model"

Well sod it then, I'm out of ideas.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:54 pm

The drivers listed on the Sony site are over a year out of date.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:33 pm

The drivers listed on the Sony site are over a year out of date.

Well that svcks. The best I can do right now is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTfmQht0AdE. IT'S ON FAYAH!

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:09 pm

Did you NEED the driver you are installing or is it just a recommended upgrade?

I say this because newer drivers ARE NOT always best. Sometimes they conflict with existing equipment or other software on your system and cause problems. If you had no nVidia driver installed before this, odds are you have the wrong driver or there is something on your system conflicting with the install program. You could try a program like EndItAll to force shutdown all programs and processes not absolutely needed and see if it installs fine after that.

» Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:41 pm

Did you NEED the driver you are installing or is it just a recommended upgrade?

I say this because newer drivers ARE NOT always best. Sometimes they conflict with existing equipment or other software on your system and cause problems. If you had no nVidia driver installed before this, odds are you have the wrong driver or there is something on your system conflicting with the install program. You could try a program like EndItAll to force shutdown all programs and processes not absolutely needed and see if it installs fine after that.

No, I guess I don't need it.