Nvidia WHQL driver 285.62

[Thoto79]

Thx for pro tips. I have now done all this above (when i finally found out how to start in safe mode (F8), it went well)

Nevertheless, i still got this horrible CPU usage. It is bouncing from 0-100% regularly, and if using programs like Firefox it`s mostly between 70-100% and lagging bad, so no change.

It is strange because i`v now done all the changes u have listed with apparently no faults. No error messages or black screens which i see others get, but still this CPU spikes and slowdowns after installing 285.62. I manually uninstalled the NVDIA physx, Nvidia Graphics driver and Nvidia 3d vision driver from the windows control p first. Must be something i have missed somehow somewhere, could it be other software updates that is required for this to work properly that i haven`t installed?

Maybe i just as well should try to install a previous 285 driver instead like 285.38? Do u know where i can find modded inf files regarding my GTX 260m cards and for ex the 285.38 driver? Tanks again

After i wrote this and shut down windows it startet to update something, and when i turned it back on today it started to configere something -and suddenly the problem was solved!

The newest driver is installed and the computer works fine again without any lag or high CPU usage.

Thank u for all your help man, the most deserved rep ever given coming your way!

[AlaskanGeek]

No worries
I advice you to uninstall PhysX first via Control Panel, reboot in Safe Mode and uninstall current display drivers via Control Panel, reboot in Safe Mode one more time, run CCleaner and clean your registry. Reboot normally and reinstall 285.62.

If you find PCIe Gen2 enabled, just set it to disabled.
That should do it.

Cheers

So do you get better performance disabling PCIe Gen2?
What exactly does it do?

Thanks!

[Allmie]

katalin_2003 I love you! xD

It works so fine. Very nice Job!!!

[katalin_2003]

So do you get better performance disabling PCIe Gen2?
What exactly does it do?

Thanks!

Not really, you gain stability.
With it on, drivers will try to run your cards @ 16x bandwidth or close but they won't so you'll get all sorts of freezes, pink/green etc. screens and probably BSODs. Even the ATi cards with this option on they'll run @ 8x anyway.

katalin_2003 I love you! xD

It works so fine. Very nice Job!!!

Glad to see another happy user!
Enjoy

[Limyc]

I cannot seem to get the nvidia control panel to open. I have tried every combination of uninstalling/reinstalling drivers and physX that I can find in this thread. I have tried both katalin's and Laptop2Go's modified .inf files.

When the drivers finish installing, the info box says nvidia update components failed to install and PhysX did not install . I am at a loss of what to do. Any help would be appreciated.

Specs
Model: M17x R1
GPU: 2x GTX260m
CPU: T9600
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Note: PCIe Gen2 is disabled

[Fractaleon]

I just recently got an m17x about 3 weeks ago, but have not used it for any gaming as of yet (Just tested if Witcher 2 would run in the first week, but nothing else because of school).

This is for a 580m:

So I've been running on stock Dell drivers, but does loading the Nvidia drivers void any warranty terms?

If not, how do you go about loading the drivers?
Uninstall Dell drivers and then just install Nvidia drivers? Or is there more to it?

[AlaskanGeek]

Not really, you gain stability.
With it on, drivers will try to run your cards @ 16x bandwidth or close but they won't so you'll get all sorts of freezes, pink/green etc. screens and probably BSODs. Even the ATi cards with this option on they'll run @ 8x anyway.



Glad to see another happy user!
Enjoy

Thanks again Katalin!!!
Disabled PCIGen 2 and my m17-R1 is way more stable!

[ivander_atmojo]

Hey Katalin, thanks for the help last time be man! ! However, I got strange flickering in the last couple of Weeks, it will disappear after several times alt tab or pressing windows keys and get out of full screen and get back in. But its getting annoying, do you know what happen, or how to fix this? I updated to the latest 285.79 in the hope th that this thing disappear but it doesn't, so any suggestion?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRhhP...e_gdata_player

Thanks in advance though!

[KracsNZ]

Ivander, it happens to me on occasion to with my 280M SLI, but it usually goes away by itself after a few seconds.

[Azmodaii]

Hi there, haven´t posted much here but here is a problem for you to dig into

My setup is a M17x R1 with the Nvidia chipset and SLI 280GTX
So i´ve installed the 285.62 using the stated method and modified INF.
BF3 runs fine now, however, some issues have arisen to annoy me utterly.

From time to time at startup the screen flashes after the login screen in windows and after that it turns black entirely, and i´m forced to do a hard reset(i.e push the power button)

The same problem occurs when i try to plug in my HDMI cable to use my TV as a extension to my monitor. This happens everytime though.
The standard laptop screen also comes up as screen nr 3, without any chance of changing this?? :S

Anyone else having this problem??
And does someone have any idea how to adress the problem?

if so, please advice

Thanks in advance