Nvidia driver 301.42 WHQL released on 22May

[Chaos92]

NVIDIA DRIVERS 301.42WHQL

[Amroth]

downloading this, I'm guessing its mostly the same as the unofficial 301.40

This is posted under "other" of the driver details page:

"Supports DisplayPort 1.2 for GeForce GTX 600-series."

What's this about? Should I flash my 580 to 675 after all?

[katalin_2003]

Ok, guys here's a the file you need to install this driver on the M17x (R1) with the 2xx series nVIDIA cards.
Thanks to crzychinook for testing these on the 260M cards too!

Follow these steps:

• First of all uninstall your current nVIDIA display drivers.
• Reboot in Safe Mode (repeatedly press the F8 key after the BIOS prompt and choose Safe Mode)
• Run your favorite registry cleaner (I personally use CCleaner), backup your registry first just in case and choose to clean your registry to remove any remnants of the old driver (you might need to run it a couple of times until there's nothing to remove).
• Reboot one more time.
• Download the 301.42 nVIDIA drivers to your Desktop
• Double click and let them extract the files in the default directory (C:\NVIDIA)
• Press Cancel when it starts checking for hardware compatibility
• Download my attached archive and extract the file
• Cut/copy it and paste in "C:\NVIDIA\DisplayDriver\301.42\WinVista_Win7_64\International\Display.Driver"
• And replace original file
• Go back to the "International" folder and run setup.exe
• Continue performing normal installation steps, choosing Custom(Advanced)>Next>and check Perform a clean installation>Next and at the windows prompt choose Install...anyway
• Reboot when prompted and voila
• Don't forget to reenable SLi in nVIDIA Control Panel and reboot your system
• Enjoy!

Note for M17x (R1) users:
-Don't forget to turn off PCIe Gen2 in BIOS under Advanced > Graphic Settings.


Please make sure you correctly followed the steps above before asking questions.

[zoppi]

Ok, guys here's a the file you need to install this driver on the M17x (R1) with the 2xx series nVIDIA cards.
Thanks to crzychinook for testing these on the 260M cards too!

Follow these steps:

• First of all uninstall your current nVIDIA display drivers.
• Reboot in Safe Mode (repeatedly press the F8 key after the BIOS prompt and choose Safe Mode)
• Run your favorite registry cleaner (I personally use CCleaner), backup your registry first just in case and choose to clean your registry to remove any remnants of the old driver (you might need to run it a couple of times until there's nothing to remove).
• Reboot one more time.
• Download the 301.42 nVIDIA drivers to your Desktop(or wherever you want)
• Double click and let them extract the files in the default directory (C:\NVIDIA)
• Press Cancel when it starts checking for hardware compatibility
• Download my attached archive and extract the file
• Cut/copy it and paste in "C:\NVIDIA\DisplayDriver\301.42\WinVista_Win7_64\International\Display.Driver"
• And replace original file
• Go back to the "International" folder and run setup.exe
• Continue performing normal installation steps, choosing Custom(Advanced)>Next>and check Perform a clean installation>Next and at the windows prompt choose Install...anyway
• Reboot when prompted and voila
• Don't forget to reenable SLi in nVIDIA Control Panel and reboot your system
• Enjoy!

Note for M17x (R1) users:
-Don't forget to turn off PCIe Gen2 in BIOS under Advanced > Graphic Settings.


Please make sure you correctly followed the steps above before asking questions.

Hey guys! Need help.. I have been trying to install the newest 301.42 Nvidia drivers for 2 days now. I followed every step outlined above and eventually managed to update display drivers The only problem however is that i cannot re-enable my SLi ; it simply doesn't work. When I go to the Nvidia User Panel, its just says: SLi Disabled. I've searched a lot of forums and every case I found seem to be very different from mine..I have GTX 280M cards and 9400M G.

Thanks in advance

[katalin_2003]

Hello, zoppi, welcome to NBR.
You'll have to choose "Maximize 3D performance" under 3D Settings > Set SLI and PhysX Configuration. Or is the option not available for you?

[zoppi]

That's exactly what I have been trying to do..When I choose "Maximize 3D performance" and then "Apply" (obviously) nothing happens..it still appears as "SLI is disabled", even though I rebooted my laptop countless times

[katalin_2003]

Can you test a known working version and tell me if you have the same problem?
I'll look into this later and come back to you.

[tyranus7]

Hybrid SLI works with these new drivers????

[katalin_2003]

It doesn't

[djfou20]

hello i have the same problem like zoppi i cannot re-enable my SLi on my M17x R1 and in the physX configuration i have 4 choice the two geforce gtx280m the processor and the geforce 9400