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Dunno if this is a GFX or Laptop question
I've got an HP HDX16-1005EA, which is running 179 nVidia drivers on the 9600M-GT. running Vista 64HP SP2.
I thought I'd go have a look see if there was an upgraded/newer driver as this is the original the Laptop was shipped with.
I found on nVidia's website the latest (186's or something) so downloaded and installed!..
All went fine for the first re-boot, but when I shut down Ultramon Crashed and the Laptop hung at the 'Shutting Down' screen, it just sat there for something like 30minutes when it finally shut down.
So I re-booted to see what the problem with Ultramon might have been, only for it to:
a) not initialise the sound
b) not initialise the USB's
c) not initialise the Fingerprint reader.
I logged in manually and it hung at the 'Welcome' screen. I waited for nearly 45 minutes before getting impatient and rebooting. The Same happened again!...
Now past midnight, I rebooted into Safe Mode and did a system restore back to the 179's...
It booted first time no problems, everything running!..
a) Anyone else running the latest nVidia drivers on a Vista 64HP SP2 system with a 9600M-GT (512Mb) graphics card and Ultramon??
b) Hows it running??..
c) have you had any problems??..
d) Had to roll back to a previous driver??...
I'm considdering trying the 190's Beta drivers I found on Guru3D!, but I'm a little scared they might FUBAR my system totally!!..
I've got an HP HDX16-1005EA, which is running 179 nVidia drivers on the 9600M-GT. running Vista 64HP SP2.
I thought I'd go have a look see if there was an upgraded/newer driver as this is the original the Laptop was shipped with.
I found on nVidia's website the latest (186's or something) so downloaded and installed!..
All went fine for the first re-boot, but when I shut down Ultramon Crashed and the Laptop hung at the 'Shutting Down' screen, it just sat there for something like 30minutes when it finally shut down.
So I re-booted to see what the problem with Ultramon might have been, only for it to:
a) not initialise the sound
b) not initialise the USB's
c) not initialise the Fingerprint reader.
I logged in manually and it hung at the 'Welcome' screen. I waited for nearly 45 minutes before getting impatient and rebooting. The Same happened again!...
Now past midnight, I rebooted into Safe Mode and did a system restore back to the 179's...
It booted first time no problems, everything running!..
a) Anyone else running the latest nVidia drivers on a Vista 64HP SP2 system with a 9600M-GT (512Mb) graphics card and Ultramon??
b) Hows it running??..
c) have you had any problems??..
d) Had to roll back to a previous driver??...
I'm considdering trying the 190's Beta drivers I found on Guru3D!, but I'm a little scared they might FUBAR my system totally!!..