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Software => Computer software => Topic started by: bullwinkle on January 30, 2009, 02:25:45 PM

Title: Video driver confusion
Post by: bullwinkle on January 30, 2009, 02:25:45 PM

Hello Again!

I have a pair of nVidia 8800GTs in SLI in an A8N ASUS Premium mb.

When I run a DXDIAG, it shows that the driver is 181.20

I want to update the driver to 181.22.

However when I run that update, I get two results.  The DXDIAG shows the driver to still be 181.20, while the Device Manager shows the driver to be 181.22 for both cards.

When I try to access the nVidia display panel, it tells me that can't be displayed because of a version mismatch.

Can anyone help with this?

Thanks.

Title: Re: Video driver confusion
Post by: Kurtiskain on January 30, 2009, 05:25:57 PM

Hi there

Sounds like the nVidea drivers aren't updating properly.

Try using this program here: http://downloads.guru3d.com/Guru3D---Driver-Sweeper-(Setup)_d1655.html (http://downloads.guru3d.com/Guru3D---Driver-Sweeper-(Setup)_d1655.html)

And then reinstalling your newer drivers afterwards :)

Kurtis

Title: Re: Video driver confusion
Post by: bullwinkle on January 31, 2009, 01:25:41 AM

Thanks for the help.

I downloaded the software but when I ran it I got an error - think it was a memory glitch.  But perhaps it helped anyway.

After that I ran an uninstall of nVidia display drivers.  I then ran an install of the 181.22 version.

However when I booted up again no drivers were installed.  So I went to Device Manager and installed each video card seperately from the directory that contained the 181.22 patch.  That seemed to do it.  Now I have 181.22 on both Device Manager and DXDIAG and I no longer get error messages regarding different versions.

Thanks for helping!

Title: Re: Video driver confusion
Post by: Kurtiskain on January 31, 2009, 03:59:55 AM

You are very welcome  :)

Thanks for posting back