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I have NO Idea what kind of display driver I have
  1. 30 Jan 2010 #1
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    I have NO Idea what kind of display driver I have

    Recently my display driver crashed with the "nvlddmkm.sys" problem so I had a new display driver installed. The only problem is that I have NO IDEA what kind it is. I took it out and searched for a logo but I couldn't find anything. My OS is Windows Vista Home Premium 32bt. Please Help!


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    Re: I have NO Idea what kind of display driver I have

    It looks like it's an nVidia card. Belarc Advisor will tell you what's in your machine.

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    Re: I have NO Idea what kind of display driver I have

    The Belarc Advisor worked perfectly but it said I have a Standard VGA Graphics Adapter which was the configuration for my old graphics card. My computer works fine but when I need the graphics, it'll give me a "grapics failed to initialize". So I need the driver software for this new card which I don't know anything about.

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    Re: I have NO Idea what kind of display driver I have

    Maybe CPU-Z might give more info?
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    Also if set that way Windows Update may have at least the basic driver needed by automatically detecting it.

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    Re: I have NO Idea what kind of display driver I have

    hmmm im not sure i want to do any more downloading on this computer. I've had some bad experiences with that

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    Re: I have NO Idea what kind of display driver I have

    Can you get inside the machine and look to see what video card is installed? Switch it off first of course.

    Once you have ascertained that then you should uninstall any nVidia drive showing in your Control Panel/Programs/Uninstall a Program and install the latest from nVidia's website.

    It's pretty definite that you have an nVidia card from your original post.

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    Re: I have NO Idea what kind of display driver I have

    So you're sure I have an nVidia card? That was the kind of card I had before I got it replaced. And also I checked inside but I didn't see a logo of any kind. The only information I could glean was that the fan on the card belonged to Gigabyte.

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    Re: I have NO Idea what kind of display driver I have

    Well that sys file is definitely an nVidia file, that's the only reason I insist that it's an nVidia problem.

    Have you gone into Device Manager and expanded and right-clicked your display adapters & updated the driver and let it search the internet? Has Windows Update perhaps offered a driver (it usually does) and if so did you refuse it - it'll be in hidden updates?

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    Re: I have NO Idea what kind of display driver I have

    Yes! I have it I found a model number and now I know that it is an
    HP NVIDIA GEFORCE 8300GS 128MB GM304-69001
    Thank you for all of your help.

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    Re: I have NO Idea what kind of display driver I have

    Drivers are here, just change country to other than USA if applicable: Drivers - Download NVIDIA Drivers

    There's also an interesting cure for that sys file error in one of the posts a little way down here: nVidia BSOD nvlddmkm.sys - Vista Hardware Devices

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