PROBLEMS WITH LATEST NVIDIA DRIVERS ON VGC-V2M

[oldirty]

HI THERE MAYBE ANYONE CAN HELP ME WHEN I TRY TO INSTALL THE LATES NVIDIA DRIVERS 71....,I GET THE NEXT MESSEGE UPON INSTALATION:'NVIDIA SETUP PROGRAM COULD NOT LOCATE ANY DRIVERS THAT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR HARDWARE.SETUP WILL NOW EXIT'
BY THE WAY I OWN A VAIO VGC-V2M WITH GEFORCE FX 5700 GO 128RAM

[kee-lo_]

You need Sony specific drivers.
But as they don't come out often, you'll probably have a long wait.

[oldirty]

TKS FOR THE INFO I HAD NO IDEEA ABOUT THAT,SO I MUST MAKE A COMPLAIN WITH SONY TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST NVIDIA DRIVERS

[robpaxton]

Yes, Sony are notoriously poor at updating their drivers.

They don't make much of an effort to update drivers and their standard response to program problems that are caused by old drivers is that they don't support or provide any guarantee that any software that's not provided by them will work.

Sometimes people are forced to used unofficial hacked drivers like the omega drivers just to get their programs to work properly. Unfortunately, these drivers can cause problems with some of the Sony software/hardware and their use can theoretically even result in hardware damage.

[kee-lo_]

It's catch 22 there.
Stick with old drivers that don't work or risk it with Omega...

[oldirty]

i have to sayy that i'm using omega 16177 drivers and they work quite good

tks for your posts

[robpaxton]

I've never heard of anyone who has had their hardware damaged by using omegadrivers and I'm pleased to hear that they are working well for you. It would be better if Sony could manage to update their drivers more regularly though so people wouldn't be forced into using the unofficial ones.

[kee-lo_]

Rob,

Yeah I have no idea who started this rumour, but it spread fast!