topic URGENT cant install drivers for nvidia!!! in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.gr/t5/pcs-accessories/urgent-cant-install-drivers-for-nvidia/m-p/697698#M10546 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi</P><P></P><P>I have a vaio fz38m which has a Nvidia Geforce 8400m gt. It orignally came with vista home premium but i had to install win 7 after my laptop packed up and didnt even allow me to use the recovery option. Now i have&nbsp; 10 thick blue lines running through my screen running down vertically but it mostly shows on dark backgrounds. whenever I download drivers for my graphic card my laptop does not boot up. what is the solution. currently when i go on device manager under display manager it has 'standar vga graphic adaptor. and under monitor it has 'generic non pnp monitor' </P><P></P><P>ps I have windows 7 enterpise 32bit</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:46:49 GMT adamslondon 2013-04-10T16:46:49Z URGENT cant install drivers for nvidia!!! https://community.sony.gr/t5/pcs-accessories/urgent-cant-install-drivers-for-nvidia/m-p/697698#M10546 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi</P><P></P><P>I have a vaio fz38m which has a Nvidia Geforce 8400m gt. It orignally came with vista home premium but i had to install win 7 after my laptop packed up and didnt even allow me to use the recovery option. Now i have&nbsp; 10 thick blue lines running through my screen running down vertically but it mostly shows on dark backgrounds. whenever I download drivers for my graphic card my laptop does not boot up. what is the solution. currently when i go on device manager under display manager it has 'standar vga graphic adaptor. and under monitor it has 'generic non pnp monitor' </P><P></P><P>ps I have windows 7 enterpise 32bit</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:46:49 GMT https://community.sony.gr/t5/pcs-accessories/urgent-cant-install-drivers-for-nvidia/m-p/697698#M10546 adamslondon 2013-04-10T16:46:49Z Re: URGENT cant install drivers for nvidia!!! https://community.sony.gr/t5/pcs-accessories/urgent-cant-install-drivers-for-nvidia/m-p/697699#M10547 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">Hi adamslondon,</SPAN></P><P><BR /></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">You need to install a nVidia driver but Sony do not provide a driver for Windows 7. Have a look at this question from a few days ago: -</SPAN></P><P><BR /></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;"><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://www.sony.co.uk/discussions/message/1309840#1309840#1309840">https://www.sony.co.uk/discussions/message/1309840#1309840</A></SPAN></P><P><BR /></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">However, there is a known problem with the nVidia chips on your model and this could be the actual cause of your problems: -</SPAN></P><P><BR /></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;"><IMG _mce_src="https://www.sony.co.uk/discussions/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/278631/DistortedVideo.jpg" alt="DistortedVideo.jpg" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" onclick="" src="http://community-stage.sony.co.uk/legacyfs/online/278631_DistortedVideo.jpg" width="450" /></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;"><img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.gr/html/@13A2E6A3774A8B47B4EC6F04089539E1/images/smilies/063.png" alt=":thinking:" title=":thinking:" /><BR /></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:48:37 GMT https://community.sony.gr/t5/pcs-accessories/urgent-cant-install-drivers-for-nvidia/m-p/697699#M10547 Blencogo 2013-04-10T18:48:37Z