Hello, new to the forum, been reading it a lot, great info!
Anyway... to my problem
I own a Dell Inspiron 5100 (Windows XP Professional) with a nVidia GeForce PCI Express x16 6800. Many of the games I play have told me that the drivers i have are outdated and to goto the Nvidia site to get the latest one.
I have DLed the correct driver using the pull down selections off of Nvidia's site and got the ForceWare Release 169 card (compatible with series 6, 7, 8 GPUs).
I removed my old driver with the device manager, restarted in Safe mode and ran disc cleaner pro to remove all traces of my old driver (also in safe mode).
When I tried to run the instal for the ForceWare driver, it states that I do not have the correct hardware and kicks me out.
I ran SB S&D, Adware (in safe mode) and scanned with Windows Defender and norton,,, and they came up with nothing so Im pretty sure its not a spyware/virus issue...
Im stumped guys... anyone know how i can update my driver?
Leave a post if you need more info you i can help you help me (please be specific, im not very tech savvy)
Anyway... to my problem
I own a Dell Inspiron 5100 (Windows XP Professional) with a nVidia GeForce PCI Express x16 6800. Many of the games I play have told me that the drivers i have are outdated and to goto the Nvidia site to get the latest one.
I have DLed the correct driver using the pull down selections off of Nvidia's site and got the ForceWare Release 169 card (compatible with series 6, 7, 8 GPUs).
I removed my old driver with the device manager, restarted in Safe mode and ran disc cleaner pro to remove all traces of my old driver (also in safe mode).
When I tried to run the instal for the ForceWare driver, it states that I do not have the correct hardware and kicks me out.
I ran SB S&D, Adware (in safe mode) and scanned with Windows Defender and norton,,, and they came up with nothing so Im pretty sure its not a spyware/virus issue...
Im stumped guys... anyone know how i can update my driver?
Leave a post if you need more info you i can help you help me (please be specific, im not very tech savvy)