Help needed with Dell 6800 go drivers

pigdog · Jan 20, 2006, 02:54 PM

I have a Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop. It has a 6800go card in it. The driver is the 78.51. When I try to update the drivers to something more recent (EG; 81.87) I get a message saying -

"The Nvidia setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. setup will now exit."

I've tried several different drivers, but to no avail - same deal everytime.

Is it some sort of Dell thing?

How do I sort it out (short of a clean install)?

Thanks for the help in advance.

seamusmc · Jan 20, 2006, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by pigdog

I have a Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop. It has a 6800go card in it. The driver is the 78.51. When I try to update the drivers to something more recent (EG; 81.87) I get a message saying -

"The Nvidia setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. setup will now exit."

I've tried several different drivers, but to no avail - same deal everytime.

Is it some sort of Dell thing?

How do I sort it out (short of a clean install)?

Thanks for the help in advance.

Unless someone provides a hack, and this forum is as good a place to find one, you are stuck with the Dell drivers. I got my wife the latest XPS laptop with the 7800gtx go and ran into this same issue. A clean install will not get around the issue, I always wipe the crap these vendors put on a machine and install clean. NVidia's site explicitly state which companies they support and Dell is absent from the list. Most likely the setup is doing a simple check against the bios to determine if it should proceed or not. Of course there may be a good reason for NVidia not to support the Dell go's.

Nacht · Jan 20, 2006, 07:36 PM

You have to get drivers that support Go cards. It's not really Dell at fault here, as these Go cards are in just about all of the major manufacturer's laptops. The laptop I'm using now (Sony Vaio) has a 6200Go in it, with 71.xx series drivers (I think).

When you're looking for drivers, just make sure it says "Supports Go series cards".

Vikingod · Jan 20, 2006, 07:43 PM

well, you can give the DHZeropoints a shot, I believe they support mobile cards. you can also visit http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/ they mod sets of nvidia drivers to work with all mobility cards.

Jan 20, 2006, 02:54 PM	#1
pigdog HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 471 Rep Power: 57 System Specs	Help needed with Dell 6800 go drivers I have a Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop. It has a 6800go card in it. The driver is the 78.51. When I try to update the drivers to something more recent (EG; 81.87) I get a message saying - "The Nvidia setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. setup will now exit." I've tried several different drivers, but to no avail - same deal everytime. Is it some sort of Dell thing? How do I sort it out (short of a clean install)? Thanks for the help in advance. __________________

Jan 20, 2006, 07:36 PM	#3
Nacht ein Krieger Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Clemson Uni Posts: 3,127 Rep Power: 0	You have to get drivers that support Go cards. It's not really Dell at fault here, as these Go cards are in just about all of the major manufacturer's laptops. The laptop I'm using now (Sony Vaio) has a 6200Go in it, with 71.xx series drivers (I think). When you're looking for drivers, just make sure it says "Supports Go series cards".

Jan 20, 2006, 07:43 PM	#4
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	well, you can give the DHZeropoints a shot, I believe they support mobile cards. you can also visit http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/ they mod sets of nvidia drivers to work with all mobility cards.