®®® Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 (edited) First-Hand Reference List of NVIDIA's ODM or OEM INF naming scheme Over the years we found a variety of INF names which were included in all the drivers we host. Here's the list. Decoded according to who originally released the driver (so NVTS.INF can be found in TOSHiBA driver releases). UPDATES (YYYY-MM-DD): 2008-04-23: added NVAMB, NVAMS, NVCAP, NVCOB, NVCTB, NVCVB, NVDMB, NVFIB, NVFW, NVHL, NVHY, NVMIS, NVQN, NVSTEREO, NVSZF, NVSZQ, NVTABD, NVTSB, NVVD, NVXBAR 2008-03-28: fixed post code/layout, added NVAD, NVAH, NVAI, NVFU, NVIH, NVPB, NVSU, NVTM, NVTO 2007-10-22: added NVNJ 2007-10-19: added ASUSNV9X 2007-10-18: added NVCUML 2007-10-02: added NVDN 2007-10-01: added NVAP (thanks smax) 2007-09-27: added NVMIB 2007-09-25: added NVAO, NVTL, NVIM 2007-08-19: added NVLG, NVCN, NVLE, NVLT, NVAC, NVWH 2007-08-18: added NVHT (158.18 & 100.64/65 VISTA64) 2007-01-10: added NVQO (96.54 VISTA) 2007-01-02: added AHTEC for NVQU (83.90) and confirmed NVHP (97.19_VISTA) 2006-12-21: added NVFI (86.17) 2006-11-14: added NVHC (61.88) and HP (43.56) for NVCA 2006-10-25: added ACER for NVIV (84.26) 2006-09-26: added VISTA abbreviations from the various beta and RC releases 2006-08-26: added TWINHEAD and MAXDATA 2006-08-14: added NVQH and NVSP 2006-07-30: added Hi-Grade for NVTW (v31.80) 2006-07-26: added HP/COMPAQ for NVWI (v84.64) 2006-07-19: added Zepto for NVIV (v72.71) 2006-07-17: added Arima 2006-07-14: added NVFSB 2006-07-12: added Packard Bell (NVUW v53.60) 2006-07-08:- confirmed ECS (v31.60 & v78.10) and added Win9x ECS INF- confirmed 2K.XP NVDD (v81.97)- added Win9x NEC INF (v30.30)- confirmed 2K.XP NVWI for NEC (v30.30)- confirmed NVAM for ASUS (v81.26) 2006-07-06: added Alienware (v84.74) additionally to old MEDION\'s NVAR.INF 2006-06-23: added NVMW 2006-04-29: added NVGW 2006-04-04: added NVSI & NVLO 2006-04-01: added NV2GO 2006-03-21: added NVBL 2006-02-26: added NV Business Plattform Driver (nvns) 2006-02-18: added a new desktop OEM IBM INF (NVIW) 2006-02-08: added MSI (NVMI) and new ACER (NVQA) 2005-08-28: added NEC/PACKARD-BELL for NVMT 2005-08-14: added SABIO for NVQU.inf 2005-07-30: added NVHP 2005-06-29: added FUJITSU also for nvuw 2005-06-16: added SHARP 2005-05-15: added NVAR (MEDiON) 2005-05-13: added NVCA (ACER) 2005-05-10: added NVIB (IBM) 2005-01-21: added NVDW (DELL) 2005-01-14: added NVMO (MEDION), NVCO (???) 2004-12-17: updated NVAN and NVAT (Advent ???) 2004-12-14: added NVSD (???) 2004-11-29: added IBM (nvio) 2004-11-17: NVUW=UniWill=manufacturer (ODEM/OEM) 2004-11-08: added NVLM (Leadtek?), added NVCV.INF (Eurocom?/Sager?) 2004-09-25: added TTX (NVUW) 2004-05-24:- added PowerPro (NVCT)- added links to Laptop OEMs powered by NVIDIA GPUs, so if just in case you need a new Laptop just visit the sites and you'll be informed.- list is now publically available 2004-05-09: added another DELL (NVDD) 2004-05-05: added Alienware (NVUW) 2004-04-29: added BENQ (NVQU) & DELL (NVDP) 2004-04-19: updated list with a couple of ODMs/OEMs 2003-XX-XX: Teraphy initially wrote that list on a rainy day :) NVXX.INF ABBREVIATIONS DECODED: NV4_DISP.INF = default NVIDIA INF for XP/VISTA NVAC.INF = ACER NVAD.INF = ??? NVAH.INF = ??? NVAI.INF = ??? NVAM.INF = ASUS Mobile or Manufactured (for example for MAXDATA) NVAN.INF = ??? (Advent ???) NVAO.INF = APPLE Mobile (MacBook Pro) NVAP.INF = APPLE Desktop NVAR.INF = ARIMA (ODM/OEM) -> Alienware, Medion NVAT.INF = ??? (Advent ???) NVAW.INF = ALIENWARE NVBL.INF = Compaq/HP mobile Quadro Workstation (v84.88) NVCA.INF = ACER, Compaq, HP Desktop/Quadros NVCH.INF = ??? (Chem USA/Chembook) NVCN.INF = ??? NVCO.INF = COMPAL (TOSHiBA only) NVCP.INF = COMPAL TOSHiBA (TOSHiBA only) NVCT.INF = COMPAL TOSHiBA (ODM/OEM) (for example Gericom, Olidata, PowerPro, Zepto, ProStar and Sager NVCU.INF = Creative (?manufactured by Uniwill?) NVCV.INF = CLEVO / KAPOK (ODM/OEM) (for example Alienware, EUROCOM, SAGER etc.) NVDD.INF = DELL Desktop (DXP051, DM051) NVDM.INF = DELL Mobile NVDN.INF = DELL Desktop Quadro (DEV_0241=6150LE as of 91.52XP) NVDP.INF = DELL NVDW.INF = DELL Workstation NVEC.INF = ECS NVFI.INF = FUJITSU SiEMENS NVFL.INF = ??? NVFM.INF = FUJITSU Mobile NVFS.INF = FUJITSU SIEMENS Desktop/Workstation NVFU.INF = ??? NVFW.INF = ??? NVGA.INF = ??? NVGM.INF = GATEWAY Mobile/Laptop NVGW.INF = GATEWAY NVHB.INF = Compaq, HP NVHC.INF = Compaq, HP Desktop/Quadro NVHL.INF = ??? NVHM.INF = Compaq, HP NVHP.INF = HP Media Center, Desktop GPU (also used by ASUS as of 97.19_VISTA???) discovered in v77.52 NVHT.INF = ??? (v158.18 VISTA) (Desktop nForce based) NVHW.INF = ??? (Quadro related OEM like HP Workstation?) NVHY.INF = ??? NVIB.INF = IBM NVIH.INF = ??? NVIL.INF = ??? NVIM.INF = ??? NVIO.INF = IBM NVIV.INF = ACER, TOSHiBA (71.70), ZEPTO (v72.71) NVIW.INF = IBM Workstations (Desktop PC) NVLE.INF = ??? NVLG.INF = LG ??? NVLH.INF = default name for early VISTA WDDM drivers NVLM.INF = ??? (Leadtek Mobile? or Liebermann?) NVLO.INF = LG NVLT.INF = Lenovo NVMI.INF = MSI NVMM.INF = MEDiON, FIC NVMO.INF = MEDiON NVMT.INF = MiTAC (ODM): Gericom, Hi-Grade, Issam, SHARP, NEC/PACKARD-BELL NVMV.INF = ??? NVMW.INF = DELL (Mobile Workstation?) NVMY.INF = ??? NVNJ.INF = GF2 MX integrated (in chipset) NVNS.INF = NV Business Plattform NVPB.INF = PACKARD BELL/NEC ??? NVQA.INF = QUANTA (ODM): sold by ACER NVQH.INF = Compaq, HP NVQN.INF = QUANTA NVQO.INF = QUANTA (ODM): sold by TOSHiBA NVQU.INF = QUANTA (ODM): sold by ACER, BenQ, vprMatrix, SABIO, AHTEC NVSD.INF = ??? NVSH.INF = SHARP (SUBSYS 103D13BD & 103013BD (also MEDiON?)) NVSI.INF = SONY Desktop/Workstation NVSM.INF = SAMSUNG mobile NVSP.INF = SONY Desktop/Workstation NVSU.INF = ??? NVSY.INF = SONY Desktop/Workstation NVSZ.INF = SONY mobile NVTL.INF = ??? NVTM.INF = ??? NVTO.INF = ??? NVTQ.INF = ??? NVTS.INF = TOSHiBA NVTW.INF = TWINHEAD (ODM/OEM) -> Hi-Grade, Gericom NVUW.INF = UNIWILL (ODM/OEM) -> Alienware, ARM Computer, Brick Computers, Fujitsu, Gericom, HugeBee, Hyperdata, Jewel, PC Club, PCLaptops, Packard Bell, TTX, Systemax NVVD.INF = ??? NVWH.INF = HP NVWI.INF = WISTRON (ODM/OEM) -> AOpen, Compaq, HP, Medion, NEC NVIDIA ODM & OEM INF naming scheme for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME or ancient/abandonded/weird namings: ASUSNV2K.INF = for Windows 2000 ASUSNV9X.INF = ASUS for Windows 9x NV_DISP.INF = default NVIDIA INF for VISTA BETA NV_DISPD.INF = default NVIDIA INF for VISTA BETA NV4DISP.INF = default INF NV4DISP2.INF = only used when more than 1 default INF is present NV4_DISP1.INF = only used when more than 1 default INF is present NV4_DISP2.INF = only used when more than 1 default INF is present NVAGP.INF = NVIDIA AGP INFt NVAMB.INF = ASUS Manufactured Blank (no SUBSYS_IDs) NVAML.INF = ASUS MultiLanguage NVAMS.INF = ??? (ASUS driver released by WindowsUpdate/MicroSoft???) NVASML.INF = ASUS MultiLanguage NVCAP.INF = ASUS TV-in/TV-Out Capture driver INF NVCOB.INF = COMPAL Blank (no SUBSYS_ID) (TOSHiBA only) NVCTB.INF = COMPAL Blank (no SUBSYS_ID) TOSHiBA (ODM/OEM) (for example Gericom, Olidata, PowerPro, Zepto, ProStar and Sager NVCUML.INF = Creative (?manufactured by Uniwill?) MultiLanguage NVCVB.INF = CLEVO Blank (no SUBSYS_ID) NVDMB.INF = DELL Mobile Blank (no SUBSYS_ID) NVECML.INF = ECS MultiLanguage (4x0 Go) NVFIB.INF = FUJITSU SiEMENS Blank (no SUBSYS_ID) NVFSB.INF = FUJITSU SIEMENS Desktop/Workstation Blank (no SUBSYS_IDs) NV2GO.INF = NVIDIA2GO / LaptopVideo2Go.com NVMIB.INF = MSI Blank (no SUBSYS_IDs) NVMIS.INF = ??? NVSTEREO.INF = Stereo Driver INF NVSZF.INF = SONY mobile Z(?) NVSZQ.INF = SONY mobile Q(?) NVTABD.INF = ??? NVTSB.INF = TOSHiBA Blank (no SUBSYS_ID) NVWIML.INF = WISTRON MultiLanguage (ODM): sold by NEC (GF2 Go, GF 4x0 Go) NVXBAR.INF = ASUS TV-in/TV-Out Capture driver INF Edited June 15, 2008 by ®®® Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Noob Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 Hi, I've a Lenovo Y310a with 8400M GS 128MB. DEV_ID: 10DE-0427 SUBSYS_ID: Lenovo (17AA) I'm trying to use the right OEM INF, I checked both Reference Lists (naming scheme & SUBSYS_IDs), for 17AA, it's supposed to be NVCT.inf(Compal) or NVLT.inf(Lenovo). Now, this is where it gets interesting, my laptop came with a Lenovo Drivers CD specifically for this model, even has "Y310 Drivers" printed on it. The Nvidia driver that came with the CD is the older version 101.34. The INF file inside is NVQU.inf, and according to your lists, NVQU.inf is for QUANTA (ODM): sold by ACER, BenQ, vprMatrix, SABIO, AHTEC. :) So out of curiosity, I went to the Lenovo website and try to download the Nvidia drivers for the Y410a. The Y410a is exactly the same as the Y310a, except it has a 14.1 screen instead of 13.3. There is no downloads for Y310a on their website for some reason, even the Lenovo tech support points Y310a users to download from the Y410a section, because the hardware is supposed to be the same except the screen size. Anyway, I download both XP and Vista version from them, funny thing is they use NVCT.inf(Compal) and NVAM.inf(ASUS) :P So which one should I follow, my CD, or Lenovo's website, or the Reference Lists here? :) Please help, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
®®® Posted May 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 The list you are refering was made to give people a rough idea of what kind of INF naming scheme the majority of laptop manufacturers are using. There are exceptions of course as you already noticed. The thing is here to figure out what DEVICE_ID your card is. You already figured that. It is DEV_0427. Now the next step would be to do a (text) search within all the OEM INFs of the particular driver you wish to use (i assume you are speaking of 174.74 which comes with >40 manufacturer's INFs) and find your device. The possibility to find an INF supporting your DEVICE_ID is great. The possibilty to find an INF supporting your DEVICE_ID and the SUBSYS_ID is low. So in order to use one of the manufacturers INF you want an INF which is only listing/supporting DEV_IDs (like what Pieter's INF does) and not be dependable from SUBSYS_IDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Noob Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 ®®®, Thanks for explaining the details to me, now it is a lot more clearer. :) I did a text search like you said on NVLT.inf, NVCT.inf, NVAM.inf, and NVQU.inf. NVLT.inf -> No good at all, DEV_0427 didn't even show up. NVCT.inf and NVAM.inf -> Both, DEV_0427 showed up, but the exact matching SUBSYS_400C17AA didn't show up, only a few other XXXX17AA did. NVQU.inf -> I think this is the best one, cause both matching DEV_0427 and SUBSYS_400C17AA showed up. :) Yeah, it's for the 174.74 driver, I was using 169.28 before. 174.74 seems to be running 2-3C warming at idle even with a matching OEM INF. I will give this 174.74 a try and see how things go. I think 169.28 has the coolest temp I've seen so far, just doesn't have the matching OEM INF though. P.S. Also thanks for explaining the .CAT file thing in the other thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golhmak Posted October 3, 2008 Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 hi,, I have Ahtec W820 with Geforce go 7900 gs %NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0298.2% = nv4_W820, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0298&SUBSYS_2054161F I found that line in NVAR.INF ((NV(is nvidia, no?)AR(is Arima?).INF )) that was on my original driver (DriverVer = 03/02/2006, 8.4.1.5) I know my laptop is based on Arima. How I know? couse when I see down my notebook I see "Arima" xD (but is Ahtec xD) Greetings inf_of_my_original_driver.rar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Boot Comp Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask but, DEV_0649&SUBSYS_30F4103C] NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT[DEV_0649&SUBSYS_3603103C] NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT [DEV_0649&SUBSYS_360F103C] NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT [DEV_0649&SUBSYS_3610103C] NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT [DEV_0649&SUBSYS_361B103C] NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT in the above few lines what do the DEV_ and the SUBSYS refer to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinkw1 Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 (edited) I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask but,in the above few lines what do the DEV_ and the SUBSYS refer to? DEV refers to the DEVice ID, which is a shorthand way by NVIDIA to denote a model/generation/series of a graphics card. SUBSYS is an eight character long string that denotes a particular OEM/vendor's computer model(s) that this driver supports. The first four characters symbolize a specific computer model from the OEM, while the last four characters is a shorthand way to denote the OEM. In essence, this is a method in use by many OEMs that forces the drivers to install only on their products. BTW, I noticed the original post does not contain nv_whql.inf - it's a generic INF that supports all current desktop and laptop graphics cards. Edited January 6, 2009 by justinkw1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lie Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 I have a Toshiba Qosmio F50 with vga card Geforce 9600M GT. My current OS is Vista I want to downgrade it to XP but Toshiba doesn't support the VGA drivers for XP. My vga installation file is NVCO.inf My vga id : PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0649&SUBSYS_FF001179 I have look for the driver at this site and found one with the same Device ID but the subsys doesn't match at all. Is it ok if I install the driver with different subsys, or is it not? Please help me since this thing is new to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 You might try it using the have disk method (FAQ section). Running setup gives no supported hardware found error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lie Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Tank you Mr. Oki my problem had been solved. Thank you very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Hey, shouldn't this be pinned? Wasn't so easy to find now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jaycee Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Hi, I've got a Fujitsu Siemens Laptop Lifebook E8410 with an Nvidia GeForce 8400 G M inside... but a weird PCI ID! PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0428&CC_0300 PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0428&SUBSYS_142210CF&REV_A1 Could you please add support for this model in your modded inf ? Thank you in advance, Jaycee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nooky Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 how about <HP TouchSmart Desktop PCs> HVHP.inf, i cannot download any nv driver update? help !!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nooky Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 how about <HP TouchSmart Desktop PCs> NVHP.inf, i cannot download any nv driver update? help !!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KiLi Posted November 27, 2010 Report Share Posted November 27, 2010 Please add the INF for new dell xps L501x and geforme 420m with optimus ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zIdab Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 hi I have nvidia geforce fx 5500 agp x8 and I want to ask about driver for win 7 other than 96 win vista please hlep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Just looking 4 a qwick fix Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 I got a Sony VGN-AR320E with a GeForce 7400go that basically needs 2 be rolled back but it wont work no disc and spent hrs on trying 2 fix it and no luck so if theres any help with that it would be great.... my screen freezes when i try 2 play LoL (League Of Legends) Help plz... really love this computer dont wanna get rid of it it was from my mom.... OS-Vista 32bit thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominiq90 Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 I never knew about this information. I've just found about it and i'm very thankful to "RRR" for sharing it with us. Thank you very much ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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