Guest Kolroy Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 I've been very confused by what i've seen from all those posts and FAQs and stuff so i want to lay it straight here. First: Do i, or do i not have to uninstall my driver first? Second: What drives work on my Laptop? Lemme lay down my Specs Toshiba Satellite A10 1.00Gb Ram NVIDIA Geforce 7300 256 mb Third: Can i update my drive from a Geforce to a Forceware? Specifically the 177.73 model? Fourth: If not, what driver do you recommend for me to play Mass Effect with nice graphics and fluent game play? Fifth: do i actually have to take apart my computer to upgrade my drive? Many Thanks, please reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galdere Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 1. Not necessarily sometimes, but yes 2. Read the Quickstart Guide and General FAQ again 3. Don't confuse hardware and software. See answer 2 also 4. You might not manage that with your hardware 5. No. It's called a driver and it is software to make your hardware work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Korloy Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 What do you mean by do not confuse hardware with software though? Thanks, you provide much help. (if that sounded sarcastic i'm sorry i really don't mean it to) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kolroy Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Sorry for double post but also, can you have me the steps you use to install new drivers? How bout this driver? i can upgrade it to this one? http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/index....c=21249&hl= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galdere Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Download driver sweeper (google it) and Dox's 182.05 from this site. Uninstall your existing driver. Reboot into safe mode (F8 on boot). Run driver sweeper and use for nvidia video driver. Reboot. Install Dox's driver. Reboot. Don't expect Mass Effect to run well, your card is not that great. Geforce is part of the name of the hardware graphics card. Forceware is part of the name of the software drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kolroy Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 How exactly do i use this program? Sorry i do not want to destroy my computer, thank you for all your help so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galdere Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 If you mean with driver sweeper then, after uninstalling the driver and rebooting into safe mode, select "NVIDIA - Display" then click "Analyse" then click "Clean". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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