Guest PSL Posted September 27, 2009 Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 Alienware m5500 bios 2.03 Windows XP 32bit SP3 NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT (upgraded from a 6600 go) drivers 186.81 and 190.56 I can install either of the above drivers with the modded .inf no problem. Every other time (literally every 2nd time) I start the laptop, it comes up at 640x480 and 4 colors. Windows seems to forget that the driver is installed, and I have to re-install it. Any ideas? My apologies if this issue has been addressed before, but I couldn't figure out what to look for through 141 pages of posts. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galdere Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Uninstall the driver and run driver sweeper in safe mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PSL Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Uninstall the driver and run driver sweeper in safe mode. Ok, I did that, but the problem persists. I tried reinstalling from both safe mode and normal mode after running driver sweeper each time. Thanks for the reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galdere Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Does the nVidia control panel remain? Do you have any software that might be reverting the changes? If I were you I'd try Dox's 185.85 before considering a windows reinstall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claw Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Were you experiencing the problem right after upgrading your GPU or did it work good at first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PSL Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Does the nVidia control panel remain? Do you have any software that might be reverting the changes? If I were you I'd try Dox's 185.85 before considering a windows reinstall. I don't know what software would cause a reversion. Dox's drivers say they're only for Vista / Win7. Will they still work in XP? Or am I not seeing a link? Were you experiencing the problem right after upgrading your GPU or did it work good at first? It worked the first time I booted up, then the problem appeared on the second boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PSL Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Does the nVidia control panel remain? Forgot to answer this one. No. There's no sign the nVidia software was ever installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claw Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 The last Dox for XP is 185.68. Indeed, some software might be reverting the changes. Try disabling all startup programs that don't come from Microsoft/Windows and then try to install the drivers. You can use this little app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PSL Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 The last Dox for XP is 185.68. Indeed, some software might be reverting the changes. Try disabling all startup programs that don't come from Microsoft/Windows and then try to install the drivers. You can use this little app. That driver appears to be working. 5 consecutive starts with no problems. I also took a look at the startup tab in msconfig, and was surprised to see nothing was checked, considering stuff was loading. So I hit the "disable all" button, rebooted, installed the new driver, rebooted, checked only the essential items, rebooted, and now everything works fine. Thanks for all your help, friends! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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