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Inspiron 8200/nVidia - Drivers of Mass Destruction


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Guest Jason

Platform: Dell Inspiron 8200 w/ UXGA, GeForce4Go, WinXP, SP1

I upgraded to the nVidia 56.xx drivers from 53.xx and then when I would undock or come back from suspend, my video got scrambled. Hard boot was the only way out. I made matters worse trying to uninstall the new driver in VGA mode. It gave me:

Error loading C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvinstnt.dll

The specified module could not be found.

Now I can't run XP in normal mode and have to boot VGA mode. Any attempts to go to any higher res will scramble video, ignoring the 15-second return and forcing a hard reboot to regain control. In works fine on a regular monitor in the dock but is now useless as a mobile laptop thanks to the new nVidia driver.

I see others are also having similar problems. Is there any word on a driver replacement or uninstall fix yet?

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I see others are also having similar problems. Is there any word on a driver replacement or uninstall fix yet?

Uninstall fix? Have you tried rolling back your drivers to your old one?

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