Please Help New to Laptops

[budracer1]

i dloaded and installed driver 81.85 from tweaksrus on my alienware aream51m 766 for the geforce fx go 5600.i did this before i found this site.well it obviously did not like it and now my laptop will get to windows xp logo on boot up and stops.it wont let me in in safe mode and it wont even let me load new copy of windows.i got a message saying driver less than or equal to IRQL or something like that..this is my first laptop and im kinda new to them but with this system and the 2003 drivers it just wasnt cutting it.i couldnt even play FLW Bassfishing and now i cant do anything.any ideas at all?please

thanks jason

[mobilenvidia]

You by the looks of it have severe problems.

If 'Safemode' is not even accessable then it's pretty bad.

What you need to do now I feel is format the drive, ie it will delete everything and start again

Drastic but probably only option left.

Display drivers shouldn't wreak such havoc with a machine, as long as the INF is coded correctly

You may need to try again with drivers after you new XP install.

Install a driver quite soon after you reinstall XP as some other apps might be the cause of your problems.

And good luck.

[budracer1]

You by the looks of it have severe problems.

If 'Safemode' is not even accessable then it's pretty bad.

What you need to do now I feel is format the drive, ie it will delete everything and start again

Drastic but probably only option left.

Display drivers shouldn't wreak such havoc with a machine, as long as the INF is coded correctly

You may need to try again with drivers after you new XP install.

Install a driver quite soon after you reinstall XP as some other apps might be the cause of your problems.

And good luck.

it wouldnt let me format even.i just removed the video module and put it back and now it came right up and im uninstalling drivers as we speak.can i replace this module with a better one or is there a driver out there that will bring this thing to life?these alenware laptops are supposed to be gaming machines and with a 2.8 processor 1 gig of ram and a 128 video module i couldnt even play a low graphic game such as bass fishing without serious lag and studdering.thanks for your help.

Jason

[mobilenvidia]

Your pretty well stuck with the go5600 for your Alienware machine.

It is getting a little old to run modern games with max settings.

Uninstall drivers now that your able to and try another set, give 84.25 a whirl.

Had been good for many.

[budracer1]

how about the go 5700 it should work is it better?i will try those drivers later on tonight and let ya know how they work.thanks

Jason

[mobilenvidia]

The go5700 is slightly faster as it has faster clocks, otherwise the same internally.

There won't be a huge difference.

[Guest budracer1]

The go5700 is slightly faster as it has faster clocks, otherwise the same internally.

There won't be a huge difference.

i tried the driver you recommended and it said couldnt find compatible hardware.i dloaded the modded inf file but how do you actually install it?

thanks Jason

[Bill]

driver irq not less than or equal has to do with XP and its bugs, can even be caused by sound, network, or USB drivers.

You might want to make sure your other things are updated before you install the graphics card drivers.

Up to that point (without gf drivers installed) it should be fine and stable. (alhtough you won't have full graphics card features)

If it isnt' you could have screwy drivers somewhere else.

It would help if XP could better asign IRQs. (my gf card, sound card, USB, and network card all use IRQ 11 last time I checked, lol)

To update the driver with the mod INF just unzip the driver and right click download the INF into the driver folder, it will replace the INF in the folder, next you should go to the device manger to install.

http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/index.php?showtopic=33