GEForce 210 card will not install in an Inspiron 3847 w/ Windows 10 Home

Geforce 210 is not supported due to it being a DX9 DX10 card.  Secure boot must be off and Legacy CSM on. The 210 is OPENGL 3.1 DIRECTX 10 CARD.

XP is DX9, Vista is DX10, WIN7 is DX11, WIN8 is DX11.1  WIN10 is DX12.

Nvidia is going to be dropping driver support for a large number of its old graphics cards, including essentially the entire 8-series, 9-series, 100-series, 200-series, 300-series, and one card (the GeForce 405) from its 400-series. This includes mobile and desktop Support for a number of professional workstation products is also being terminated.

http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverresults.aspx/68799/en-us

Version:     331.65  WHQL
Release Date:     2013.11.7
Operating System:     Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit, Windows 8 64-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit
CUDA Toolkit:     6.0
Language:     English (US)
File Size:     200.98 MB


http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/68798/en-us

Version:     331.65  WHQL
Release Date:     2013.11.7
Operating System:     Windows 7 32-bit, Windows 8.1 32-bit, Windows 8 32-bit, Windows Vista 32-bit
CUDA Toolkit:     6.0
Language:     English (US)
File Size:     147.53 MB

GeForce 700 Series:

GeForce GTX TITAN, GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GeForce GTX 780, GeForce GTX 770, GeForce GTX 760, GeForce GTX 760 Ti (OEM)
GeForce 600 Series:

GeForce GTX 690, GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 670, GeForce GTX 660 Ti, GeForce GTX 660, GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST, GeForce GTX 650 Ti, GeForce GTX 650, GeForce GTX 645, GeForce GT 645, GeForce GT 640, GeForce GT 630, GeForce GT 620, GeForce GT 610, GeForce 605
GeForce 500 Series:

GeForce GTX 590, GeForce GTX 580, GeForce GTX 570, GeForce GTX 560 Ti, GeForce GTX 560 SE, GeForce GTX 560, GeForce GTX 555, GeForce GTX 550 Ti, GeForce GT 545, GeForce GT 530, GeForce GT 520, GeForce 510
GeForce 400 Series:

GeForce GTX 480, GeForce GTX 470, GeForce GTX 465, GeForce GTX 460 SE v2, GeForce GTX 460 SE, GeForce GTX 460, GeForce GTS 450, GeForce GT 440, GeForce GT 430, GeForce GT 420, GeForce 405
GeForce 300 Series:

GeForce GT 340, GeForce GT 330, GeForce GT 320, GeForce 315, GeForce 310
GeForce 200 Series:

GeForce GTX 295, GeForce GTX 285, GeForce GTX 280, GeForce GTX 275, GeForce GTX 260, GeForce GTS 250, GeForce GTS 240, GeForce GT 230, GeForce GT 240, GeForce GT 220, GeForce G210, GeForce 210, GeForce 205
GeForce 100 Series:

GeForce GT 140, GeForce GT 130, GeForce GT 120, GeForce G100
GeForce 9 Series:

GeForce 9800 GX2, GeForce 9800 GTX/GTX+, GeForce 9800 GT, GeForce 9600 GT, GeForce 9600 GSO, GeForce 9600 GSO 512, GeForce 9600 GS, GeForce 9500 GT, GeForce 9500 GS, GeForce 9400 GT, GeForce 9400, GeForce 9300 GS, GeForce 9300 GE, GeForce 9300 SE, GeForce 9300, GeForce 9200, GeForce 9100
GeForce 8 Series:

GeForce 8800 Ultra, GeForce 8800 GTX, GeForce 8800 GTS 512, GeForce 8800 GTS, GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce 8800 GS, GeForce 8600 GTS, GeForce 8600 GT, GeForce 8600 GS, GeForce 8500 GT, GeForce 8400 GS, GeForce 8400 SE, GeForce 8400, GeForce 8300 GS, GeForce 8300, GeForce 8200, GeForce 8200 /nForce 730a, GeForce 8100 /nForce 720a
ION (Desktops):

ION
ION LE (Desktops):

ION LE

 

Up to and including the release of the GeForce 330, driver users will still be getting driver and game optimizations; however, after this, the party is over. Up until the GeForce 330 SERIES driver in 2016, the company will still be fixing minor driver issues as needed, but these are likely to affect only a small group of people.

WIN 10 Drivers likely do not support the 210 at all.

You also have to install DOTNET and Legacy Directplay along with Directx June 2010.

 

You download the file. extract to a folder and run the dxsetup.exe file as administrator.

Download details: DirectX End-User Runtimes (June 2010)

You also have to re enable DOTNET and Legacy Direct play.

in control panel, all control panel items,  programs and features, Turn windows features on and off.  You have to be ONLINE when you do this because it will insist on downloading from the internet.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh506443%28v=vs.110%29.aspx

 

Enable dotnet 2.0 3.5

enable legacy directshow.

Install Directx June 2010 Patch.

Legacy audio APIs such as Direct Sound, Direct Play, Direct Show and the waveOutXxx functions enable applications to get and set the volume levels of audio streams.

Windows Media Source Filter. This behavior was maintained to ensure backward compatibility with applications that used the Windows Media Player 6.4. New applications should use the newer versions of QASF, which make the WM ASF Reader filter the default filter for playing ASF files.

For more information on the Windows Media suite of software development kits, see the Audio and Video section of the MDSN Library.

Thank you for your very detailed reply SpeedStep.

In what sequence do I implement what you have suggested?

Once I turn the UEFI off , when do I turn it on again, or do I leave it off? The only way I could boot up (before I posted on this forum) w/ the UEFI off and the card installed was to hit F12 and use the Windows Boot Manager.

John

Get it to boot with UEFI OFF and LEGACY Boot ON with CSM Option Roms ON.

Then install directx and the other features then the older nvidia driver. It will not post with uefi and secure boot on.

Hello SpeedStep,

I did as you suggested and things seem to be working except for one issue -- I cannot boot up normally.

When I bootup I get the following message: Reboot and select proper boot device. So I have to use F12 and the Windows Boot Manager.

The BIOS settings are:  Secure Boot Control Off, Legacy OPROM Enabled and Boot Mode Legacy.

Boot Devices:

1st Onboard NIC device

2nd Internal HDD device

I tried to switch to the second device to no avail

TIA