I have a Dell Inspiron 8100 with a GeForce 2 Go-based video adapter.  I could be wrong, but while browsing around NVidia's website, I'm pretty sure I found a notice that explicitly stated that their newest display driver works with all but about two of their products, one of which is the GeForce 2 Go.  Maybe the driver offered by Dell is the most recent version that still supports that chip.  Go to http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp and click on Graphics Driver in the first list box and GeForce and TNT2 in the second list box.  Then look below the list boxes at the note.  However... this notice also says to "contact the notebook's manufacturer" for the latest display drivers if you have one of those products.

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@tentonine wrote:
 Please be aware that standby will not work on an 8500 with a Geforce4 4200 Go or a computer with a Quadro4 700 GoGl after 52.xx. However, as far as I am aware, everything else works fine.

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this is entirely true.  i use the latest 53.03 drivers with a modified inf on my 8500.

games runs very fast and look great, BUT i have to reboot if standby mode kicks in or i close the lid

Message Edited by michealo on 04-08-2004 09:20 AM

Hello

I upgraded my Inspirion 8200 w/GeForce 4 from "Windows Update" Windows XP Drivers.  My video stopped working altogether!  Found a little posting that said that you had to upgrade your video bios to make it work, which I did, then I (all in safe mode under very difficult conditions) removed the drivers completely.

When you reboot, it automatically installs (found new hardware) the Original 2002 drivers, and the thing looks pretty good. 

Do you think with the bios upgrade it would be worth trying to install the latest, and what about the program at NVIDEA

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_56.72.html

the "forceware" driver download?

"Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me."

Thanks

Destrehan Dave

Hello, and thanks for the reply!

Sir, what modifications do we need to make to the .inf file?  My invoice says:

64MB DDR 4X AGP nVidia NV17 3D Video for Inspiron 8200

The driver that works says:

GeForce 440 go

I don't see either on the list when I try to install the forceware. 

Is that what you mean?

Thanks

Destrehan Dave

Thanks.  I'm a bit shell shocked.  Is this the order of things I should do?

1) Upgrade the system bios (A11?)

2) Upgrade the video bios.

3) Download the forceware, extract it, etc.

4) Download the new .inf from the laptopvideo2go site.

question: where do I copy the inf to?  Do I "overrwrite" one that I find in the directory that NVIDEA forceware creates when it is extracted, or just copy it to some other located?

question2: do I "right-mouse" the new inf file, or just run the setup from the foreceware? 

I DELETED the new forceware directory, removed the existing driver, now I'm back to 2.8.3.5 from 3/11/2002, and it seems to work fine, so I'm wondering whether this is even worthwhile.  Any opinon?

Thanks ever so much

Destrehan Dave

its not a bit OLD , its WAY PAST OUT !

if someone have a i8600 with a real working driver update and is willing to explain me step by step procedure to go to 53 or 56  driver , i will try it !

( if he has better 3D video performance than A01 from DELL ! )

thanks

Message Edited by ggtronic on 04-09-2004 07:05 PM

tanks very much tanto

my concern is about the INF file ?  will it match my WSXGA screen and FX5650 ? ( you have the i8200 )

what will not work with this driver from what you know ?  standby , or close the lid and resume ? thats it ?

i will do a norton ghost backup and try your methode for sure , and post a result for other "ordinary users " like me to help them to run that newer driver.

too busy this weekend .

thanks again

Message Edited by ggtronic on 04-10-2004 11:01 AM