TPreston Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Dell are using this card in all there new Inspiron 17 7000 models, I cant find any mention of it on NVidia's site and dells page has only a driver for the integrated Intel video. http://www.dell.com/support/home/ie/en/iedhs1/product-support/servicetag/8XF2832/diagnose The standard 840M install from NVidia is also not finding compatible hardware, Ive tried http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/ which successfully installs but its very unstable. It shows up as 3D Video Controller PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1344&SUBSYS_06921028&REV_A2 in the device manager. Is anyone else using this card and found a working driver, Naturally I did a diskpart clean as soon as it landed on the desk which is why I need the driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 64Bit - http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=Y1FHK 32Bit - http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=3VCD0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPreston Posted February 19, 2015 Author Share Posted February 19, 2015 It gives the same install exception as before cannot find compatible graphics hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafox Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 You might need to install other drivers first, like Intel chipset and Intel HD graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPreston Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 I installed every single driver on the support page and have only 1 unknown device the graphics card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Can you take a picture with a digital cam of your bios screen that shows cpu, mem, graphics, etc and post it? Blank out the "service tag" part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose_49 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Have you tried installing the drivers for the 840m? Also, try looking for Beta release drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPreston Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 The only driver I could get to install was the hacked inf one after disabling secure boot and enabling test signing mode. Every other one sofar just gives the same incompatibility error, Even the bios is up to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadishTM Veteran Posted February 20, 2015 Veteran Share Posted February 20, 2015 Give these a shot - http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/topic/31340-nvidia-driver-34491-whql-microsoft-update/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Not sure if this is the same I gave earlier, give it a try - http://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER02615021M/1/7746_Video_Driver_NMMFC_WN_9.18.13.4432_A00.EXE Source: http://file-driver.blogspot.com/2015/01/dell-inspiron-17-7746-windows-81-64bit-drivers.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gibs Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I believe that laptop has nvidia optimus, what you might have done is turned off the discrete GPU. Boot up windows, hit FN+F5 and then click Ok and restart. Then try reinstalling the nvidia driver and it should work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPreston Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 Yeah that's it don't know why the hell its not on the dell site but at least the googles will have the answer now. Thanks. FN+F5 just brought up the search charm. Thanks for the help guys dell were predictably unhelpful on the phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg1oneill Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I believe that laptop has nvidia optimus, what you might have done is turned off the discrete GPU. Boot up windows, hit FN+F5 and then click Ok and restart. Then try reinstalling the nvidia driver and it should work. This FN+F5 dosen't do anything for me also nothing else work. I just simple don't get why DELL has no driver on the site for this!!! I had an email conversation with the DELL technical team. They are SO STUPID... It is so unbelievable! They sent me links to download some nVidia installer, and of course it says: no compatible hardware found! Second time they replied me as they could help and fix the computer with remote access! I just answered them NO! I need the right driver! Someone could help me out here guys? Why the FN+F5 doesn't work for me? Any suggestion? Also still not getting a new laptop is coming without a compatible driver??? How is that possible! DELL is not a small company... how they can let it happened! ??? Anyway if I cannot fix it I need to send back the laptop to them! I have no time to do this! Thank you... thank you... 1000x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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