Neowin Forums > GeforceFX 5200 Go

NimrodUK

Aug 1 2005, 21:31

Hey,

After recently installing the new Vista Beta 1 on my Dell Laptop (Inspiron 5150) I noticed it didnt make the Aero Glass theme available. After doing some research I found about it was due to it not having the new Longhorn Display Drivers.

I was happy to read on the front page about the new Alpha drivers available, when I tried to install them it told me I had no hardware which it supported and closed.

Will there be anyway to experience Aero Glass while having an Nvidia GeforceFX 5200 Go display adaptor, like any third party drivers etc etc.

Would be grateful if anyone could help

Thanks!!

karma_police

Aug 1 2005, 21:31

Try here: http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/

jhaygood86

Aug 2 2005, 00:38

If you don't have a widescreen model LCD (their 15.1" 1024x768 model for instance), juts force the 5200 driver

Start > run, type in devmgmt.msc
Display Adapters > right click on Geforce FX Go5200
goto drivers
update drivers
dont do win update
dont search
choose pick from list
uncheck show compatible hardware

Man: nVidia
Device: Geforce FX 5200 (LDDM)

Tungsten T

Aug 2 2005, 00:39

QUOTE(karma_police @ Aug 1 2005, 17:31)

Try here: http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/
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use the INF from that set.

Code.Red

Aug 2 2005, 00:56

QUOTE(Shagin099 @ Jul 30 2005, 11:23)

Yes, you can get it to work. The drivers from nvidia extract to C:\NVIDIA\ and a few dirs deeper is an inf file. It fails install, but those files are still there. Now go to the device manager, right click on your display adapter, click update. Tell it not to search any locations, and tell it you have the disk. Select the INF file in that directory, then select Geforce 5200 from the list. It will give a warning about not finding the hardware, ignore it and install anyway. Reboot and it should work! Or it will totally b0rk the install, but it worked for my Go5700

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http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?show...ost&p=586298421

NimrodUK

Aug 3 2005, 00:56

Hey, I tried installing the GeforceFX 5220 driver in the way you said, and it installed perfectly.

Sadly when I restarted and was presented the desktop, Aero Glass would not take affect.

Also the screen wouldnt go higher than 1280x1024, and the laptop I have is a TFT with a native resolution of 1600x1200. Instead of centering it or streching it, it tiled it on the screen. Therefore I could see the desktop repeating more than once.

I'm kinda out of ideas, who should I question about making a LDDM driver for the Laptop, Dell or Nvidia?

Anyone else had no luck with the method mentioned by Shagin009 and found another?

Thanks people, i appricate your help

Kr0z

Aug 3 2005, 01:15

Are you installing the special "Vista" drivers that ATi released on their site?

NimrodUK

Aug 3 2005, 01:38

Not the special Vista Drivers by ATi.
Would be a bit useless on an Nvidia GeforceFX 5220 Go

But when I was talking about forcing the Nvidia GeforceFX 5220 Driver (non-GO version) to be used for my laptop's gfx card I was talking about the special Vista ones recently shown on the Neowin front page.

slegsonly

Sep 13 2005, 11:51

I was able to get the driver working with glass effect, but I also had the display trouble. No 1600x1200 and the right side of screen displayed multicolor verticle bars. Also had the repeating top half of the display showing on the bottom.

QUOTE(NimrodUK @ Aug 3 2005, 00:56)

Hey, I tried installing the GeforceFX 5220 driver in the way you said, and it installed perfectly.

Sadly when I restarted and was presented the desktop, Aero Glass would not take affect.

Also the screen wouldnt go higher than 1280x1024, and the laptop I have is a TFT with a native resolution of 1600x1200. Instead of centering it or streching it, it tiled it on the screen. Therefore I could see the desktop repeating more than once.

I'm kinda out of ideas, who should I question about making a LDDM driver for the Laptop, Dell or Nvidia?

Anyone else had no luck with the method mentioned by Shagin009 and found another?
Thanks people, i appricate your help

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Apex.

Sep 15 2005, 11:19

What about us 6800 users? I cant seem to get glass working.

ev0|

Sep 15 2005, 13:42

glass doesn't work properly on 6xxx series or go cards.