You all know the issue with video drivers and laptops... or lack thereof. I've just about had it with NVIDIA and their "support" for their mobile products. It's bad enough to have to hack drivers every time a new version comes out, but now they seem to be going backwards.
For the first time in 6 months, I decided to try the latest WHQL from NVIDIA on my Dell D820 (since Dell never updates drivers it seems) and the Quadro NVS 120M in it. Downloaded the 175.16's, modded the inf file, and let it rip. What happened? Nothing. The driver installed, Vista rebooted, and the machine comes up in glorious 640x480, device manager showing that the video driver failed to load at boot.
If the laptop manufacturers aren't going to put the pressure on NVIDIA to support their video products in their so-called "Universal Drivers"... then who is?
/rant
For the first time in 6 months, I decided to try the latest WHQL from NVIDIA on my Dell D820 (since Dell never updates drivers it seems) and the Quadro NVS 120M in it. Downloaded the 175.16's, modded the inf file, and let it rip. What happened? Nothing. The driver installed, Vista rebooted, and the machine comes up in glorious 640x480, device manager showing that the video driver failed to load at boot.
If the laptop manufacturers aren't going to put the pressure on NVIDIA to support their video products in their so-called "Universal Drivers"... then who is?
/rant