Aspire 5745PG - NVIDIA driver from acer support site will not install

citrus

I recently did a fresh install of Windows 7 x64 on my 5745PG.  I installed most of the drivers from the acer support site, except the NVIDIA display driver:

NVIDIA

VGA Driver

8.17.12.6619

 

This driver will not install -- instead it complains that no compatible hardware was found.  Indeed, examining the setup files shows that the hardware ID of my NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M (PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0A29&SUBSYS_04651025) does not appear anywhere in the nvac.inf, so there's no way it will install.  (I have already installed the Intel HD graphics driver, which I'm sure is a prerequisite).

 

There is another driver labelled NVIDIA, but strangely when I install this the only thing it installs is "NVIDIA High Definition Audio", nothing to do with the graphics adapter.

NVIDIA

VGA Driver VGA(M)

8.16.11.8986

 

Is there any way to successfully install the NVIDIA driver and software on a new installation of Windows 7?

freeza

Good day

 

Go to the bios and change your graphics mode to dedicated/ discreet, save the settings and then install the driver. I also further advise that you download the latest driver from the Nvidia website itself, version 314.07: http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook-win8-win7-winvista-64bit-314.07-whql-driver.html

 

Regards,

Freeza