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Sunday, March 4, 2012

Have-Disk method for Installing Graphics Driver for Windows XP

Basic Information

Have disk method is a way to install a driver that does not have any setup program to install itself automatically. In principle what we are doing is showing Windows where drivers are located. Driver installation scripts are written in *.inf files so a driver must have these files. We will now manually locate these scripts and install drivers.

Step 1 - Download and extract driver file

 After installing *.exe driver package to your desktop (in this case 8425.exe), double click to open self extractor and press Extract button. After process is complete, you will see a new folder on your desktop (in this case 8425).

Step 2 - Download and replace inf file

 Get appropriate driver inf file (Modded INF) and click on the link to download it to your desktop.

 After downloading INF file, move it to the extracted driver folder.

 Step 3 - Go to device manager

 Right click on Computer and select Properties.

There you will see Device Manager under Hardware tab..

You can also access Device Manager via Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> Device Manager.

 Step 4 - Use have-disk method

 Find the device you want to install or update driver and double click on it. Go to Driver tab and select Update Driver.

 Select No, not this time and click Next.

 Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) and click Next.

 Select Don't search. I will choose the driver to install and click Next.

 Click Next to proceed. This might take a while.

 Select Have Disk....

 Select Browse and open the extracted driver folder. If you see one or more *inf files in the folder - select one and click Open as it does not matter which one you selected as long as they are in the same driver folder.

 You should now see name of your device if you have done the previous steps correct. Click Next to continue.

 Windows will ask your approval since when INF is modified, driver will lose WHQL certificate. Select Continue anyway.

Close all windows and restart your computer.
Finish :D

Basic Information

Why I cannot install these drivers?
Which driver can I use for my graphics card?


nVidia drivers are based on a system called Unified Driver Architecture (UDA) which means all nVidia card drivers are using one driver. However for some reasons, they just remove the support for installing those drivers for some cards, and mostly laptop-based GO cards.

This means ALL nVidia based graphics cards (TNT2, GeForce and Quadro) can use ANY of the drivers after using our 'modification'.

If you try to install any of these drivers without modification , you will most likely get this error:

"nVidia setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. Setup will now exit."

This is because of the restrictions of driver itself. To solve this issue and install the driver as it should be for your graphics card, you have to use our 'Modded INF'.

 If your graphics card is one of those, you can use our Modded INF to alter installation restrictions:

 Laptop-based GO cards:
 
;Mobile GPU's by www.laptopvideo2go.com
NVIDIA_C51.DEV_0244.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150"
NVIDIA_C51.DEV_0247.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100"
NVIDIA_C67.DEV_0530.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7190M / nForce 650M"
NVIDIA_C67.DEV_0531.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M"
NVIDIA_C67.DEV_0532.1  = "NVIDIA MCP67M"
NVIDIA_C67.DEV_0533.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7000M / nForce 610M"
NVIDIA_C67.DEV_053F.1  = "NVIDIA MCP67M "
NVIDIA_G70.DEV_0098.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800"
NVIDIA_G70.DEV_0099.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0297.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0298.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0299.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029A.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029B.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029C.1  = "NVIDIA G71GLM"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029D.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D4.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7350"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D6.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D7.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D8.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D9.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7450"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01DA.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01DB.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01DC.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M"
NVIDIA_G73.DEV_038B.1  = "NVIDIA G73M-X"
NVIDIA_G73.DEV_0397.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700"
NVIDIA_G73.DEV_0398.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600"
NVIDIA_G73.DEV_0399.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT"
NVIDIA_G73.DEV_039A.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 300M"
NVIDIA_G73.DEV_039B.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 SE"
NVIDIA_G73.DEV_039C.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0407.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0408.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GTS"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0409.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_040A.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 370M"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_040B.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_040C.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_040D.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0425.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0426.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0427.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0428.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0429.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_042A.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_042B.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_042D.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M"
NVIDIA_NV11.DEV_0112.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce2 Go "
NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0174.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go "
NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0175.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go "
NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0176.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go 32M"
NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0177.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 460 Go "
NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0179.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go 64M "
NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_017C.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 500 GoGL "
NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_017D.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 410 Go 16M "
NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_0186.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 448 Go "
NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_0187.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 488 Go "
NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_018D.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 448 Go  "
NVIDIA_NV28.DEV_0286.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go "
NVIDIA_NV28.DEV_028C.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 700 GoGL "
NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_0316.1 = "NVIDIA NV31M "
NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_0317.1 = "NVIDIA NV31M Pro "
NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_031A.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5600 "
NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_031B.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5650 "
NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_031C.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX Go 700 "
NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_031D.1 = "NVIDIA NV31GLM "
NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_031E.1 = "NVIDIA NV31GLM Pro"
NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_031F.1 = "NVIDIA NV31GLM Pro "
NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_0324.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5200 64MB"
NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_0325.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5250/5500 "
NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_0328.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5200 32/64M "
NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_032C.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 53x0 "
NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_032D.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5100 "
NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0347.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5700 "
NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0348.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5700  "
NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0349.1 = "NVIDIA NV36M Pro "
NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_034B.1 = "NVIDIA NV36MAP "
NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_034C.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX Go 1000 "
NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00C8.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800"
NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00C9.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra"
NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00CC.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX Go 1400 "
NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0144.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600"
NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0146.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600 TE/6200 TE"
NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0148.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600 "
NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0149.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600 GT"
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0164.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200"
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0166.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400"
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0167.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200 "
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0168.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400 "
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_016B.1 = "NVIDIA NV44GLM"
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_016C.1 = "NVIDIA NV44GLM "
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_016D.1 = "NVIDIA NV44GLM  "
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0228.1 = "NVIDIA NV44M"

 Desktop cards:

;Desktop GPU's by www.laptopvideo2go.com
NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00F0.1 = "NVIDIA Device ID 0x00F0"
NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00F1.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT "
NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00F2.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6600 "
NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00F3.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200  "
NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00F4.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE "
NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00F5.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS "
NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00F6.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS/XT"
NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00F8.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400/4400"
NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00F9.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Series GPU"
NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00FA.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750"
NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00FB.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900"
NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00FC.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300"
NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00FD.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro PCI-E Series"
NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00FE.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1300"
NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00FF.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce PCX 4300"
NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_02E0.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT "
NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_02E1.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS "
NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_02E2.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT  "
NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_02E3.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS"
NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_02E4.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT"
NVIDIA_C51.DEV_0240.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 6150"
NVIDIA_C51.DEV_0241.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE"
NVIDIA_C51.DEV_0242.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 6100"
NVIDIA_C51.DEV_0243.1  = "NVIDIA C51  "
NVIDIA_C51.DEV_0245.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S / NVIDIA GeForce 6150LE"
NVIDIA_C51.DEV_0246.1  = "NVIDIA C51     "
NVIDIA_C51.DEV_0248.1  = "NVIDIA C51       "
NVIDIA_C51.DEV_0249.1  = "NVIDIA C51        "
NVIDIA_C51.DEV_024A.1  = "NVIDIA C51         "
NVIDIA_C51.DEV_024B.1  = "NVIDIA C51          "
NVIDIA_C51.DEV_024C.1  = "NVIDIA C51           "
NVIDIA_C51.DEV_024D.1  = "NVIDIA C51            "
NVIDIA_C51.DEV_024E.1  = "NVIDIA C51             "
NVIDIA_C51.DEV_024F.1  = "NVIDIA C51              "
NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03D0.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430"
NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03D1.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 405"
NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03D2.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 400"
NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03D3.1  = "NVIDIA MCP61"
NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03D4.1  = "NVIDIA MCP61 "
NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03D5.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 420"
NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03D6.1  = "NVIDIA MCP61  "
NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03D7.1  = "NVIDIA MCP61   "
NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03D8.1  = "NVIDIA MCP61    "
NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03D9.1  = "NVIDIA MCP61     "
NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03DA.1  = "NVIDIA MCP61      "
NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03DB.1  = "NVIDIA MCP61       "
NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03DC.1  = "NVIDIA MCP61        "
NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03DD.1  = "NVIDIA MCP61         "
NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03DE.1  = "NVIDIA MCP61          "
NVIDIA_C61.DEV_03DF.1  = "NVIDIA MCP61           "
NVIDIA_C68.DEV_053A.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7050 SE / NVIDIA nForce 630a"
NVIDIA_C68.DEV_053B.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a "
NVIDIA_C68.DEV_053E.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a"
NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07E0.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7150 / nForce 630i"
NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07E1.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7100 / nForce 630i"
NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07E2.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7050 / nForce 620i"
NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07E3.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7050 / nForce 610i"
NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07E4.1  = "NVIDIA MCP73    "
NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07E5.1  = "NVIDIA MCP73     "
NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07E6.1  = "NVIDIA MCP73      "
NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07E7.1  = "NVIDIA MCP73       "
NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07E8.1  = "NVIDIA MCP73        "
NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07E9.1  = "NVIDIA MCP73         "
NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07EA.1  = "NVIDIA MCP73          "
NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07EB.1  = "NVIDIA MCP73           "
NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07EC.1  = "NVIDIA MCP73            "
NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07ED.1  = "NVIDIA MCP73             "
NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07EE.1  = "NVIDIA MCP73              "
NVIDIA_C73.DEV_07EF.1  = "NVIDIA MCP73               "
NVIDIA_C77.DEV_0840.1  = "NVIDIA MCP77"
NVIDIA_C77.DEV_085F.1  = "NVIDIA MCP77 "
NVIDIA_CR11.DEV_01A0.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce2 Integrated GPU"
NVIDIA_CR17.DEV_01F0.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU"
NVIDIA_G70.DEV_0090.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX"
NVIDIA_G70.DEV_0091.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX "
NVIDIA_G70.DEV_0092.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT"
NVIDIA_G70.DEV_0093.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS"
NVIDIA_G70.DEV_0094.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7800SE/XT/LE/LT/ZT"
NVIDIA_G70.DEV_0095.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7800 SLI"
NVIDIA_G70.DEV_009C.1  = "NVIDIA G70GL"
NVIDIA_G70.DEV_009D.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500"
NVIDIA_G70.DEV_009E.1  = "NVIDIA G70GL"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0290.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0291.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT/GTO"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0292.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS "
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0292.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0293.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7900/7950 GX2"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0294.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 "
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0295.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT "
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_0296.1  = "NVIDIA G71"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029C.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029D.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029E.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500"
NVIDIA_G71.DEV_029F.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D0.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 350"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D1.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D2.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7550 LE"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D3.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE/7200 GS"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01D5.1  = "NVIDIA Entry Graphics"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01DB.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01DD.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7500 LE"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01DE.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 350"
NVIDIA_G72.DEV_01DF.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS"
NVIDIA_G73.DEV_0390.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7650 GS "
NVIDIA_G73.DEV_0391.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT"
NVIDIA_G73.DEV_0392.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS"
NVIDIA_G73.DEV_0393.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT"
NVIDIA_G73.DEV_0394.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 LE"
NVIDIA_G73.DEV_0395.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT "
NVIDIA_G73.DEV_039E.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 560"
NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04C0.1  = "NVIDIA G78"
NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04C1.1  = "NVIDIA G78 "
NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04C2.1  = "NVIDIA G78  "
NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04C3.1  = "NVIDIA G78   "
NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04C4.1  = "NVIDIA G78    "
NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04C5.1  = "NVIDIA G78     "
NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04C6.1  = "NVIDIA G78      "
NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04C7.1  = "NVIDIA G78       "
NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04C8.1  = "NVIDIA G78        "
NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04C9.1  = "NVIDIA G78         "
NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04CA.1  = "NVIDIA G78          "
NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04CB.1  = "NVIDIA G78           "
NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04CC.1  = "NVIDIA G78            "
NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04CD.1  = "NVIDIA G78             "
NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04CE.1  = "NVIDIA G78              "
NVIDIA_G78.DEV_04CF.1  = "NVIDIA G78               "
NVIDIA_G80.DEV_0190.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800"
NVIDIA_G80.DEV_0191.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX"
NVIDIA_G80.DEV_0192.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 "
NVIDIA_G80.DEV_0193.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS"
NVIDIA_G80.DEV_0194.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra"
NVIDIA_G80.DEV_0197.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800   "
NVIDIA_G80.DEV_019A.1  = "NVIDIA G80-875"
NVIDIA_G80.DEV_019D.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600"
NVIDIA_G80.DEV_019E.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0400.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0401.1  = "NVIDIA G84-350"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0402.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0403.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0404.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0405.1  = "NVIDIA G84-50"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_040E.1  = "NVIDIA G84GL-850"
NVIDIA_G84.DEV_040F.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0420.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400 SE"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0421.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0422.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0423.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0424.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS "
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_042E.1  = "NVIDIA G86GL-850"
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_042F.1  = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290"
NVIDIA_G92.DEV_0611.1  = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT"
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06E0.1  = "NVIDIA G98"
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06E1.1  = "NVIDIA G98 "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06E2.1  = "NVIDIA G98  "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06E3.1  = "NVIDIA G98   "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06E4.1  = "NVIDIA G98    "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06E5.1  = "NVIDIA G98     "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06E6.1  = "NVIDIA G98      "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06E7.1  = "NVIDIA G98       "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06E8.1  = "NVIDIA G98        "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06E9.1  = "NVIDIA G98         "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06EA.1  = "NVIDIA G98          "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06EB.1  = "NVIDIA G98           "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06EC.1  = "NVIDIA G98            "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06ED.1  = "NVIDIA G98             "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06EE.1  = "NVIDIA G98              "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06EF.1  = "NVIDIA G98               "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06F0.1  = "NVIDIA G98                "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06F1.1  = "NVIDIA G98                 "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06F2.1  = "NVIDIA G98                  "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06F3.1  = "NVIDIA G98                   "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06F4.1  = "NVIDIA G98                    "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06F5.1  = "NVIDIA G98                     "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06F6.1  = "NVIDIA G98                      "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06F7.1  = "NVIDIA G98                       "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06F8.1  = "NVIDIA G98                        "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06F9.1  = "NVIDIA G98                         "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06FA.1  = "NVIDIA G98                          "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06FB.1  = "NVIDIA G98                           "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06FC.1  = "NVIDIA G98                            "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06FD.1  = "NVIDIA G98                             "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06FE.1  = "NVIDIA G98                              "
NVIDIA_G98.DEV_06FF.1  = "NVIDIA G98                               "
NVIDIA_NV10.DEV_0100.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 256"
NVIDIA_NV10.DEV_0101.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce DDR"
NVIDIA_NV10.DEV_0103.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro"
NVIDIA_NV11.DEV_0110.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400"
NVIDIA_NV11.DEV_0111.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 100/200"
NVIDIA_NV11.DEV_0113.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro2 Go / Quadro2 MXR/EX"
NVIDIA_NV15.DEV_0150.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro"
NVIDIA_NV15.DEV_0151.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce2 Ti"
NVIDIA_NV15.DEV_0152.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra"
NVIDIA_NV15.DEV_0153.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro"
NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0170.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460"
NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0171.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440"
NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0172.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420"
NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0173.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440-SE"
NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_0178.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 550 XGL"
NVIDIA_NV17.DEV_017A.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS"
NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_0181.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X"
NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_0182.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440SE with AGP8X"
NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_0183.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 with AGP8X"
NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_0185.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000"
NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_0188.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 580 XGL"
NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_0189.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX with AGP8X (MAC)"
NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_018A.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD"
NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_018B.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL"
NVIDIA_NV18.DEV_018C.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 50 PCI"
NVIDIA_NV20.DEV_0200.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce3"
NVIDIA_NV20.DEV_0201.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200"
NVIDIA_NV20.DEV_0202.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 500"
NVIDIA_NV20.DEV_0203.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro DCC"
NVIDIA_NV20.DEV_02A0.1 = "NVIDIA NV2A GeForce 3 Integrated (XBOX)"
NVIDIA_NV25.DEV_0250.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600"
NVIDIA_NV25.DEV_0251.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400"
NVIDIA_NV25.DEV_0252.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti"
NVIDIA_NV25.DEV_0253.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200"
NVIDIA_NV25.DEV_0258.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 900 XGL"
NVIDIA_NV25.DEV_0259.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 750 XGL"
NVIDIA_NV25.DEV_025B.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 700 XGL"
NVIDIA_NV28.DEV_0280.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800"
NVIDIA_NV28.DEV_0281.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X"
NVIDIA_NV28.DEV_0282.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE"
NVIDIA_NV28.DEV_0288.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL"
NVIDIA_NV28.DEV_0289.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro4 780 XGL"
NVIDIA_NV30.DEV_0300.1 = "NVIDIA NV30"
NVIDIA_NV30.DEV_0301.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 Ultra"
NVIDIA_NV30.DEV_0302.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800"
NVIDIA_NV30.DEV_0308.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000"
NVIDIA_NV30.DEV_0309.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000"
NVIDIA_NV30.DEV_030A.1 = "NVIDIA ICE FX 2000"
NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_0311.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra"
NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_0312.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600"
NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_0313.1 = "NVIDIA NV31"
NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_0314.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600XT"
NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_0318.1 = "NVIDIA NV31GL"
NVIDIA_NV31.DEV_0319.1 = "NVIDIA NV31GL"
NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_0320.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200"
NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_0321.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra"
NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_0322.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 "
NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_0323.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200LE "
NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_0326.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500"
NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_0327.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100"
NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_0329.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 (MAC)"
NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_032A.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 55/280 PCI"
NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_032B.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 500/FX 600"
NVIDIA_NV34.DEV_032F.1 = "NVIDIA NV34GL"
NVIDIA_NV35.DEV_0330.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra"
NVIDIA_NV35.DEV_0331.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900"
NVIDIA_NV35.DEV_0332.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900XT"
NVIDIA_NV35.DEV_0333.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra"
NVIDIA_NV35.DEV_0334.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900ZT"
NVIDIA_NV35.DEV_0338.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000"
NVIDIA_NV35.DEV_033F.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 700"
NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0341.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra"
NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0342.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700"
NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0343.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700LE"
NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0344.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700VE"
NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_0345.1 = "NVIDIA NV36"
NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_034E.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100"
NVIDIA_NV36.DEV_034F.1 = "NVIDIA NV36GL"
NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0040.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra"
NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0041.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800"
NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0042.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE"
NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0043.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE"
NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0044.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT"
NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0045.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT"
NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0047.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS"
NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0048.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT "
NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0049.1 = "NVIDIA NV40GL"
NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_004E.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000"
NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00C0.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS "
NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00C1.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 "
NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00C2.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE "
NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00C3.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT  "
NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00CC.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400"
NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00CD.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI"
NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00CE.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400"
NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0140.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT"
NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0141.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6600"
NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0142.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE"
NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0143.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6600 VE"
NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0145.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL"
NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0147.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL"
NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_014A.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440"
NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_014B.1 = "NVIDIA NV43"
NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_014C.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 550"
NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_014D.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 "
NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_014E.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 540"
NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_014F.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200"
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0160.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6500"
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0161.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache™"
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0162.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200SE TurboCache™"
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0163.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE"
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0165.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285"
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0169.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6250"
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_016A.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS"
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_016B.1 = "NVIDIA NV44"
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_016E.1 = "NVIDIA NV44GL"
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0220.1 = "NVIDIA NV44 "
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0221.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200 "
NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0222.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6200 A-LE"
NVIDIA_NV45.DEV_0046.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT "
NVIDIA_NV48.DEV_0210.1 = "NVIDIA NV48"
NVIDIA_NV48.DEV_0211.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800  "
NVIDIA_NV48.DEV_0212.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE  "
NVIDIA_NV48.DEV_0215.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT  "
NVIDIA_NV48.DEV_0218.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT   "
NVIDIA_MultiView       = "NVIDIA Multiview"
NVIDIA_Win2KDualView   = "NVIDIA Dualview"
If you want to roll back to your previous driver, go to Device Manager -> Display Adapters -> "Your Card" , double click to open its properties and click 'Roll Back Driver' button.


What is a modded INF? What is the Performance and Quality INF?



All drivers come with an "Installation INF(ormation) file".
This tells the installer how to install the driver.
The INF has the instructions to what files to copy and where.
It will also setup settings to install with.

The INF also has a list of products that it will install for.
nVidia provides UDA (Unified Driver Architecture) where the driver should work for all their released GPUs.
So the driver itself will support ALL GPUs, but the INF the driver comes with will only support a selected set of GPU

nVidia by default don't support laptop GPUs with beta and WHQL driver updates on their server.
This is left up to the OEM to organize. I assume nVidia must charge to have an OEM driver made or be included, as they are very rear for OEM to actually update a video driver.
So an OEM driver has specific instructions for that laptop (ie model specific) and will only work with a select few laptops.

 This is where we come in.
We have made up a database of all the GPUs that nVidia have made or are about to make (or were going to make but abandoned).
This database we then split up into sections, Mobile, TNT, Desktop, and Quadros.
We then added the tweaks that are needed to make each of those work.

Then as part of another project we collected the settings to enable everything that is hidden inside the driver.
You can now overclock, use VMR and many other little tweaks, that nVidia normally keeps hidden or only makes available to OEMs.
We combine the 2 sections above to enable all tweaks to all GPUs.

And what you see then is the modded INF that you download seperately.

The modded INF will install on any machine, it should work normaly most of the time.
Some machines may need additional tweaks or different settings, there are 1000's of possibilities.
So sometimes a feature may not work unless you fiddle with the driver or the INF settings.
I have in the INF many possible fixes included that may need to be enabled if you experience problems.


Now, you will need a modded INF if you have a:
[indent]Laptop and want to install any other driver other than the driver specific for your machine.
Desktop or Quadro and you want to try a OEM laptop driver.
TNT based desktop and want to try a 8x.xx+ driver.
Laptop or Desktop and you want to try a Quadro based driver.[/indent]

I hope this explains what INFs are and how they work and what is changed to make them work for everybody.

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