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Problems with D630 NVIDIA 135M driver
After repeated nv4_disp errors on my week-old Latitude D630 with an NVIDIA NVS 135m dedicated video card and XP Home, I looked online for a way to fix the problem and learned that the solution is to update the drivers. But every time I try to install drivers, either from the dell website (R157636.EXE) or the nvidia website (84.26_forceware_winxp2k_english_whql.exe), I get the following message: "The NVIDIA Setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. Setup will now exit" I know that I could just reinstall the drivers that come on my restore disk, but that wouldn't fix the nv4_disp errors. I want to find drivers that make the error go away. Please help me.
bradsdad25
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Posted September 13th, 2007 14:00
How do you modify the DeviceID? I've got the other info but don't know how to change it.bradsdad25
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Posted September 13th, 2007 17:00
Got it. This didn't correct my issue though. Thanks anyway.JustinFromDC
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Posted September 21st, 2012 11:00
The nvidia 135m was actually recalled by nvidia, but dont expect Dell to do anything just because they received part of the $193M settlement from nvidia, They refused to replace mine.
Chemware
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Posted July 17th, 2007 03:00
1. My Computer -> Manage -> Device Manager -> Display Adapters -> right click on NVIDIA ... -> Properties -> Details -> Device Instance ID.
2. Copy the "Device Instance ID" by clicking on it, then Ctrl-Ins (Ctrl-C does not work), then paste somewhere. You will get a string like (my 120M):
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_01D8&SUBSYS_01CC1028&REV_A1\4&1C9EC085&0&0008
The important bit is the DEV_01D8.
Now, what's going on is that DELL has this GPU made for them only, and it is not supported by nVidia's general release drivers. So in nVidia's driver release my 120M has a DeviceID of DEV_01DB, but DELL uses DEV_01D8.
So nVidia's release DOES NOT RECOGNIZE the DELL GPU !
In your case, the Quadro 130M has a DeviceID of 042A, but your DELL will be something different like 042B - so nVidia's driver does not recognize it.
3. Get the latest nVidia drivers for your OS (162.18 or thereabouts).
4. Try to install them - installation will fail with the same horrid message, but leave a bunch of files on disk. Find them and ...
5. Open nv4_disp.inf in a text editor - Notepad will do.
6. So find the G84 entries, in separated pairs, like:
%NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0421.1% = nv_G86_0, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0421
...
NVIDIA_G86.DEV_0421.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT"
that have DEV_042x most like yours. You will probably find one that differs in only the last digit. Find the closest match - going "lower" if need be - and ...
7. Duplicate those two lines, then
8. Modify the DeviceID to match yours in the duplicate lines.
9. Save your changes and try to re-install.
10. Note that some features may not work (eg: I cannot get dual view to work under XP64), but you should have a functioning driver.
Good luck,
Mat