3d video card not working windows 7 SP1 x64

[punker_4_real]

Is there a specific reason why 3d isn't working  on windows 7 SP1 it's a nVidia 1080 Max-Q on my laptop  

Alienware 17 R5

 it only works partially for initial installation,  then after a reboot nothing...   it says it's "fully working" in device manager 

 

 the card works under windows 11 64bit  i can't really tolerate that OS

Edited August 4, 2024 by punker_4_real

[ED_Sln]

What system updates are installed? New drivers may require Platform Update KB2670838 to work. The SHA-2 updates seem to be installed, without them there will be a Digital Signature error. Try installing different drivers, especially older than 474.11.

[D.Draker]

20 hours ago, punker_4_real said:

Is there a specific reason why 3d isn't working  on windows 7 SP1 it's a nVidia 1080 Max-Q on my laptop  

Alienware 17 R5

 it only works partially for initial installation,  then after a reboot nothing...   it says it's "fully working" in device manager 

 

 the card works under windows 11 64bit  i can't really tolerate that OS

Sounds very much like Alienware might be blocking the switching process between the GPU.

Give me the device ID.

[punker_4_real]

On 8/4/2024 at 4:44 AM, D.Draker said:

Sounds very much like Alienware might be blocking the switching process between the GPU.

Give me the device ID.

Here you go

 

PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1BE0&SUBSYS_08771028&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1BE0&SUBSYS_08771028
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1BE0&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1BE0&CC_0300

 

 

Looks like possibly the  Desktop version crammed into a laptop
bios version 86.04.8A.00.6B

Edited August 6, 2024 by punker_4_real

[ED_Sln]

The required updates are not installed. You need to install platform update KB2670838, SHA-2 support KB4490628 and KB4474419-v3.

[D.Draker]

I know for a fact that this precise driver worked flawlessly on my friend's laptop with a 1080. It's from Microsoft certified update.

https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/driver/drvs/2018/04/8f1d9923-3457-43d7-929c-1ebb96122d58_1c548e6f1128501e7e3c8fff5bca8b6419f6cbcf.cab

 

 

[D.Draker]

Open nv_ref_pubwu.inf and replace all occurrences  of 1B80 with 1BE0, click save, when a prompt shows about the unsigned driver, click yes.

[D.Draker]

On 8/4/2024 at 6:50 AM, ED_Sln said:

What system updates are installed? New drivers may require Platform Update KB2670838 to work. The SHA-2 updates seem to be installed, without them there will be a Digital Signature error. Try installing different drivers, especially older than 474.11.

He wouldn't be able to install them at all, if he had no required updates on the machine,

[D.Draker]

Something tells me that device is locked to the OEM manufacturers drivers only. I had a similar case in the past, only the supplied drivers worked, all drivers from Nvidia site simply crashed during high load.

[punker_4_real]

44 minutes ago, D.Draker said:

I know for a fact that this precise driver worked flawlessly on my friend's laptop with a 1080. It's from Microsoft certified update.

https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/driver/drvs/2018/04/8f1d9923-3457-43d7-929c-1ebb96122d58_1c548e6f1128501e7e3c8fff5bca8b6419f6cbcf.cab

 

 

Thank you very much it looks like the driver is fully working  even glass is working

[D.Draker]

21 hours ago, punker_4_real said:

Thank you very much it looks like the driver is fully working  even glass is working

You're welcome, glad to be of help, the driver I gave, it's one of the best for the Pascal gen., Let's not forget, GTX1080 is 8 years old. So don't chase newer drivers.

[ED_Sln]

On 8/6/2024 at 1:12 PM, punker_4_real said:

Thank you very much it looks like the driver is fully working  even glass is working

What about functionality? As far as I know, WU graphics card drivers had worse support for different technologies, e.g. OpenGL version is usually lower than the manufacturer's driver, CUDA and OpenCL may not be supported, performance in general is lower. Please make a screenshot of GPU-Z.

[punker_4_real]

4 hours ago, ED_Sln said:

What about functionality? As far as I know, WU graphics card drivers had worse support for different technologies, e.g. OpenGL version is usually lower than the manufacturer's driver, CUDA and OpenCL may not be supported, performance in general is lower. Please make a screenshot of GPU-Z.

[ED_Sln]

Thank you. Everything is fine here, everything is supported, which it should be.

[D.Draker]

On 8/8/2024 at 12:03 AM, ED_Sln said:

Thank you. Everything is fine here, everything is supported, which it should be.

And you had doubts it wouldn't? Why?

PS

Have I ever given a bad driver to anyone?

Edited August 8, 2024 by D.Draker