PawBroon Posted June 28, 2002 Share Posted June 28, 2002 Here we are. No that I'm smoothly running CM on my desktop, I have it with those weird see through texts on my laptop running XP. Anyone knows which drivers for the GeForce2 Go Mobile solves that? Or what things to do to avoid that buggering transparent texts in menus and orders? Thanks for your answers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted June 28, 2002 Share Posted June 28, 2002 I've seen some 28.35's for the Go chipset at Guru 3D. I can't remember which series actually fixed the problem, possibly the 26.xx/27.xx betas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harv Posted June 28, 2002 Share Posted June 28, 2002 Pawbroon, Try these: ftp://ftp.us.dell.com/video/NX2K2960.EXE I'm running the 4Go on an i8000 so I can't tell you if they'll work on a 2Go or not though. Lots of info at the DellTalk forums, but the search engine sucks so you might have to dig through them for a while. [ June 28, 2002, 12:49 PM: Message edited by: Harv ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PawBroon Posted June 29, 2002 Author Share Posted June 29, 2002 Thanks Harv but those are for Inspiron 2650 and Latitude V740. I'm new to laptops. For me a driver is for a Vid card. How come they have newest drivers for the I2650 than the I4100 for the SAME Geforce2 Go. If I can install nonetheless, please tell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted June 29, 2002 Share Posted June 29, 2002 I'd guess that you could install the drivers if they're for the same video chipset. NVidia tends to release near-universal drivers for their chips. I know the GeForce GO family deviated from this a bit, but I'm not sure if there is differentiation in the drivers in this family (i.e. - there are separate and incompatible drivers for the GeForce Go2 and Go4 chipsets). The link I provided was for a generic Go family driver, which I assumed works with both chipsets. I'm not sure which is the newer or more expensive of those two Dell laptops, but it is possible that the driver shows as being updated for the newer and/or more expensive of those two laptops. If there really is differentiation in the drivers there may be a chance that the drivers won't install once they detect your laptop model (heavy modification of the installer by Dell) or the video chipset (though many installers usually don't do a thorough detection of their environment before installing). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harv Posted June 29, 2002 Share Posted June 29, 2002 It should work anyways Pawbroon. Since I upgraded to the 4Go I'm using the driver set for the i8200 now without a problem. When you do try the upgrade don't bother with Dell's installer though as it can screw things up on occasion if you don't have the exact hardware it wants to see. These aren't the best instructions, but hopefully they'll be enough to get you going... -Unzip the new drivers somewhere -Uninstall the old drivers with the add/remove programs. -Reboot -When the found new hardware wizard appears pick install from a specific location. -Then pick Don't Search etc. -click on Have Disk, and then point it to where you unzipped the new drivers. -It should install them then. Set your resolution and color depth and Voila...no more text problems. There is another driver version in the 23.xx series that I know will work with CM and the 2Go also if you use the "Integrated GPU" choice from the list that appears when you install the drivers. I'll look though my old backups and if I can find them I'll send you a link if the 29.60's don't work for you. Drop me a note at harveyc@sasktel.net if you have any more questions you'd like a quicker answer to. [edit] I just looked in the drivers and I don't see the 4100 listed specifically, but you should be able to use either the 4000 or the 8000 with no problems. [ June 29, 2002, 04:20 PM: Message edited by: Harv ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD_Rob Posted June 30, 2002 Share Posted June 30, 2002 Thanks Harv for the info and links. I have Dell Inspirion 8100 with a 32Mb Geforce2 GO and XP. The driver link you provided fixed the transparent text problem for me. - edit - However, I lose DVD support with the new driver, but I hardly use my computer for watching DVD's. Rob W [ July 10, 2002, 11:40 PM: Message edited by: DD_Rob ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PawBroon Posted July 2, 2002 Author Share Posted July 2, 2002 Hi guys! Just to let you know, it NOW works. Following some of the links provided, I ended up on a French site with cracked 29.60 from Dell to work with all platform. So it's perfect now... Thanks to all who answered me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harv Posted July 3, 2002 Share Posted July 3, 2002 Good news! Glad it worked for you both. DD_Rob, are you using WinDVD? If so there is a patch for it and XP at WinDVD Patch that should help your problem. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD_Rob Posted July 3, 2002 Share Posted July 3, 2002 Harv, Thanks for the link, I'll try the updated windvd. However, I was experiencing computer lockups with windvd and windows media player when playing the dvd. Rob W 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Maenpaa Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 NX2K2960.EXE-packet straight from Dell's FTP-site corrected all CMBO problems on my laptop. Thanks for the tip. I have Dell Latitude C810 with Geforce2 Go running W2K. Ari 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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