friends laptop says this every time he tries to update drivers

[Kevin1211]

he has a 128MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(TM) FX Go5600, and everytime he tries to update his drivers it says:

"the NVIDIA Setup program could not locat any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. Setup will now exit"

anyone know why it says this?? does this mean he can never update his drivers??




just for note, his rest of his specs are:
? Pentium(R) 4 3.06 GHZ w/HT
? Microsoft(R)Windows(R) XP Pro
? 1.0GB DDR SDRAM(2X512MB)
? 60 GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive
? Microsoft(R) Works/Money
? 2x DVD+RW/R and CD-RW Combo Drive
? 54g Wireless LAN
? 17" WVA WXGA+ (1440x900)
? 128MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(TM) FX Go5600
? 12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery

 

[FlyingPenguin]

Where did you get the drivers from? You should either be using the latest NVidia ForceWare drivers or, if that doesn't work, download the latest video driver from the laptop manufacture's web site. Sometimes the video electronics are not compatible with the generic NVidia drivers. Some OEM vendors customize their hardware.

Either way you SHOULD NOT use the Update feature in Device Manager. You should run the installer (usually a SETUP.EXE file) that comes with the drivers.

 

[Kaervak]

Stock Nvidia/ATI drivers will not install on laptop hardware. You can either get the drivers from the laptop MFG or download the official drivers from Nvidia/ATI and modify them to install on your laptop. Or if you can't find a modifier tool for Nvidia drivers, you can download these: http://www.driverheavendownloads.net/zeropoint.htm