Why NVIDIA driver is not compatible with my laptop?

[Navid]

I have a new laptop with NVIDIA 6150 GO graphics and Vista 32.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfr...roduct=3379120&lang=en

I downloaded the latest drivers for the 6 series from the NVIDIA web site and it did not install because it did not find compatible hardware!

The drivers on the laptop site are dated 27/05/01.
Am I limited to those?
Can I not download the drivers directly from NVIDIA?

 

[Gneisenau]

This is very common for laptop graphics cards. You will need to go to the manufacturer of the laptop and download their latest video drivers. I am not sure why it is this way, but I think nVidia doesn't include the mobile card drivers on it's website. Those are distributed throw the laptop manufacturers.

 

[Navid]

OK.
That's fine.
Just wanted to make sure I was not doing something wrong.
Thanks for confirming.

 

[RajunCajun]

Graphic chip makers (ATI, Nvidia, etc) leave it up to laptop companies to get video drivers out for their respective products. And usually, the most current drivers available from HP, Dell, etc are not up to date.

Several options available. Some use modified INF files to work on laptops, and are thus "modded". I use these and find they work great, but some people will only use certified drivers. Some find drivers from manufacturers that have not been released to general public.

Guru3D

Laptopvideo2go

TweaksRus

Hope this helps - you should find a good driver at any of these sites.

 

[Dahak]

To get the intergrated drivers for the video you have to download the platform drivers from nvidia and not the graphics drivers

*edit* forgot link
Platform Drivers

 

[aka1nas]

The 6150 is an integrated graphics platform, not a discrete GPU, mobile or otherwise. You'll need to use platform drivers as Dahak mentioned.