Windows Vista 5321

[kamranziadar]

Ok i installed Windows Vista 5321 and i downloaded nvidia drivers for vista beta 1, but it wont work with this version. It says it could not find the hardware, i have 7800gt and nvidia states that it supports vista.

I was also looking for drivers for my MSI NEO4 PLATINUM SLI motherboard and i could not find it any where.

If some body guide me i would really appreciate that.

 

[stash]

These questions should be posted in the Vista Beta newsgroups.

 

[kamranziadar]

Umm why not here? This is operating systems forum.

 

[stash]

Yes, but it is not a forum for authorized Vista beta testers. If you got the beta through legitimate means, you would be aware of where to ask these questions.

 

[kamranziadar]

i have a legit beta, but as a proud member of this forum i thought i should ask here too. No body was able to tell me at the vista beta forums about the drivers, so if you don;t know any thing you are free to pass this thread.

 

[rbrandon]

This posting represents my own opinion, and in no way claims to represent the views of Microsoft Corporation. This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

See where he works? Hes telling you where to go to get them.

 

[kamranziadar]

He is telling me to go to Vista Beta newsgroups to get your answers, i have been there but no luck.

 

[egkenny]

Do you mean Vista 5231? Have you tried a Windows XP driver?

I installed Vista 5231 on my HP laptop which has a GeForce4 440 Go 64M. I could not get the Nvidia Vista driver to work with it. I had the same could not find the hardware error as you. The Windows XP video driver from HP worked fine with Vista.

 

[hooflung]

Originally posted by: egkenny
Do you mean Vista 5231? Have you tried a Windows XP driver?

I installed Vista 5231 on my HP laptop which has a GeForce4 440 Go 64M. I could not get the Nvidia Vista driver to work with it. I had the same could not find the hardware error as you. The Windows XP video driver from HP worked fine with Vista.

I am going out on a limb here becuase I don't do windows developement anymore... but... I suppose XP drivers because Vista is built on the 2k3 kernel which is nothing more than a XP hardened 2000 Server Kernel. The niceties of the OS, such as the new GUI etc... are just Microsoft made versions of GNU software that has been around for years. Darn... didn't mean to highjack the thread... OP just try XP/2000 drivers and see if that works.

 

[stash]

because Vista is built on the 2k3 kernel which is nothing more than a XP hardened 2000 Server Kernel. The niceties of the OS, such as the new GUI etc... are just Microsoft made versions of GNU software that has been around for years

Wow man, you got us. We thought we could slip that by everyone, but you're obviously waaaaay to smart for us.

 

[rbrandon]

Originally posted by: hooflung

Originally posted by: egkenny
Do you mean Vista 5231? Have you tried a Windows XP driver?

I installed Vista 5231 on my HP laptop which has a GeForce4 440 Go 64M. I could not get the Nvidia Vista driver to work with it. I had the same could not find the hardware error as you. The Windows XP video driver from HP worked fine with Vista.

I am going out on a limb here becuase I don't do windows developement anymore... but... I suppose XP drivers because Vista is built on the 2k3 kernel which is nothing more than a XP hardened 2000 Server Kernel. The niceties of the OS, such as the new GUI etc... are just Microsoft made versions of GNU software that has been around for years. Darn... didn't mean to highjack the thread... OP just try XP/2000 drivers and see if that works.

bill gates, is that you?

 

[Seeruk]

For 9 times out of 10 - XP drivers work just fine in Vista. The only exception (as ever, god I hate you Creative Labs) is my Audigy 2 ZS.

On build 5231 most my drivers are in the box, otherwise its been an XP driver that does the trick and some of the dev machines at work are the same.

i am not saying your hardware will be running optimally! Just at least functional

 

[spyordie007]

Unfortunetly device drivers are still hit or miss. This should firm-up quite a bit by Beta 2.

I've got a Radeon x300 on both my work desktop and laptop, it works well on my desktop but my laptop does some funny things if I up the resolution beyond 1024x768 (native is 1400x1050). The Ati beta drivers worked okay on the earlier builds. On the Nvidia side I just ordered a 6600 GT for my box at home and I'm *hoping* that I wont have too much trouble with it.

He is telling me to go to Vista Beta newsgroups to get your answers, i have been there but no luck.

I just went there looking for your post but am not seeing it; how recently did you post this? There are several posts stating that "out of the box" Vista supports (contains) Nvidia's LDDM drivers.

Yes, but it is not a forum for authorized Vista beta testers. If you got the beta through legitimate means, you would be aware of where to ask these questions.

The Vista beta newsgroups are publicly available so it's not like these are questions that should be NDA or anything. The only real reason to keep the discussions on the MS newsgroups is so that it's "on the MS radar". As we get closer to the public beta I'm sure more questions will surface here.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/newsgroups/default.mspx

Yes authorized beta testers should be submitting those bug reports on issues; but people want to discuss this as well so I dont think it's all bad that posts are here about getting it setup.

-Erik

 

[TheGoat Eater]

Originally posted by: egkenny
Do you mean Vista 5231? Have you tried a Windows XP driver?

I installed Vista 5231 on my HP laptop which has a GeForce4 440 Go 64M. I could not get the Nvidia Vista driver to work with it. I had the same could not find the hardware error as you. The Windows XP video driver from HP worked fine with Vista.

First I am! NOWHERE! near the level of the other posters, but I thought from my early reading on Vista was to run it you need - a requirement - a DirectX 9 compatible videocard w/ AT LEAST 128MB of memory, because the OS is so graphics heavy.

Am I wrong? Or am I remembering this correctly?

 

[egkenny]

Originally posted by: TheGoat Eater

Originally posted by: egkenny
Do you mean Vista 5231? Have you tried a Windows XP driver?

I installed Vista 5231 on my HP laptop which has a GeForce4 440 Go 64M. I could not get the Nvidia Vista driver to work with it. I had the same could not find the hardware error as you. The Windows XP video driver from HP worked fine with Vista.

First I am! NOWHERE! near the level of the other posters, but I thought from my early reading on Vista was to run it you need - a requirement - a DirectX 9 compatible videocard w/ AT LEAST 128MB of memory, because the OS is so graphics heavy.

Am I wrong? Or am I remembering this correctly?

You're right. My GPU does not meet the requirements. That is probably why the Nvidia Vista driver would not work for me. That sucks since I have an Athlon 64 3400+ and 1 GB of RAM.

Windows Vista Ready PC Requirements
? CPU ? PC systems should have a modern CPU.
? RAM ? PC systems should have 512MB of memory or more.
? GPU ? PC systems should have a graphics processor that will support Windows Vista Display Driver Model.

Intel Business Desktop Platforms for Microsoft Vista
Intel Processor
* Intel Pentium 4 Processor 600 sequence with HT Technology1 and Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology
Additional Business Processors
* Intel Xeon processor (Dual Processor)
* Intel Pentium processor Extreme Edition (Dual-Core)
* Intel Pentium 4 processor with HT Technology Extreme Edition
* Intel Pentium D processor (Dual-Core)
* Intel Pentium 4 processor supporting Hyper-Threading Technology
* Intel Celeron D processor
Intel Business Mobile Platforms for Microsoft Vista
Intel Processor
* Intel Pentium M processor
Additional Business Processors
* Intel Celeron M processor

AMD Processors - Windows Vista
Desktop
* AMD Athlon 64 FX Processor
* AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor
* AMD Athlon 64 Processor
* AMD Sempron Processor
Mobile
* AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology
* Mobile AMD Athlon 64 Processor
* Mobile AMD Sempron Processor
Workstation
* Single and Dual-Core AMD Opteron Processors

The following Intel products support Windows Vista Display Driver Model:
Desktop Platforms:
* Intel 945G Express Chipset
Mobile Platforms:
* Mobile Intel 915 Express Chipset family
Developer Platforms:
* Intel 945G Express Chipset

The following NVIDIA products support Windows Vista Display Driver Model:
Desktop:
* GeForce 7800 GTX GPUs
* GeForce 7800 GT GPUs
* GeForce 6800 GPUs
* GeForce 6600 GPUs
* GeForce 6200 GPUs
* GeForce FX 5900 GPUs
* GeForce FX 5700 GPUs
* GeForce FX 5600 GPUs
* GeForce FX 5200 GPUs
* GeForce PCX GPUs
Mobile:
* GeForce Go 7800 GPUs
* GeForce Go 7300 GPUs
* GeForce Go 6800 GPUs
* GeForce Go 6600 GPUs
* GeForce Go 6400 GPUs
* GeForce Go 6200 GPUs
* GeForce FX Go5700 GPUs
* GeForce FX Go5650 GPUs
* GeForce FX Go5600 GPUs
* GeForce FX Go5200 GPUs
* GeForce FX Go5100 GPUs
Workstation:
* Quadro FX 540
* Quadro FX 1000
* Quadro FX 1100
* Quadro FX 1300
* Quadro FX 1400
* Quadro FX 3000
* Quadro FX 3000G
* Quadro FX 3400
* Quadro FX 4000 SDI
* Quadro FX 4400
* Quadro NVS 280 PCI

The following ATI products support Windows Vista Display Driver Model:
By ASIC Name:
* All DX9 GPUs
* M10 or above
* R300 or above
* RV350 or above
* RS400, RS480, RS482, RC410
Desktop Discrete:
*All-In-Wonder 9600 Series or higher
* All-In-Wonder X600 Series or higher
*Radeon X300 Series or higher
*Radeon 9500 Series or higher
Desktop Integrated:
* Radeon Xpress 200
* Radeon Xpress 200 CrossFire
Mobile Discrete:
* Mobility Radeon X300 Series or higher
* Mobility Radeon 9500 Series or higher
* FireGL V5000 (RV410GL) Series or higher
* FireGL V3100 Series or higher
* FireGL T2-128 Series or higher
Mobile Integrated:
* Radeon Xpress 200M
Workstation Discrete:
* FireGL V3100 Series or higher
* FireGL V5000, V7100 Series or higher
* FireGL T2-128 Series or higher
* FireGL X2-256 Series or higher
* FireGL X3-256 Series or higher

 

[stash]

You're right. My GPU does not meet the requirements

Your GPU does not meet the requirements to run glass (L/VDDM). It is more than enough to run the standard desktop. The XP driver display model (XDDM) will work fine.

 

[hooflung]

Originally posted by: rbrandon

Originally posted by: hooflung

Originally posted by: egkenny
Do you mean Vista 5231? Have you tried a Windows XP driver?

I installed Vista 5231 on my HP laptop which has a GeForce4 440 Go 64M. I could not get the Nvidia Vista driver to work with it. I had the same could not find the hardware error as you. The Windows XP video driver from HP worked fine with Vista.

I am going out on a limb here becuase I don't do windows developement anymore... but... I suppose XP drivers because Vista is built on the 2k3 kernel which is nothing more than a XP hardened 2000 Server Kernel. The niceties of the OS, such as the new GUI etc... are just Microsoft made versions of GNU software that has been around for years. Darn... didn't mean to highjack the thread... OP just try XP/2000 drivers and see if that works.

bill gates, is that you?

does my ever increasing hatred of Microsoft give me away that easily?

 

[xchinese69boix]

can u actually download windows vista?

 

[spherrod]

Originally posted by: xchinese69boix
can u actually download windows vista?

Yes, if you are a certified Beta tester or have an MSDN subscription