Laptop Nvidia drivers

[VirDeBello]

I have a Compal FL90 laptop that I bought from ibuypower.com over two years ago. Recently my gf fixed the laptop and got everything to work on it except the graphics driver. My graphics card is a GeForce 8600M GT 512MB and I am running Windows 7 32bit. None of the recommended Nvidia card drivers work. None of the drivers at ibuypower.com work. The VGA standard driver works but to play video games I need the Nvidia drivers. Installing the recommended drivers give me a yellow checker board pattern on my screen whether I was in-game or just at desktop. Please help, it would be useful that I can atleast play Minecraft on this laptop lol.

[Labarr]

I just wanna make sure you install the driver properly.

1. Download the latest driver here

2.Remove older nvidia driver - Go into uninstall / change program and find "Nvidia Graphics Driver xxx" and uninstall it

3.Restart computer

4.Download and install Driver Sweeper.

5.Run dirver Sweeper in Admin

6.Run cleaner for Nvidia display and remove items found.

7.Restart Computer

8.Install driver (from step 1)

 

If it still happens, Id say your graphics card is fuxed.

 

[VirDeBello]

Update: I installed through Windows 7 instead of the setup program and the yellow checkerboard pattern isn't that bad on my screen now but still present. Gonna eliminate variables like hard drive failing or such. Games work well but the yellow pattern is still there....someone got any advice on this?

 

Note: Gonna do your post Lab

 

Update: hard drive is fine and graphics card isn't overheating.

[VirDeBello]

Big update: Windows Aero was causing the problems out of game/desktop and turning that off stopped of graphic and display issues. Also doing this lessened the issue of graphical and display issues in-game but still present. Gonna tweak Windows 7 so it uses much less background processes and 3D tasks. Hopefully this fixes it. Also underclocked my card. Seems to have helped.