Drivers for NVIDIA GT 540M

The GeForce 540M video screen was installed on the laptop models, which are now outdated, why some users have difficulty receiving drivers for them. However, you can still find software for these GPUs, and today we want to tell how exactly.

Download software for NVIDIA GT 540M

Loading the service software for the device under consideration is possible in different ways, but everything is somehow required to connect to the Internet. Therefore, before the execution of one of the methods presented below, we recommend checking the quality of the connection.

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Method 1: Official site NVIDIA

As a rule, the best source of software for the work of the GeForce 540m is the site of the manufacturer of the laptop, in which this accelerator is installed, but there is usually an outdated version. The newest release can be obtained at the Nvidia resource.

Open NVIDIA website

1. In the Page menu, find the "Drivers" item and click on it.



2. The search form must be launched, which consists of several drop-down lists. To obtain a software compatible with the viewed video processor, select the following items in them and click Search:
   • "Product Type" - GeForce;
   • "Product Series" - GeForce 500m Series (Notebooks);
   • "Product Family" - GeForce 540m;
   • "Operating system" - OS type and its discharge;
   • "Windows Driver Type" - Standard;
   • "Download Type" - Game Ready Driver (GRD);
   • "Language" - localization of the installation package.



3. After some time, the site algorithm will be offered you to load the installation package, optimal for the selected devices and the operating system. To get data, click "Download Now".



4. After downloading the installer, run it and install the drivers.

Method 2: Web Service

The procedure described above can be reduced - for this you should use a special online service, which is also posted on the resource of the Taiwanese company.

Service page

1. The transition to the link above will automatically launch the computer scanning process.

   

   Service may not earn, displaying a warning. This means that there is no Java on the target computer and it will be necessary to install it.

   

   Lesson: Installing Java on a computer

After checking the tool suggests you download the selected software package. Make it install it in the same way as the first method obtained.



This method is different from self-download only by execution.

Method 3: NVIDIA proprietary solution

Users of the GEFORCE EXPERIENCE service users can use them to obtain a GT 540M video card software. We have already told how to use it for this purpose, so we simply give a link to the relevant article.

Lesson: Installing drivers for a video card using GeForce Experience

Method 4: Driver Appendix

The target graphics card is a solution for laptops, which often works in a bundle with an integrated GPU. Sometimes such technology requires a strictly defined version of drivers in the system. The official paths of acquiring software in such cases will be ineffective, but you can contactide. One of these is the program-driverpack. Among the programs presented in the review, we advise you to pay attention to Drivermax, on the use of which on our site also has a separate instruction.

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The best programs for installing drivers

Updating drivers for video card using Drivermax

Method 5: hardware ID

In search of a specific version of software for the target device, its identifier will help: a unique sequence with which BIOS determines the equipment. This code can be found through the "Device Manager", but for your convenience we will point it further:

PCI \ Ven_10de & Dev_0DF4

The received information must be copied and inserted into the search string on the pages of special services like Devid. More detailed information about the use of this method will find in the expansion guide below.

Lesson: Search for hardware drivers

Method 6: standard system toolkit

For the work of the video card under consideration, you can get without downloading third-party applications or access to online services: in the Windows OS, starting with Windows 7, a suitable tool is embedded. This tool downloads only the basic version of the service software, which may not arrange some users.

Read more: Download drivers using system tools

There are many methods with which you can get drivers for NVIDIA GT 540M, but the result of each of them is always the same.