Often, people after purchasing one of the latest laptop models, where the NVIDIA video card is integrated, faced with the problem of installing an urgent version of the driver for graphics cards. In principle, with outdated system files, the computer will work, but the possibilities of a powerful video card will be partially limited, not allowing you to run demanding video games, graphic editors, and the overall speed of the device will be very understated.
All options for eliminating compatibility
The situation under consideration occurs because the company for unknown reasons does not very readily release updated driver packages for their products for specific laptop stamps (Lenovo, HP, Sony, Acer, Asus, etc.). Because of this, it turns out that you download the latest available version to your graphics card from the official resource of the developer and press it, and then see the message: "Continue installation NVIDIA cannot be", "This graphic driver could not find compatible graphics equipment." This article is devoted to solving this error with detailed instructions.
There are both simple solutions to exit the situation and more complex consisting in multi-step manipulation with editing certain files. It is impossible to calculate which of the options exactly to you, because it all depends on the specific manufacturer of the laptop, the video card model and the correctness of the assembly of the operating system. Try alternately each of the instructions below, and you will definitely cope with the task.
Method 1: Resetting and updating installed drivers
First of all, make the most elementary steps to exclude a banal "curve" installation of system files. To do this, stages to follow these actions:- Disconnect the existing antivirus.
- Find out the exact model of your video card.
Read more: How to find out the video card model in Windows 7, Windows 10
- Download and unpack the resulting archive with the driver. The most reliable to download software from the official site NVIDIA to exclude infection with viruses.
- Go to Device Manager, delete the old graphics card system file and update the configuration. To do this, you need to open the "Properties" of the video card and select the Driver tab.
Note! When searching for the required driver on the NVIDIA website, specify the exact graphics card model according to the fact that the laptop in any case indicates the letter M in the title, although it does not write in the documentation for the device. This means that if you have a NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT, your package will be called NVIDIA GeForce 9400m GT and belong to the 9400m series.
Method 2: Change BIOS parameters
This method is more suitable for those who replaced the old video card to newer and as a result faced the inability to install the required drivers. The fact is that by default in the BIOS in the video card settings, a single type of controller is specified - PCI. Subsequently, when a new device is connected, it causes the system to perceive the card as an external or secondary. So, you need to do the following:
- Enter the BIOS shell. Depending on the motherboard, this can be done by pressing the F2 or DELETE key immediately after the first image appears when the device is turned on.
Other tire change names for the graphical interface can be found on the screenshot below:
Method 3: Installing the original Windows assembly
On the Internet, you can download the most sophisticated Windows assemblies, with the presence of different utilities that facilitate the use of the OS. But very often such "pumped" shells create problems while trying to install the necessary drivers, and this can touch not only the NVIDIA video card, but also of any other component.All that is required from you is to install the original version of Windows - MSDN on its device, which does not have any alterations. After the data is completed, you can try to re-install files for the video card.
Read more: Re-install Windows on a laptop
Note! As you know, the original Windows requires a license purchase, but in order to test the performance of the video card and in the future or buy a serial key, you quite have a free test 30-day period.
Method 4: Editing system files
The most efficient, but most complex method consists in self-changing parameters of executable files that are part of the driver package. Clearly repeat the following steps to be guaranteed to eliminate the problem of incompatibility of graphic equipment:
Go to the official site nvidia
- First download the driver from the site nvidia. When searching, you need to specify the exact video card model and the operating system version. From the list of the list, select the latest assembly.
- Next, you need to visit your laptop manufacturer service and download the drivers for the video card, pre-specifying the OS and the gadget model (in the screenshot below the example with ASUS).
- Open the Device Manager, find the "Standard VGA Adapter" (if the shell for the video card is not at all) or "NVIDIA xxxxx" (if it is an outdated driver), click on this line with the right mouse button and select the option "Properties".
- After opening the window, go to the "Details" tab, then you need to select the List of Equipment in the "Property" group. A list of values will appear where you want to copy the longest name containing the word "Subsys".
- The next step is to unpack two originally downloaded archives. Inside each there are almost the same folders, you will need "display.driver".
- First of all, find the "nvaci.ini" file in the laptop installer folder and open it using a notepad. To do this, click on the PCM on it and select "Open with"> Notepad).
- You will have many rows with text. At the same time, clamp the Ctrl + F keys to call the search tool. Insert the copied line from the "hardware ID" to find the same in the file.
There may be several in different directories. The name of such a partition will have about the following form: [nvidia_seta_devices.ntamd64.6.0]. In more detail about this manipulation is presented in the screenshot below.
- All found lines and their corresponding directories copy to a separate file. After that, open the Nvaci.ini notepad, located in the "display.driver" folder from the archive of NVIDIA drivers. Using the search string, look for previously saved sections names and insert the line belonging to each of them from a new line. Save and close edited files.
- Return to the folder with the driver for a laptop, find the "nvami.ini" file folder already familiar to you and in the search bar, enter the value from the already copied rows. The common appearance of it is:
% Nvidia_dev.0dce.0564.1025% = Section001, PCI \ Ven_10DE & dev_0dce & subsys_05641025, and you need nvidia_dev.0dce.0564.1025
When the desired string appears, its full composition should look approximately like this:
Nvidia_dev.0dce.0564.1025 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT XXX"
Instead of XXX, there must be a model of your video card. Copy this line and go to "nvami.ini" from the NVIDIA folder.
- Enter the search for "[Strings]", after which a list of all available video card models will appear. Find your own and opposite the required line to insert it:
Nvidia_dev.0dce.0564.1025 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT XXX"
Do not forget to replace the XXX on the GPU model.
- The latter step will be a comparison of the values of the "catalogfile" string between the "nvami.ini" files. In the driver for the PC, it looks like "catalogfile = nv_disp.cat", if in the graphics card file the value is another, then just copy the first option under it. Save the changes and you can start installing software for NVIDIA.
Note! When you download the archive for a laptop, carefully choose the desired package, as, for example, the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1080 card has 7 modifications, with different memory size and other differences.
Conclusion
As you can see how to troubleshoot a problem with an error "Graphic driver did not find a compatible graphic equipment" quite a lot. The choice of the optimal version directly depends on the "iron" and user skills. The main thing is exactly repeat the instructions submitted by us to achieve a positive result.
- Enter the BIOS shell. Depending on the motherboard, this can be done by pressing the F2 or DELETE key immediately after the first image appears when the device is turned on.