Posts by David Moore83

fadedorca66 said:I don't see how the age of the graphics card matters at all. As long as the drivers still support it, everything should function perfectly fine.

Honestly, I'm having a terrible time with it because the latest driver just won't work for me; even after trying to roll back to version 306, I can't get anything to take hold except for some ancient version 175 release.

David Moore83 said:I’ve honestly tried everything under the sun, and I'm not even entirely sure if I'm running a 64-bit or 32-bit system, but I've attempted to install both versions. I managed to get some ancient driver from way back to work, but nothing more recent seems to be available; even when I check the Nvidia website manually for my GeForce 9600, I come up empty-handed, and whenever I try using their automatic search tool, it claims it can't even detect my GPU.

I actually did manage to get the Nvidia automatic tool to identify the specific driver I need—it's version 327.23 for desktop Windows XP 32-bit—so I followed all the steps to wipe everything clean just like you suggested above, yet the installation still fails every single time.

Timothy Kim60 said:Make sure you actually downloaded the correct driver for your specific version of Windows XP 32-bit or 64-bit; it's easy to accidentally grab the wrong series by mistake.

If that isn't the issue, try using Driver Sweeper—just boot into Safe Mode, run the utility to wipe out all existing Nvidia display drivers, restart your PC, and then give the recording another shot.

To be honest, I've tried everything under the sun. I'm not entirely sure if my system is 64-bit or 32-bit, but I've attempted to install both versions already. I managed to get some ancient version 175 driver working, but I can't find anything newer than that. Even when I go directly to the Nvidia website to look for drivers for my GeForce 9600, nothing comes up; whenever I use the automatic search tool, it tells me it can't even detect my GPU.

fadedorca66 said:What specific error message are you seeing? Also, which operating system are you running?

I'm on Windows XP, and first it tells me the installation was unsuccessful and asks me to restart my computer to try again, but after that, it just says "installation failed."

Hey there;
So, I've got an Nvidia GeForce 9600 card and I'm trying to install the latest drivers, but I'm hitting a wall. I downloaded the installer directly from the Nvidia site, but it just keeps throwing an "installation failed" error. I even tried completely uninstalling the old drivers first, but no luck at all. For context, my setup is running an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz with 3.3 GB of RAM...

Thanks in advance, and please excuse me if this belongs in a different thread!!!