Nvidia video driver is incomplete

Question

The Nvidia video driver R296609 is incomplete. It does not apply properly via OSD in sccm, or even manually once the laptop has Win7 on it.

I downloaded the R297609 driver from the dell driver website for E6420 which contained some extra folders and files in the root directory. As a test I removed the extra folders and files so the package looked like the one from the cab bundle and the driver failed to apply again. If I leave the package as is with the extra files and folders then it applies no problems. The person who put the cab bundle together has taken too much out of this package in an effort to minimise it and I'm not sure how it got through testing.

Testing was done on Win7x64. We don't use x86 but it would probably be the same. The E6520 also uses this driver and it's the same deal in that cab bundle.

DELL-Warren B · Answer

There is an issue with the Nvidia driver when installing via OSD. It is not related to how much was trimmed from the driver. If you install the driver manually with the cab files located on the local system, it will install. If the files are on a file share, it will not install. Nvidia is fervently working the issue, but I do not have an ETA for a fix.

tonefromthebloc · Answer

Thanks for the quick reply Warren. What you've said is consistent with my testing as I'm pretty sure when I manually tried the trimmed down R297609 driver it was from a file share. I then extracted the whole package to the local system and it worked from there so I thought it had something to do with missing files. I didn't get a chance to try it again via OSD as the user whisked the laptop away as soon as it was ready.

Can you please post a reply to this thread when the driver is updated so I get a notification? Cheers.

DELL-Warren B · Answer

' Can you please post a reply to this thread when the driver is updated so I get a notification?' Absolutely! Nvidia is working diligently to address this issue and many Dell folks (including myself) are assisting with testing. Hopefully it won't be much longer until an updated driver is available.

Eddie Thrace · Answer

Does the new 8.17.12.6883, A02 driver that was posted yesterday fix this? R306240

DuaneGardiner · Answer

I am also curious to know if the A02 release in R306240 (Win7x64) and R306239 (Win7x86) contains the promised fix.

I added R306240 to my E6420 x64 driver package yesterday. The A02 driver was properly injected into the driver store (which is progress), but it doesn't fully install until someone logs into the machine.

Upon first login to the machine I get a UAC prompt to install a driver. Once I allow the elevation, I get a message the Nvidia HDA device driver was successfully installed.

Next, a dialog displaying progress on installing the Nvidia 4200 appears.

They both install successfully, but still not the behavior I was hoping for. Any ideas on how to get PnP install to happen prior to first login?

DELL-Warren B · Answer

A fully deployable driver with ConfigMgr is still being worked on. I'll post updates here (and everywhere) when a good driver is available.

johan.tingstedt · Answer

'A fully deployable driver with ConfigMgr is still being worked on. I'll post updates here (and everywhere) when a good driver is available.' Still nothing?...

ArmitageID · Answer

I would also like to be notified. I have the same issue with the M6600 that has the Quadro 4000M. If I install the driver manually outside of OSD it works fine, but does not fully get configured properly if done through SCCM. When doing it through SCCM OSD I do not get the NVIDIA control panel. I was using the ISV version and just added the A01 R307382 (For the M6600) to test with that. I just looked and the driver version is the same as Eddi's previous post (8.17.12.6883) so I doubt it will work. Again, please post as soon as you have information. We need this ASAP since there are no more M6500 we have no technical workstations able to be deployed...

DELL-Warren B · Answer

'Still nothing?...' Sorry, the issue is still being worked. Nvidia and Dell have a dedicated team that is working through it, but has yet to get a fulling working driver through ConfigMgr.

DELL-Warren B · Answer

Driver cabs with new Nvidia drivers are available today http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/Dell+Business+Client+Operating+System+Deployment+-+The+.CAB+Files

ArmitageID · Answer

@Warren Thanks for the update. I'll get to testing these out and let you know how it goes. I assume they are also available individual for the models?

*UPDATE* Looks like it isn't available yet for the M6600. @Warren - Any eta for the new nVIDIA driver for the M6600?

Eddie Thrace · Answer

Just ran an SCCM OSD build on an E6420 with these new drivers. It worked! SCCM installed them without any issues. Thanks for staying on top of this Warren.

DELL-Warren B · Answer

You should be able to use the same driver for the M6600. I don't have an ETA for the new M6600 cab.

ArmitageID · Answer

@Warren Maybe I am missing something, but I've downloaded the new CAB and expanded it only to find that the NVIDIA driver in it is version 8.17.12.6883. That is the same version as before. Was something in the driver itself updated and the version number remained the same? Thank you.

hotrod694 · Answer

'Driver cabs with new Nvidia drivers are available today http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/Dell+Business+Client+Operating+System+Deployment+-+The+.CAB+Files ' Hello, is there an eta on when they will post the updated drivers for XP? I see the ones for Win 7 and i'm going to pull them down to test but I really need XP for our current rollout.

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