NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430/display settings problem

I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit and seem to be having a problem with the graphics drive. Under Device Manager, I do have an exclamation point besides NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 under Display Adapters. When I click on it and select 'Check for Solution' in the General tab, I get a window that says 'could not load driver software.' When I select 'Update Driver Software' Windows determines that the driver software is up to date. There's no driver to roll back to and when I uninstalled it and then restarted my computer, it reinstalled but the exclamation point is still there. I did go to nvidia.com and have them automatically find drivers. Version 280.86 was installed, which gave me a NVIDIA settings icon in the toolbar that, when left clicked, says, "NVIDIA display settings are not available. You are not currently using a device attached to an NVIDIA GPU." No idea what that means.

I'm not even sure if this matters or if it's the cause of the problem with the screen resolution I'm having. I have a HP x1907 display with recommended settings of 1440x900-60Hz and last week after restarting after an update (I want to say it was a HP Portrait update) I turned on the computer and the display settings had changed. 1440x900 isn't an option in Display Settings and it looks off at its current 1024x768, the only setting that isn't impossibly big or way too small.

When I right click on the desktop screen and go to HP Display -> Tune Display it says 'This version of My Display is not supported on the current display. My display will only work on HP enabled displays.' There were two updates but after installing them, it still says the same thing. To be honest I don't know what it said when the screen resolution was correct, it's just something I noticed while trying to the display settings.

I don't have a system restore point to roll back, too, should anyone suggest that. They're all recent and after the problem showed up. Are there any fixes for the NVIDIA drive and/or display settings? Thanks in advance!

I would sign up here:

HP Business Support Center

and download the original drivers that came with the machine.

It says "business" support but it's free with volunteers like here. It's not a paid support.

Hi, thank you for your reply.

This is the page for my desktop. There's an update here and I downloaded the first one, but I don't see the actual driver anywhere, unless that update counts. There was still an exclamation point in device manager after that update, at any rate, and also after I downloaded the driver from here.

I also noticed that I can no longer put my computer in sleep mode. The option is greyed out. Not sure if that could be related or not.

Here's a photo of what I have installed that says NVIDIA and the option when I select 'uninstall' in device manager. Do I have to select 'delete the software driver from this device' before reinstalling? I think I did that last time and it just automatically reinstalls itself once the computer restarts, so I can't use another link.

I would try to install the driver that was on the machine when you purchased it as a starting point.

Also post a question on that forum. Chances are a lot higher you'll get more readers who have owned the same machine. I had 2 HP Pavilions that kept overheating and locking up the CPU when I loaded the machines. Turns out the fans were never set to go to the higher speed until the trigger temp to Halt the CPU. Somebody on that forum told me about an Easter Egg to get into that page of the BIOS settings. Once there I could control the threshold fan temps and speeds. There was nothing in the owner's manual about it.

Hi There,

The best thing to get this problem resolved will be Uninstall the existing display driver of Ndvidia device manager.

Steps: Go to Device Manager >> Display >> Right click on the Ndvidia and uninstall it.

Once done Restart the computer and the computer was install the default Display driver of the computer automatically.

Go to Drivers - Download NVIDIA Drivers and click on Graphics Driver tab and it will recognize the Version of drivers for your NVIDIA products. Install the same . Once done restart the computer and the Graphics driver will be all set and good to go


Best of Luck

When you install the NVidia driver, it will set things up to replace the current driver on reboot. There's no need to go through the ritual of uninstalling/installing the driver that's broken. I have that exact NVidia Adapter. The newest driver is not always the best.

If the original driver that came with the machine doesn't work then chances are there's another issue. Stands to reason it worked out of the box. That's part of trouble shooting. Also if you have HP machines it's well worth the effort to register on that support forum. They will accept a Hotmail address as a valid email and it's free. I can't see the hesitation. Most of the people there are long time HP users. What more can you ask for?

If you want to play the Update the NVidia Driver game then I suggest downloading the last 3 releases. Often the "newest" hasn't been used in the field long enough for the bugs to surface.

btw the original driver is here:

HP Pavilion Slimline s3200 Desktop PC series -  Download drivers and software - HP Business Support Center

There's no hesitation signing up for the HP forum, I just honestly didn't notice there was a forum section Thanks for directing me toward it.

No luck with that, jups, but thank you. Hopefully someone at the HP forum has had the same problem.

I've gotten some good advice there for my HP machines. Good luck with it.

Sorry to say but if nothing turns up there I have a feeling you might have to revert to Out Of The Box condition. But if you wipe and reinstall I would make an image of your current system first. Sometimes those '!' driver conflict indicators show there's actually a hardware problem. It may not be fixable by software.

A lot of computers have been "fixed" by opening the box and jiggling a card in a slot.