Windows 7 NVIDIA GeForce 310M not detected

[hooli]

SOLVED: NVIDIA GeForce 310M not detected

Hello, I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit I just installed on a newly bought laptop with a graphics card mentioned above, but it is not detected by the OS. and by not detected I mean it does not show up in device manager at all. I just have Intel (R) HD Graphics listed in there. I've tried downloading nvidia drivers, using the nvidia detector applet, but none see it. How would I go about solving this problem?

 

[Drew]

Is the display currently correct? Are things bold & changable when you go to view Screen Resolution? What is the resolution, currently?

Drew

 

[hooli]

Is the display currently correct? Are things bold & changable when you go to view Screen Resolution? What is the resolution, currently?

Drew

I'm currently running on the integrated Intel one, so everything in screen resolution (which is currently 1280x1024, I use an external monitor) works.

 

[hooli]

lspci -vv | grep -i nvidia

doesn't show anything in ubuntu live. at this point I'm not even sure there's a card anymore, although the vendor's website says so.

 

[Drew]

Has the use of the external vid card been enabled in the BIOS??

Drew