Gaming on Satelilite P10 - NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5100

Hi,
I'm having problems playing Half-Life 2. It's telling me the driver is outdated (NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5100 - Driver Version 4485), but there isn't an updated version provided by Toshiba. Also tried NVIDIA without success.
Any solutions to this problem would be greatly appreciated!

Hi
The case is clear You need to update the graphic driver to play this game. I played Half Life2 too and I got the same message. But I played it on the desktop PC and therefore the GPU driver update was not a problem for me.
As far as I know Toshiba recommend using the GPU drivers from the Toshiba page. The drivers from another websites can be used only at your own risk and nobody can guarantee that the notebook will run properly using other drivers.
However, to install other graphic driver you will have to access the device manager. There you have to choose the graphic card and have to use the option update the driver.
Then choose Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) -> Dont search. I will choose the driver to install.
Then you have to point to the downloaded driver.
Good luck

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It was suggested to me by a family member that it may be a hardware issue, hence the consideration for sending it in.
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To me it sounds like a hardware issue (especially if you have rolled back to factory default and reinstalled from scratch)
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Easiest way to tell if it's a hardware issue or not is to run the benchmark tool for example 3DMark 11 and see if the problem also happens during the benchmark.
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For the shadow face, here are few user provided fix which might be helpful.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2282965
http://forum.bioware.com/topic/55984-shadows-way-too-darkblack-intendedscreenshot-solved/
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Re-installing DirectX and PhysX.
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https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/524066/geforce-drivers/official-nvidia-r310-61-beta-display-driver-feedback-thread-released-11-20-12-/post/3714758/#3714758
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l_elephant wrote:
I notice that the flasher is connected to a card with ROM revision 3011, the later one.
I noticed this too.
now, to the slot profiles.
you say;
"The first one that I enter is the one to the right (looking from the back of the system)."
so you mean that the mac is laying on its side and your in the back, and what you call 'slot 1' is to the right? is that correct?
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| DVI DVI ---->> slot 4
| DVI DVI ---->> slot 3
| DVI DVI ---->> slot 2
| DVI DVI ---->> slot 1
So, there are two DVI ports on each card (which is in a slot). I'm not sure which lane is which.
Either the left (as pictured) is lane 1, or the right (as pictured) is lane 2.
i ask because i'm wondering if your reproducing the way the expansion slot utility is graphically portraying it. I'm pretty sure the utility is showing the slots as if the mac is upright and the person is looking into the side of it with the access panel off.
Okay, sounds logical!
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slot4__x8__22" and 22"
slot3__x1__22" and empty
slot2__x8__42" and 22" flasher
slot1__x8__22" and 22"
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exchange the connections on the second and third cards, leaving the first and fourth cards be.
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I travel a great deal, but no one ever misses me. Was supposed to do a trip to Sydney last Dec., but had to cancel. Have not gotten details on the reschedule of that trip, but it would have been my first jaunt south of the Equator. Gotta' make that happen.
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Could you provide me the instruction to correctly update it please ?
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A paying customer,
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So, using the standard setup still makes strange noises at various intervals, but not as frequently. I have a bad feeling that it has caused disk drive problems based on the fact that:
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2) Computer crashes (although, it no longer crashes now that I'm back in it's regular setup)
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I'm going to return the power supply and game card and look to investing in a new hard drive in case this one finally decides to go to valhalla.

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Hello quest752
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To run displays wider than 1920 wide, you must use Dual-Link DVI, so called because the data conductors are doubled to reduce the bit clock rate for wide displays.
The scarce resource in the Apple-firmware 5770, as in the PC-only 5770, is power to run the driver circuitry in the converters from Mini DisplayPort to other "legacy" interface standards such as DVI. You MUST use ACTIVE, POWERED converters for this job, or suffer only two of the screens lighting up. This is made clear in ATI/AMD literature as well as Apple literature.
You can use the fairly expensive Apple Dual-Link converter, which picks up its power from a USB lead. There are also third-party converters available. Some of these are sold on Amazon. Read and re-read all this information carefully, as it is very easy to confuse ACTIVE and not, Dual-Link and not, Mini DisplayPort and regular DisplayPort, and these sites do not make it easy to distinguish:
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Graphics card for PM G5 AGP-ATI Radeon 800 vs Nvidia Geforce 6800

Any comments as to which of the two cards ATI Radeon 800 vs Nvidia Geforce 6800 is better suited for Photoshop-Aperture work?
I need to upgrade from a Nvidia 5200 that does not support Aperture and want to support at least one 30" + one 23" Apple cinema displays.
My PM is an AGP one, so these are the two high end contenders on the retail market.

I have the 6800GT, which works fairly well for me. I think the X800 is overall a slightly faster card, depending on what is benchmarked. Here is something you might want to look at:
http://www.barefeats.com/radx800.html
I don't know if you should pay more attention to the gaming benchmarks or the Motion rendering benchmark. I haven't seen any Aperture tests of these products. But I imagine if I was upgrading I would probably go for the X800. One thing I like about the 6800GT is it supports two 30 inch monitors. Unfortunately it takes up 2 slots. I have a pair of SATA cards in my Dual 2.5, so there go all my slots.

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