NVIDIA GEFORCE GT330M driver needed!

Hi guys, i just bought a new macbook pro 15" i7. I swapped my HD from the 17" to the new 15" i just figured out that i dont have the driver for the 15" for the new graphic card hence i cant get it to work. I left the CD at my home country and will be a while before i comes back. How do i obtain the driver for the GT330M? thanks!

Swapping the hard drive from an older computer into a newer one without reinstalling anything on it seems like it would be a good way to save time and trouble. But it isn't, as you now know. Chances are good that the GT330M isn't the only hardware feature of your new machine that's not working as it's supposed to, and you just haven't yet noticed the others.

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Last edited by rj.AMDphreak (2011-11-21 06:16:24)

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