T520 nVidia NVS 4200m issue

At first! sorry for my english is bad!
i have a problem when trying to install driver for nvs 4200m
computer device can't identify driver for vga:
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I download driver in support.lenovo.com and nvidia.com:
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And the same result for both:
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cpu-z can't identify:
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but aida64 can
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Well I have the same notebook and had trouble updating. See if the OEM one is in the build in SWTOOLS and reinstall that. If it takes then the update will be prompt in driver updates. I would verify your BIOS is current as well.
Have you talked to the support team about this?
T520 Model 4239 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2860QM CPU @ 2.50GHz
Intel Sandy Bridge & Nvidia NVS 4200M graphics Intel N 6300 Wi-Fi adapter
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We just had two T520's delivered. We had them pre-ordered and these are the first two we have received. After setting them up, we realized that no graphics driver has been installed. I've tried searching both Lenovo and Nvidia's sites and I can't find the driver anywhere. Also, Lenovo's support site doesn't even list the t520.
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Hello mate,
There is the driver for windows 7 64-bit : http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-77045
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Thank you for your reply.
I was lucky to get a hold of another monitor and when I connected that, I got the full resolution. After much testing, I determined that it was a faulty monitor and it had nothing to do with the video card. I eventually got a replacement monitor for the one that wasn't giving me the full resolution.
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