[okkur]

Thank you very much for this post and the link. I was having the same problem with my Inspiron 1525 running Vista 32 and was able to fix it with this driver.

Instead of uninstalling my existing driver and having the computer detect the FFXI-friendly version, (which it didn't detect even after rebooting!) I selected "Browse my computer", "Let me pick", and then "Have disk" at the bottom. That let me browse directly to the file I wanted ("igdlh.nfi" in the "Graphics" folder included in the zip file above) and install it without having to bother with that verification nonsense. Now FFXI work perfectly! :D

I hope that helps those of you who are still having problems like I was. Thanks again!

[Kirau12]

Hi guys I just recently got a new laptop a Dell Inspiron 1525/1526 and i am having the same problems. I have the same drivers that you guys had and downloaded the drivers that you guys found to work.

However after i dl the drive a unzip window comes up and im not sure what to do from there. I was wondering do you have to download the Winzip program in order for the drive to work? any responses would be much appreciated.

[okkur]

You don't need WinZip for the drivers to work, you just need the to get to the file you need to install. I recommend WinRar. It's free and you can get it here: WinRAR archiver, a powerful tool to process RAR and ZIP files (the first link at the top should give you what you need)

Make sure that when you extract the files, you put them in a place where you know where they are so you can get to them again. I think the automatic place for them to extract to is some temporary folder where you'll never see them again! The easiest thing to do would be to make a new folder on your desktop and put the files in there. That's what I always do. Then just follow the directions above.

Hope that helps!

[Kirau12]

Ok well I realzied Winzip was useless but i unzipped the folder and the file difxapi.dll came up should i open that? then it will work?

Edit: sorry for my ignorance but im not a computer wize

[okkur]

You can't open it as is. This is when you go to control panel, device manager, display adapters and double click "Mobile Intel (R) 965 Express Chipset Family". Were there any other files in there? There should be others too, I should think.

[Kirau12]

it just says "This Device is working properly" after i did what u said.
Didnt see any other devices.

[okkur]

Yep, now go to the "Driver" tab and click "Update Driver".

[Kirau12]

ok im getting there clicked update and then browse my computer now i have two options the mobile intel 965 express chipset family or the standard VGA graphics adapter. I see the "Have disk" option at the bottom

[okkur]

That's the one you want. Then browse to the place where you extracted the files and choose the "Graphics" folder. It'll be the only file in there, and that's the one you want to install.

When you do that, you'll need to restart you computer before the new driver will take effect.

[Kirau12]

so now Im looking for the file of the driver that i downloaded from bronnie?

[okkur]

That's right. The file is called igdlh.nfi.

[Kirau12]

OMG it works! thank you sooo much u are the best. Now if i install windower it wont mess it up right?

[okkur]

haha, Windower is another story if you're using Vista. The drivers won't mess up, but you have to do special things to get it to work right.

[Kirau12]

yea i already figured it out so glad i found this thread thank god you were on! I bookmarked this thread in case this problem ever happens again.

[okkur]

No problem! I know how frustrating it is not to be able to play right away like you want because there's one little thing wrong. This took me about six hours of playing around to figure out how to get it right! o_o