Driver for NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS - downloading and installing it

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS is a Display Adapters device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by NVIDIA. PCI/VEN_10DE&DEV_0427&SUBSYS_386217AA is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS driver. The archive contains version 8.17.13.0124 dated 2012-04-03 of the driver.
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3. Run the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is started please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed.
The file size of this driver is 147385177 bytes (140.56 MB)
Driver rating 4.6 stars out of 86975 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. Installing the NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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