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

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS is a Display Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by NVIDIA. PCI/VEN_10DE&DEV_0427&SUBSYS_39F517AA is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS - install the driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 8.17.12.9610 dated 2012-02-29.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is started then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Size of this driver: 146742372 bytes (139.94 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.6 stars out of 40137 votes.
This driver was released 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. The easy way: using DriverMax to install NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Search the list until you find the NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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