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Thanks. I like the advice about leaving well enough alone. You must know I have a habit of getting myself into trouble with these things. LOL. Glad I posted my question and glad to have two answers fairly quickly. Now I see why some objects I buy in SL come with shadow prims.

Thanks for your answer. That explains why there is a grinding sound. Just for general and future knowledge, I'm still interested in knowing about the video driver update issue. Is it a ploy a manufacturer uses or is there a good reason to stick with the manufacturer drivers?

Hope I'm in the right forum. Please advise me. This may be a simple question, but I just don't know enough to figure it out. Thanks. I already have the latest video driver available at the HP website (8.17.11.9732 released 3/25/10 - although there is one released 4/19/10). Yeah, both drivers are old. I have a HP Pavilion e9110t desktop and an NVIDIA GTS 250 video card. Every time I enable shadows in the SL viewer 3, my PC makes grinding noises that make me disable shadows out of fear of ruining my system. Yet, the card works fine without noise for shadows in games like The Sims 3. I always thought that I have to use the HP-provided drivers because they are 'tweaked' for my system. Is it OK to use the 8/9/11 driver from the NVIDIA site? Updated to add a snippet of info about my computer: System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 10/10/2011, 18:39:37 Machine name: SYLVIA-PC Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: HP-Pavilion System Model: NY809AV-ABA e9110t BIOS: BIOS Date: 07/21/09 13:13:50 Ver: 5.08 Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8300 @ 2.50GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.5GHz Memory: 6144MB RAM Available OS Memory: 6144MB RAM Page File: 2095MB used, 10189MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 11 Display Devices --------------- Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: GeForce GTS 250 DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0615&SUBSYS_90381B0A&REV_A2 Display Memory: 3821 MB Dedicated Memory: 1005 MB Shared Memory: 2815 MB Current Mode: 1600 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor Name: HP 2009 Series Wide LCD Monitor Monitor Model: HP 2009 Monitor Id: HWP2828 Native Mode: 1600 x 900(p) (60.000Hz) Output Type: DVI Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um Driver File Version: 8.17.0011.9732 (English) Driver Version: 8.17.11.9732 DDI Version: 10 Driver Model: WDDM 1.1 Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 3/25/2010 03:09:32, 11779176 bytes WHQL Logo'd: Yes WHQL Date Stamp: