Windows 8 on my Toshiba L300 will not run any viewer, pls help.

[lonhro Goldshark]

I just installed Windows 8 on my Toshiba L300 which I purchased in 2009 and am finding that it will not support any SL veiwer that I download, my graphic card drivers need updating but The Toshiba website does not list my computer model.

Any suggestions ?

Thanks Lonhro Goldshark

[valerie Inshan]

It's not the Toshiba website you need to go to update your drivers, but your graphics card manufacturer's website. Check your card and look for updated drivers:

• ATI/AMD drivers
• NVIDIA drivers
• Intel drivers

[Nyll Bergbahn]

The Toshiba Satellite Pro L300 has Intel GMA4500M integrated graphics according to the specifications I found. 

Intel has stated it will not provide Windows 8 drivers for older integrated graphics, only for HD3000/2000 and HD4000/2500 but does say "Some computer manufacturers offer latest graphics drivers through Microsoft's Windows Update"

Anyway, read this link http://communities.intel.com/docs/DOC-19647

The Toshiba website does not seem to recognise the L300 model so you may have to input the serial number. Contact its Support if still no luck.

You could try running Intel's Driver Update utility avaialble here to see what happens but in view of the above, that will most likely just give you the latest pre Windows 8 driver. http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect?redirector_count=1&

 

[Lindal Kidd]

Coming in late here...

You should never have tried updating a four year old laptop to Windows 8.  Revert back, if you can.

[HunterMinta]

almost same problem with me i have dell inspiron 1525 and it show need video drivers when i open sl viewer,

i upgraded to windows 8 since a week, dell support says when i download drivers system not supported,

i need to use second life so what should i do ?

[Nyll Bergbahn]

HunterMinta said:

almost same problem with me i have dell inspiron 1525 and it show need video drivers when i open sl viewer,

i upgraded to windows 8 since a week, dell support says when i download drivers system not supported,

i need to use second life so what should i do ?

 

Your laptop is also from 2008 with same integrated graphics so same answers as OP got. You will undoubtedly have to revert to your former OS if you want to play Second Life on that laptop.