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Wrong Driver Problem

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August 18, 2013 7:49:54 PM

I finally got my GPU to work, in the midst of the fun I downloaded the vanilla Nvidia driver for it instead of going to the MSI website and getting the one specifically for it and now it isn't doing jack.... I have gotten it to halfway boot since then but that's about all, even did a system restore to a couple of days ago (before i had it working) and that did nothing... My small tech brain is running out of options here guys. I just wanna play games already!

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August 18, 2013 8:07:23 PM

theburninator92 said:
I finally got my GPU to work, in the midst of the fun I downloaded the vanilla Nvidia driver for it instead of going to the MSI website and getting the one specifically for it and now it isn't doing jack.... I have gotten it to halfway boot since then but that's about all, even did a system restore to a couple of days ago (before i had it working) and that did nothing... My small tech brain is running out of options here guys. I just wanna play games already!


Desktop video cards are not OEM models. The vendor does not modify the driver set like they do for some mobile platforms. The drivers on MSI's website will just be a vanilla copy of the official NVidia drivers pulled in for convenience.
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August 18, 2013 8:15:34 PM

I was afraid someone would say that... So what kind of problem am I having then? It was working beautifully before said update and it doesn't do want to do anything now.
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August 18, 2013 8:27:41 PM

Download the latest drivers from the Nvidia website:
http://www.geforce.com/drivers

Uninstall everything Nvidia using the Add/Remover Programs list in the Windows Control Panel.

Install the latest drivers using the "Custom Installation" option while only installing those components you need, the Graphics Driver and the PhysX software at a minimum (don't install Geforce Experience, Nvidia Update, 3D Vision, HD Audio, etc. unless you need those).

Be sure to select the "Clean Install" option when you get there.

Get playing games, assuming all goes well.
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August 19, 2013 4:38:56 AM

It isn't showing that I have anything from nvidia installed in the utility you said thanks to the system restore, but they are showing up when i do a search in W7, should I just manually un-install em all?
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August 19, 2013 4:41:28 AM

Or does that just mean the files are laying dormant somewhere on my SSD or HDD ?
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August 19, 2013 8:26:50 AM

Well, you can start out by just installing the latest drivers. If that doesn't work, then uninstall everything using the method above and start over. If there is nothing Nvidia showing in your Windows Add/Remove programs list, then you have none installed and they are laying dormant somewhere.

Did you previously have a AMD video card installed? If so, then you would uninstall those drivers as well.
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August 19, 2013 12:03:13 PM

This is a new build, that nvidia driver was the only one that have ever been installed on it, I can't go into install a new one because it says that I don't have any compatible hardware.. It was working perfectly until I updated the driver.

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August 19, 2013 12:41:45 PM

Did you download the correct driver for your OS?
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August 19, 2013 4:35:54 PM

Yea, I picked the win7 64 bit. If there aren't any driver's installed according to the Microsoft utility why isn't it working like it was before I DL'ed the newer driver?
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August 19, 2013 4:42:07 PM

Can you go to your Device Manager and see what graphics card is installed/working?
My Computer (right-click) > Properties > Device manager/Hardware (I forgot exactly what it says)

I'm wondering if you have on-board graphics enabled or something like that. Since you have video, something is working. If you have an Nvidia graphics card installed and working, we need to figure out why it's not being recognized.
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August 19, 2013 4:50:18 PM

The intel integrated graphics is what I'm using right now, I have it selected to boot "PEG" first, no matter what I do when I hook the DVI to the GPU I get no response now (other than the fan on it spinning up), a couple of times the light on my monitor flashed from orange (no signal) to blue (signal) and then went immediately back to orange..
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August 19, 2013 4:52:42 PM

I just DL'ed driver sweeper and it is showing up 3 different Nvidia drivers installed that the MS utility doesn't detect. should i delete them or something?
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August 19, 2013 5:42:11 PM

Yeah, get rid of everything Nvidia. You want a clean starting place for your eventual driver installation.
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August 20, 2013 2:01:19 PM

Ok, i used driver sweeper and deleted all of the Nvidia driver's and it still isn't working.. Have no idea what the problem is or how to fix it now..
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August 20, 2013 4:03:20 PM

How old is the video card?
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August 20, 2013 4:56:51 PM

It's an MSI n760 oc edition, so about two months I think, I've had it for a week..
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August 20, 2013 5:43:34 PM

What's your power supply?
I'm trying to figure out if its a defective card or if there's some other problem.
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August 20, 2013 6:16:51 PM

It's a thermaltake 700w PSU.. I think the card recommends a PSU of 400w or above.
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August 20, 2013 7:22:50 PM

Just to confirm, when you enable the video card and disable the on-board video, there is no picture, but the fan spins?

If so, I'm going to have to call it a defective card.
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