NVIDIA Driver update now BSOD - Need Help ASAP

lostmenoggin

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GeForce Experience told me there was a driver available for the GTX 760 4gb card I picked up last night. Thought I already had the latest driver but whatever I tried installing it.

I already had NVIDIA Surround up and running at 5040x1050. When the driver was installing, my screens went black and the center screen said it was unable to display the native resolution 1680x1050 and stayed like that for a while. I waited around 10 mins to see if it was just the install doing its thing but nothing happened so I hit the restart button.

When windows booted again the opening screen came up and looked normal but I guess when it tries to load the NVIDIA settings on startup something is jacked up and nothing will display on the monitors. I am currently in safe mode with networking so I can write this. I'm re-downloading the NVIDIA drivers from their site. Is there anything else I can do or try?
 

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Went in to safe mode, deleted the NVIDIA programs/drivers, restart, did a registry clean and a disk defrag. Waiting for the defrag to finish so I can try re-installing the last WHQL driver update. The last update (326.80) it tried to install is a BETA version. Hopefully this works... At least I'm not in safe mode anymore...
 

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OK WTF... For gits and shiggles I unhooked the R & L side monitors after deleting/installing drivers (using 320.18 that came with the card) and still no dice. I switched out the Dell monitor for the Samsung one and NOW I HAVE DISPLAY AGAIN! Tried switching around the cables but they are all good so I hooked up the Dell next to the Samsung and Windows wanted to switch to the Dell for the main screen. My Samsung went black and the error on the Dell showed up again. Unplugged the Dell and Win switched back to the Samsung. All fine again.

Did this driver update kill my monitor or are there some settings somewhere that want to throw 5040x1050 at the Dell. I heard NVIDIA Surround tricks Windows into displaying the resolution across all screens and I had NVIDIA Surround enabled during the driver update..
 

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I dont know who selected that best answer but it wasnt correct and it wasnt the answer that fixed my problem. This has happened a couple times so far like someone just goes through and selects a random answer or has a second account and selects their answer as the best.