Nvidia driver crashing constantly. Tried everything.

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Filipekl

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Nvidia drivers keep crashing. 2 weeks ago I started getting a driver had stopped working message. I recently took to trying to fix it. Uninstalled all drivers. Installed the latest. Installed all of the legacy on Nvidia. Formatted my hard drive. Only time the graphics card is working is with no drivers.

I have a stock notebook. GeForce GT 650m. Idk what to do anymore. It crashes even staring at the desktop.

Btw I have looked at others having the same problem. I have tried only installing the driver and physx. Etc and still nothing.
 
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For mobile video cards, you want to use the driver from the laptop vendor. Try a clean Windows setup also to rule out any software issues. Past that, if it still crashes, you very likely have a faulty video card.
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Are you sure you're getting the right driver? Make sure on the Nvidia website that you're picking the GT series and not the Geforce GTX series. Make sure that its your operating system too.
 
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Filipekl

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I'm sure that I'm installing the correct drivers. There is no such thing as a GTX 650. The issues started on their own anyways, without me updating anything 2 weeks ago. I'm worried it could be a hardware issue, but the card works fine without drivers. No crashing at least.
 
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When I had this problem it was because my GTX 970 didn't like my CPU overclock. I had to bump it down 100mhz to get that to stop. However, it only crashed when the GPU was in use gaming or watching videos. You said your notebook is stock, which makes me think it's a definite hardware issue. The fact that it works fine without a driver installed may just mean that the video card (chip) isn't being fully utilized which keeps it from crashing. Have you checked to see if it crashes while on battery power and plugged in both? If it's only one or the other it would be most likely a power issue, if it happens during both then I would guess the graphics chip is bad, but that's just a guess. It could even be that windows update installed a driver for something that is causing a conflict. I would check your update history and see if anything updated during the time frame your problem started.

Good luck.
 
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