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Selected Suite: Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite - 2013 - Premium. Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit. Graphics Card Manufacturer: NVIDIA.

So what s the deal, there s really no way to fix this. I m on a 2011 MacBook Pro with an NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M. I ve been running Windows 7 w/ BootCamp for a long time.

Nobody before believed PhysX v9.11.1107 could be hybridized: But Now Works with a newer PhysX Driver v9.13.0725 but nothing newer and only on PhysX2 not 3 in.

Linux Graphics Debugger. Debug and profile OpenGL 4.x on Linux enabling professional graphics developers to get the most out of their NVIDIA GeForce and Quadro GPUs.

PhysX System Software PhysX Drivers, PSS is a installer package, that contains firmware, software and PhysX SDK libraries components, and is required for.

This GUIDE was published in Aug. 2011 and is now OUTDATED and on Legacy status

The NEW updated 2013 Nvidia Guide is located

HERE: 1776353

OUTDATED GUIDE below

this has no become OUTDATED and will no longer work correctly with Windows and Nvidia driversets

It should ONLY be used for older legacy systems running Nvidia drivers PRIOR to 260.xx

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Due to the significant changes in Nvidia driver packages over the last year and the surrounding confusion in how these changes have effected installing and uninstalling Nvidia Drivers, a clear outline of what those changes are and how it effects users has become extremely important.

This guide is intended to help both novice and experienced users understand how Nvidia drivers have changed their install and uninstall behavior when using Windows and what those changes mean.

Make no mistake, gone is the old way of doing things for the experienced user. What has worked in the past with Nvidia driversets, no longer does so.

And Nvidia s new installer package contains serious pitfalls for novice users, as it does not contain any proper explanation of the proper uninstalling of drivers and provides little guidance or instruction on how to avoid creating issues. Many novice users simply use Nvidia s recommended Express Install option, and then find themselves with complex and time consuming problems.

This guide will help users learn to install, uninstall and update their Nvidia drivers in a quick and easy fashion, and avoid problems and issues with ease

PART ONE:

Known Issues and Changes with current Nvidia driversets and Windows

A in-depth explanation of the changes to the current Nvidia driver packages and Windows, and why the old ways of doing things no longer work correctly and should not be used.

Nvidia driver development has been undergoing a process of basic and fundamental design and deployment changes over the past few years. Nvidia s PhysX, 3D display drivers and Surround have all seen a process of improvements and refinements, as enhancements to the graphics hardware and software drivers have allowed for more complex display arrangements, features and Windows integration. Nvidia has also moved to a new installer design during this time, and has been making changes there as well

There has also been a revolution in the access to and use of, third party programs that are able to monitor videocard functions and hardware sensors, as well as providing for user overclocking, user voltage control and user videocard BIOS management.

But with such major changes as always comes unforeseen conflicts and circumstances, and the problems associated with such unknown or poorly understood issues.

As a obssessive compulsive old school type of user, changing the way I have done things with my Nvidia driversets for many many years, has been hard for me to accept.

But changing the way I use and interact with my Nvidia driversets has now become required and is no longer optional for the proper use of the lastest Nvidia drivers.

Here are the reasons why previously working methods can no longer be used

the following are direct excerpts from the latest Nvidia release notes for the 280.xx family of drivers

1 -- Windows Device Manager can no longer be used to uninstall Nvidia drivers

page 28 as shown below

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Uninstalling Drivers Using Device Manager is not Supported

Issue

On all supported versions of Microsoft Windows, uninstalling the NVIDIA driver using

the Windows Device Manager may not remove associated files or applications.

Explanation

Microsoft has confirmed that this behavior is by design. If you wish to uninstall the

NVIDIA driver, it is recommended that you do so using Add and Remove programs. See the

Microsoft KB article 2278714.

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2 -- You can no longer user the Windows Roll back display driver function in Device Manager

page 27 as shown below

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Do not Use Windows Rollback for Graphics Drivers

To reinstall a previous or older NVIDIA graphics driver, do not use the Windows

rollback feature. This method will not reliably restore all the previous driver files.

Instead, use the Windows Add and Remove programs to remove the current driver, and then install the older driver using setup.exe

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3 -- Nvidia PhysX can no longer be Installed or Uninstalled using safe mode

page 26 as shown below

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NVIDIA PhysX System Software Cannot be Installed or

Uninstalled in Windows Safe Mode

The NVIDIA PhysX System Software installer is not compatible with Microsoft

for Windows safe Mode. Consequently, installation or uninstallation of the PhysX

System Software under safe mode would fail. To allow installation or uninstallation of

the graphics driver under safe mode, the NVIDIA PhysX System Software is blocked from the process.

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4 -- You cannot overinstall/overwrite a 256.xx or below Nvidia driver version when using a 260.xx or higher Nvidia driver.

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Previous Driver Files Remain After Overinstalling with

Release 256 or Earlier Drivers

When installing a Release 256 or earlier driver over a Release 260 or later driver, some of

the previous driver files remain on the hard disk, resulting in potential conflicts.

Workaround

After installing a Release 260 or later driver, you must uninstall the driver first before installing a Release 256 or earlier driver.

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The changes listed above for Nvidia driver behavior and Windows are substantial and dramatic, compared to how Nvidia driversets worked in the past.

I cannot begin to explain how upsetting and sad it is, to read the postings of users who have failed to understand these changes

---These newer driversets 260.xx and above are a different animal---

If you treat them as you always have in the past when using XP, Vista and in Windows 7, you will have all kinds of serious problems and issues.

Users -can no longer- use Device Manager to rollback to a previous driver version.

Users -can no longer- uninstall Nvidia Drivers or components using Device Manager.

Safe Mode -will not- allow the proper uninstall or install of PhysX.

Users -cannot- overinstall/overwrite older driversets when using the newer versions.

Sadly, Windows and the Nvidia drivers will still allow you to -do- most of the above, blissfully unaware that doing so will result driver corruption, broken registry entries and the resulting problems and issues.

Given the current state of Nvidia driver development and its rapid changes, and the constant changing of the Nvidia installer package and its componets

I most strongly suggest that no user download or install a newer driver version, without first reading that releases Release Notes, as these changes are ongoing and will likely become much worse as the Kepler release and DirectX 11.1 approaches.

NOTE: Third party software

Because of the ongoing changes to the recent Nvidia driver packages, it is becoming -extremely- important to have the latest and most recently updated versions of such software, when using -any- third party monitoring/fan control/overclocking/voltage adjustment, Hardware reporting or Sweeping /registry cleaner software.

Failure to use programs that are properly coded for the newer driver versions can lead to serious and possibly damaging results.

It also needs to be noted, that if you have done any of the above listed unsupported actions, you could quite possibly have broken your driver install, which could lead to third party software performing incorrectly or reporting falsely. Such issues could include loss of Fan speed control, incorrect GPU temp reporting, Driver crashes, PhysX issues and unbalanced GPU loading/temps, Etc.

Now that we know about most of the changes in Nvidia driver behavior and Windows, it s time to cover how we must now treat our Nvidia drivers when Uninstalling or Installing

PART TWO:

Preparing for a new driver install

for the sake of users who do not have any experience or those who have encountered issues

-- this section will be very detailed

Ok before we can move on to uninstalling and installing Nvidia driversets, we need to familiarize ourselves with where Nvidia, third party programs and releated Windows features are, and how they work.

We must go over all the things and places which we will be using, so that when it comes time to do a uninstall or install of Nvidia driversets we will know where things are, how they work and what we will be doing with, or asking of them.

First up is getting the driver we want to install onto our desktop

Since what we want is a perfect driver install, it is always recommended to get a nice fresh Nvidia driver download.

Do NOT use any disk, previously downloaded driver file or any other source. For users that have had any problems and for the sake eliminating a possible source of issues, a brand new driver download is always best.

While there are many places to download drivers from, the source is always the best.

Go here en-us and choose BETA and Archived Drivers as shown

Now the screenshot below will come up You must -correctly- choose the information from each flyout out about your videocard series, model, Windows operating system and if its 32 or 64bits.

Then hit the search and the Nvidia website will display all the approved Official and Beta drivers for your videocard.

This will allow you to choose whatever driver you wish to download instead of using the default latest official version you would get on the main Nvidia page

The above example is filled out correctly for a Nvidia GTX 580 using Windows 7 64bit flyout choices below

GeForce/Geforce 500 Series/Geforce GTX 580/Windows 7 64bit/English/ALL

Choosing what Nvidia driver version to download

Ok, now we need to choose what driver version we are going to download.

For most users the latest official WHQL signed driver is recommended.

using a Beta driver will not affect your cards warrenty. I will be covering BETA drivers in another section

The drivers available to download are ordered by release dates, with those at the top being the most recent.

For this example, I will be choosing the latest official WHQL signed Nvidia driver.

-- Release 280.26 released on August 9 2011 as shown below

Now before I go all hog wild and just download it blindly, I will need to find and READ the Nvidia release notes for the driver I have chosen, so I can understand any changes that may have been made to the driver package itself and also to see if there are any enhancements, bug fixes -or- open issues/problems for certain games or applications I may have installed.

After clicking on my driver of choice as shown above I am now taken to the 280.26 download page.

The above is the release page for the 280.26 driveset. It is a quick rundown of what Nvidia thinks you should know about the Driver package, and any changes that have been made or included since the previously released driversets.

It is NOT a complete listing and some major changes are often posted on this page in a manner which makes them very easy to miss.

What we really need to see it the complete Release Notes for the driver before we download it, to see if it has any features or bug fixes we need and to discover if there have been any major changes that we need to be aware of, in case those changes might cause us to have problems.

To view the complete Release Notes click on the additional information tab as shown below

note: the Release Notes are in. PDF format. Get the. PDF viewer here

be sure to uncheck the stupid Google bar junk

download drivditional1

This will bring up the official Nvidia Release Notes for the 280.26 driver

Now we are in the Right place to read about what kinds of bugs the driver we are looking at has for the games and applications we have installed, and to find out if there are any workarounds. We can also look for any possible FIXES that may have been included in the driver that will fix certain problems we may have been having

Been wondering why after installing the 280.19 Beta your GPU clocks and Temps have been different.

why higher cl.. and temps

Yep, they sure did include a change in the driver behavior

Known Nvidia driver BUGS and issues. Yep, pages of stuff you need to look through to see if any of them affect your model or series of Nvidia graphics card.

CONTINUED in next post.

post edited by maniacvvv - 2013/05/10 :52

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Drataia

The reinstall went well though as PhysX was already installed it didn t appear as an option on the installer and I restarted the computer. No issues. However, I m worried that when I turn off the computer again the issue will repeat itself.

Edit: Within twenty minutes, the display driver stopped responding, then recovered, twice.

post edited by Drataia - 2013/03/25 :48

maniacvvv

Edit: Within twenty minutes, the display driver stopped responding, then recovered.

You obviously have an issue somewhere else

What were you running when the crash occurred. what -else- was also running.

You must describe this as completely as you can so we can narrow down the issue

Make sure for testing if your using Precison or Afterburner, thats it shut down and NOT set to run at boot

I would uninstall it and answer -NO- during the uninstall when it asks to save data and profiles

Go to MSCONFIG and make sure you are not starting anything at boot that might cause issues.

Check your TaskManager Processes Tab for background programs that might be conflicting

There was no initial crash that set this off-one morning it booted fine, the next it didn t. Between the morning of the 24th, when the computer booted up fine, and the evening of the 24th, when it didn t, no new programs or drivers were installed. The PC was cleaned with a can of compressed air on the 24th before the problematic boot attempt, and it was unplugged and moved in a 6 hour car ride.

Looking through the list of startup programs the only one I don t recognize is StereoLinksInstall, with a command of C: Program Files x86 NVIDIA Corporation 3D Vision nvstlink.exe /install 1. The other startup programs have never caused a problem before, here s a screengrab of them;

I don t have precision or afterburner installed. I checked system restore, and between the 21st the first system restore point and today there have been no program or driver changes that could have caused the issue.

Looking at my processes, csrss.exe might be a trojan. I m running MSE and malwarebytes to double-check that there aren t any viruses or malware in the system.

6hr car ride.

Powerdown and go thru the entire computer. Reseat -everything- except CPU like RAM, all installed cards and check ALL connections.

Oh lawd. Go through everything. I was terrified enough seating everything my first time

My PC has made the car ride a dozen odd times, cushioned by clothing and buckled into a seat, without any ill effects, but I suppose it s worth trying, if only to remove unseated hardware as a possible cause. I ll take apart and put back together the computer tomorrow and report back with my findings.

Oh lawd. Go through everything. I was terrified enough seating everything my first time

Takes 5mins to yank the cards and ram and but them back in

another 3-4mins to check all the connections to the drives and power cables

dont touch the CPU socket or cooler, just check the fan wires

I pulled out the graphics card, RAM, and wireless card, and checked all connections. Rebooted the PC and the same now 2 issues are persisting. Also, MSE and malwarebytes didn t come up with anything. Everything remains fine in safe mode.

Edit: I also went into msconfig and disabled everything at startup. Restarted, but the monitor is still blanking out before the log-in screen. Also, booting up in low resolution mode does the same.

post edited by Drataia - 2013/03/26 :24

Edit: I also went into msconfig and disabled everything at startup. Restarted, but the monitor is still blanking out before the log-in screen. Also, booting up in low resolution mode does the same.

booting up in low resolution mode does the same

You need to look at your monitor, the cable you use to connect it and your primary harddrive

If its happening in regular AND SafeMode its NOT the Nvidia driver

post edited by maniacvvv - 2013/03/26 :14

I was under the impression that booting with low resolution video used the current video driver with a low resolution and refresh rate. I didn t think it was safe mode.

Do you have any suggestions on how to test if the hard drive is the issue.

I was under the impression that booting with low resolution video used the current video driver with a low resolution and refresh rate. I didn t think it was safe mode.

Do you have any suggestions on how to test if the hard drive is the issue.

There can be no confusion

To boot into Safe Mode you hold down the Delete key and Windows boots with default drivers

Safe Mode is displayed on the Desktop at a resolution of 800x600

Please describe -exactly- how you boot into low resolution

To check the hard drive, make sure both ends of the SATA cable are connected pull them out and then put them back in

Then check the power connection to the hard drive the same way

You also need to post your COMPLETE and detailed hardware specs

Valkayria

Excellent guide, Maniac. I followed everything to a T, GPU s are running beautifully.

Vlada011

Because I don t need 3D Vision and NVIDIA Driver Updater can I next time to uncheck that option or I need maybe that for something and better to stay.

XrayMan

We need an updated Nvidia driver guide. :/

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