Problems with new nvidia driver??  

Yes, I can boot, there is no problem with my computer excepting the restart.
I don't know which driver was worked before, but I will install the driver from my original driver cd.

do you know if you have integrated graphics? if so, you may find an updated driver on gigabytes website.

No, I don't have onboard vga card

i tried looking on gigabytes website, but without the cards model number, thats impossible.

baric27 said:

Hi!
I have a strange(not common) problem..
I installed a few days ago the new nvidia driver 260.89.I did a clean isntall.When it prompted to restart it didn't restart my pc.I had to use the reset button.After that I could'nt restart my windows it simply said shutting down, and after that black screen(no video signal), and nothing happened.I tried to reinstall an older driver but the same problem, the driver installed correctly but the restart didn't work.In safe mode same problem.I managed to resolve by disabling the VGA card from the device manager and enabling after restart.But today the problem came back, and now it isn't working with the disable of the VGA card.
Can someone help me pls, because I cannot restart my PC from windows, only with the reset button.The shut down is working perfectly, only the restart doesn't.
Thank you!

This doesn't really sound like a driver issue, but rather a hardware issue.

Check the video card to make sure it is properly seated, and check any power connections to see if anything is loose.

Let us know. I'm on my way out, so it'll be some time before I get back to you.

Later.

kword88:I tried again with the driver sweeper, and then installed the driver from gigabyte(I know the model number) but it didn't help

sygnus21:I will check that, but if this is a hardware issue, then why is the card working perfectly in any game??

sygnus21 said:

This doesn't really sound like a driver issue, but rather a hardware issue.

baric27 said:

, but if this is a hardware issue, then why is the card working perfectly in any game??

Cause it could be something other than the video card. Power supply, loose wires, or it could very well be that the card is failing or intermittent (comes and goes).

That's why I said check all your wire/cable connections. And I'm not ruling out the driver issue, I just said it doesn't sound like one.

Also, I think it’s a good maintenance to occasionally remove and clean the contacts of your PCI cards every now and then. This ensures that the cards are properly seated and have good contact.

I do this at least 2 times a year, sometimes more, and it also ensures my case isn’t full of dust or other debris.

My two cents.

GT9600, thats a fairly older card yes?
260.XX is for the latest nVidia cards. You probably do not want to use it. I just went back to 197.XX from the 260.XX driver, for my GTX260.
Like suggested above, safe mode, uninstall driver in device manager, add/remove uninstall all nvidia software, driver sweeper, uninstall all nVidia software. reboot Install 1XX.XX series driver, reboot....

System restore??????????????????????

Quite possible Direct X 11 or latest PhysX not for your card.

eVGA GTX 260 SC/55nm

Earlier discussion I had started over the 260.XX driver.

Maybe you are right, maybe there is something else, or something else too.
I checked out my windows updates history, but no updates were installed in that day.