Problems with new nvidia driver??

[baric27]

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!

 

[seekermeister]

I had a problem somewhat similar, except that my system crashed with an 0x124 BSOD, and wouldn't boot past the login window, until after running chkdsk /r.

 

[baric27]

I tried chkdsk /r but it didn't helped

 

[Orbital Shark]

Hi baric,

You could try the following...

1. Boot into safe mode
2. Click the Start menu and in the search box type device, look for Device Manager and click it
3. Cick the arrow next to 'Display Adapters', right-click your display and choose 'Uninstall'
4. Click the 'Delete the driver software for this device' box then click OK
5. Reboot your computer

This will force windows to use the 'Standard VGA Adapter' and re-install the default driver for your device. You can then try downloading the driver again or the previous driver from their archives.


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[baric27]

I tried but it didn't helped :After I uninstalled in safe mode as u said with Delete the driver software for this device, I did a restart(forced with reset button) and the windows installed a WDM driver for the card.But the problem is the same

 

[kword88]

try running this utility: Guru3D - Driver Sweeper (Setup) download from Guru3D.com

and there is a new driver already 260.99 maybe they fixed the last one?

 

[Gornot]

I have no idea what this 260.89 version is. I am subscribed to nVidia's newsletter and they regularly send me emails with notifications for new driver versions. My card is close to the one the OP has, installing 260.99 worked fine, no need for a restart at all.

 

[thefabe]

Try downloading the latest driver fr your card from Nvidia to your desktop>unzip or unpack the driver then stop.Drivers - Download NVIDIA Drivers

Go to device manager>display adapter>update driver software>browse my computer>let me pick>have disk>browse to where you have the driver downloaded to>run the setup.exe file> or click or double click the .inf file and seee if it will install
Fabe

 

[baric27]

Thefabe:I cannot install the diver like that because there is no inf file in the main directory(English), and with the setup.exe file doesn't working.So I installed running the setup.exe but it didn't help

kword88:I removed the drivers with the diver sweeper, but the restart still not worked, I installed the 260.99 driver after that, but it didn't help

 

[kword88]

if you are able to boot your computer successfully, i would say run driver sweeper again (after uninstall), and reinstall your last driver that worked.

 

[baric27]

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.

 

[kword88]

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

 

[baric27]

No, I don't have onboard vga card

 

[kword88]

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

 

[sygnus21]

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.

 

[baric27]

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]

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

, 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.

 

[spyknee]

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.

http://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-cards/119548-evga-gtx-260-sc-55nm.html

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

 

[johngalt]

Or, it could be the fact that it was not related at all to the nVidia driver install, but something else that was installed in the same time period.

Have you verified in WU to see if anything was installed within a day of your attempted nVidia driver install?

Remember, this is happening regardless of which driver you are using - which indicates that it is suspiciously not related to the GPU driver at all, in the first place....

 

[baric27]

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.