TSGL: Unable to update drivers for nVidia card

[Tilman Brandl]

Bo,

let me add some more to what Don said in his last para - mostly in the same 
vein:

<For each new release, bugs are
corrected and it does make a difference.
>

A difference, yes. Sometimes unfortunately it's not a difference users do 
appreciate. Depends on whether (1) there are any new quirks built into the 
new release and/or (2) the new driver shows incompatibilities with certain 
hardware / software one uses.

It's not uncommon that people are advised to go back to earlier releases for 
drivers ... best to be found out in forums (fora) for that specific piece of 
hardware (don't know whether there is one for nVidia). Personally I've often 
been told NOT to upgrade graphics drivers unless there are serious problems, 
quite common for instance with MS Flight simulator back then, which was hard 
to get to run smoothly on many systems ... the update for my nVidia drivers 
is still sitting in my 'download' folder, sofar untouched ;-))

Just my 2 cents (euro)
Tilman

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bo Maurin
  To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
  Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 11:24 AM
  Subject: Re: TSGL: Unable to update drivers for nVidia card


  Hi Don,
  The main reason why I want to keep the drivers updated is that I
  recently play quite a lot of games. For each new release, bugs are
  corrected and it does make a difference.

  So far, I have not had any problems restoring the PC to the old drivers.
  I'm just not able to update them

  Regards / Bo

  -----Original Message-----
  From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
  Behalf Of Don Penlington
  Sent: den 17 januari 2008 17:27
  To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
  Subject: Re: TSGL: Unable to update drivers for nVidia card

  Bo wrote:
  >I updated the GPU drivers about half a year ago without nay problem.
  >But now, I'm not able to do that anymore. I downloaded the latest
  >drivers from nVidia homepage,...
  >After the drivers are installed my screen goes blank.>>


  As you are able to boot into Safe Mode, your screen resolution is
  probably set to a resolution which the new drivers are not able to
  deliver.

  System Restore should restore the previous screen settings. There should
  be a Restore Point made when the new drivers were installed.

  Or, much simpler, if you've made registry backups, try a registry
  restore first from Safe Mode.

  But I'm not clear why you were updating the display drivers in the first
  place. Were you experiencing any display problems before the update?

  Don Penlington