Question Nvidia Driver Issues After Adding New Second (Dual) Monitor

ascendant

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Ok, so a couple months ago, I upgraded my second monitor on a dual-monitor setup. Ever since then, my Nvidia drivers is having issues. The Nvidia software tells me there is a newer driver to download and install (version 47.11). However, every time I attempt to download and install the driver, it fails. I even tried removing the Nvidia drivers and reinstalling them, but it runs into the same issue still. Not sure what else to do, so open to any suggestions to fix this?
 

ascendant

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What issue is it you have experiencing?

Well like I said in the original post, every time I try to update my driver, it fails. So, I can't install any new Nvidia drivers. I'm not having any other issues as far as my monitors, graphics, etc. It's just the Nvidia driver update that keeps failing when I try to install it.
 

VirtualLarry

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Do you have a Kepler or older GPU? That's probably why.



Yep, newest 471.xx drivers don't support Kepler anymore.
 
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thecoolnessrune

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I just want to say that I have seen this driver failing to install on 471.41, 3 different times this last 2 weeks. I was asked by a friend to help a friend who was having this issue. It was the first time I'd seen it, and he had a RTX 2080. Second time was a direct friend with a GTX 750 (Maxwell). Third time was on my wife's computer with a GTX 1080Ti. In all cases, I was able to resolve the issue by downloading the standalone driver / GeForce Experience package off the NVIDIA website, choosing Advanced Installation, and choosing to do a clean install.

First time I thought it was a fluke, but thinking now there's a problem in the installer logic.
 
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aigomorla

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Geforce experience is known to be cockaroach invested buggy as hell bloatware.
I always avoided installing it, as it served no point and purpose as i don't even update my drivers unless absolutely need to, or a new game came out and i want optimizations.
 
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mindless1

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Well like I said in the original post, every time I try to update my driver, it fails. So, I can't install any new Nvidia drivers. I'm not having any other issues as far as my monitors, graphics, etc. It's just the Nvidia driver update that keeps failing when I try to install it.
Let's deconstruct these statements. ;)

The only evidence I see is that you can't install this particular driver version. When you tried removing the nVidia drivers and reinstalling, did you reinstall the version you already had first, or proceed directly to the newest driver, same one that was failing already? When it fails, does it state a reason? There used to be, maybe still is, a way to enable logging for the install so you should look into enabling that and see what the log states as the failure reason, if it's not already stated along with the failure message and you failed to mention that.

You may still be able to install a newer driver than you currently run, but if you had no issues, why are you doing this? Do you have a Kepler or older GPU?

Are you gaming, or some other scenario where you hope to gain something from newer drivers? Whether you have something Kepler or older or not, you could try installing something newer than you had but not this latest version... sometimes the latest isn't the best, because some new bug is introduced, possibly in the install routine this time if what
thecoolnessrune experienced is more than just an unlikely, coincidence.

Personally, I would wait and enjoy what you have instead of letting it give you headaches which is the opposite of what an upgrade is supposed to do. The driver versions aren't going anywhere, will still be available later if/when you find a need to switch to something newer.

I agree with others to get rid of Geforce Experience, but disagree about why. I don't ride the faux-upgrade train, not with drivers, not with windows updates, not most software until there is a need. Don't fix what isn't broken.
 
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