Soldato
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It seems my drivers have become really screwed up since a Windows update yesterday.
Basically, when I try and install the latest nVidia drivers, installation fails with no explanation as to why.
I can get the system working by manually specifying the location of the files that are unzipped as part of the nVidia installer (i.e. update driver from Device Manager).
If I watch Device Manager during the nVidia installation process, I can see that the GTX1070 disappears from Display adapters and appears as "Display" in Other Devices, at which point the installer fails.
Here is what I've tried:
1) Start in Safe mode and run Guru3D's DDU to remove all nVidia drivers.
2) When I reboot, the device is "Microsoft Basic Display Driver", but that is automatically updated by Windows to (presumably) its own GTX 1070 drivers.
3) nVidia installer fails in the way I've described.
4) Start in Safe mode and run DDU and disable Windows auto driver install.
5) Reboot and install nVidia drivers.
6) Install Windows 10 2004 update.
7) I've also tried Clean Install in nVidia as well as Uninstall device from Device Manager and "delete drivers for this device".
Everything fails except manually installing via Device Manager.
The hardware is fine - i.e. after manually installing the drivers, I can play Doom Eternal at the expected performance. I just cannot get the nVidia driver installer to work, hence no Geforce Experience.
Interrestingly, when I run the nVidia installer after manually pointing to the drivers, in the first step where it shows which version is currently installed, it says "None".
I really want to avoid a clean Windows install if I can, but I fear that might be the only option. I would have thought all the DDU and Safe Mode would clean things up?
Any ideas?
Basically, when I try and install the latest nVidia drivers, installation fails with no explanation as to why.
I can get the system working by manually specifying the location of the files that are unzipped as part of the nVidia installer (i.e. update driver from Device Manager).
If I watch Device Manager during the nVidia installation process, I can see that the GTX1070 disappears from Display adapters and appears as "Display" in Other Devices, at which point the installer fails.
Here is what I've tried:
1) Start in Safe mode and run Guru3D's DDU to remove all nVidia drivers.
2) When I reboot, the device is "Microsoft Basic Display Driver", but that is automatically updated by Windows to (presumably) its own GTX 1070 drivers.
3) nVidia installer fails in the way I've described.
4) Start in Safe mode and run DDU and disable Windows auto driver install.
5) Reboot and install nVidia drivers.
6) Install Windows 10 2004 update.
7) I've also tried Clean Install in nVidia as well as Uninstall device from Device Manager and "delete drivers for this device".
Everything fails except manually installing via Device Manager.
The hardware is fine - i.e. after manually installing the drivers, I can play Doom Eternal at the expected performance. I just cannot get the nVidia driver installer to work, hence no Geforce Experience.
Interrestingly, when I run the nVidia installer after manually pointing to the drivers, in the first step where it shows which version is currently installed, it says "None".
I really want to avoid a clean Windows install if I can, but I fear that might be the only option. I would have thought all the DDU and Safe Mode would clean things up?
Any ideas?
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