[FONT=Times New Roman]Take a look
here.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman]Make sure you uninstall all components of the old Nvidia graphics drivers -- including PhysX drivers and profiles, etc. This would, for me, comprise the initial steps. [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman]Now for some, this initial step would be sufficient. Most of the time, I think it is. But -- like I mentioned earlier -- I take the extra precaution of running Driver Sweeper to make sure I don't run into driver conflicts, deleting whatever trace of the old driver that Driver Sweeper finds in my machine. You can read more about the tool
here.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman]Again, many knowledgeable PC users would argue that using tools like Driver Sweeper is unnecessary. I think they're right in most cases. Driver Sweeper will mess with your registry, and that's always risky. I urge you to do some thorough research on it as that would permit you at least some cursory information on the subject. Besides, it's always good to learn a thing or two about these things.
So don't limit yourself to the links I've provided.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman]If you decide to use Driver Sweeper, be very careful. Run the tool after uninstalling the old drivers as described in the first step. Then restart your PC in safe mode and run the sweeper. What was your previous card? If it was also an Nvidia, [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman]check only Nvidia Display and Nvidia PhysX. [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]Make sure you're sweeping only the stuff that needs to be cleaned out.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]The software will seek out any leftovers from the old drivers and prompt a list of the entries it finds in your registry.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] You will then be asked if you wish to delete them. [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman]Once you've deleted the leftovers, close Driver Sweeper, undo safe mode and restart your PC as you normally would. You can then do a clean install of the new drivers. (Make sure you obtain a fresh copy of the correct drivers off the Nvidia website, by the way.) [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman]I'm not 100% sure that uninstalling and re-installing your drivers is the solution to your problem, but it certainly would be a good first step. Good luck and I really hope this helps. [/FONT]
