NVIDIA DCH Drivers install; STANDARD drivers won't install.

[ZoeyNature]

My laptop seems to give a "not compatible" error every time I try to install any STANDARD nvidia driver. Is there a workaround to get standard drivers to work?

[Torzi]

You have to clear out the old driver and keep network disabled, or windows will fight you...

1) Download Standard driver you want
2) Download DDU[www.guru3d.com] if you don't have it
3) Disable network adapter in device manager
4) Reboot in safe mode, run DDU, restart
5) Install Standard driver package
6) Re-enable network adapter
7) Profit!!!

[Bo3b]

Try what Toriz suggests there first.

But you might have one of the laptops which do not support Standard drivers. NVidia didn't update the driver with some laptop IDs, and thus there are some that will only work with DCH drivers.

No workaround for that scenario, you just need to go ahead and use the DCH driver.

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