Quite often, people after purchasing one of latest models a laptop with an integrated graphics card manufactured by NVIDIA are faced with an installation problem current version drivers for graphics card... In principle, the computer will work with outdated system files, but the capabilities of a powerful video card will be partially limited, preventing you from running demanding video games, graphic editor and yes overall performance the device will be very underestimated.
The situation in question arises because the company unknown reasons is reluctant to release updated driver packages for its products for specific laptop brands (Lenovo, HP, Sony, Acer, ASUS, etc.). Because of this, it turns out that you download the latest available version for your graphics card from the official developer resource and click on its installation, and then you see the message: "Continue NVIDIA installation impossible", "This graphics driver could not find a compatible graphics hardware» ... This article is devoted to solving this error with detailed instructions.
Exist as simple solutions way out of this situation, as well as more complex ones, consisting in multi-stage manipulation with editing certain files... It is impossible to calculate which of the options is right for you, since everything depends on specific manufacturer laptop, video card model and correct assembly operating system... Try each of the instructions below, and you will definitely cope with the task.
Method 1: Reset and Update Installed Drivers
First of all, take the most elementary steps to eliminate the banal "curve" installation of system files. To do this, step by step follow these steps:
- Disable your existing antivirus.
- find out accurate model your video card.
- Download and unpack the resulting archive with the driver. It is safest to download software from to exclude virus infection.
- Go to "Device Manager", delete the old system file graphics card and update the config. To do this, you need to open "Properties" video card and select the tab "Driver".
- In order to make this update, you must right click mouse click on the required device and select from the offered list of actions "Update hardware configuration".
- Next, right-click on the video adapter again and select the option "Update drivers ..."... A window will open where you will be required to choose a search method required files... Click on the bottom item "Search for drivers on this computer"(that is, the installation will take place in manual mode).
- The next step is to specify the path of the folder with the previously downloaded package and click the button "Further".
Note! When looking for the required driver on the NVIDIA website, indicate the exact model of the graphics card in accordance with the fact that for laptops, in any case, the letter M is indicated in the name, although it is not written in the documentation for the device. This means that if you have an NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT, then your package will be called NVIDIA GeForce 9400M GT and belong to the 9400M series.
Method 2: Change BIOS Settings
This method is more suitable for those who have replaced an old video card with a newer one and, as a result, faced the inability to install the required drivers. The fact is that by default in the BIOS in the settings of the video card, a single type of controller is indicated - PCI. Subsequently, when a new device is connected, this makes the system perceive the card as external or secondary. So, you need to do the following:
Other names for changing the tire for graphical interface you will find in the screenshot below:
Method 3: Install the original Windows assembly
On the Internet, you can download the most sophisticated Windows assemblies, with the presence of various utilities that make it easier to use the OS. But very often such "pumped" shells create problems when trying to install required drivers, and this may affect not only the video NVIDIA cards but also any other component.
All that is required of you is to install on your device the original version of Windows - MSDN, which does not have any alterations. After completing these manipulations, you can try to reinstall the files for the video card.
Note! As known, original windows requires the purchase of a license, but in order to test the performance of the video card and in the future either buy serial key, a free 30-day trial period is enough for you.
Method 4: editing system files
Most effective, but most complex method consists in self-changing parameters executable files included in the driver package. Repeat the following steps carefully to ensure that the graphics hardware incompatibility issue is resolved:
- First, download the driver from the NVIDIA website. When searching, you need to specify the exact model of the video card and the version of the operating system. Select the most recent assembly from the list provided.
- Next, you need to visit the service of the manufacturer of your laptop and download the driver package for the video card from there, after specifying the OS and model of the gadget (in the screenshot below, an example from ASUS).
- Open up "Device Manager", find « Standard VGA adapter» (if there is no shell for the video card at all) or "NVIDIA XXXXX"(if worth outdated driver), right-click on this line and select the option "Properties".
- After opening the window, go to the tab "Intelligence", then you need to select in the group "Property" line Equipment ID. A list of values will appear where you want to copy the longest name containing the word "SUBSYS".
- The next step is to unpack the two originally downloaded archives. Inside each one there are practically identical folders you will need "Display.Driver".
- First of all, in the laptop installer folder, find the file "Nvaci.ini" and open it with Notepad. To do this, right-click on it and select "To open with" > "Notebook").
- A lot of lines of text will appear in front of you. Hold down the keys at the same time Ctrl + F to invoke the search tool. Paste the copied line from "Equipment ID" to find the same one in the file.
There may be several of them in different directories... The title of such a section will look something like this:. More details about this manipulation are presented in the screenshot below.
- Copy all found lines and their corresponding directories to separate file... After that open with Notepad "Nvaci.ini" located in the folder "Display.Driver" from the NVIDIA Driver Archive. Use the search bar to search in turn the previously saved chapter names and new line insert the line belonging to each of them. Save and close the edited files.
- Return to the folder with the drivers for the laptop, find the file in the folder you already know "Nvami.ini" and in the search bar, enter the value from the already copied strings. Its general appearance is something like this:
% NVIDIA_DEV.0DCE.0564.1025% = Section001, PCI \ VEN_10DE & DEV_0DCE & SUBSYS_05641025, and you need NVIDIA_DEV.0DCE.0564.1025
When the required line appears, its full composition should look something like this:
Instead of XXX, there should be your video card model. Copy this line and go to "Nvami.ini" from the NVIDIA folder.
- Enter in search «»
, after which a list of all available video card models will be displayed. Find your own from the list and insert this next to the required line:
NVIDIA_DEV.0DCE.0564.1025 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT XXX"
Remember to replace XXX with the GPU model.
- The last step would be to compare the values of the string "CatalogFile" between files "Nvami.ini"... In the PC driver, it looks like "CatalogFile = NV_DISP.CAT", if in the file of the graphic card the value is different, then just copy the first option under it. Save changes and you can start installing NVIDIA software.
Note! When you download an archive for a laptop, carefully choose required package, since, for example, the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1080 card has as many as 7 modifications, with different sizes memory and other differences.
Conclusion
As you can see, the ways to fix the problem with the error enough. Choice the best option directly depends on the "hardware" and the user's skills. The main thing is to exactly repeat the instructions presented by us to achieve a positive result.
Many users who have updated to latest version operating room Windows systems cannot install NVIDIA drivers. During the procedure, a failure occurs: the system either reboots, or issues a notification about the impossibility of installation. If the system is not updated, but installed from scratch, there are usually no problems with NVIDIA drivers, with a few exceptions. To fix the problem, users search for a video card driver on unofficial sources putting your computer at risk.
How to get out of this situation is the topic of our article. This method is simple, suitable even for unprepared users, and will solve the problem with installing the driver from NVIDIA. It can also be used by those who installed the operating system from scratch. With this installation, the drivers are loaded into the OS in automatic mode but not always new version... Therefore, if you have downloaded the drivers from an official source, you still have to update them, and, therefore, the above problem may occur.
Visit the developer GPUs and download the driver you need to your PC from the corresponding section of the site.
Removing existing drivers
If the driver for the video card does not install, causing the PC to crash, do not let the system reload it from its source. On the contrary, all drivers must be removed from the computer. There are two methods by which to remove everything NVIDIA components... Consider both:The first method is manual In the "Control Panel" - "Programs and Features", delete everything related to NVIDIA. After removing programs and drivers, restart your operating system.
The second method is by software Display Driver Uninstaller - a free program that will automatically remove everything related to NVidia. The program is downloaded from official page developer - - and starts immediately, without installation.
Open Display Driver Uninstaller after restarting your computer in safe mode... To remove the drivers related to NVIDIA, select the name of the video card and click on the corresponding button. After the end of the process of removing all drivers and programs, the computer will restart.
Installing Nvidia GeForce video card drivers in Windows 10
When your computer reboots, disconnect your internet connection and do one simple step. The driver you downloaded earlier from NVIDIA needs to be installed. After removing all programs related to the video card, new installation the driver shouldn't cause problems.
When the unpacking procedure is completed, the system will reboot again. Now you have installed on your computer fresh versions drivers downloaded from an official source, not an untrustworthy resource. If you want to installed drivers updated in automatic mode, configure them accordingly. In addition to the drivers, the system will install and GeForce Experience- application for driver updates, automation and optimization installed games... If you want to play games with optimal settings, don't ignore the app.
Important information! If you see a black screen, wait 6-11 minutes, click the Win + R combination, type on the keyboard shutdown / r and press the enter key twice: once immediately, the second time after sound signal or after 11 seconds. After a while, the computer will restart in normal mode... If this does not happen, shutdown the operating system forcibly (press the power button and hold for a few seconds). After an emergency reboot, the OS should recover.
When installing drivers on a video card, many users often encounter many problems. One of them is the inability to install the driver. This problem quite common, but also quickly resolved.
Today we will figure out in detail how to solve the problem with the impossibility of installing a driver for NVIDIA graphics cards on Windows 7.
Problem manifestation
If you saw such a window that warns that the installation of the NVIDIA driver cannot be continued, then this material will help you accordingly. So let's get started.
How to find the ID of the video card
Unpacking the driver
The next action to be performed is to look at where we unpacked NVIDIA driver which already at this moment should have been downloaded. Run it and see - default directory: disk C, folder NVIDIA Display Driver etc. Find this folder on disk "C", we get to the main directory of the driver, but we need to go to the folder "Display Driver"... Here we need a file nvamn with extension inf .
V in this case the extension is visible, but sometimes the extension is not displayed - depending on the settings "Files and folders"... But this is not really that important.
Editing the nvamn file
Summing up
As mentioned at the beginning of the article, there are a great many problems with installing drivers on a video card, but the most common, associated with the inability to identify a video card, we considered and solved in this manual... The solution turned out to be quite simple, but very effective.
