Canfield Research Group LLC

I recently had a major problem installing the latest Nvidia drivers from my EVGA 7950 GT. The drivers appeared to install but did not. Uninstalling the Nvidia drivers, a recommended step, did not help. After much Internet searching I successfully installed the drivers. The steps I used were:

1. Remove the Nvidia drivers via the control panel / Add remove programs
   • Nvidia Display Drivers (or similarly named)
• OR Nvidia drivers, and select to remove only the display drivers when prompted
• Boot into safe mode
• Reboot and press F8 at the magical moment after the BIOS screen and before Windows starts to boot
• Or if you get really annoyed, just hit the RESET button as Windows is loading, the next boot will prompt for safe mode. Not a recommended method
• Run an Nvidia driver cleanup program
• I cannot verify if this was needed. I ran it per advise on numerous forums. You may wish to try skipping this step.
• Program I used: Driver Cleaner Professional
2. Install the Nvidia driver by running the installer normally (while in Safe mode)

1. Reboot to normal mode and test

Hopefully that will help