Scared Noob to Update Drivers

[ry4n_1337]

I'm scared to update my 20 month old NVIDIA GeFore GT240M's drivers. Can someone give me a link and tell me any risks of updating my video card drivers? ThaaaAAaaAaAaanks!

 

[jnewegger23]

If you're really that scared what I recommend you do is do a system restore first. Save a copy of your current driver for re-install as well. Then, update with peace of mind.

Of course, make sure that everything else is up to date (windows updates are all done etc). BIOS is up to date; that can be a big one. If all is up to date you should be okay. Also support for pre 400 series is stopping I believe:
http://www.neowin.net/news/nvidia-ends-full-driver-support-for-legacy-gpus-older-than-the-gtx-400

You should be okay. I'd google other owner's of your card and see what issues they may have if any as well.

 

[ry4n_1337]

Wait, is it necessary to do all of that? What can go wrong? Like what risks.

 

[jnewegger23]

You don't have to do any of what I recommended. You just won't be able to go put things back the way they were if you don't.

You can get black screens, no post, bsod, hanging, freezing, crashing or nothing at all. It's not likely but those are things I've done in the past when I hear that certain updates are causing problems so I can go back and put things to how they were before.

 

[andreyatgb]

I've never had any issues with updating drivers. They don't even require reboots anymore, I really doubt anything bad happens. If it does go wrong then safe mode is more than likely to still work, allowing you to revert your updates.

 

[mickypheonix]

hi ry4n_1337
there are no risks m8
right click on your nvidia control panel and click on check for updates , your computer will download the correct updated software for you