Question The Nvidia Graphics Driver is not compatible with this version of windows

[Doofeenee]

Recently i had some computer problems, instead of fixing it I figured why not avoid the hassle and use this chance to upgrade my hard drive, ram sticks and graphics card. After getting windows up and running on my brand new empty hard drive. I tried
to download Nvidia drivers and got this message (look at title).

What I tried doing: Downloading older drivers, updating windows, restarting my pc,

Graphics Card: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07P689CXR?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Version of Windows: Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

Processor: Amd FX(tm)-8350 8 core 4.0 GHz

Here is pictures of m mother board, idk if i wired something wrong but maybe someone can see a painfully obvious issue

 

[Phaaze88]

Did you attempt to install the Standard or DCH driver?
I think Windows Pro and Enterprise users are supposed to install the DCH one.

 

[daPain58]

Did you attempt to install the Standard or DCH driver?
I think Windows Pro and Enterprise users are supposed to install the DCH one.

I use the Game Ready drivers and everything seems fine

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[Phaaze88]

Open Nvidia Control Panel, click Help, then click System Information.
What does it say next to driver type?

 

[Doofeenee]

C:\NVIDIA\DisplayDriver\436.48\Win10_64\International -this is my driver extraction path
Strangely i cant download Nvidia control panel or find it installed in my pc (not sure if that's an issue since i've made sure i have no drivers installed each time i try to install one), but when i try to download the dch drivers im hit with this message. So I tried to re do the standard one hoping my pc just needed a night to sleep. And received what i had been getting this whole time.

 

[Phaaze88]

Is this a prebuilt? That's the only other thing that comes to mind; you need to get the drivers from the manufacturers of the PC... that's usually why the drivers direct from Nvidia.com aren't working.

 

[Doofeenee]

No i built this from scratch years ago and had no issues, i just wanted to upgrade it.

 

[Phaaze88]

Ok... so neither Standard nor DCH works.
Try the Automatic Driver Update, see what it says.

 

[Doofeenee]

Not sure what you mean by this, only driver i can find that needs to be updated is my pci driver but it wont let me do that at all. I assume you meant my display adapters though, and yet my card is no where to be found. Also how do i update my drivers if i cant even download them.

 

[dotas1]

Is there a reason that you have your GPU in the lower PCIe slot? It should be in the top one. It's not a problem but I am curious if you had issues and you had to put it in the second slot.

 

[Doofeenee]

I was trying to put my w Lan card into its ideal slot since i thought it might've mattered but since it didnt, i switched the card back to the top PCI slot since i figured thats more important and hoped it might fix some issues.

 

[Doofeenee]

I may end up just conceding to this and returning the card and reverting back to my old one

 

[Phaaze88]

With the recent images you put up, Windows doesn't even detect the 1660. The card and pcie cables are fully seated?
Do you still have the older gpu to test with?

 

[cherry blossoms]

What motherboard Doofeenee?

You stated you built this system years ago.

Do you have proper UEFI support for the 1660?

Downloaded and installed any motherboard drivers specific to your system?

Power supply?

 

[excitron]

I'm having essentially the same problem. Never had an issue before, and then one day programs that use CUDA cores don't see them, and I get the same errors when trying to install the latest drivers. Can't install updated drivers.

Virus perhaps?

 

[Phaaze88]

What motherboard Doofeenee?

You stated you built this system years ago.

Do you have proper UEFI support for the 1660?

Downloaded and installed any motherboard drivers specific to your system?

Power supply?

Here's the OPs motherboard: https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/M5A99FX_PRO_R20/
It does have UEFI support.

 

[Doofeenee]

I realized i do not have the motherboard drivers installed. Sadly I lost my my cd containing them and when i go to download the bios, all i get is a compressed folder with a CAP file in it. As for testing out the other card, ill try it in a bit. I was seeing if maybe my windows messed up while it was installing and reset the pc to have the same problem. Also thank you so much for all the help guys!!

 

[Phaaze88]

You don't need the CD... never do, really. By the time users get their motherboards, the drivers on the disc are already out of date.
Get the latest drivers straight from Asus: https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/M5A99FX_PRO_R20/HelpDesk_Download/ (I already figured out your motherboard from the images.)

 

[Doofeenee]

Welp i updated my drivers for my motherboard and tried using my old graphics card which works. Im probably just gonna return the new one, what i really wanted was to upgrade my ram which went well so i have no issue using my 760 again. Thankyou for all the help though guys

 

[Doofeenee]

Aaaand i put my 760 back in and installed the drivers for it. And then my screen started being attacked by these purple and green dots.

 

[Doofeenee]