You are not currently using a display attached to nvidia

[opticshock]

Basically, I'm a complete idiot.
I wanted to increase performance ingame for my Dell XPS L502X with Nvidia gt525m
I heard that old driver entries clashed with newer entries
So off I went to guru 3d to download driver sweeper
I downloaded it and then analysed nvidia. And then i clicked clean with all the entries checked without looking at it
I hadnt even uninstalled a driver
I restarted and windows 7 started in 800x600 resolution
then i clicked on nvidia settings in tray and it said "You are not currently using a display attacked to a nvidia gpu"
I have looked through every thread possible and nothing works
I dont have any working system restore points
And i really dont want to reinstall windows 7

I have rolled back the driver and nothing happened
I have uninstalled all nvidia drivers and then used driver sweeper
Still nothing works and it still says the same thing

Please someone have a fix for this
I cant do anything, i can barely play online tetris, let alone blacklight retribution

thank you, please help

 

[ss202sl]

So you removed the drivers. Did you install any different drivers?

 

[opticshock]

sorry I forgot to mention I installed the latest drivers for my gpu
And it still didn't work
Thanks for the really quick response

 

[ss202sl]

Didi you use drivers fron Dell's website, or Nvudias? I think you need to use the drivers from Dell on a laptop(mobile) video card.

 

[opticshock]

I used nvidias
And i can't find it on dell website
Just nvidia 3d driver on dells website
Please help

 

[rgd1101]

This is not it?
http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/DriverDetails/Product/xps-l502x?driverId=6PNDN&osCode=W764&fileId=2967213567

 

[opticshock]

This is not it?
http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/DriverDetails/Product/xps-l502x?driverId=6PNDN&osCode=W764&fileId=2967213567

Did I eveR mention how much of an idiot I am?
Anyway should I uninstall the nvidia drivers and then driver sweeper
And after that use the Download link u posted?

Thanks this forum is awesome

 

[rgd1101]

yeah do those step. and let us know how it goes.

 

[opticshock]

I'm gonna do It in the morning
Once again thank you

 

[opticshock]

Now when i uninstall nvidia graphics driver, after i restart vga compatible video controller drivers start installing and nvidia drivers are restored

 

[opticshock]

Im installing from dell now
will post results

 

[opticshock]

What i said about vga was wrong but its still not working.
here is an image of my dell\driver folder http://i50.tinypic.com/15yvymp.png
in my c\nvidia folder there is only DisplayDriver
can someone please tell me what is in their NVIDIA folder because i need to know if i can copy from dell to nvidia

 

[opticshock]

No still not working can anyone help me
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[rgd1101]

It doesn't matter where the folder is, did you just run the setup.exe to install?
Can you get into the bios to see if it might be disabled.

Instead of clicking on the Nvidia settings tray, do that it said on this link
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3519/p/19372838/19853119.aspx

 

[opticshock]

Yes i opened the dell file then its automatically extracted the files. And then i went to c:\dell\drivers\6PNDN and then ran the setup within that folder

 

[opticshock]

and just wanted to ask what am i looking for in the bios?

 

[opticshock]

I FINALLY FIXED IT
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3519/p/19473381/20216333.aspx#20216333