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I contacted NVIDIA driver department and was provided with a special driver version "DCH" (411.70) which solved the issue for me! I will edit the OP with the solution once I get a reply as to why this driver works and how to download it from the download center. From a quick glimpse on Google the DCH version is for Chinese(?) Windows 10, although I got mine from the Swedish Microsoft page https://www.microsoft.com/sv-se/software-download/windows10 and I used English as installation language, strange? Here's the file: https://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/138341

Regedit actually supports a way of disabling storage devices from being removed with "eject device", although I can't seem to find a way to do it for keyboards/USBs, anyone knows any other way?

I took a look at the drivers from Guru3D but the actual download is just mirroring to us.download.nvidia.com, I get the same error as in my OP sadly. I highly appreciate all suggestions

Of course, I tried to install a older update to make sure that the latest version isn't faulty but I get the same error. Are you using Windows 10 version 17134.320, I asked a couple of people and everyone with version lower than 17134.320 isn't facing this issue, I believe the September cumulative could be the issue? I'm minimalistic, I wish to proceed without it How are Guru3D's drivers any different from Nvidias, are they safe to use?

I just purchased a brand new GTX 1080 Ti and figured I'll reinstall Windows 10 with MediaCreationTool over a USB to get a fresh system state. As soon as it was ready I ran all Windows Updates and in the end after a couple of reboots I proceeded to manually install GeForce Nvidia graphics driver 411.70 (latest as of today) which prompted me with this error: (The Standard NVIDIA graphics driver is not compatible with this version of Windows..) Although my system is freshly installed and up to date according to Windows Update: (Windows 10 -1803 / 17134.320) Furthermore I read that some people had the same issue and solved it by disabling safe boot as well as signature verification: This didn't work since the installer still failed with the same error, I even made sure my motherboard's BIOS are up to date and all system drivers with Driverbooster 6 (pro). I enabled debug mode for Nvidia installer and generated these logs in C:\NvidiaLogging (pastebin): (I had to split LOG.setup.exe into two files due to the post size limitation in pastebin). Lastly, I was told that using GeForce Experience could be a way to circumvent the issue but I wish to install the graphics drivers manually. The graphics card device status is reporting as "This device is working properly." (Current driver is 24.21.13.9836) My hardware Ids: If this is any relevant to the issue, here are my computer's specifications: Sorry if this post turned out to be long, my question would be: is there any way to bypass Nvidia installer system check with a launch parameter or an advanced option? I wish to install PhysX as well as latest graphics drivers with clean installation option. Thanks.

Windows 10 starts to handle my keyboard as a remoavable device as soon as I install drivers for my MAD Catz Strike 7, is there any way to get around that with registry or a option in the OS? Thanks.

I unfortunately can not RMA it, warranty is long gone and I don't have proof of purchase as it was included in a different prebuilt PC. I'd like to give vbios flash a chance, although I'm unsure which vbios file I am supposed to proceed with, check above . Edit: I have GeForce GTX 660 (10DE,1185,174B,2260) according to nvflash64 --list

Yes, that's correct @Jurrunio, is it important to use the right vendor when selecting vbios version or should I select the latest version for the wrong vendor? And I suppose that version is far more important over date (my currently installed version is 80.04.27.00.11)? Here is a screenshot of my current nvflash --version: The highest version I found was for Gigabyte (80.06.7C.00.03) while for NVIDIA (80.06.10.00.3F), which would be correct to choose? Edit: nvflash64 --list outputs: GeForce GTX 660 (10DE,1185,174B,2260) H:--:NRM S:00,B:01,D:00,F:00

Furthermore, 2 more questions: is the highest version what I should look for and does card vendor matter? My card is GTX 660 and the vendor is Nvidia, although I noticed that if I use "All" filter as vendor I get higher version numbers for the bios file, would it be better to take a bios file from the wrong vendor in favor of having newer bios or is this approach wrong?

Thank you, is the correct approach to flash the latest version directly or do you have to do it in a specific order?

Thankyou @Jurrunio, I never heard of it. Is this tool correct? https://www.techpowerup.com/download/nvidia-nvflash/ Is this a factory reset of the firmware on the GPU and where can I get the vbios for gtx 660?

Do you refer to the BIOS settings @Jurrunio? I took out the CMOS battery for 12 hours and the BIOS version is up to date.

Hey there again LTT community! I have a silly issue with my graphics card, device manager is reporting the GPU with error code 43 and I can not get a higher resolution than 1280x1024. Essentially the card is broken but still allows the HDMI cable signal to pass through, for some reason? Is there any way I can pimp up the resolution until I can get my hands on a new card? On side note, I have tried reinstalling the OS as well as doing clean installation of GeForce drivers for my card (GTX 660) but to no avail. Thanks.

Good afternoon LTT community! I am wondering if there is a way of getting my old motherboard (G3120) to support a newer card than it was originally designed for? I switched out my GeForce GTX 550 Ti against a GeForce GTX 760 Ti and the computer gets stuck in the bios screen at "Entering Setup..." dialog when using the newer card which is not the case with the older one. I already have the latest drivers for the board (BIOS Acer BIOS P01.A4 2462191 BIOS_Acer_P01.A4_Windows.zip 2012/08/08) although the bios mobo does not seem to support it. Is there anything I can do to get the card to work on this board? Speccy and msinfo screenshots: Thanks.

I figured the boot was stuck on hardware enumeration as it would not get past the "Entering Setup...". I promptly tried to switch out the ram sticks individually onto the first ram slot until it worked as well as unplugging the SATA, no luck there but as soon as I put in my old GPU, the beast powered up. I had a similar issue where the computer with a very old board would not boot after a GPU replacement, seems like this was the issue here as well and upgrading the BIOS is a possible fix after the CMOS battery discharge. The computer works now (for now ), thanks for all the suggestions!