GeForce 397.31 Drivers Creating Endless install Loop for GTX 1060 Owners?

[Virus__]

From Kotaku Australia: https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/04/psa-gtx-1060-owners-do-not-install-nvidias-latest-drivers/

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It's usually a no-brainer when your preferred graphics vendor releases new drivers. Download, install and (possibly) enjoy better performance and stability. Except in the case of NVIDIA's 397.31 drivers, which are forcing systems with GTX 1060s into a reinstall loop.

 

The issue was first reported by a user on the company's GeForce forums:

 

"Windows 8.1 64 Bit - GTX 1060 6Gb - 397.31 was offered through Geforce experience after install it asked for a restart (which it has not on previous installs of drivers via Geforce experience) after restart i lost my second screen and open hardware monitor showed no GFX info. A pop up tells me to force reinstall driver, this did not work and kept doing same thing restart force reinstall, next i tried a clean install still same problem so went to Nvidia drivers and re downloaded 391.35 problem solved i guess the new driver has issues"

 

It didn't take long for more users to chime in with the same problem, suggesting it wasn't an isolated.

 

Eventually, a fellow with the username "Jagabot" provided a workaround for Windows 10, to downgrade to the last stable drivers.

 

For now, it appears the problem is limited to 1060, however, NVIDIA recently ended driver support for Fermi-based GPUs, as well as 32-bit operating systems, so there is some confusion with users on outdated hardware conflating things.

At the time of writing, there was no comment from NVIDIA on the problem, or an updated driver / hotfix to address it. So if you have a GTX 1060, just stick with your current drivers, or limit yourself to the last version, 391.35.

 

397.31 will not install [NVIDIA, via HardOCP]

 

 

It also apparently affects those with a 1060 in a laptop. Oops.

 

 

[Silentprototipe]

Oh boy Nvidia . You just keep digging yourself in a bigger and bigger hole dont ya 

[Jurrunio]

3 minutes ago, Virus__ said:

It also apparently affects those with a 1060 in a laptop. Oops.

Ouch, cant get the machine to boot in that case.

[ItsMitch]

Testing updates is overrated

[Virus__]

Just now, SC2Mitch said:

Testing updates is overrated

Yeah, too much time wasted there. Rush product to market, make up for it being crappy later. Isn't that the motto of modern AAA games?

[Virus__]

2 minutes ago, Kumaresh said:

I installed the update on my 1060 laptop yesterday and everything is working fine. Any problems for those with 1060s on this forum ?

3GB or 6GB? It's not entirely clear if it's just the 6GB or both versions. I could really only see people saying they had the same issue & not stating which version of GPU they had, then again I only had a glance at the original GeForce forum post. Still a crap situation for those that are experiencing this particular problem.

[lavablade02]

I don't know if anyone else gets this issue, but my 1060 can't install drivers through geforce experience. Just says preparing to install or something.

[TheWutofWat]

Well I have a GTX 1060 6GB in my system and when I did update the driver and went to play BF1 I noticed there was some lag.

I thought it was the game, so I tried to "fix" it by doing "repair" using Origin and nothing was wrong, but still the same issue.

Then I went to install the old drivers but the GPU was not detected, so I rebooted and launched BF1 again and the problem was fixed.

I am on Windows 10 64 Bit 1709 and have an EVGA GTX 1060 6GB SSC

[AlTech]

1 hour ago, Virus__ said:

3GB or 6GB? It's not entirely clear if it's just the 6GB or both versions. I could really only see people saying they had the same issue & not stating which version of GPU they had, then again I only had a glance at the original GeForce forum post. Still a crap situation for those that are experiencing this particular problem.

the 1060 laptop product comes with only 6GB as an option.

[Matu20]

I own a 3GB 1060 and had no issues, just for anecdotal evidence. 

[InertiaSelling]

I have a 1060 6GB, currently running 397.31 with no issues.

[DeScruff]

Dang hope this gets fixxed soon, cause this is the Nvidia Driver update that (finally) fixes the driver crashing with Firefox Quantum.
- For those not in the know: On Win7 systems with Pascal cards, a bug in the drivers since 385.69 caused Firefox Quantum users to get random black screens (bugzilla)
As a Firefox user Ive been stuck on 385.41 for months.

[Virus__]

10 hours ago, AluminiumTech said:

the 1060 laptop product comes with only 6GB as an option.

Ah right, I don't keep up with laptops.

[Virus__]

12 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

Ouch, cant get the machine to boot in that case.

Oh damn. Well ain't that a royal fuck up.

[yian88]

try 390 series on linux its completely broken since last year, nvidia knows it ans cant even bother, all major distros updated to 390 seeries and removed old 387/384 drivers and now linux is unusable on most distros with some nvidia card, got to use shitty nouveau

[Trixanity]

15 minutes ago, yian88 said:

try 390 series on linux its completely broken since last year, nvidia knows it ans cant even bother, all major distros updated to 390 seeries and removed old 387/384 drivers and now linux is unusable on most distros with some nvidia card, got to use shitty nouveau

So this basically:

[jt999]

One of my GTX 1060 6GB systems (Palit) showed the card as error 43 in device manager and set resolution super low etc, not brave enough to try it on my Asus 1060 system 

[Ryujin2003]

Glad I didn't install, it's freaking finals week. I woulda been pissed as hell having to deal with this right now.

[demonix00]

It's worse if you have a 600 series card since nvidia classes the 397.31 driver as compatible while the installation fails when installing with my GT 610 saying it isn't compatible, so they've really screwed up on this one.

[Guest]

The workaround for me was being too poor to afford a GTX 1060. 

[Jito463]

19 hours ago, RorzNZ said:

The workaround for me was being too poor to afford a GTX 1060. 

Just do what most people who buy a 1060 and up do, take out a mortgage on your home.  

[Valentyn]

45 minutes ago, Jito463 said:

Just do what most people who buy a 1060 and up do, take out a mortgage on your home.  

Or just sell a kidney. It’s how to get a Titan.

[Jito463]

3 minutes ago, Valentyn said:

Or just sell a kidney. It’s how to get a Titan.

Unfortunately, I prefer the Vega, but that would require both my kidneys.  One to buy the card, the other to pay my electric bill.

[Fetzie]

On 27/04/2018 at 3:12 PM, Jurrunio said:

Ouch, cant get the machine to boot in that case.

Wouldn't it still be able to boot on the igpu or into safe mode?

[Valentyn]

37 minutes ago, Jito463 said:

Unfortunately, I prefer the Vega, but that would require both my kidneys.  One to buy the card, the other to pay my electric bill.

Only if you buy the Liquid version and overclock it for that sweet 700W+ usage.