Had some strange problems while installing 196.86 from dell.

Previously I installed the 196.86 nvidia driver from here:

http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/topic/26254-nvidia-graphics-driver-19686-released/

That was causing my gpu to heat up a little more then it was supposed to. It didnt exactly "heat" it just got a little warmer while gaming. about 130-160F. So I just now downloaded it from the dell site. Installed it, got a bluescreen (well wasnt THE blue screen I think..never gotten blue screen on 7 so it could of been lol) and the computer restarted. Couldnt boot into windows 7 during the restart so it ran the Startup recovery program. Couldnt find anything to fix it. Asked me if I wanted to rollback and I said no. I shutdown and tried to boot up. Surprisingly it actually worked.

Haven't ran a game yet but my gpu is sitting at 125-130F just interneting...so the warmness still stands. Did the driver install correctly? Is there anything I should be worried about?

 

It does sound like that the driver did not install correctly like it should.

Let's try something first, cleaning your computer from old drivers:

Download Driver Sweeper from this address.

Download CCleaner from this address.

Now, go to Control Panel -> Add-Remove Programs and uninstall the NVIDIA drivers from there, shut down your computer afterward.

Boot your computer on Safe-Mode with Networking (F8 before than the "Loading Windows" screen after booting up your PC, alternatively, tap F8 repeatedly after than the BIOS / Manufacturer Screen) so that you may still read this post, run Driver Sweeper and check NVIDIA (Display and Chipset), proceed, this may take a while.

Once that the process is done, do not restart your computer just yet, run CCLeaner, specifically, the "Registry" tool, un-check all of the entries (Easily done by clicking on the Checkbox on the top of the other Checkboxes), select all of the entries that have "NV" in them (Except for nvcpl.dll / .exe) and proceed to delete them using the tool (It will ask for confirmation, click "Yes to all."), after than that is done, restart your computer, two times (first one will prompt your OS to install the default display driver).

After the second restart, right-click on My Computer, click on Properties and then go to Device Manager from there, click on "Display Adapters", right-click on the device shown there and click on "Uninstall", follow the instructions.

When it prompts you to restart, do not restart, install the drivers of your choice instead, hopefully the drivers should be working afterward, if it is not a hardware-related problem.

 

You can try this...

 

Installing the Driver from Dells website is the same apart from the fact that the .inf will be the original and would have caused you the BSOD. That is why we suggested downloading the Driver from the laptopvideo2go site as opposed to Dell's.

 

Really? I thought it was the other way around. (Installing it from dells instead). Well thats what someone told me. Thanks for the help grbac and Aeris. I wasn't experiencing BSOD every other boot, just this time. So ill try Aeris's suggestion.