Installation issues with GeForce driver version 364.47

[Abburo]

Pretty big issues with latest Nvidia drivers:

 

http://www.pcgamer.com/geforce-drivers-36447-cause-catastrophic-errors/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=pcgfb

Following a storm of error reports, Nvidia has pulled GeForce drivers v364.47 from general release. Malfunctions range from your basic stuttering to black screens, blue screens and crashes that leave you stuck in infinite boot loops. Rather ominously, the odd member on the GeForce forums has been requesting warranty advice. I'll wager that the Nvidia office resembles one of the nastier planes of hell around now.

 

"Initial investigation suggests the issue was related to doing an "Express" installation," Nvidia said in a statement. "If you happen to have a pending installation of 364.47, we recommend that you do not install it and either use the new 364.51 beta version or wait for the WHQL certified version."

 

If you have them installed already, I'd recommend rolling back whether or not you've had problems. Nothing ruins a day like having to perform a fresh OS install with no Windows 10 back-up.

[cichlidfan]

Thanks. I just installed that driver last night and even though I almost always do a custom install, I did the express install.

 

No disasters during a bit of Xcom 2 but I just updated to the beta driver anyway.

 

@Mods - please move this to a section where it will be more appropriate, and since I can't rep Abburo here as well.

Edited March 9, 2016 by cichlidfan

[DieHard]

http://www.geforce.com/drivers

 

I always create a restore point before doing any kind of component or software upgrade. Better safe than sorry to have a state to return to, takes less than 5 minutes.

 

 

Saw this:

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-driver-364-47-vulkan,31345.html

Edited March 9, 2016 by DieHard