"My 850M graphics card used to run perfectly, but it begin to fall into crashing since the driver has been updated on Windows 10. There are some examples about NVIDIA driver crashing, such as: It can screw up your system if you’re not being careful enough.How to Fix NVIDIA Driver Crashing Problems I wouldn’t recommend using any driver sweeper or cleaner to try to rollback a graphics driver. Is there any other software to rollback graphics driver automatically?
It’s always better to download your desired version of graphics driver and install yourself. Most of the time, the driver will be about a month or two old. Well, it doesn’t guarantee that Windows Updates will always give you an older version of graphics driver.
If you would prefer to let Windows Updates to do its job, run Windows Updates and it’ll update your graphics driver automatically. Now, proceed to install the old driver that you’ve downloaded. On the next boot, your Windows graphics and resolution may look as it did the first time you installed it. If it shows blank screen, force restart again. Chill out and wait for the process to complete itself. Open Device Manager again, locate your graphics card and double click on it.
So, how to uninstall a graphics driver? – Nvidia / ATI
Don’t attempt to do this if you’re with one of those old systems. If you’re using a very old computer with a very classic graphics card, there may be a slim chance that your computer will never recognize your graphic card and result in blank display. If you encounter blank screen (or perhaps anything else), you may need to restart twice in the process. Then either let Windows Updates to install an older driver for you or you will have to find an older driver yourself. In this case, you will have to uninstall your driver and if you’re with ATI, uninstall catalyst suite too. What if the Roll back driver button is grayed out? Well, it means that your Windows doesn’t have any previously installed driver (Either because it din’t keep a copy of your previous driver, or you’ve never update your graphics driver before). Restart your PC, and you’ll be good to go! Sit back and wait for the process to complete itself. It will now roll back to a previously installed driver. Go to the “driver” tab, click on the Roll back driver. In the device manager window, expand “Display adapters” and then double-click on your graphics card. If the device manager cannot be found from the search system, open it from Control Panel > System and Security and then System > Device Manager. If you’re on Windows 8.1, 8, or 7, go to Start, type “device manager” and launch it. The easiest way to rollback graphics driver is to do it from the Device Manager in Windows OS.
Rollback Graphics Driver (Nvidia or ATI) from Device Manager It’s best to keep it in an external media drive such as a USB thumb drive. This Rollback Graphics Driver tutorial is intended for those who have adequate experience with installing and uninstalling graphics card driver.īefore we begin, please download a copy of your current latest graphics driver as a backup just in case if anything goes wrong. We will not be held responsible for any loss or damage to your Hardware or Software as a result of following these instructions. Disclaimer: Please do this at your own risk.