For anyone using an Nvidia card with Windows 8.

george_edison · 01-02-2012, 10:09 PM

For the sake of those who run into the same problem in the future:

Problem: I have an Nvidia GeForce 8400M GS card on my Windows 8 machine. I also have a DisplayLink monitor and I decided to plug in and try it out. Unfortunately the screen remained blank - not only that but the Nvidia driver stopped working and Windows reverted to the default display driver. The device manager informed me that the Nvidia driver wasn't working and the DisplayLink monitor didn't show up at all.

Solution: It seems that I had a slightly outdated driver installed and simply heading over to the Nvidia website and grabbing the latest version was all that was needed. After a quick installation and restart, everything worked perfectly!

01-02-2012, 10:09 PM	#1
george_edison Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1	For anyone using an Nvidia card with Windows 8. For the sake of those who run into the same problem in the future: Problem: I have an Nvidia GeForce 8400M GS card on my Windows 8 machine. I also have a DisplayLink monitor and I decided to plug in and try it out. Unfortunately the screen remained blank - not only that but the Nvidia driver stopped working and Windows reverted to the default display driver. The device manager informed me that the Nvidia driver wasn't working and the DisplayLink monitor didn't show up at all. Solution: It seems that I had a slightly outdated driver installed and simply heading over to the Nvidia website and grabbing the latest version was all that was needed. After a quick installation and restart, everything worked perfectly!