NVIDIA DRIVERS and Displaylink

[dearnest]

I've been chasing this problem all day and found a solution, so I'm posting it. Displaylink had been working great (Win 7 Home Prem) until I installed a NVIDIA FX3800, an older GPU, but with the latest drivers 310.70. I thought all was well, but then started noticing that when closing Internet explorer or Live Mail, the Desktop Windows Manager would crash. And then I noticed the DWM would crash on reboot. I did all the narrowing down of conflicts using msconfig, etc. and narrowed it to the Displaylink driver. If it was on, DWM would crash. Off, all was well. I tried all versions of the Displaylink drivers going back to 5.6 and on. Nothing helped. Then I found a post on a two year old NVIDIA discussion about newer NVIDIA drivers conflicting with Displaylink. They recommended rolling back the NVIDIA drivers to version 258.96. I was a little concerned because Pro Tools recommended having the most recent NVIDIA drivers. But I uninstalled the 310.70 drivers and installed the 258.96 drivers and all is well. No conflicts. Conclusion: work needs to be done on someones side to resolve the conflicts. Cheers!

[m7ia]

Thanks for this message; I also have this problem and using the latest NVIDIA drivers (for my Quadro NVS 3100M). I'll give this a try and report back. I do also hate rolling back drivers, though.

ETA: I'm using a StarTech USB32HDDVII on a USB 2.0 port on Win 7 Ultimate x64.

[JamesH]

Hi,

We're actively working on this issue with the v310.70 drivers.

Thanks,
James

[haxxbajen]

Hi,

We're actively working on this issue with the v310.70 drivers.

Thanks,
James



Any clue when the fix should arrive?

[kleineMax]

Hello,

at the weekend i tried to install the newest driver for my Geforce GTX 460, the 310.90. While installing it i got an error message and since then i got the crash-report "Desktopwindow managmet doesnt work anymore" after every startup of Windows 7 (x64). Even a clean install of the geforce driver didnt worked, the Samsung U70 USB-montior still worked.

But cause i couldnt get rid of the crash report, i reinstalled Windows 7.
On this clean system i installed the 310.90 gpu driver(no errors) and the 7.1 Displaylink driver. But my U70 stays dark and only the the blue status LED keeps flashing.

Is there a compatibility problem with the new 310.90 driver from Nvidia?


PS: Seems like a MOD did some work ^^ and put my post in this thread.

[bricko]

Seem to having same type of issue. Have new Dell S2340T Touch screen with custom build pc with Asus Rampage III with 24gb ram. Had Nvidia 570 but after loading Win 8 and the new monitor....system unstable and went south on me....keep getting Explorer crash on exit...then said kernal driver on nvidia crased....cant get to win 8 now. Thought it was video card going bad.....had new Nvidia 650ti installed with newest nvidia drivers...then downloaded YOUR latest driver for display link. No luck. nada.

When are you expecting to put out this new driver.....cant use this new monitor at all....whats up with this.

Going to contact Dell and warn them that Win 8 and their stuff is IFFY.

[Mel_D]

Just bought a new Alienware M18x with Nvidia GeForce GTX 675M. Same issues with driver. Hoping this forum gets updated when new driver is released? Any ETA yet?

[ahurst]

Seem to having same type of issue. Have new Dell S2340T Touch screen with custom build pc with Asus Rampage III with 24gb ram. Had Nvidia 570 but after loading Win 8 and the new monitor....system unstable and went south on me....keep getting Explorer crash on exit...then said kernal driver on nvidia crased....cant get to win 8 now. Thought it was video card going bad.....had new Nvidia 650ti installed with newest nvidia drivers...then downloaded YOUR latest driver for display link. No luck. nada.

When are you expecting to put out this new driver.....cant use this new monitor at all....whats up with this.

Going to contact Dell and warn them that Win 8 and their stuff is IFFY.

Same issue with my Dell S2340T....but I have Intel HD 2000 integrated graphics.
DisplayLink and Win 8 are not working together.

[Dan]

There will be a new release very shortly (7.1M1) which fixes an issue we found with NVidia. Please tell us if you still have a problem then.

[bradblog2]

Any update on this issue? I've had the same problems as described above, so I'm just using the stock driver that comes with my laptop.

Another thing - NVIDIA just released v310.90 - Ideally I'd like to install this. Will the software fix for 310.70 be compatible with 310.90??

http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/55125/nvidiaupdate

Thanks in advance.

[bradblog2]

Any update on this issue? I've had the same problems as described above, so I'm just using the stock driver that comes with my laptop.

Another thing - NVIDIA just released v310.90 - Ideally I'd like to install this. Will the software fix for 310.70 be compatible with 310.90??

http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/55125/nvidiaupdate

Thanks in advance.

Actually.. Just installed 310.90 and no issues here with Desktop Window Manager.

The only thing I did differently was a fresh install of Windows 7.

Potential Solution?

[Rigdonian]

This was posted in another forum. Can some try this and see if it works?

his is the only way I can get it to work with NVIDIA 680 SLIs

Turn OFF the USB monitor
Enable your surround group in NVIDIA properties
Install the latest displaylink software
TURN ON your USB monitor and go INTO Windows desktop properties to enable the usb moniotr NO nvidia control panel


Second part

So when you enable the USBM mointor the surround group stops and the 2 side monitors black out?
If so can you then go back into WINDOWS - desktop properties and change the screen res to 5760x1200 of the surround group monitor?





I am at work and will not be able to get to try this until this evening.

[Flak]

There will be a new release very shortly (7.1M1) which fixes an issue we found with NVidia. Please tell us if you still have a problem then.


Any more information on the new driver? This is becoming a big issue at my place of employment.


Thanks

[w9rpm]

There will be a new release very shortly (7.1M1) which fixes an issue we found with NVidia. Please tell us if you still have a problem then.
Dan, do you know when this may be out. I am having problems also with new computer I had built. Thanks, John

[bradblog2]

There will be a new release very shortly (7.1M1) which fixes an issue we found with NVidia. Please tell us if you still have a problem then.

I lied.. I thought I had fixed my problem until I plugged in the monitor (from displaylink) and then Desktop Window Manager crashed.

Need 7.1M1 :D

[Flak]

Do their "support" ever respond when you submit problems/questions?

[Mel_D]

Is there an idea of when the new drivers are coming out?

[Wim]

7.1 M1, which should fix this, will be at the end of January.

Wim

[The_Fragger]

Hi,

same problem here. As soon as I have installed the M0 driver, it overrides the Nvidia-settings in the Control Panel. Firefox and IE crashes. I also use a Dynadock which seemed to work.

Good to here there's a fix at the end of january.

Cheers

Olli

[kleineMax]

ITs nearing the end of january, how is the work at the new driver going on ?

[ricardomollik]

Hello
I have the mini monitor mimo 720s and so this compatible with the 306.97 nvidia drivers, any prediction of drivers for compatibility with the 310.90 drivers?

thank you

[Dan]

ITs nearing the end of january, how is the work at the new driver going on ?

Last licks of paint being applied - will be dry soon :)

[bradblog2]

Hello
I have the mini monitor mimo 720s and so this compatible with the 306.97 nvidia drivers, any prediction of drivers for compatibility with the 310.90 drivers?

thank you

See this thread! http://www.displaylink.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2198

[ricardomollik]

See this thread! http://www.displaylink.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2198

I saw this topic most do not have a solution

thank you

[Wim]

Will be fixed in 7.1 M1 which is very close to release. Merging to the other thread discussing this.

Wim

[Nate]

I am having a problem kinda like this and not sure if its related. I am on a laptop with both an Intel and Nvidia graphics card. I am getting random DWM crashes (which does a number on google chrome) and if my monitors sleep I get this when I wake them:

Display driver igfx stopped responding and has successfully recovered.

[Flak]

Well, it's the end of January..... no new driver on the download page..... no replies to support tickets..... no replies to pm's.

[luiset83]

Hoping for the driver release soon here as well, want to upgrade to the latest NVIDIA driver permanently!

[The_Fragger]

Need the new Driver urgently for my UM-80T ...

[gfpomfh]

Today is Feburary 1st, but the new driver is still not released...

[Wim]

It's released now. There were some last minute issues that needed fixing (eg the Chome issue in a separate thread). End of Jan was a guess at when the release would be out. If you're going to flame us if release dates slip by a few days then we won't give any schedule (take the Apple approach).

Can be downloaded from our website.

Thanks

Wim

[kleineMax]

Hey what are you thinking? This is the internet, people are allways bitching arround. Cause everybody is anonym here, they cannot see you and you cannot see them, this way they loose every respect ;)

Thx for the driver, atm it still doesnt work for me... ill have to do some more test tomorrow, cause i only installed it and pluged my U70 in

[bradblog2]

It's released now. There were some last minute issues that needed fixing (eg the Chome issue in a separate thread). End of Jan was a guess at when the release would be out. If you're going to flame us if release dates slip by a few days then we won't give any schedule (take the Apple approach).

Can be downloaded from our website.

Thanks

Wim

Fixed all of my issues. Thanks Wim.

[gfpomfh]

It's released now. There were some last minute issues that needed fixing (eg the Chome issue in a separate thread). End of Jan was a guess at when the release would be out. If you're going to flame us if release dates slip by a few days then we won't give any schedule (take the Apple approach).

Can be downloaded from our website.

Thanks

Wim

The new driver fixed my issue. Thanks!

[The_Fragger]

New Driver has fixed my problem. No crashes. But the Nvidia Control Panel still only shows two options when the Display Link Driver is installed.

[Chris Arnold]

Driver did not fix my problem. I remain unable to play XCOM on my external monitor. The game immediately freezes, almost locking up the computer. I didn't change anything except the update from the old displaylink driver to the new one.

I reloaded the driver that was sent on CD with the Targus Superspeed USB 3.0 docking port, and it's working again perfectly. The driver, according to what's printed on the top of the CD, is version 6.3M0

I tried to use 6.3M1 before, and that one didn't work either. Hopefully, that's enough to narrow down what change might be causing this issue. It's too bad that I can't load the latest Nvidia drivers on this gaming laptop unless I give up the multi-monitor support through through the docking port.

[kleineMax]

Same for me, tried a clean install but still 310.90 with 7.1M1 -> Not working!

PS: OOK MY FAULT! Somehow my USB3.0 Ports are not working will see if it is the wrong driver or if I even forgot to install the driver for the controller ^^

[LotusEater]

I am trying to resolve some errors I am having with my Nvidia 3800m video card in my Dell laptop and my DisplayLink monitor. I downloaded an installed the new driver from DisplayLink v7.1 M1. But, windows device manager still shows the current driver version as 7.0.41409. I re-ran the exe for v7.1 and it states that my driver is up to date. Does the update not apply to my particular displaylink module or something? It is the adapter shown at the link below which I appears to be Display Adapter (0360).

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=101&cp_id=10114&cs_id=1011403&p_id=6038&seq=1&format=2

[icemanmelb]

The new driver fixed my issue. Thanks!

Same.. thanks fixed my issue.

ie

[w9rpm]

I tried to install the latest driver 7.1 on my Win7 64 bit. It installs, but when I plug in my Displaylink it says it driver is 7.0.41409.0 from 9/4/12. When I try and update it, it says that the latest driver is installed. Help please? Thanks, John

[w9rpm]

Anyone able to help with this please?

[vinnyvortex]

The latest nvidia beta driver works for me. 131.96

[w9rpm]

HI,well for some reason, my WIN7 isnt letting me install the latest driver. Keeps telling me that it has the latest driver, which is the one from the fall is 2012. Cant figure out how to get it to install. Thanks, John

[w9rpm]

How long before Displaylink releases drivers to Microsoft?

[Dan]

How long before Displaylink releases drivers to Microsoft?

How long before Microsoft receives drivers from DisplayLink? We've been trying don't you know...

[w9rpm]

Dan, well my computer is not letting me install the latest. Have no idea of why, but sure would like to know a work around. It leaves the one from 2012, and say the latest are installed. Thanks, John

[vinnyvortex]

The latest nvidia beta driver works for me. 131.96

until i reboot. Then i loose the surround settings on my monitors and the nvidia control panel will not let me span displays until the displaylink driver agent is closed. This cannot be closed from the task manager as 'access is denied'
I have to turn off my USB monitor, reboot, setup surround, then turn on the USB monitor and it works.....until i reboot again and have to do the same faffing about.:mad:

[ricardomollik]

The version displaylink software 7.1 M1 is compatible with the new nvidia 314.07 driver?

[luiset83]

The version displaylink software 7.1 M1 is compatible with the new nvidia 314.07 driver?
Seems to work fine for me. Running a GT40M LE w/ HP 3005PR connected to Auria EQ276W running 2560 x 1440 @ 60 Hz.

I have come up with an issue that I do not think others have noticed, however, that for me has been present since v7.1 M0 when I acquired both the HP and the Toshiba DL-3900 based devices. Every so often my mouse movements will freeze for briefly a second, and then resume. It has happened both on my laptop w/ a Core i5-3317 w/ the GT640M LE card (Win7) and a desktop with a Core i7 930 and a Radeon HD 6770 (Win8) and both Dl-3900 devices...

[Chris Arnold]

The version displaylink software 7.1 M1 is compatible with the new nvidia 314.07 driver?

Correct. There are some compatibility problems between the 7.1M1 driver and the new Nvidia driver. The one I'm seeing is a problem with Google Chrome. I'm not sure if it's specific to the nvidia driver or just the displaylink driver.

The short-term fix is adding "--no-sandbox" as an extension to chrome's target path.

Can anyone recommend a USB dock that doesn't constantly have driver conflicts? Or is that like finding a unicorn? Are there any that don't use displaylink? At first I thought the only driver issues I had was with video games. DL seemed to work fine for every day use. I used old drivers, and I could even play XCOM on my external monitor. But when displaylink fixes one problem, it causes others. Upgrading to the latest Nvidia drivers so I can play the latest games resulted in having to upgrade to the newest DL software. And that resulted in chrome being unable to load pages. I just wish things were more plug 'n play... I recognize that my attitude about it is shit, but I didn't imagine myself spending an hour a month tracking down the fixes to all of the displaylink-associated issues before giving up and going back to older drivers.

I'm absolutely ready to track this expensive docking station to find something that's lower maintenance.

[Vald]

I can feel some of your pain. I've been leery of so-called "universal" docking stations for some time. Unfortunately, my experiences so far have only confirmed my reservations.