Nvidia graphics card not found after update to win 10.

[fi8hfood]

I have a dual boot hp desktop with win 8.1 and win 7. After upgrading the win 7 hard drive to win 10 the Nvidia Geforce 440 graphics card cant be found, If I run the pc on win 8.1 the Nvidia graphics card works fine. The device manager in win 10 shows the display adapter is Microsoft basic display adapter. I tried to update the NVidia driver to version 358.50 but it won't install, reporting no NVidia card installed. I'm assuming the card is good because it runs ok on win 8.1. The only difference is the operating system. Is there a reason win 10 won't recognize the graphics card?

 

[clifford_cooley]

And you are installing drivers that were downloaded from nVidia? If not try them. For the moment Windows 10 drivers are not the same as Windows 7 and 8 drivers. There could be a driver conflict causing issues, a clean driver install might be advisable.

Windows 10:

• 32-bit - http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/92217
• 64-bit - http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/92218

Supported Products:

GeForce 900 Series
GeForce GTX TITAN X, GeForce GTX 980 Ti, GeForce GTX 980, GeForce GTX 970, GeForce GTX 960, GeForce GTX 950
GeForce 700 Series
GeForce GTX TITAN Z, GeForce GTX TITAN Black, GeForce GTX TITAN, GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GeForce GTX 780, GeForce GTX 770, GeForce GTX 760, GeForce GTX 760 Ti (OEM), GeForce GTX 750 Ti, GeForce GTX 750, GeForce GTX 745, GeForce GT 740, GeForce GT 730, GeForce GT 720, GeForce GT 710, GeForce GT 705
GeForce 600 Series
GeForce GTX 690, GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 670, GeForce GTX 660 Ti, GeForce GTX 660, GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST, GeForce GTX 650 Ti, GeForce GTX 650, GeForce GTX 645, GeForce GT 645, GeForce GT 640, GeForce GT 630, GeForce GT 620, GeForce GT 610, GeForce 605
GeForce 500 Series
GeForce GTX 590, GeForce GTX 580, GeForce GTX 570, GeForce GTX 560 Ti, GeForce GTX 560 SE, GeForce GTX 560, GeForce GTX 555, GeForce GTX 550 Ti, GeForce GT 545, GeForce GT 530, GeForce GT 520, GeForce 510
GeForce 400 Series
GeForce GTX 480, GeForce GTX 470, GeForce GTX 465, GeForce GTX 460 SE v2, GeForce GTX 460 SE, GeForce GTX 460, GeForce GTS 450, GeForce GT 440, GeForce GT 430, GeForce GT 420

 

[fi8hfood]

And you are installing drivers that were downloaded from nVidia? If not try them. For the moment Windows 10 drivers are not the same as Windows 7 and 8 drivers. There could be a driver conflict causing issues, a clean driver install might be advisable.

Windows 10:

• 32-bit - http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/92217
• 64-bit - http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/92218

Supported Products:

 

[fi8hfood]

Yes driver was from NVIDIA -

Version 358.50 - WHQL
Release Date Wed Oct 07, 2015
Operating System Windows 10 32-bit
Language English (US)

This driver works on the win 8.1 drive but I can not install it on the win 10 drive. the NVIDIA card is not recognized by win 10 and the driver install is halted.

 

[ram1220]

According to MS that video card/chip is not supported in Win 10.

 

[Trouble]

Open Internet Explorer
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
Go here https://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=Nvidia Geforce 440
If you click the date column to sort, you should see a couple drivers that may work
10.18.13.5407
Usually the large in size will be for 64 bit and the smaller will generally be for 32 bit.
Please make sure you download and install the appropriate driver for your specific system architecture.

 

[BigFeet]

According to MS that video card/chip is not supported in Win 10.

Same chipset as my 460. Fully supported as far as I know.

 

[Trouble]

Likewise my old GTS450 which is installed on my testbed computer devoted to the Insider Program and working just great with the latest build 10565

 

[clifford_cooley]

Same chipset as my 460. Fully supported as far as I know.

Yes they are both listed in the support list I quoted above. The 400 series is the oldest nVidia card that is fully supported in Windows 10 with new drivers.

There is an older driver available for older cards

GeForce Driver Summary:
------------------------------------------------
Series: 900, 700, 600, 500, 400
GeForce 355.98 - Win(10)(32/64-bit)
GeForce 355.98 - Win(8.1,8,7,Vista)(32/64-bit)
GeForce 355.98 - Win(XP)(32/64-bit)
Linux 352.41 - Linux(32/64-bit,32-bit ARM)
------------------------------------------------
Series: 300, 200, 100, 9, 8, ION
GeForce 341.81 - Win(10)(32/64-bit)
GeForce 341.81 - Win(8.1,8,7,Vista)(32/64-bit)
GeForce 340.52 - Win(XP)(32/64-bit)
Linux 340.93 - Linux(32/64-bit,32-bit ARM)