No More Surround After Nvidia Driver Update (solved)

[crispy]

hey guys,
this problem is driving me mad, and ive had it for a while now
i have a gtx590 watercooled and everydriver update after 285.62 causes the configure multi-gpu,physx, surround tab to
vanish from the nvidia control panel, and causes me to get stuck with one monitor
this has happened with every driver, so i have no choice but to reinstall 285.62 which sucks
i have tried uninstalling driver before updating and even goin to single monitor then doing the update and trying to go back to surround
but the option simply vanishes every time

[thales100]

Hey crispy, uninstall the video drivers (using the drivers uninstaller), reboot, run as admin Driver Sweeper, delete all Nvidia - Display and Nvidia - PhysX files, reboot again, download the latest drivers for your GTX 590 (301.42) and install it.

[crispy]

thanks for the reply
i followed your steps exactly and still the same result mate
im getting really pissed off now lol

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[thales100]

Pretty weird... What do you get when you click on "Set up multiple displays", under Display ?

[Paradigm Shifter]

Have you tried the new 301.42 WHQL drivers?

I suffered similar issues with getting Surround working on more up-to-date drivers and my 460s - they just didn't want to offer me Surround.

[crispy]

i have had two 590s in my system an asus and now a gigabyte and its the same with
both of them so its deffo a software issue i really dont want to have to to a full windows reinstall to to solve this

[crispy]

yes i have tried the latest drivers 301.42 and still the same

regarding multiple displays its shows 3 monitors with ticks in two of them and lets me use 2 monitors but when i click on the third it says
upto 2 displays supported when multi-gpu is enabled (as in pic)

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[AussieTimmeh]

Yes that is weird, because it's the 3rd option under 3D settings where you need to choose to configure surround using SLI.



If you have had no success with DriverSweeper, I would try using a spare hard drive and installing Windows back onto it, latest Nvidia drivers, and see if it works that way. Might have a problem with your Windows or something. I know you don't want to, but I have no other suggestions sorry.

[crispy]

reinstall windows..... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO lol
i just may have to but im gonna try afew other things first
thanks for the replies tho

[thales100]

Hey Crispy, have you tried the latest beta drivers (302.59) - http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=230619 ?

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=2912

[crispy]

ohh thales u little beauty those drivers worked a treat!!
i can play my games in surround with the latest drivers and tweaks
and the task bar is only on the middle monitor aswell
i owe u one mucka
cheers

[thales100]

Nice. ;)