WARNING Do not upgrade to 375/376.xx drivers (for xx<48)

It seems that a lot of GPU problems revolve around specific versions of drivers. Though NVidia has their own support structure, you can often learn from information reported by others who fold.

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SombraGuerrero
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Re: WARNING ! Do not upgrade to 375/376.xx drivers.

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You are correct, of course. I just want to explore all the options. It's just in my nature. I also don't want to make assumptions about how comfortable everyone in this community may be with an INF hack.
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Re: WARNING ! Do not upgrade to 375/376.xx drivers.

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Just in case anybody was interested, they have released a hotfix driver which apparently has the workaround fix for F@H until the guys here can fix the bug it "apparently" exposed by the newer drivers.

You can grab it here: http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4288

So far so good here, although it's only been an hour... lol
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Re: WARNING ! Do not upgrade to 375/376.xx drivers.

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Working for me (GTX 1070)
Glennmas
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Re: WARNING ! Do not upgrade to 375/376.xx drivers.

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i cant download it getting error code non 7z archive
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Re: WARNING ! Do not upgrade to 375/376.xx drivers.

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correction cant install it download was going just fine.
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Re: WARNING ! Do not upgrade to 375/376.xx drivers.

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Glennmas: What version of windows do you have?

Edit: if you need a Windows 10 64bit version, I've mirrored the link on my google drive https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9af5B ... sp=sharing
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Re: WARNING ! Do not upgrade to 375/376.xx drivers.

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64 bit
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Re: WARNING ! Do not upgrade to 375/376.xx drivers.

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i installed the driver twice first time i got a black screen then i did a reinstall and it all worked thanks
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Re: WARNING ! Do not upgrade to 375/376.xx drivers.

Post by SombraGuerrero »

Yeah, as this is a hotfix driver, I would definitely recommend that most everyone go Custom Install and check Perform Clean Installation for this one. The core_21 work unit I got this morning did complete on 376.33. It grabbed a core_18 WU, completed that, and then my GPU slot went into failure for the rest of the day. Clearly, the problem is WU-specific. This hot-fix driver seems to be doing the trick now though. I'm 61% through a core_21 WU and there have been no enqueue crashes. Will continue to monitor.
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Re: WARNING ! Do not upgrade to 375/376.xx drivers.

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Calico wrote:Working for me (GTX 1070)
Yeah also did DDU+perform clean installation just to be sure
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Re: WARNING ! Do not upgrade to 375/376.xx drivers.

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refraction wrote:Just in case anybody was interested, they have released a hotfix driver which apparently has the workaround fix for F@H until the guys here can fix the bug it "apparently" exposed by the newer drivers.

You can grab it here: http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4288

So far so good here, although it's only been an hour... lol
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Re: WARNING ! Do not upgrade to 375/376.xx drivers.

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The hotfix driver folded Core_21 units all night with no issues (GTX 1080, Windows 10 build 14986).
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Re: WARNING ! Do not upgrade to 375/376.xx drivers.

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hobbz wrote:The hotfix driver folded Core_21 units all night with no issues (GTX 1080, Windows 10 build 14986).
Any performance hit, or same PPD?
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Re: WARNING ! Do not upgrade to 375/376.xx drivers.

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7im wrote:
hobbz wrote:The hotfix driver folded Core_21 units all night with no issues (GTX 1080, Windows 10 build 14986).
Any performance hit, or same PPD?
Same or slightly better PPD.
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Re: WARNING ! Do not upgrade to 375/376.xx drivers.

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my gtx 1060 isnt getting wus anymore could it be driver related?
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