Monday, October 28, 2024

This DCH driver package is not compatible with the currently installed version of Windows

Trying to install NVIDIA Graphics Driver, I got the following error:


It so happened that I was installing a GeForce GT 730 on an older Windows build, namely version 1607 (OS Build 14393.576). Weird stuff, I know. I considered just updating Windows 10, but figured I'd try that as a last resort... ended up not having to (yet).

Research indicated I needed to obtain the "Standard" Windows Driver Type. However, it seems this is no longer readily available on the NVIDIA website (even using the Advanced search/find). I had a bit of trouble tracking it down, but finally came up with something. I didn't spend a ton of time looking, but the latest version that I could quickly find for this is 471.41 (dated 2021.6.22).

Here's where you can get a few different versions that I was able to track down, still directly from the NVIDIA website, but I've included a Wayback Machine link in case NVIDIA decides to purge further. I'm sure you can figure out how to find more (assuming there are more).

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Wednesday, October 23, 2024

CPU-Z Causing BSOD in DXGKRNL.SYS on Dell OptiPlex 755 with Windows 10

Today I ran into an issue where launching CPU-Z on a Dell OptiPlex 755 running Windows 10 caused a blue screen of death (BSOD) in DXGKRNL.SYS. I'm using integrated graphics, and all drivers appear to be accounted for and working properly.

The only workaround I found was to change a setting in the CPUZ.INI file.

Change this:

    Display=1

To this:

    Display=0

This will result in the Graphics tab of CPU-Z to be empty, but it's a far better outcome. For display info, GPU-Z worked fine for me on the same system. Hope this helps someone, or maybe even future me.

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