Fix NVIDIA Installer failed Issue. Now there are two options. Eighter, you can reinstall the Nvidia driver or update it using 3rd party driver update tool. I have finally, finally been able to fix the problem of the NVIDIA Installer failing to update my drivers. It was a permission issue with FileRepository folder. Here is a step by step solution, very easy to use.
- If you have to install updated Intel drivers anyway, be sure to update your NVIDIA or AMD graphics drivers as well. How to Manually Install the Drivers To do this, you’ll just be installing the Intel drivers manually via the Device Manager instead of using the nice installer package.
- Some antivirus tools are known to block files during the NVIDIA Driver installation. Some Comodo antivirus users have reported NVIDIA Driver failed issues. If you are running any firewall and antivirus software, turn it off before starting the installation process.
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You have installed High Sierra on your comp or upgraded Sierra into High Sierra and everything looks nice expect you month have proper graphics with your NVIDIA graphics card. So your next step is to install NVIDIA Web drivers and instead of having nice and smooth picture you got black screen or infinite reboot loop. If you upgraded from Sierra and have updated Sierra several times you might scratch your head, what has happened now, why previous methods doesn't work.
I assume that you read this topic because you already got into trouble and doesn't know how to solve your problem with NVIDIA web drivers.
How to get back access to the High Sierra GUI?
This is your primary goal once you lost access to your Desktop. According to various web recourses an easiest option is to remove NVDAStartupWeb.kext from /Library/Extension. If you have installed High Sierra properly you should have access to the Recovery Mode. So reboot you comp into Recovery mode and launch Termina and remove NVDAStartupWeb.kext from /Library/Extension. Make sure your primary disk is High Sierra startup disk, otherwise add /Volumes/Your Disk Name (for example /Volumes/HighSierra) at the beginning of path names given below.
or commands below to clean completely NVIDIA Web Drivers.
Do some cleanup once you gain access to your Desktop
Once you got access back to your Desktop you have to do some cleanup. Mount your EFI partition and remove all these kexts:
- Lilu.kext
- NVWebDriverLibValFix.kext
- NvidiaGraphicsFixup.kext
Uninstall completely NVIDIA Web Drivers.
Choose proper location for your kexts
I recommend to install your hackintosh kexts into /Volumes/EFI/EFI/CLOVER/kexts/Other, which makes things a lot easier on High Sierra.
Install Clover driver EmuVariableUefi if not installed
Add EmuVariableUefi.efi into /EFI/CLOVER/Drivers64UEFI. With CLover Configuratior you can easily to do it from panel Install Drivers. On section 'DRIVERS UEFI 64 BIT' should be button EmuVariableUefi grey. If not, then press it and EmuVariableUefi will be installed.
Download and install new NVIDIA Web Drivers fix kexts
Usage of Lilu.kext, NVWebDriverLibValFix.kext and NvidiaGraphicsFixup.kext together can cause your HS to loop reboot as the latest NvidiaGraphicsFixup.kext already has built in the NVWebDriverLibValFix.kext!
Use only the latest:
- Lilu.kext (>=1.20)
- NvidiaGraphicsFixup.kext (>=1.20) (requires Lilu.kext)
Reboot
Important update!
NvidiaGraphicsFixup.kext is superseded by WhateverGreen.kext now, which distros are available here: WhateverGreen distros. Use WhateverGreen.kext. instead of NvidiaGraphicsFixup.kext.
Enable SIP temporarily *
Update: Enabling SIP might not be necessary anymore. Seems that Nvidia has fixed issue with installation error, which occurred if SIP was disabled. At least installation of 378.10.10.10.25.102 on macOS 10.13.2 went fine with SIP disabled. But it depends which version of web Drivers you are going to install.
To avoid error during installation of NVIDIA Web Drivers you might choose to enable SIP temporarily. Edit Colver configuration file, set SIP related setting CsrActiveConfig to 0x00. Reboot.
Install NVIDIA Web driver
Download proper version of NVIIDA web drivers for your High Sierra.
Once you have got proper version of NVIDIA web drivers follow this procedure:
- Mount EFI partition of your Clover
- Edit Colver configuration file, set SIP related setting CsrActiveConfig to 0x67
- Do not reboot yet!
- Install Nvidia Web Driver and reboot as installer demands.
Polishing + installing CUDA
Install other kexts which might be relevant for your system.
Fix Nvidia Driver Update Installer Error 10
UPDATE: New CYDA driver 9.0.214 avaialble. You can upgrade it easily from CUDA preference panel. Patch below not needed anymoe! Or download driver from here: CUDA driver 9.0.214
If you want to use CUDA you might need to patch it to work with current Nvidia drivers, as CUDA Framework is prepared to read only specific version of the GPU Drivers, and with the last update at the moment, it doesn't recognise the installed version.
- Check the driver version from CUDA preference panel (for example GPU Driver Version: 10.25.28 378.10.10.10.15.117)
- Go to /Library/Frameworks/CUDA.framework/Versions/A/Libraries
- Find closest dylib match to your driver version, on my case for 378.10.10.10.15.117 and duplicate it. Rename duplicated file, on my case libcuda_378.05.05.25_mercury copy.dylib into libcuda_378.10.10.10_mercury.dylib.
- Copy /Library/Frameworks/CUDA.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Info.plist on yourDdesktop
- Add related lines at the end of NVDAResmanVersions section
- Replace /Library/Frameworks/CUDA.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Info.plist with an updated file.
- run these commands on terminal:
Hardware Acceleration Issues
If macOS High Sierra is logging you out while you’re using Chrome, try opening up the Chrome web browser and going to the settings. At the bottom of the screen click ‘Advanced’, then turn off hardware acceleration.
Install any drivers on High Sierra
NVIDIA doesn't allow to install drivers if your Mac version build doesn't match drivers versions. There is a workaround.
Please read more here:
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Windows 10 users often complain about display issues after upgrading to Windows 10. If you have an NVIDIA Graphics Chip installed and you are seeing some errors, then these solutions might help you to resolve the issue.
Error message – “NVIDIA Installer failed”
This is a common issue reported by many users following an upgrade to Windows 10. When you upgrade to Windows 10, the Windows update tries to download and install graphics drivers in the background. Sometimes this process takes 5-10 minutes or even longer. If you try installing NVIDIA Graphics Drivers immediately, you will most likely get an error which says NVIDIA installer failed.
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Solution 1 to NVIDIA installer failed issue
To resolve this issue, let the Windows 10 system sit idle for 15-20 minutes to ensure the Windows Update has completed the downloading and installation processes. After waiting for 15-20 minutes, reboot the system. Once the system is up again, install the NVIDIA Driver by following the steps set out below:
- In the Installation options screen, select Custom
- Click Next
- On the next screen, check the box “Perform a clean installation”
- Click Next
- Follow on-screen instructions to complete the installation
- Reboot the system
If the drivers are not successfully installed, try Solution 2 below.
Solution 2 to NVIDIA installer failed issue
Turn off your antivirus and firewall
Some antivirus tools are known to block files during the NVIDIA Driver installation. Some Comodo antivirus users have reported NVIDIA Driver failed issues. If you are running any firewall and antivirus software, turn it off before starting the installation process.
Turn off the antivirus program and also kill the remaining processes related to them. You can do this by killing the antivirus processes in the Task Manager. Follow the steps below to turn off antivirus and firewall temporarily:
- Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete
- Click Task Manager
- Go to the Processes tab
- Look for any processes related to antivirus and kill each of them – Click on each process and select End Task to kill the process
- Reboot your PC
- Try installing the NVIDIA Driver. Select Custom and check the box “Perform clean installation” during installation
If you get the NVIDIA installation error again, follow the steps given in Solution 3
Solution 3 to NVIDIA installer failed issue
- Go to Task Manager
- Go to the Processes tab to end any NVIDIA processes
- You also need to delete some NVIDIA installation related files
- To delete any NVIDIA related files, you need to log in as administrator
- Delete the following files from the C: drive
Nvidia Driver Install Failed
- C:WindowsSystem32DriverStoreFileRepositorynv_lh file
- C:WindowsSystem32DriverStoreFileRepositorynvdsp.inf file
- C:WindowsSystem32DriverStoreFileRepositorynvoclock file
- C:Program Files (x86)NVIDIA Corporation
- C:Program FilesNVIDIA Corporation
- After deleting the NVIDIA files, reboot the system and try installing the NVIDIA Drivers again
If none of the above solutions work, you may need to reinstall windows. You can also try using a Driver Update Tool. Fsx red bull helicopter chuck.