Quote: I have a problem with the latest NVIDIA drivers.

The problem is, every time I click on Particle Rooms General folder, PD crashes with a report it had a problem with the video driver.

No problem in the other Particle folders.

I have tried different settings in PD hardware acceleration, no joy here!

This was not a problem when I had older versions of NVIDIA drivers.

I have the latest PD12 update installed.

I have tried to reinstall PD12 in Win7 32bit and 64bit. Installed PD 11 with the same problem

I can’t roll back driver.

I can’t install Windows update for NVIDIA, it fails to install every time, it use to install ok and
Worked ok in the past, but will not install.

It works fine with basic Windows 7 32bit and 64bit driver.

Where can I down load older NVIDIA drivers??

You should be able to find one here:
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx

Put in your information, you should get a list of compatible drivers for your Video Card.

Hi Carl.
Thanks for your info.

I found the drivers listed 34.52 and 34.25 would not install and was dated 2015.

My video card is a NVIDIA GEFORCE 9600GT.

I got Nvidia system checker to find a driver for me and it came back with 340-52, now this did install and work but had the problem as described above.

The only solution to the problem was to uninstall and remove driver from the computer.

I then rebooted and waited for Windows to reinstall the driver, this can a while after reboot before it states it is “installing the driver”. You may have to unstall and remove a couple times before you get the best driver.

The Windows driver for me was 8.17.11.9713 dated 15/10/2010, the driver dated 2009 was no good as you could not adjust picture size.

8.17.11.9713 Driver had all the NVIDIA video ajustments, so I found it works perfectly.

PD now works ok all round and now no problem in the PARTICLE ROOM.

I have now made a backup copy of the driver in case I have to reinstall Windows.

Hope this helps anyone with the same problem!

Quote: 8.17.11.9713 Driver had all the NVIDIA video ajustments, so I found it works perfectly.

PD now works ok all round and now no problem in the PARTICLE ROOM.

I have now made a backup copy of the driver in case I have to reinstall Windows.

Hope this helps anyone with the same problem!

It is good you found the driver that works all around for you.

Very good to make a backup of the working driver download.

Maybe it will help somebody in the future.
It may be easier search if you add "Solved" to the Title of this thread.

Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Hi Carl.
Can I ask you about your system which you show on your page?
The graphics card and the AMD Processor you run does it work well in PD?
I am thinking to upgrade my system.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Quote: Hi Carl.
Can I ask you about your system which you show on your page?
The graphics card and the AMD Processor you run does it work well in PD?
I am thinking to upgrade my system.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks.

You may ask.

I home built this system in 2010.
I would bet that most of the parts are no longer available.

The graphics card and AMD processor are still doing a good job.

If I were to build a new system I would look for current parts, AMD sure does have must faster CPUs than the one in this system.
My Motherboard is a GigaByte.

Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

[There is a simpler way than what I stated above to finding the driver.

Type into GOOGLE “siliconguide.com”, this will take you to a data base of drivers for whatever board you have.

Siliconguide.com/drivers/262/ takes you to the driver for NVIDIA 9600 board driver.

Down load to your desktop, click on the down loaded file and it will auto install.

Very quick, no need to uninstall the installed driver!

I have tested this and it worked perfectly in a few seconds.

This problem has now been solved!