nvidia graphics card not showing up in display adapter

To see how to manually update the drivers one by one, please check this post. Please note that Update All is available for Pro subscribers only, otherwise, you can only manually update the driver one at a time.

Then all your drivers will be updated automatically without you having to do anything else.

After the scan, select all the drivers you need to update and click Update All.

Download and install Driver Techie, then launch it.

To use Driver Techie to find you the latest drivers: More importantly, Driver Techie simplifies the driver update process, so all it takes is just 3 clicks (for Pro users), and all your drivers are updated. Its ever-growing driver database allows you to always have access to the latest device drivers that you need. Then check and see if the problem is fixed.Įither way, you can install and update your Nvidia graphics card driver in a different way with the help of Driver Techie.

Restart your computer for your system to automatically install the Nvidia graphics driver for you.

Then right-click the unknown device driver and click Uninstall (the name of the device can be different on your computer).

Double-click to expand the category Other devices.

Click the View menu and choose Show hidden devices.

On your keyboard, press the Windows key and X at the same time, select Device Manager.

In this case, we’ll have to uninstall all the unknown devices first and let Windows install the latest Nvidia graphics driver for you. However, it may be listed under the category of Other devices as an unknown device or a video controller with a yellow exclamation. If your Nvidia graphics card is not showing in Device Manager, it’s mainly because your operating system fails to recognize the display card adapters. After that, let’s take a look at the steps below.

Check that the discrete GPU is enabled in BIOSīefore we start troubleshooting, please restart your computer first to flush the buffer and repair any possible random bugs.

Luckily, there are still some fixes to make your NVIDIA display card show up again in Device Manager:

If your Nvidia graphics card is gone from Device Manager under the category Display adapters, don’t worry.

Nvidia graphics card not showing up in display adapter