Not connected to nvidia gp. NVIDIA display settings are not available. The display being used is not connected to an NVIDIA GPU. What is a GPU in a computer

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Hello everyone! Very often, users of computers and laptops with an NVIDIA discrete video adapter installed are faced with the problem of being unable to get into the video settings. All this is accompanied by the error “the display in use is not connected to the nvidia gp”. Due to this problem, the computer will not be able to use the video adapter during games and when running applications. As a rule, in most cases, the problem occurs only with discrete graphics cards.

Discrete graphics card- This is a separate hardware component of a computer, which is made in the form of a separate circuit or chip and is connected to the high-speed PCI Express data bus. Such video cards are the most productive compared to integrated solutions. It is worth paying attention to the fact that the discrete board cannot always be removed from the device. For example, on laptops, it is soldered to the motherboard, but is made as a separate chip or chipset.

Troubleshooting: The display in use is not connected to an NVIDIA GPU

After we have learned a little about what discrete video adapters are, I propose to consider in detail how to fix our problem. As a rule, there are not so many of them. Therefore, we will consider the most popular options.

By the way, I propose to remember what actions you performed earlier before this error began to appear: you may have removed or updated drivers, optimized your computer and turned off unnecessary services, reinstalled the Windows operating system. If no action was taken with the computer, and the error: the display being used is not connected to the NVIDIA GPU began to appear by itself, then follow the instructions below.

Check if the video card is enabled in device manager.

Very often, a similar problem occurs due to the fact that the video adapter component is disabled in the Windows Device Manager. This can happen for various reasons:

System updates have been downloaded and installed;

If the described operations took place, then the system could independently set the initial settings, therefore, in order to fix the problem, we do the following:

Note! There are times when the system shows that the NVIDIA Geforce device is on, but it does not work correctly. Then you should turn it off by clicking on the "Disable" item, and then "Enable" again. Perhaps this will help solve the problem.

If, after the settings have been made, the error: The display in use is not connected to the NVIDIA GPU persists, then proceed to the next step.

Update the video card driver.

There are cases when, after installing or incorrectly updating drivers, as well as due to driver incompatibility with the Windows version, the device refuses to work correctly. In this situation, you can try updating the video card driver. This can be done in several ways.

After that, click the "Search" button, the system will find the latest drivers for your video card and offer to download them.

After downloading, feel free to run the update file.

After updating the video drivers, do not forget to restart the computer and check if our problem has disappeared, if not, then read the article further.

Enable NVIDIA Services

Quite often, the cause of many troubles is that some services stop working. This may be due to incorrect user actions or due to a system failure. Therefore, to check if the NVIDIA Geforce Display Container Service is running, run the following:

Upon completion of the manipulations, restart the computer and check if the error has disappeared.

Delete files of old video card drivers.

If you performed a driver update, and not a clean installation, then you forgot about such a trifle as deleting all files and registry tails that remained from the previous version of the software.

To clean up the system from the garbage left over from the previous installation, we will use a free utility called Display Driver Uninstaller, which can be downloaded from the official website www.guru3d.com. With its help, we can automatically remove old drivers.

Therefore, download, install and run the program. Before starting the cleaning, you must select the type of GPU and click on the "Clean and Restart" button. After the done manipulations, the computer will reboot several times. So don't be afraid.

We use the system restore tool.

If the above steps did not help you fix the situation and the error: The display in use is not connected to the NVIDIA GPU appears again, then there is another option to solve the problem. To do this, we will use the standard Windows System Restore tool.

To roll back to earlier computer settings, do the following:

As a rule, very often "System Restore" allows you to roll back the computer settings to their previous state and return the settings that were used before the user changed or before installing programs.

Let's summarize.

When trying to open the Nvidia Control Panel, the user may encounter the message "NVIDIA display settings are not available. The display being used is not connected to an NVIDIA GPU." The appearance of this notification indicates that there are problems with the PC graphics card drivers, as well as incorrect connection of the system monitor. Below we will analyze the causes of this dysfunction, as well as present options for its solution.

The selected display is not connected to the Nvidia GPU - the essence and reasons

The vast majority of modern laptops (and some stationary computers) can boast of two working video cards at once. In most cases, one of them is built into the motherboard, low power, and used for everyday tasks (usually the Intel HD Graphics series). The second is a powerful discrete one, used for resource-intensive graphic applications with the active use of 3D graphics (video cards from Nvidia and AMD).

Systems with two video cards can effectively save power by using a weaker card from Intel when performing simple operations (surfing the net, working with text, etc.). This feature is called "NVIDIA Optimus", and we can see it working in many modern laptops with Nvidia graphics cards.

The use of this technology allows you to extend the battery life of your laptop

When starting the Nvidia control panel, the system tries to identify the Nvidia card used to create the image on the PC screen. If authentication fails, the user receives the message "The display in use is not connected to an NVIDIA GPU."

The causes of dysfunction may be as follows:

The user plugged the monitor plug into the built-in graphics card slot instead of a discrete one (in the case of a stationary PC);
Instead of native laptop drivers, the user (or Windows OS) installed basic drivers from Intel or Nvidia. Your laptop manufacturer may have modified the standard drivers for your specific laptop model, allowing the system to optimally switch between integrated and discrete graphics. These drivers are called "OEM drivers" (the abbreviation "OEM" stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer). OEM drivers are usually bundled with a laptop on a CD or PC hard drive, and enabling them is the key to the successful operation of both video cards. If the user installs standard drivers from Nvidia or Intel, then such a switch may not work correctly;
The user did not correctly install drivers for system video cards. In particular, you first need to install drivers for the built-in card from Intel, and then for the discrete one (Nvidia). Many do exactly the opposite;
Video card drivers are outdated or not working correctly.

Below we will analyze the ways to solve the problem.

Let’s take a look at the solutions to fix the “Nvidia display settings not available” error on your PC.

Method 1. Connect your monitor's cable to the Nvidia card connector

For a desktop PC and a standalone monitor, make sure the monitor cable is connected to the Nvidia video card connector and not to the built-in Intel card connector.

Method 2: Check if the integrated Intel graphics card is disabled

On some laptops, the work of a discrete Nvidia card is impossible without the integrated Intel graphics card enabled, so it gives out “NVIDIA display settings are not available. The display being used is not connected to an NVIDIA GPU."

Go to Device Manager (press Win+R, type devmgmt.msc there and hit enter).
Here, find the "Display adapters" tab, double-click on it to open it.
Hover over the Intel card, right-click, and select Enable Device.

Method 3. Install original OEM drivers on your PC

An effective solution to the problem is to install original OEM drivers for your PC video card. Do the following:

Get-WmiObject win32_bios

And press enter. The displayed parameters will contain " SerialNumber", The value of which will need to be entered in the appropriate search field on the website of the manufacturer of your device. You will be able to download drivers and other updates for your laptop.

Download drivers for the version of your Windows OS (do not confuse 32 or 64-bit versions). The specified drivers may be of an earlier date than the drivers you already have installed, but this is not a problem;
Install the drivers for the Intel video card first;
Then install the drivers for the Nvidia video card. Make sure you do a clean install for Nvidia drivers;
Restart your PC.

If you are worried that Windows will install its drivers again, then you can disable this feature. To do this, go to, then to "System and Security", then "System" - on the left "Advanced system settings" - tab "Hardware" - "Device installation settings". Here select the "No" option, click on "Save", and restart your PC.

Method 4: Check the operation of the Nvidia service

Click on Win + R, type services.msc there and press enter.
In the list of services that opens, find the Nvidia Display Container LS service, make sure it is running and its startup type is set to Automatic.
If necessary, start the service, this can help resolve the "Display in use is not connected" error on your PC.

Method 5: Check your BIOS settings

In some cases, incorrect BIOS settings can interfere with the correct operation of the Nvidia card. Go to BIOS, find the "Graphics Device" option there and set the value to "Auto" or "Optimus" if any.

Method 6: Update your Nvidia drivers (for desktops)

Desktop users should try installing the Nvidia drivers from geforce.com. You can find drivers for your card on the site manually by selecting the card model and operating system, or let Nvidia's dedicated tool do it by clicking on "AUTO DETECT YOUR GPU".

Also make sure that you have activated the "clean install" option when installing the drivers.

Method 7. Use special programs

Specialized programs of the DriverPak Solution level, Driver Easy and other analogues that scan PC components and install the latest driver versions for them can also help in installing the latest drivers.

Conclusion

The message "The display in use is not connected to an NVIDIA GPU" usually indicates that there are some problems with the Nvidia drivers on the user's PC. Follow the tips in this article to get rid of the “NVIDIA display settings not available” error on your computer.

Often, when opening settings, a window appears with the text "The display in use is not connected to the Nvidia GPU." We will tell you what to do in such a situation.

1. Turn on your graphics card

Sometimes the Nvidia display settings are not available for the simple reason that the graphics card is not enabled. Do not try to understand how she could suddenly turn off.

Here is what you need to do to fix the problem:

Launch Device Manager. The easiest way to find it is in the Start menu.
Expand the Display Adapters section. One of the devices will definitely be called Nvidia.
Right-click on it and in the menu that appears, click "Disable", and then "Enable" (right-click on the device again - the drop-down menu will be slightly modified). Or maybe you will immediately have only the “Enable” option. Choose it.

Rice. No. 1. Enabling the video adapter in Device Manager

It happens that this method of inclusion does not work. Therefore, the same must be done in the services and in the BIOS. For the first, open the Start menu item Control Panel, then go to Administrative Tools, and then open Services. In the list, you will find at least one item in which the name Nvidia will appear. Most likely, it will be "NVIDIA Display Container LS". Right-click on it and select "Restart" first, then "Update".

Rice. No. 2. Enable Nvidia Service

Now let's talk about BIOS. First you need to open BIOS or UEFI. How to do this, read this article. After that, you need to open the menu that is responsible for the connected devices. Look for something related to graphics. In BIOS, most often something like this can be found in the "Config" or "Advanced" tabs. As you can see in the picture below, there is a setting called "Graphics Device" and there you can select Nvidia.

Clue: If you can't handle it, try to find information in the instructions or on the manufacturer's website.

Rice. No. 3. Graphics settings in BIOS

Now you know how to connect a video card if it suddenly turns off. If it doesn't work, move on.

2. Update your drivers

In general, this method is relevant for a huge variety of different computer problems.

To update drivers, the following is usually done:

Go to the device manager in the way you already know.
Open the "Display adapters" section and on the Nvidia device, right-click and select "Update drivers ...". You can also right-click on the entire "Display adapters" section and click "Update hardware configuration".

Rice. No. 4. Updating the configuration of video adapters in the manager

Reboot your machine. If nothing has changed, right-click on the Nvidia device and select Properties. Next, go to the "Driver" tab in the window that opens and click "Uninstall".

Rice. No. 5. Driver removal

Restart your PC or laptop again. The system should independently find the most current driver and install it. If not, you will have to find it yourself. This is usually done on the official website of the computer manufacturer (not the video card, if nothing is there, then go to the website of the video adapter manufacturer). Download the driver and install it. This is done in exactly the same way as in the case of any other programs - run the exe extension file, agree to the terms and follow all the instructions.

In the event that this did not work either or you have some problems with the installation, you can use special software to automatically install drivers. The list of the best samples is given here.

3. Reinstall or roll back the system

If none of the above works, then the problem is with the operating system. Sometimes it's hard to keep track of Nvidia GPU activity and when things stopped working.

In any case, if everything was fine a week ago, you should first roll back the system to this time. How this procedure is performed, read in this article.

Advice: Try several available restore points. Move from closest to you in time to furthest. Probably, at some stage, everything will be fine.

And if even then nothing changes, you will have to reinstall the operating system. For this, it is advisable to take a completely different assembly than the one you have now and completely clean the hard drive. In other words, you need to format it.

Step-by-step instructions for reinstalling Windows are given here.

The manual describes in detail the process of managing the NVIDIA graphics card settings. We will also show you how to adjust NVIDIA 3D settings for some games. Before setting up, you need to install drivers for Nvidia.

If the drivers are installed, we proceed to the configuration.

Right-click on the desktop to bring up a pop-up menu. In which we select the item:

After that we get to the control panel. Let's go to the section: 3D Options

In the window that appears, first select the item: Adjusting picture settings with preview

Press: Apply(as shown in the picture below)

Now the fun begins.

Configuring NVIDIA 3D Settings for Games

Let's go to the section: Manage 3D settings

After that, we proceed to configure the parameters in the right window.

For the application to work correctly, the following parameters must be set:

CUDA - GPUs: Everything
Anisotropic filtering: Turn off
V-Sync (vertical sync): Turn off
Vertical sync pulse": Use 3D application setting
Background lighting shading": Turn off
Maximum number of pre-trained frames: you should select the item that is marked with the NVIDIA icon
Stream optimization: Automatically
Power management mode: Adaptive
Smoothing - gamma correction: Turn off
Smoothing - options: Turn off
Smoothing - transparency: Turn off
Smoothing - mode: Turn off
Triple buffering: Turn off
Multi-Display/Mixed GPU Acceleration: Multi display performance mode
Texture filtering - anisotropic optimization by sample: Turn off
Texture filtering - quality": Top performance
Texture Filtering - Negative Deviation UD: Turn on
Texture filtering - trilinear optimization": Turn on
Anisotropic filtering. Directly affects the quality of textures in games. Therefore, it is recommended turn off.
Enable scalable textures: Turn off
Extension Limit: Turn off

Depending on the version of the drivers and video card, some options may be missing in the settings.

After changing all the settings, click the Apply button. These settings do not guarantee 100% results, but in 90% of cases they can increase FPS by up to 30%.

The display being used is not connected to the NVIDIA GPU - users often get a window with such content when they try to open the settings panel for their video card settings. As a result, the computer cannot use the component while playing games or running other applications. on your computer or laptop.

Often this problem appears with discrete cards. . Discrete graphics card- this is a special component, which, unlike the integrated card, is made in the form of a separate circuit.

The acquisition and installation of such a part is most often produced by users to speed up your computer while running toys or video editing applications.

Starting the video card through the device manager

If you are running a Windows operating system, the cause of the "nvidia display settings not available" issue message may be based on disabling part of the graphics card in your device manager.

After updating, reinstalling the system, speeding up the computer, the system can automatically set the primary settings for the components.

To check the status of the GPU and enable it, follow the recommendations:

Open the search menu on the desktop system.
In the text line, enter "Device Manager"; Let's open our result.
Go to the tab of video adapters, there will be several components in the list. Find the NVIDIA device and right-click on it.
In the open special menu, you can view the status of its work. If the adapter is disabled, the menu will show an "Enable" field. Turn it on and wait a couple of seconds.
Even if the system displays that NVIDIA GeForce is working, we recommend that you reconnect the device. Click "Disconnect" and then "Connect" again. In this way, you can return to normal operation. If that doesn't work for you, move on to another method.

Video card driver update

If a normal GPU reboot does not solve the problem, the card drivers may be outdated or incompatible with the new version installed on the computer's OS.

There are two methods to update the configuration GPU - Automatic or installing drivers yourself.

You should try the first option first. It does not require unique skills and understanding of computer characteristics. Go back to device manager and click on the menu of the video adapters section.

In the list, select the item " Hardware Configuration Update". The computer itself will find and run the necessary software.

After performing the manipulation, it is imperative to restart the PC for the changes to take effect. Remember! This driver installation method is suitable if the PC has an Internet connection. And you must also use a licensed copy of OS Windows (otherwise the drivers will be loaded from unknown and dangerous sources).

The second method of updating drivers is to simply search for the right files. This can only be done at the official source of the manufacturer of your video card - NVIDIA Corporation.

On the Internet, it is easy to find a page for downloading driver software. Users must choose the type, series and type of product, as well as the version of the working operating system, with their own hands.

Then you need to confirm the search so that the system itself creates the necessary archive for downloading. We are waiting for the search result and download the archive by clicking on the "Download now" button:

Find out the parameters of your video card

To do this, we will use the recommendation that was included in the purchase package.

If it is not there, you can see the characteristics in your system:

Open the system information window;
We are waiting for the parameters to load. This can last from one to three minutes.
In the left part of the window, open the "Display" section. After a certain time, a detailed description of the characteristics of most devices that are responsible for displaying data on your computer will open on the right. You will need fields with the name and version of the GPU.

You can also enable the automatic selection of drivers for your computer on the NVIDIA Corporation portal.

Click on the "Graphics Drivers" section.

At the end, the site will display a message stating that which driver do you need, or if there are problems with the video card. When you click on its icon, the file will automatically download to the PC. Using one of our analyzed methods, you can update the hardware configuration of your video card. Then problems with the inclusion of games should not arise. If G.P. is still not working properly, maybe there are still files in the system or processes that slow down its work.

But do not worry, sooner or later you will find the source of the problem and deal with it yourself.