How to Clean Install Graphics Drivers Using DDU - The Proper Way! | Clean Reinstall Uninstall | Easy

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Enjoy this guide and thank you for all your kind words! 🥰

0:00 Why clean uninstall?

1:01 Sponsor
1:20 Prep work
3:32 Disable network adapters
4:05 Safe mode
4:45 Run DDU
6:25 Install driver
7:28 Enable network adapters
7:49 Open driver software
8:05 Done!

[thecomputersurgeon]

ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS:

1. Chipset driver questions?
I recommend ALL users with a Ryzen CPU to install the chipset drivers after doing this process

2. Can't extract the files in safe mode?
Never had the problem myself but it can happen. It's often to do with OneDrive
i) Try opening the DDU app in non-safe mode first (but do not actually do the clean and restart). Hopefully that will kick start it for you once you reboot into safe mode
ii) Put the DDU folder on a USB drive and run it from there, in safe mode
iii) in non-safe mode, open command prompt as an administrator. Enter sfc/scannow and let it do its thing

3. Can't get out of safe mode?
This should work:
i) Press WindowsKey + R to open the run Window
ii) Type CMD, then CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER at the same time to open cmd as admin
iii) type in this EXACTLY as typed ensuring you use the curly brackets like I do: bcdedit /deletevalue {default} safeboot
iv) Power down and hopefully when you start up again you'll be in normal mode

4. Black screen?
This sometimes happens on really old hardware. It's usually because your Windows install is on UEFI and your GPU only works with CSM. There's not much you can do besides reinstall Windows with CSM, or to update the VBIOS of your graphics card if possible. I can't go into detail about how to do that here.
The other possibilty here is faulty hardware

5. Driver install forces you to be online?
This is incorrect. It means you have downloaded the wrong file. For AMD, there is a banner at the top of the driver downloads page saying "Auto-detect and install" or something similar. You do NOT want this. You need to go to your graphics card page on the AMD drivers website and download the ADRENALIN version (around 700MB) and NOT the auto-detect version (around 50MB)


6. Do I really need to disconnect from the internet for this?
YES! Being offline means that Windows update can't auto install a driver before you put the proper one on, making the install much cleaner. You *can* run it online, but you won't be doing it properly that way


AND A BIG THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR KIND WORDS!!!

[RiZeLegiT]

gonna add a comment to hopefully boost you higher in the recommended regarding this topic, i think i’ve used this video twice now. So clean and just the right amount of informative dialogue to follow along with, good stuff!

[_finpan_]

I know this video is old but man does it work. Protect this man at all costs!

[spicyramenhehe]

IF YOUR GURU3D/DDU FOLDER WONT OPEN IN SAFE MODE:

open your downloads and extract the zipped guru3d folder again. i was having an issue where it said the file couldn't be accessed. took me a minute to find the answer. hope this helps someone. :) super great video for my first clean install.

[Ducky-Duxford]

Wow, such a clear and detailed tutorial for driver installs.

Thank you for making this video, others have tried to make this tutorial but they have failed, yours is the most professional guide I have found !

[Jesus_IS_Lord_Of_Lords]

Still the most clear tutorial on this, every one else over complicates everything but this is simple and easy.

[mrrick]

This video really has it all as a go to guide from start to finish in simple terms

[UKWOWUWANT]

I am actually mad this video is not so easy to come by while having THE BEST explanation on how to do it. Not a tech savy person but i was able to do this step by step. Cheers and excellent job. HNY from Mexico.

[Spyderdz]

this fixed my green screen problem, thank you so much your a legend !!

[pizzatothemax]

Thank you for this! I'm still kinda scared tinkering with my PC (someone else built it and I have no idea how to build one) so I really appreciate the way this is so straightforward, and presented in a way that's easy to understand. 🙌

[msterofficial]

Very simple to follow, short, straight to the point. You are awesome. Keep up the great work!

[Meg_A_Byte]

I want to thank you for helping me fix my borked PC after the latest Nvidia driver update. It was BSOD on startup, but I was able to download the tool and driver and install everything in safe mode which still worked.

[brandonwoodford]

Thank you for making this video. I just had a huge problem with the November 1st 2023 546.01 nvidia driver, stuttering bad playing gopro videos after update. This was my only way of rolling back to 537.42, I was extreamly nervous to do so as I am no computer expert. I followed your video for the whole process, and everything went just as shown in the video. Your video is still helping people in 2023, PC win11/4070ti, thank you!

[x-raymnd]

⚠️IMPORTANT⚠️ after following his instructions, if your PC screen went black after pressing clean and restart in DDU you need to unplug the display port and use an HDMI cable and install your drivers and go back to using the display port after that

[nicholasbroodryk]

Bro... thank you for walking me through this, what a legend

[koshinon]

Words cannot explain how much I love you. You saved my pc

[rafaelddcampos]

Im just here to say that u helped me to solve a problem that in 3 months i didnt find a solution, ily!

[deathlyfn]

3 year old video but still alot better explaining than all the other ones, keep it up man.

[nikoladj]

Straight to the point. Thanks mate, my driver crashed due to a Windows update, your guidance helped me a ton in fixing the problem. Have a nice day 😎

[hghhits]

I've watched multiple videos on this and got confused through out most this is by far the best explained video about this