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Install GPU drivers
2024-01-12
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The following provides instructions for implementing GPU Plug and Play (PNP) on CCBootclient, ensuring seamless GPU driver installation and configuration for both UEFI and Legacy systems.
- Works on UEFI and Legacy
Install GPU
- Ensure you're using the latest version of CCBootclient, as it now supports GPU PNP. This update includes the ability to remember all GPU drivers, a feature that has been thoroughly tested and verified.
- Initiate the boot process on the designated PC that requires driver installation.
- Install the GPU drivers on the super client PC during the boot sequence.
- After completing the driver installation, perform a system reboot. Allow the PC to run for at least 5 minutes before initiating shutdown.
- Disable the super client and save the system image to capture the updated driver configuration.
Update GPUs
- If the GPU driver is already installed on one PC but not recognized on others, follow these steps:
- Boot the PC with super client where the driver is missing and let it run for 5–7 minutes. During this time, the system will automatically update the driver in the background.
- After that, reboot the PC. Once it restarts, you should see that the driver has been updated.
- Finally, shut down the PC, disable Super Client, and save the changes.
- Repeat the same steps for other PCs that use different GPUs.
- You can verify if the GPU drivers are installed correctly from the Boot Menu:
- Under "Video Card", the system should display the NVIDIA model name.
- If it appears as empty or shows a dash (-), it means the driver is not installed correctly, and you will need to repeat the steps on that PC. (Figure 1)
Figure 1
- After shutting down the PC, the ccbootclient.exe will initiate the execution of gpupnp.bat located at C:\CCBootClient\Tools\GPUPnP. This process will generate gpupnp.log in the same directory. (Figure 2)
Figure 2
- In the GpuPnp.log file, there will be a line indicating that the operation was completed successfully, and the GPU model will be saved. (Figure 3)
Figure 3
- 5000 series drivers may not include support for older cards like 1000/2000/3000 series.
- Download the driver from NVIDIA’s official site: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx
- Start by installing the GPU driver on PCs with the 5000 series first, then follow the same steps for other GPU series:
- Once the .exe file is downloaded (e.g., 546.33-desktop-win10-win11-64bit-international-dch-whql.exe), do not run it. Right-click the .exe file → Select "Extract to [folder name]" (This is the default WinRAR extract option)
- Wait for extraction to complete. It will create a folder like: 599-desktop-win10-win11-64bit-international-dch-whql\
- Inside that folder, navigate to: Display.Driver\
- That’s the actual driver files (including .inf files) used for manual installation.
- Open Device Manager
- Expand Display adapters - Right-click your GPU - Choose Update driver
- Select: "Browse my computer for drivers" → "Let me pick" → "Have Disk" → Browse
- Point to the folder:[Extracted Folder]\Display.Driver\
- Select the .inf file (usually nv_disp.inf), then install. (Figure 4)
Figure 4
- In cases where GPU PNP is insufficient, consider using Hardware profiles. This provides an alternative method for managing and configuring your GPU drivers.
- If the previous methods fail, try using different images. Copy the VHD file of the existing image, and paste it into a new folder within the image disk. This creates two identical images, allowing you to install different drivers on each image.
- Use clean installation if you have drivers already installed on your image
Use DDU uninstaller to remove the drivers and then download the latest one and install
GPU drivers