5 Ways to Overcome You Are Not Currently Using A Display Attached To An NVIDIA GPU

 Did you find the error message NVIDIA Display settings are not available. You are not currently using a display attached to an NVIDIA GPU when opening the NVIDIA Control Panel? If so, don't panic, as it's pretty easy to fix.

Several users have reported a problem when they try to open the NVIDIA Control Panel, and a warning message appears saying: “You are not currently using a display attached to an NVIDIA GPU”.

This message can mean a number of things, including that currently, you are not using your graphics card properly. Even though the list of possible causes is long, you don't need to worry about that, because in this post, we will share several methods of how to quickly solve You are not currently using a display attached to an NVIDIA GPU.

How to Overcome You Are Not Currently Using A Display Attached To An NVIDIA GPU

There are 5 fixes that have helped other users overcome You are not currently using a display attached to an NVIDIA GPU error in Windows 10 , 8 and 7. Let's start from the basic troubleshooting method.

1. Connect Monitor To GPU

Connect Monitor To GPU

When you receive the “NVIDIA Display settings are not available” error message, the first thing you need to do is check the display connection. In general, there are 2 ports for display cables. This means you can connect the cable to Intel integrated graphics or NVIDIA graphics hardware.

How to distinguish the two ports? The port that is integrated with the motherboard is a display issued by Intel HD graphics, while the port that allows you to view downloads is a display related to graphics hardware.

When checking the display connection, you should make sure that the connection to your monitor has been entered into the graphics port (a separate port). After checking, restart your computer and check if the error is resolved. Otherwise, move to the next method.

2. Change the Adapter Output

Change Adapter Output

If the error still appears after running method 1, try changing the adapter output. To do this, you need to use a VGA to HDMI converter or an HDMI port on a graphics card. Both of these items allow you to change the shape of the output directly.

3. Enable NVIDIA Driver Helper Service and NVIDIA Update Service Daemon

If your desktop or laptop NVIDIA display is not working, it may be because two NVIDIA services are not enabled, one is NVIDIA Driver Helper Service and the other is NVIDIA Update Service Daemon. Some people report that after resetting these two services, the Control Panel can work properly.

1. Type Services in the search box, then click the result to open the Services desktop application.

2. Find NVIDIA Driver Helper Service > Start.

3. Right-click NVIDIA Driver Helper Service > Properties.

4. In Startup Type, set it as Automatic, then click Apply and OK .

5. Find NVIDIA Update Service and perform the same operation.

4. Update NVIDIA Drivers

The most common reason that NVIDIA users claim behind this problem is not updated drivers. Usually, Windows automatically downloads and installs GPU drivers. Then, the user thinks that all drivers are up to date and accurately installed.

But, that's not the case. Even Windows can make mistakes and install the wrong drivers that won't work with the NVIDIA GPU you have installed.

Such errors eventually lead to problems like “NVIDIA Display settings are not available”. There are two ways to install your GPU driver, namely the manual or automatic way.

Manual way

If you want to update the driver yourself, you can go to the official NVIDIA website and the Intel official website to download the two driver models and then install them one by one.

Automatic Way:

This method is highly recommended for updating the GPU driver, because we might make an error while downloading the driver. You can use apps like Driver Booster to update your NVIDIA drivers automatically.

NVIDIA Driver Updates

1. Download, install and run Driver Booster on your computer.

2. Click Scan. Driver Booster will start scanning your computer's hardware including NVIDIA graphics cards and Integrated Intel graphics cards.

3. Find NVIDIA graphics card and Intel graphics card under Display adapters, click Update. Driver Booster starts downloading the latest NVIDIA graphic driver and dIntel graphic driver and installs them automatically.

4. After that restart your computer and see if that solves your problem.

5. Uninstall and Reinstall NVIDIA Drivers

There are cases when your drivers get corrupted or some files are missing. A quick solution for dealing with the error message "You are not currently using a display attached to an NVIDIA GPU" is to reinstall the GPU driver by following these simple steps:

Uninstall And Reinstall NVIDIA Drivers

1. Press keyboard Win + R and there type the command devmgmt.msc, now click OK to open Device Manager.

2. Once opened, expand the Display adapters section.

3. In this section, you will see your Nvidia device, right click on it and select Uninstall Device option.

4. After this, you will see the screen turns black, but don't worry, you can simply restart your computer.

5. After Windows boots, it will reinstall the default NVidia driver automatically,

6. Download the latest NVIDIA driver from NVIDIA official website or use Driver Booster to update NVIDIA driver automatically.

Conclusion

So those are some ways to overcome NVIDIA Display settings are not available. Actually this error usually occurs because the video monitor port is plugged in incorrectly. You only need to connect the video interface to the NVIDIA graphics card port to solve the problem. If you are using an ASUS, Dell, or Lenovo laptop, simply update the drivers and check for NVIDIA-related services.