I found this thread when I noticed when running the Additional Drivers
app that I also see 2 selections. First one is titled NVIDIA
accelerated graphics driver 173, the 2nd one is called NVIDIA
accelerated graphics driver (version current) [Recommended]. It appears
that my card should work with
Well, I tried running 173 and it failed just like the others (black
screen at boot).
In case anyone stumbles upon this thread that is looking for a fix for
this driver, there seems to be a dozen different ways to do it. The
easiest way seems to be this method:
Reboot Computer, hold down shift