Helios 300 PH 315-52 Accidentally Uninstalled NVIDIA GPU from Device Manager/How to Get it Back?

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So recently, about a week ago, my computer (Acer Predator Helios 300 PH 315-52) blue screened because of RAM overload (not anything GPU related, and my RAM is fine. I tried to open a game that used more than my max RAM). But, I realized that after that, my NVIDIA RTX 2060 GPU was hidden in device manager, not being utilized. I tried to watch tutorials on how to reinstate it, and one of the tutorials said to uninstall and reinstall it, so I uninstalled it. However, the issue is, I can't reinstall it, nor does it reappear after restarting my PC. I have also tried the following methods:

- Changing to Windows 11
- Restarting/shutting down my PC
- DxDiag, BIOS mode (I don't have any idea what to do there though)
- Tried reinstalling the driver, met by this prompt (I'm using windows 10 right now)

I also found this error message too which I found related to the GPU:

I don't know how to fix this. Could anyone please help? Much appreciated! (I don't think this is a hardware issue/GPU failing)

[Edited the thread to add model name to the title]

GAMING6698

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/713814/accidentally-uninstalled-nvidia-gpu-from-device-manager-how-to-get-it-back

Uninstalling and restarting only works for drivers like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and audio, not for GPU drivers. Don't worry; follow the steps below one by one:

1. Ensure Windows is completely updated.
2. After updating Windows, cleanly reinstall the NVIDIA GPU driver using the DDU uninstaller. Follow step 8 from the guide below.

Windows 10/11 optimization guide for gaming — Acer Community

Note: Ignore the Intel GPU; focus solely on the NVIDIA GPU. Do not make any changes to the Intel GPU.