Black screen, when installing NVIDIA drivers (GTX970)

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I tried to switch from Windows to Linux (elementary OS) but everytime I ended in a black screen.

The following steps i tried:

Set "Nomodeset" before the installation starts (+ replaced "quiet spash" with "nomodeset"), but after that I ended in a black screen. I have to boot in the recovery mode to see something.
In recovery mode i tried to install the drivers that are offered from elementary OS = black screen
I tried to install the official nvidia drivers from their download site = black screen
I tried the following (Installing NVidia Drivers - Blank Screen) = black screen
Ubuntu forum: https://askubuntu.com/questions/561295/how-to-use-nvidia-gtx-970-gpu = black screen
https://elementaryforums.com/index.php?threads/howto-install-latest-nvidia-driver-on-linux-without-getting-black-screen.7/ = black screen

Everytime I used a clean installation of freya.

My Setup:

Any ideas? Sorry for my bad english.

Have you tried elementaryos.stackexchange.com/questions/4267/… ? — Lewis Goddard, Nov 22, 2016 at 13:16

Lewis Goddard · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-22 13:16:52Z

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Add nomodeset acpi=off, (Shift and then press e on elementary os) but I have the same problem installing nvidia drivers

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answered Nov 21, 2016 at 23:20

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It would be nice if you can take some time and explain better what is the solution you propose. From your statement is hard to understand if it worked for you or not. As you see the question is well structured so users would apreciate that you also structure your answer, making clear for others which steps should be taken. I recomend reading: elementaryos.stackexchange.com/help/how-to-answer
– Jorge R. Marín
Nov 23, 2016 at 2:33

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