goofygrape opened this issue on Feb 07, 2026 ยท 4 posts
goofygrape posted Sat, 07 February 2026 at 10:04 PM
Blender won't start, says video card drivers are outdated. RTX 3060 12 GB, the card was updated to the latest version, Blender 5.0, 5.1, and 4.5.
John
Lobo3433 posted Sun, 08 February 2026 at 7:37 AM Forum Moderator
That is a common error most often the OpenGL version has become corrupt in your system reinstalling the graphic drivers and doing a clean install make sure there is a check mark in the Clean Installation option see screen shots below usually will resolve this if it repeats reinstalling Blender would be my next trouble shooting step hope this helps
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goofygrape posted Sun, 08 February 2026 at 9:46 PM
Lobo3433, yes, the problem was partly, and the problem was fixed by cleaning the card from over heating and other things. It now works fine, and thanks for your info
Lobo3433 posted Mon, 09 February 2026 at 7:10 AM Forum Moderator
goofygrape posted at 9:46 PM Sun, 8 February 2026 - #4503825
Hello goofygrapeLobo3433, yes, the problem was partly, and the problem was fixed by cleaning the card from over heating and other things. It now works fine, and thanks for your info
I am glad your issue is resolved I experienced the myself a couple of times in the past while using Blender so was familiar with the most common solution I am gla dyou are back up and running
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