Problems with Video drivers

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Chulo77

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I am newbie on linux, very newbie, I installed linux mint 17, 4 days ago on my old laptop.
My laptop has a GEFORCE 8400M GS.
When I finished the installation, I tried to change the controller of the driver set by linux installation which was xserver-xorg-video-noveau to an nvidia controller and when I restarted the pc my screen was black with red dashes and sqares.
Solution Boot with the same pendrive used in installation and reinstallation of linux mint.
I tried to download for the nvidia page the drivers for my gforce model and couldnt installed.
In current configuration I have many video errors, like pixelation or things that are broken.
What should I do?
 


thanks man, I will try all the things described in the posts, but just in case, if I break something, how can I go back to the installation I have now, for example.
In windows I could start the pc in safe mode, but in linux I dont know how to do that.
Thanks again man
 

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