NVIDIA Driver Installed but nvidia-smi Shows "No Devices Found" , GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q+Ubuntu 24.04 + Kernel 6.8.0-52-generic

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System Information

laptop model: GF63 Thin 11SC MSI
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q
OS: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
Kernel Version: 6.8.0-52-generic
NVIDIA Driver Versions Tried: 515, 520, 525, 530, 535, 550, 570 (none worked)
GCC Version: 13.3.0

After clean installing multiple NVIDIA driver versions (515, 520, 525, 530, 535, 550, 570), nvidia-smi returns “No devices were found.” The GPU is detected by lspci but not by the driver.

Steps Tried:

  1. Clean Installation: Purged previous drivers (sudo apt purge '^nvidia'), then reinstalled.
  2. Different Driver Versions: Attempted multiple driver versions.
  3. Secure Boot Disabled: Ensured Secure Boot is off in BIOS.
  4. Kernel Module Check:lsmod | grep nvidia returns nothing.
  5. Bug Report Generated: Attached nvidia-bug-report.log.gz.
    Bug report:
    nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (210.3 KB)
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your logs look somewhat similar to what I’ve been experiencing on a Tuxedo laptop as described here: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/nvidia-drivers-malfunction-on-tuxedo-infinitybook-pro14-gen9-amd-several-distros-versions
Although it’s hard to say exactly what the hex numbers in RmInitAdapter failed! (0x25:0xffff:1601) or RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0x56:1610) actually mean…