YIKES!!! nvidia driver install

[geraldw321]

hello again everyone

  I was thinking of installing the latest driver for the nvidia gt650m video card in my laptop but WOW and YIKES   the readme for the install is like 40 pages long  and i got lost and messed up my install after the first 3 pages.   i entered some code too put me in a command line boot mode to disable all x server stuff and ?    thats it  im lost.    system rebooted  too command line and i couldnt get the desktops back .  
so i had to do a reinstall  .  so im back up and running.

is there an easier way or better (easier to follow for a newbie) instructions than  this  http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/310.19/README/installationandconfiguration.html

id like to get my video card working as well as the optimus/bumblebee/tumbleweed part  to help with my battery life , i got long time in windows  but  short battery life with PCLOS, , i think getting the video working right will help with power consumption. any/all help would be greatly appreciated.

my system   acer v-771g 98775  laptop   w/  Core I7 3610qm cpu @2.3ghz  32gig ddr3 ram  samsung 830 ssd @256Gig  hitachi 750gig storage drive,  nvidia gt650m graphics card etc....

link to laptop

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215410

nice machine id like to get it working better

[jaydot]

have a read of this:

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,42874.0.html

and always install from synaptic.

[geraldw321]

have a read of this:

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,42874.0.html

and always install from synaptic.

hi there   i had read that already,  i have done my updates already from synaptic . Im well aware of this procedure.   the items i wanted too install are not available thru the synaptic update system .  so i need to install the updates/programs  in a different manner.