blacklist amd76x_edac
blacklist vga16fb
blacklist nouveau
blacklist rivafb
blacklist nvidiafb
blacklist rivatv

sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia*

sudo service lightdm stop

(for Mint its "sudo service mdm stop") without qoutes

cd ~/Downloads

wget us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/375.39/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.39.run

sudo chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.39.run

sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.39.run

sudo nvidia-xconfig

sudo update-initramfs -u

sudo reboot