# A newbie can not use CUDA by follow official DOC!

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**Created:** [March 15, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-newbie-can-not-use-cuda-by-follow-official-doc/36010 "2020-03-15T14:14:42Z")\
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Have you installed the CUDA drivers and toolkit and tested that it is working?

> **[Installation Guide Windows :: CUDA Toolkit Documentation](https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-installation-guide-microsoft-windows/index.html)**
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> The installation instructions for the CUDA Toolkit on MS-Windows systems.

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