Can't Change Mercury Playback Engine

Everytime I try to change the Mercury Playback Engine from "Software Only" to "GPU Acceleration", I can't. The section to change the Mercury Playback Engine, appears to be grey, like everyone else has been saying.
I have read and searched around the Adobe Forums, but I can't seem to find an answer.
I just got the PNY Nvidia Quadro 2000D. I know it works with Premiere Pro CS5.5, because it's listed on the site --> http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/tech-specs.html.
I've tried everything I could of think of:
- Uninstalled Adobe CS5.5 then Reinstalled Adobe CS5.5
- Setected Maximum Bit Depth & Maximum Render Quality (From Sequence Settings)
So My Question Is:
How do I fix this problem?

I DID have the option to choose GPU before I had any Graphics Card, in my computer.
Again, impossible.
For one, you cannot operate your computer without a GPU, so saying you previously had none makes no sense. How did you operate the computer before adding this card?
For another, the only way you can select GPU accelerated rendering in Premiere Pro is if you have an Nvidia GPU with CUDA and a minimum amount of RAM; that either means you have an officially supported GPU or you hacked the necessary file to activate the GPU. The only other possible explanation is that you somehow stumbled upon a bug that made this option available. I don't recall that ever being reported before, so you'd be the first that I'd be aware of.
My theory: you had another GPU that was hardware Mercury Playback Engine capable, and replaced it. The original drivers were not uninstalled, and the drivers for the new card were, but there's a conflict. This is just a guess, as you're not providing enough information. If you don't want to, fine--that's your choice. No one will be able to help you without such information, however.
Anyway, good luck to you.

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