Greetings!
As you might've guessed by now, I'm having some issues with my computer! Specifically, issues related to installing a new graphics card.
So, to start off, I recently bought a new GPU; an ASUS (Nvidia) GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB. Paid the man, got home, opened the computer and plonked the GPU in there. Gave it its two 6-pin PCI-E connectors and, within moments, started up the computer...
Blackness...
Okay, then. Restart the computer! Okay, it's starting up fine! I got it to start loading up windows and, soon after the keyboard starts up (the num lock LED lit up), the windows logo stops moving and the computer sits there and does nothing...
Very well, maybe the old drivers are kicking windows around a little... So I install my old card again, start up the computer and uninstall everything Nvidia related. Shut down the computer, install the 560 Ti, manage to start it back up after multiple black screens of nothingness, and even get into windows!
So, I'm in windows now. I download and start installing the latest drivers for the GPU. A couple seconds in the installation, I get more artifacts on my monitor than I ever want to see again and decide the GPU must be broken so I take it to the shop. Guy behind the counter says he'll take a look and I'll hear from him tomorrow (yesterday).
A day passes... I'm called up by the shop only to hear the GPU works exactly as intended (which I'm assuming means he had no issues since ASUS aren't pricks like that) and I can go pick it up. Sooo... Today I pick up the GPU and try to install it again...
I start in safe mode without issues. Kick off the old drivers and plug in the 560 Ti. Start it up in safe mode, still no issues, and install the latest drivers. Between this, I even went as far as clearing the CMOS just to make sure that wasn't messing with me. I restart the computer in normal mode. BAM! Freeze on the exact same spot as before. I attempt a restart; black screen. Clear the CMOS again, start up and freeze on windows loading screen.
So, since I'm finally out of ideas (safe for formatting windows though, seeing as it's giving issues before windows even starts, that shouldn't be the issue), I now turn to the CoTH community to humbly ask for your assistance in this matter. Do any of you know how to get this fixed?
Some probably important info:
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
PSU: Antec High Current Gamer 620W
Mobo: MSI 870A-G54
RAM: 16GB
CPU: AMD Bulldozer FX-4100
Current GPU: MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti
New GPU: ASUS Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Sound: Trust 5.1 Surround PCI card... I forgot the exact model...
Safe for a DVD writer and two HDD's, there's nothing else in there if I'm not mistaking...
As you might've guessed by now, I'm having some issues with my computer! Specifically, issues related to installing a new graphics card.
So, to start off, I recently bought a new GPU; an ASUS (Nvidia) GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB. Paid the man, got home, opened the computer and plonked the GPU in there. Gave it its two 6-pin PCI-E connectors and, within moments, started up the computer...
Blackness...
Okay, then. Restart the computer! Okay, it's starting up fine! I got it to start loading up windows and, soon after the keyboard starts up (the num lock LED lit up), the windows logo stops moving and the computer sits there and does nothing...
Very well, maybe the old drivers are kicking windows around a little... So I install my old card again, start up the computer and uninstall everything Nvidia related. Shut down the computer, install the 560 Ti, manage to start it back up after multiple black screens of nothingness, and even get into windows!
So, I'm in windows now. I download and start installing the latest drivers for the GPU. A couple seconds in the installation, I get more artifacts on my monitor than I ever want to see again and decide the GPU must be broken so I take it to the shop. Guy behind the counter says he'll take a look and I'll hear from him tomorrow (yesterday).
A day passes... I'm called up by the shop only to hear the GPU works exactly as intended (which I'm assuming means he had no issues since ASUS aren't pricks like that) and I can go pick it up. Sooo... Today I pick up the GPU and try to install it again...
I start in safe mode without issues. Kick off the old drivers and plug in the 560 Ti. Start it up in safe mode, still no issues, and install the latest drivers. Between this, I even went as far as clearing the CMOS just to make sure that wasn't messing with me. I restart the computer in normal mode. BAM! Freeze on the exact same spot as before. I attempt a restart; black screen. Clear the CMOS again, start up and freeze on windows loading screen.
So, since I'm finally out of ideas (safe for formatting windows though, seeing as it's giving issues before windows even starts, that shouldn't be the issue), I now turn to the CoTH community to humbly ask for your assistance in this matter. Do any of you know how to get this fixed?
Some probably important info:
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
PSU: Antec High Current Gamer 620W
Mobo: MSI 870A-G54
RAM: 16GB
CPU: AMD Bulldozer FX-4100
Current GPU: MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti
New GPU: ASUS Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Sound: Trust 5.1 Surround PCI card... I forgot the exact model...
Safe for a DVD writer and two HDD's, there's nothing else in there if I'm not mistaking...