Recent content by Astralv

  1. Astralv

    Question Which WiFi antenna do I need to get ?

    I have multiple cats- can breeding operation. lol. ChatGPT recommended to buy this. I was looking for stubby 2-3 inches, this one is too long but I could not find short one. I am wondering if I will get any advantage from tri-band. My cable router supposedly support 6Ghz, but I never saw it on...
  2. Astralv

    Question Which WiFi antenna do I need to get ?

    Hi, enthusiasts! I am looking for WiFi antenna for this motherboard: Gigabyte Z690 AORUS XTREME LGA 1700 Intel Z690 EATX I have many cats and cats love small wires, so they keep chewing antenna wires. I am looking on amazon and they do not specify for which motherboard model they are designed. I...
  3. Astralv

    Question Do I need to install drivers on old system?

    Thank you for the last reply. Yes, I removed the graphic card, and installed VGA driver and it works with multiple monitors, but the graphic card does not work, even tho it did before. But oh, well- I dont need it, you all right. I had 3 specialists say I dont need it, so I will listen. Thank...
  4. Astralv

    Question Do I need to install drivers on old system?

    So the problem now is that what ever it removed or for some other reason- I can't get it to work for dua display. Even without graphic card, t does the same thing from onboard graphic- it does not detect 2nd monitor but both monitors in Duplicate mode showing the same thing.
  5. Astralv

    Question Do I need to install drivers on old system?

    I can access computer but it only able to see single monitor, and I have 2 monitors connected. It says it uses Basic Intell Driver from 2006. It would not detect 2nd monitor. So disappointing. Been working on it for 6 hours just today...
  6. Astralv

    Question Do I need to install drivers on old system?

    Guess what! No, nothing good... So I instlled a Chipset, right...? Nothing happened, everything good, I am looking for what else I need to istall, then about 5 minutes later, I hear, "Tam dam dam!" and it goes in Black Screen AGAIN! So it is in Chipset? Or something in Chipset causes it? Or is...
  7. Astralv

    Question Do I need to install drivers on old system?

    Thank you for your reply. I have multiple builds, probably at least 7, so it may get confusing. I do have Ivy Bridge that I also brought to the office and trying to troubleshoot. That one has all another story. lol. I will post about it when I am done with Haswell, and it has Asus Z87 Pro V. My...
  8. Astralv

    Question Do I need to install drivers on old system?

    I actually did reinstall OS in Offline mode. I did not like the fact that it created local account, and now it is confusing because I eventually had to connect and now not sure if I am in Administrator account or user accout. But I connected way later, and then it installed H2 something updates...
  9. Astralv

    Question Do I need to install drivers on old system?

    I just reinstalled Windows 10 on computers from 2014 Hasswell processor 4th generation. I m looking at the drivers on Asus motherboard manufacturer site. I attempted to install Chipset driver and got pop up message that one of the files already installed is newer than the file I am trying to...
  10. Astralv

    Question Black screen after legacy driver install

    I left the office with this computer working without AMD Display driver, with video card connected to monitors. Come back today- still working. In my Windows updates it has AMD Display Driver. I was hoping this driver would just install with no harm. But nope- it went Black Screen at me again...
  11. Astralv

    Question Black screen after legacy driver install

    It is reproducible issue, now definitely related to display driver and Adrenalin. However, wasn't I supposed to install Adrenalin in Safe mode? So the latest version on AMD website for R9 270X that I downloaded yesterday does not run at all- it says, "Unable to open file for writing...
  12. Astralv

    Question Black screen after legacy driver install

    The good news and the bad news. After removing Display Driver with AMD CleanUp Utility, the graphic card worked. Installed Graphic card back, attempted to install Adrenalin- it went in black screen after or during installing Display Driver- The same is what happened the first time. Help! Now...
  13. Astralv

    Question Black screen after legacy driver install

    Thank you for your reply. I did not think that specs would matter other than processor to show generation and year (Haswell, 2014- i7 4770K). CPU: 4770K CPU cooler: Stock Motherboard: ASUS Z87-PRO (V EDITION) LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws...
  14. Astralv

    Question Black screen after legacy driver install

    Good day! I have older computer with Haswell 4th generation. I had to reinstall Windows due to it repeatedly attempting to Autorepair. After fresh install, it worked for a short time, and then developed black screen when I tried to install Adrenalin AMD driver with version I downloaded at AMD...
  15. Astralv

    Question Older refreshed desktop fails updates and black screens at me

    The graphic card is installed and in use. The card replaced older card so it is not from 2014, it is newer. Years back this computer had strange behavior when everything was failing and red lights were on the motherboard- we fixed it by reinstalling motherboard in to a new case and switching...