GTX 760 black screen after installation

[zemiak]

I just installed and reinstalled, and reinstalled, and reinstalled, and reinstalled my new GTX 760 a billion times and the only thing that happens is I get a black screen when I boot up. I've disabled my onboard graphics already and I still get a black screen. I'm about to kill this thing with fire. Help.

 

[bgunner]

Did you have an old GPU installed before this one? And if so Before you removed it did you uninstall the GPU drivers for it? your sig says you had the 570 installed. Make sure you uninstall the old drivers before installing the new GPU. even though they are from the same company and run almost the same driver They need to be Uninstalled and reinstalled.

when the system powers on does the GPU get power?

 

[jrlawson]

Are you plugging the display cord into the rear of the card and not the motherboard i/o? Also make sure that the 6 pin power connectors are completely plugged in.

 

[baazing]

Are you using any molex to pcie adapters? Those can cause issues at times though I've never heard of them causing you to not even load. You may just have a faulty card. I'd suggest RMA'ing it.

 

[zemiak]

I sold the GTX 570 about 2 weeks ago and have been using the onboard graphics on my motherboard while i waited for this one to arrive. The fans on the GPU power up and the motherboard beeps like always, then after that all I see is a sort of lit up but still black screen.

The display cord is in the GPU. and the 6 pin and 8 pin connectors are plugged in.

I am not using any molex to pcie adapters

This is what my PCI-E adapters look like - http://techreport.com/r.x/psus-0907/pcie-connectors.jpg

 

[jrlawson]

Sounds like a faulty card. The display port may be dead. Im afraid you may have to go through the tedious RMA process.

 

[bgunner]

Did you uninstall the the OLD GPU drivers?

 

[zemiak]

I did not uninstall the old GPU drivers. When I took out my GTX 570, I plugged the display cord into the motherboard and when I booted up, it installed my onboard graphics driver automatically.

 

[bgunner]

OK you need to swap back over to on board graphics and use Nvidia's driver installer and uninstall OLD drivers first. this causes the exact issue you are seeing right now. I have seen it many time before. you need to wipe old drivers then shut down and reinstall GPU and swap over to GPU out put Next restart system. IF there is still no display then the GPU is bad. IF you get the display then you just reinstall the drivers.

EDIT: couldn't hurt to uninstall the onboard drivers either.

 

[zemiak]

Got it, will do, I'll be back in a bit to follow up.

The second i started reading that, i realized I made a stupid mistake lol. This was my first build so I didn't have to worry about uninstalling an old GPU driver first before installing my GTX 570

Edit: I need a link to the driver installer...not sure if what i have is correct..

Will this work? - http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_13955.html

 

[rolandzhang3]

Uninstall the onboard GPU drivers (Catalyst Control Panel and etc.), then use drivers weeper/driver fusion to clean out any remaining display driver entries, then place in the 760 and hope that it boots

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXs3DHdbTUg

If you manage to boot with the 760, Windows will install a standard VGA driver, after a reboot you can install the Nvidia driver version of your choosing

 

[bgunner]

Nvidia's driver uninstaller is built in to the Driver installation program. If you download the newest driver then you will have the uninstall program and not have to download anything more.

 

[zemiak]

It doesn't work..............................

Should I have uninstalled my onboard graphics driver? I disabled it...will it make that much of a difference between my GPU working and not?

 

[zemiak]

I had to uninstall it like this - http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_13955.html

 

[bgunner]

you can try it but everything is starting to point to a bad card at this point.

 

[bgunner]

I had to uninstall it like this - http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_13955.html

this way does not uninstall the driver but removes the control center. IF you use the installer then it will ask if you want to do a clean install or uninstall old drivers. this is the preferred way. But you can use Driver Fusion from Trexxy to uninstall both at the same time. it is a neat little program that you can use for free.

 

[zemiak]

Okay, because i didnt have the installer, i couldnt install the installer because I need to have an nvidia GPU for it to detect when it does its compatibility check, if it doesnt find one i just have to quit the installer.

 

[bgunner]

use driver fusion. it wont matter with that program if it is installed or not.

 

[zemiak]

It tells me that some (most of them...) entries could not be deleted and that I need to buy premium to delete them.

 

[rolandzhang3]

Try an older version of driver sweeper instead, click on Nvidia display and AMD display and clean those out, don't touch anything else

 

[bgunner]

unless you buy the full version it will leave a few registry entry's behind and nothing to worry about. just tell it ok and keep going. If you are using win 7 or newer you need to use driver fusion. If you use Driver sweeper it will remove part of windows that becomes just a hassle to reinstall. it is done through either an update or a system scan. Just easier to use driver fusion. for win 7 and newer.

 

[rolandzhang3]

If they're just a few registry entries you could clean em out with ccleaner if they ever become a trouble :lol:

 

[zemiak]

None of them work...could it be that my hardware can't handle the GTX 760? 🙁

 

[rolandzhang3]

Some Nvidia cards require the BIOS to be set to Legacy Option ROM mode on boards before they decide to work properly, it can sometimes cause problems for storage drivers though

 

[bgunner]

No I believe that you have a dead card and you need to do an RMA through the company. your system is more than capable of handling that GPU.