Help please. Very close to throwing it all onto eBay.

[jjj90]

Hello,

So for reasons that I still cannot fathom, my stupid stupid brain decided to waste £550 on yet another piece of crap PC. And naturally, I am immediately stricken with issues way beyond my comprehension and after many hours of searching for solutions I have given up, to the extent that I may well just throw the lot on eBay and get a PS4, because at least it won't make me want to bludgeon my face against a wall.

The first problem; I cannot install windows onto my new 120gb SSD hard drive. When I boot my computer the screen is blank until windows loads up, so I cannot get into the BIOS, I cannot see anything at all until windows loads. Does anyone know why this might be? And please please, don't recommend that I 'update drivers', if I had a pound tonight for every comment stating ' try updating your drivers' I would be a booking 3 weeks in the Caribbean first thing in the morning.

The next problem; I cannot put my resolution to any higher than 1024x768. There is just no option there.

Any solutions? Anywhere?

I already know that the answer is no but thanks for your help.

Apologies if I come across angry, but try to understand what it feels like when you've just blown a huge sum of money on something that actively makes you want to eat glass and jump out of your window.

I hate computers.... (sorry)

 

[jjj90]

This is the monitor:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/24-inch-VH242H-Gaming-Monitor-Black/dp/B001TH8OYW/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

But there has been a development; I have hooked my pc to my hd tv, on that TV it gets the correct resolution. Also the screen isn't blank when I reset it. So it must be an issue with compatibility?

 

[JRFET]

no it should run on that monitor fine unless something wrong with the monitor....did you try both HDMI and DVI?

 

[jjj90]

no it should run on that monitor fine unless something wrong with the monitor....did you try both HDMI and DVI?

I haven't tried a DVI, I have a dvi-hdmi cable, that is what I have always used with this monitor, it worked perfectly for several years with my old PC.

I've installed my SSD at least. But it still won't get a reasonable resolution. It recognizes the display as:

'Generic Non-PnP Monitor on Standard VGA Graphics Adapter'.

 

[Eduello]

no it should run on that monitor fine unless something wrong with the monitor....did you try both HDMI and DVI?

I haven't tried a DVI, I have a dvi-hdmi cable, that is what I have always used with this monitor, it worked perfectly for several years with my old PC.

I've installed my SSD at least. But it still won't get a reasonable resolution. It recognizes the display as:

'Generic Non-PnP Monitor on Standard VGA Graphics Adapter'.

That really sounds like you don't have the drivers from Nvidia's site.

 

[jjj90]

no it should run on that monitor fine unless something wrong with the monitor....did you try both HDMI and DVI?

I haven't tried a DVI, I have a dvi-hdmi cable, that is what I have always used with this monitor, it worked perfectly for several years with my old PC.

I've installed my SSD at least. But it still won't get a reasonable resolution. It recognizes the display as:

'Generic Non-PnP Monitor on Standard VGA Graphics Adapter'.

That really sounds like you don't have the drivers from Nvidia's site.

I agree, it does. Only I did download the drivers. I also have the disc that came with the card. I'll try again and cross my fingers I suppose.

 

[jjj90]

So I think my computer is just mocking me now. I installed the drivers through the TV screen, then attached the cable to my monitor whilst the system was on - for the first time it let me have a 1920x1080 resolution, only the colour was all wrong so I reset, when Windows had loaded back up, I could no longer set the resolution to 1920x1080!

Any more suggestions...?

 

[jjj90]

Would installing the most recent driver help? I've installed the one off the disc which is several years old.

 

[Eduello]

Try getting the most recent drivers: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx

 

[Suztera]

Would installing the most recent driver help? I've installed the one off the disc which is several years old.

Yes installing the GeForce 340.52 WHQL driver would be ideal.

 

[jjj90]

Would installing the most recent driver help? I've installed the one off the disc which is several years old.

Yes installing the GeForce 340.52 WHQL driver would be ideal.

Done. No change.

 

[jjj90]

I'm completely out if ideas now.

 

[KalTorak]

Have you been able to try DVI - DVI, if not, could you. If you have another HDMI cable could you also try that. Im wondering if there is something faulty with either the HDMI input/output or the cable.

 

[jjj90]

Have you been able to try DVI - DVI, if not, could you. If you have another HDMI cable could you also try that. Im wondering if there is something faulty with either the HDMI input/output or the cable.

I haven't tried DVI to DVI because I have no idea where my cable is, however I have tried multiple HDMI cables. As well as removing the GPU and going straight through the motherboard; none of this worked.

I have just set up a custom resolution, this might work. it looks okay.

 

[jjj90]

Custom resolution works but it can't be a long term fix, every time I start my PC up again I have to set it up again. And there's still nothing to be seen before windows loads up - so if ever I want to get into the bios I'll have to take it downstairs and plug it into the TV. So this case certainly is not closed yet, to use a pun.