[SOLVED] Just bought a 1080 FE off ebay and having some strange issues....

[Meme Machine]

So, I just sold my own zotac 1060 6gb and upgraded to a 1080 off ebay. I just got it today and installed it with no issues, it powers on just fine, I get a display, and that all works. The problem is, though, that on my 144hz monitor it's locked at 64 hz, and my secondary monitor isn't even detected. I had no issues with this before, and I can't even download drivers or update them at all. Any time I try downloading video card drivers, it simply says it failed to install, along with the fact that no sound is available through my headset due to that not being detected either. My monitor is listed on the devices as a Generic Non-PnP monitor.

 

[COLGeek]

Install GPU-Z and make sure your new GPU is identified properly. There are piles of counterfeit GPUs on the market these days.

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

 

[Meme Machine]

Install GPU-Z and make sure your new GPU is identified properly. There are piles of counterfeit GPUs on the market these days.

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

just downloaded it and when I tried running it I got an error message, it said "An unrecoverable error has occurred @0xAB01F3 in GPU-Z. Do you want to submit the crash information to the developer?"

I've been going around and deleting a bunch of folders titled NVIDIA in my program files, too, as the website said to try and uninstall everything nvidia related when trying to get new drivers

 

[COLGeek]

Please post a link of the exact eBay listing, if you have available.

Did you use a tool like DDU to remove the previous drivers?

https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

 

[Meme Machine]

Please post a link of the exact eBay listing, if you have available.

It was just 1 listing, so once I bought it the listing was removed because he had no other cards to sell unfortunately, didn't look very suspicious though he had the original box which I recieved

 

[COLGeek]

The listing should still exist. You can log into eBay and get it, or in your email.

 

[Meme Machine]

The listing should still exist. You can log into eBay and get it, or in your email.

found it.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/ZOTAC-GeForce-GTX-1080-Founders-Edition-ZT-P10800A-10P-8GB-GDDR5X/254068442457?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

 

[COLGeek]

What make/model is your power supply? Did you use DDU (or similar) per the earlier question?

Do you have access to another PC to test the new GPU in?

 

[Meme Machine]

What make/model is your power supply? Did you use DDU (or similar) per the earlier question?

Do you have access to another PC to test the new GPU in?

power supply is a corsair rmx 850 watt, yes I tried using DDU to uninstall driver remnants, and I don't have another pc to test with. Though, not sure if this could have caused any problems, while deleting folders for NVIDIA related things, I deleted EVERYTHING on my pc related to NVIDIA. I'm wondering if that possibly causes an issue to downlaod drivers because there's no pathway for the file to go to?

 

[COLGeek]

Removing all previous Nvidia drivers should not prevent downloading and then installing the drivers. Did you get the drivers directly from Nvidia?

https://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/141906