Looking for some advice on installing a new graphics card. I recently purchased a new GeForce GTX-1660, as an upgrade from my GTX-670. Because my motherboard, a GA-X79-UP4, doesn't have integrated graphics I had to keep the old card plugged in to install the new drivers. Simply switching out the cards did not work. I have a 1000W power supply which is more than enough for the new card, so power isn't the issue.
Whenever I boot up using the new card, it shows the splash screen where you enter bios for an extended period of time, but it ignores any input preventing me from entering bios. It then goes black for a while, produces the splash screen one more time with weird ASCII-like stuff up top, and goes black again until I switch off.
I spent most of the day trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong and, while I finally have it working, the old gpu still has to be plugged in! If I so much as even pull the power cables from it, the new gpu reverts back to it's old behaviour.
I've tried uninstalling the old card using the device manager, the new gpu doesn't work.
I've tried entering the bios (only possible through the old card) and setting Init Display First to PCIe Slot 3 where the new card now lives, the new gpu doesn't work.
I've even tried switching the cards so the new one can at least be in Slot 1, the new gpu doesn't like that either.
I'm not really sure what to do at this point, so I thought I'd reach out.
What am I doing wrong?
Whenever I boot up using the new card, it shows the splash screen where you enter bios for an extended period of time, but it ignores any input preventing me from entering bios. It then goes black for a while, produces the splash screen one more time with weird ASCII-like stuff up top, and goes black again until I switch off.
I spent most of the day trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong and, while I finally have it working, the old gpu still has to be plugged in! If I so much as even pull the power cables from it, the new gpu reverts back to it's old behaviour.
I've tried uninstalling the old card using the device manager, the new gpu doesn't work.
I've tried entering the bios (only possible through the old card) and setting Init Display First to PCIe Slot 3 where the new card now lives, the new gpu doesn't work.
I've even tried switching the cards so the new one can at least be in Slot 1, the new gpu doesn't like that either.
I'm not really sure what to do at this point, so I thought I'd reach out.
What am I doing wrong?