Hello all,
So I bought a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 to replace my old GTX card. Then I noticed there were two "cable problems": my PSU had 2 6-pin connectors and the new card needed one 8-pin connector, and also, my monitor had only a VGA cable, while the input to the new card was either HDMI or DisplayPort. I solved these two problems by buying a adapter from 2 6-pins to 1 8-pin, and another adapter from VGA to HDMI,
This was all just background that may not be relevant, but I thought I would mention it just in case.
So I shut down the computer, unplugged it, removed the old card and connected the new one. Reboot - "No video input".
After some searching I understood that I must first install the Nvidia driver. So I connected the old card back, uninstalled all old Nvidia drivers, and tried installing the new ones.
Problem - Nvidia driver wouldn't install because I didn't have compatible hardware (the new card wasn't connected). After a lot of searching, I finally changed the priority in the BIOS to "Onboard" instead of "PCI-E", and in this way I could both connect the new card and see what is happening by connecting the monitor directly to the motherboard. I managed this way to install the new drivers.
Here I thought I was done - the drivers are installed, and the card is connected. So I switched back the priority to "PCI-E" - again, "No video input".
In my Device Manager there are now two Display Adapters (Intel Graphics, and Nvidia GTX 1660). There are also several yellow questions marks with "PCI controller" and "Video VGA Controller" or something like that (even after installing all drivers).
So in short: the new graphics card is connected, the drivers are installed, but when I move back the BIOS priority to "PCI-E" instead of "Onboard" - No video input.
PLEASE help. Thanks!
So I bought a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 to replace my old GTX card. Then I noticed there were two "cable problems": my PSU had 2 6-pin connectors and the new card needed one 8-pin connector, and also, my monitor had only a VGA cable, while the input to the new card was either HDMI or DisplayPort. I solved these two problems by buying a adapter from 2 6-pins to 1 8-pin, and another adapter from VGA to HDMI,
This was all just background that may not be relevant, but I thought I would mention it just in case.
So I shut down the computer, unplugged it, removed the old card and connected the new one. Reboot - "No video input".
After some searching I understood that I must first install the Nvidia driver. So I connected the old card back, uninstalled all old Nvidia drivers, and tried installing the new ones.
Problem - Nvidia driver wouldn't install because I didn't have compatible hardware (the new card wasn't connected). After a lot of searching, I finally changed the priority in the BIOS to "Onboard" instead of "PCI-E", and in this way I could both connect the new card and see what is happening by connecting the monitor directly to the motherboard. I managed this way to install the new drivers.
Here I thought I was done - the drivers are installed, and the card is connected. So I switched back the priority to "PCI-E" - again, "No video input".
In my Device Manager there are now two Display Adapters (Intel Graphics, and Nvidia GTX 1660). There are also several yellow questions marks with "PCI controller" and "Video VGA Controller" or something like that (even after installing all drivers).
So in short: the new graphics card is connected, the drivers are installed, but when I move back the BIOS priority to "PCI-E" instead of "Onboard" - No video input.
PLEASE help. Thanks!