Nvidia Control Panel Overclocking Disaster

[astronomse298]

Okay, so here is my situation (I want to die rn)

My gtx 1070 has stopped displaying picture and when i unplug it, i can see. I have tried other pcie slots and the same result occurs. This happened after i tried to overclock my monitor too high in the Nvidia Control Panel. I have tried to fresh restart windows and boot in all types of safe modes. I think the problem is that the card remembers the settings i first applied to it before the windows reset and that is automatically the default for windows, resulting in the no signal. I searched alot and there is no results for trying the reset the storage on a graphics card (even though im pretty sure doing that would solve this problem) Since this is a HELLA expensive card right now, and its out of warranty, i don't have many options. ;(

I would SERIOUSLY appreciate any help.

Specs of computer- i5-6600k
16gb Corsair 3000mhz
650w 80+ bronze
Gigabyte Z170mx-Gaming-5

 

[J_E_D_70]

You can't boot in safe mode at all? The normal fix is to boot safe, uninstall nvidia driver, restart, then reinstall driver.

 

[astronomse298]

Not exactly. I can boot into safe mode, but just without the gtx 1070 plugged in. And if its not plugged in, i cant change the nvidia control panel settings.

 

[astronomse298]

Also, i was having trouble trying to reinstall drivers because i could only get onto the computer when the graphics card is unplugged and to download the drivers, the website needs to detect a graphics card. Or atleast directly from nvidia.

 

[Rogue Leader]

Go into safe mode and download DDU and run it to remove the Nvidia drivers.

Then install the GTX 1070 and use it, without drivers it should boot with Windows default ones. If you get no display like that with your GTX 1070 then you have a hardware problem and somehow damaged your hardware.

What, specifically, did you do to "overclock your monitor"?

 

[astronomse298]

I put the refresh rate too high, and the screen went blank. Also, would going into safe mode and uninstalling the drivers actually help? Doesn't resetting windows so the same thing?

 

[Rogue Leader]

I put the refresh rate too high, and the screen went blank. Also, would going into safe mode and uninstalling the drivers actually help? Doesn't resetting windows so the same thing?

Resetting Windows should do the same thing (although it may keep drivers I don't know), but wiping out the drivers is a hell of a lot faster and less work to do.

 

[astronomse298]

Okay, thanks for the help, ill try it in a bit. We'll see if it works (hopefully, my god)

 

[astronomse298]

Okay, forgot to mention this, nvidia control panel doesnt exist on the computer. When you search it up or right click on desktop is doesnt show up.

 

[Rogue Leader]

Just use DDU to eliminate anything Nvidia from the system

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

Make sure you are using your 1070 when you boot the system again.

If this somehow doesn't fix that setting, I'd say format the hard drive and install Windows over again. That will 100% clear it.

 

[astronomse298]

Okay, so i just formatted every single drive in my system and re downloaded windows 10 and the same result occurs, so no way in hell is this something on my computer, leading back to what i first thought, that the gtx 1070 has storage on it. So how in the hell do i reset that?

 

[astronomse298]

Sounded a bit salty, sorry 🙁

 

[Rogue Leader]

Okay, so i just formatted every single drive in my system and re downloaded windows 10 and the same result occurs, so no way in hell is this something on my computer, leading back to what i first thought, that the gtx 1070 has storage on it. So how in the hell do i reset that?

I can tell you with 100% certainty the GTX 1070 does not have any sort of storage on it. Something is either bad, broken, or stuck.

Can you try a different cable or even a different input method (ie DP vs HDMI)? Maybe coincidentally you have a bad cable.

 

[astronomse298]

Okay, also forgot to mention this, ive already tried a diffrent cable and diffrent monitor :/ but i also noticed that when i plugged in the graphics card the rgb light was the same color that i set it to before i reset my system. Thats why im pretty sure it does. But I'm in quite the pickel.

 

[Rogue Leader]

Okay, also forgot to mention this, ive already tried a diffrent cable and diffrent monitor :/ but i also noticed that when i plugged in the graphics card the rgb light was the same color that i set it to before i reset my system. Thats why im pretty sure it does. But I'm in quite the pickel.

Trust me when I tell you I am 1000% sure that there is no storage built into the GTX 1070. My only other thought is that you did something else along the way to damage the GPU's outputs. Because you said the monitor works fine connected to the motherboard, its only when connected to the GTX 1070 that it doesn't work, correct?

 

[astronomse298]

Yes, thats right but im certain i did not damage the 1070. Ive overclocked it before, but its fine. The last thing i did to the graphics card was a game or two of overwatch, and the control panel.

 

[Rogue Leader]

Yes, thats right but im certain i did not damage the 1070. Ive overclocked it before, but its fine. The last thing i did to the graphics card was a game or two of overwatch, and the control panel.

Past performance is not an indicator of future functionality. Just because it worked in the past doesn't mean something didn't go bad this time. And ascertain as you are there is literally nothing that would store that setting into the GPU, it simply does not exist.

If we know the monitors are good, and we know the cables are good, and so the only thing that doesn't work after formatting windows is the GPU, the GPU failed. The only other thing I would try is a different port (like if you were using DP try HDMI). If it still doesn't work, something failed on it.

 

[astronomse298]

Yes, you are probably right, that the gou bricked, but this really isnt going anywhere so im going to try to go to nvidia support, to see what they can do. Sorry for basically wasting your time though.

 

[Rogue Leader]

Yes, you are probably right, that the gou bricked, but this really isnt going anywhere so im going to try to go to nvidia support, to see what they can do. Sorry for basically wasting your time though.

Sorry, hope you have a warranty

 

[astronomse298]

Ok, so 2 days later , I think I found the solution. when you turn on your computer and do this- right click, up 3x, enter, tab 2x, down 10x, tab 5x and hit enter, it fixes it. ______ I'm so god damned happy right now ( I think I'm using a different account right now just incase anyones wondering)

 

[Rogue Leader]

Ok, so 2 days later , I think I found the solution. when you turn on your computer and do this- right click, up 3x, enter, tab 2x, down 10x, tab 5x and hit enter, it fixes it. ______ I'm so god damned happy right now ( I think I'm using a different account right now just incase anyones wondering)

Doesn't make sense, how did you even figure this out?

Also WATCH THE LANGUAGE here.

 

[L0stChild]

I put the refresh rate too high, and the screen went blank. Also, would going into safe mode and uninstalling the drivers actually help? Doesn't resetting windows so the same thing?

The greed for more leaves you with less...
Just out of curiosity, what model is your monitor?

 

[Sedivy]

I think he may have been talking about the gpu bios. But messing with that is a last ditch effort, and I wouldn't recommend it unless the manufacturer presents it to you as an option and gives you instructions as to how.
I don't know what the key combo you're talking about is, but nvidia (or the third party manufacturer of the card) should have been able to help you flash it so as to reset the settings on it.