1080 ichill X3 please help!!

[iceman2291]

Really need some help here, just brought a 1080 ichill x3, I've had some problems with graphics cards in the past with them not working.
This started off as usual ASUS Sabertooth Z77 not booting with more than 1 stick of RAM, took one out and managed to boot to Windows, installed the drivers from disc and now the old problem again. I can get to bios but as soon as it boots to Windows the display turns off and I get no picture, I really need some help here...

 

[snips86x]

Remove GPU, use on-board and update BIOS?

 

[Zeed]

I assume all was fine on old gpu ??

 

[LeMson]

Are you using the same PSU? And what PSU are you using?

 

[iceman2291]

Well it all started about a year ago, I took my GTX 780 out so I could clean my rig, when I put it back in I had this problem.

I swapped my PSU for a new one, a corsair HX750i same problem, bios is updated to latest, cmos has been cleared, when the drivers are deleted it works but as soon as they are installed it stops working

 

[pastymuncher]

Is it possible that something was damaged when you took the 780 out to clean everything. It seems too much of a conincidence that it all started then.

 

[iceman2291]

But what would cause the cards to work when the drivers aren't installed...

 

[Glacius]

I had exactly this issue with my old Sabertooth 990FX board, would only boot with a single stick, I found that going into the bios checking the speed of the memory and it ended up being wrong, I had to manually set the RAM speed to the correct value and then everything worked fine, no idea to this day why the board wouldn't do it on it's own.

 

[iceman2291]

Weirdly enough solved with a clean install of windows

 

[iceman2291]

Tell a lie, performed windows update now it's not working at all

 

[Drollic]

I would make sure everything is seated/installed correctly. Reset the mother board bios, make sure the bios settings are correct then reinstall windows. I would then look at updating the bios if this fails to work.

 

[LeMson]

Tell a lie, performed windows update now it's not working at all

Latest nvidia driver on a USB stick, Unplug ethernet cable / turn off your wifi router whatever no internet = no updates, format again install windows, install latest driver. In case a windows update is screwing something.