HELP - Problem with PC :(

mechynick · 23 May 2012 at 17:55

Hi
some of you may know iv just built my first pc, all was fine untill 10 minutes ago
I have the GTX 670 graphics card and was experiencing the drivers failing, so i did a bit of research and found a thread stating a fix. this was to unistall the drivers and revert back to an older driver.

As i started to uninstal my drivers for the card, suddernly i lost my screen (i thought was normal)

nothing happened for ages so i restarted and still have no screen or lights on mouse/gamepad etc.

Iv tried different cables plugged in to the mobo and card, tested the screen on another computer, the fans are on and the pc seems to be on but the screen, mouse or anything doesnt seem to to be working.

any clues as to what to do?

thanks

farlow2012 · 23 May 2012 at 17:58

do you have onboard graphics or spare graphics card?

Chris-.- · 23 May 2012 at 18:02

Remove the card, use on-board or a older one. Start in safe mode remove the old drivers, installed the new ones put the card in and try start normally.

mechynick · 23 May 2012 at 18:03

further investigation, if i take the card out i can get everything to turn back on? what does this mean?

mechynick · 23 May 2012 at 18:04

Chris-.- said:
Remove the card, use on-board or a older one. Start in safe mode remove the old drivers, installed the new ones put the card in and try start normally.

ok, not massivly technical here, how do i start in safe mode?

mechynick · 23 May 2012 at 18:06

do i instal the new driver before plugging the card back in?

then switch off, plug card in, reconnect hdmi to card and start normally yes?

Chris-.- · 23 May 2012 at 18:08

mechynick said:
ok, not massivly technical here, how do i start in safe mode?

Push F8 on the launch usually.

Or turn it off during the windows loading screen and restart it should come up windows didn't restart properly blah blah choose a mode.

mechynick said:
do i instal the new driver before plugging the card back in?

then switch off, plug card in, reconnect hdmi to card and start normally yes?

Assuming you've downloaded it already you can just install it when you're on safe mode. If not just remove the old drivers then place it back in and if it starts install the driver you want.

mechynick said:
further investigation, if i take the card out i can get everything to turn back on? what does this mean?

That your driver is wrong or the card is goosed.

mechynick · 23 May 2012 at 18:10

ok i did all that

the problem is now it wont let me instal the drivers becasue it cant detect the hardware (not plugged in) and when i plug it in (the card) the dispaly doesnt come on at all...

stuck now haha

(just what i need wen im going away tomorrow

farlow2012 · 23 May 2012 at 18:11

mechynick said:
ok i did all that

the problem is now it wont let me instal the drivers becasue it cant detect the hardware (not plugged in) and when i plug it in (the card) the dispaly doesnt come on at all...

stuck now haha

(just what i need wen im going away tomorrow

go to the manufacturer website and down just the driver manually :0

Chris-.- · 23 May 2012 at 18:12

mechynick said:
ok i did all that

the problem is now it wont let me instal the drivers becasue it cant detect the hardware (not plugged in) and when i plug it in (the card) the dispaly doesnt come on at all...

stuck now haha

(just what i need wen im going away tomorrow

How are you connecting your monitor to your card?

mechynick · 23 May 2012 at 18:12

farlow2012 said:
go to the manufacturer website and down just the driver manually :0

thats where i got the driver from in the first place, but as i try to install it it it wont let me becasue it cant detect the card.

mechynick · 23 May 2012 at 18:13

Chris-.- said:
How are you connecting your monitor to your card?

HDMI cable - through the card wen it worked, and now its connected to the HDMI port on the mobo

Chris-.- · 23 May 2012 at 18:14

Try using the custom install rather then the express install and only install the driver also use a VGA cable instead of a HDMI.

mechynick · 23 May 2012 at 18:16

Chris-.- said:
Try using the custom install rather then the express install and only install the driver also use a VGA cable instead of a HDMI.

it doesnt even get to the point where i can choose, it unpacks and then starts automatically, but says cant detect hardware then automatically stops.

Chris-.- · 23 May 2012 at 18:16

mechynick said:
it doesnt even get to the point where i can choose, it unpacks and then starts automatically, but says cant detect hardware then automatically stops.

You should be able too custom install.. mmm.

Have you tried using the disc that you got with the GPU?

mechynick · 23 May 2012 at 18:17

Chris-.- said:
You should be able too custom install.. mmm.

Have you tried using the disc that you got with the GPU?

no i havent yet, as i wanted to install the older driver.. ill run it now and see what happens

mechynick · 23 May 2012 at 18:21

ok ran the disc

choose the set-up icon and same thing, it starts then says it cannot find the graphics card.

is there a way to manually install the drivers? theres so many files i wudnt know where to start

farlow2012 · 23 May 2012 at 18:22

mechynick said:
ok ran the disc

choose the set-up icon and same thing, it starts then says it cannot find the graphics card.

is there a way to manually install the drivers? theres so many files i wudnt know where to start

can you open contents of fold on the disk and manualy select the driver and install it

Chris-.- · 23 May 2012 at 18:22

You only want the driver itself.

mechynick · 23 May 2012 at 18:24

i have uninstalled them all yes

if i plug the card in, the display will not turn on at all no matter where the cable is plugged.
is there a way to plug the card in and get the computer to boot ignoring the card?