Issues with drivers/GPU

[WolvesSoulZ]

Sup,

I've got a lil issue with one buddy's computer, let me explain ;

While trying to swap GPU's like usual, I used DDU to remove the AMD drivers, turned the computer off, unplugged and turned off everything basically, as you should, cleaned the case with air and then proceeded to swap the old HD6670 to a GTX660.

Now everything booted fine, all up to windows and all, with the monitors plugged on the GPU, has the CPU has no iGPU. Downloaded the latest drivers for the card, installed, rebooted computer.

Now issues began, the computer would go past the windows load screen, but instead of showing the desktop, only a black screen showed up. Having to restart here. Now I could go into safe mode, with monitors still plugged on the GPU, uninstall drivers with DDU and do it again.

Now I uninstalled the drivers again, went back to the old HD6670. Installed drivers, and it once more, did the same thing(Only just froze on the end of the windows logo this time, though.) Without the drivers, both screens work on the GPU, though.
Note that when the black screen occurs, no beeps, no errors, no bluescreens, nothing. It just kinda freezes.

Specs are as follow :PSU Is a 575w, has two 500GB HDD, Biostar AG880+ (I think), Athlon II X3 455.

So my thinking here, is that maybe windows needs to be reinstalled, the chances for two bad cards are pretty slim. Hid HDD's were pretty much full and his computer was slow as fuck. Windows installation comes back from 2010 aswell.

[Zarconite]

Tried the GPU in another computer? I've had the same issue recently and I was sure it was windows.
I found an old GT630 around my house and tried it and there were no issues what so ever.

[WolvesSoulZ]

I always check Clean install on the Nvidia driver installations.

And @Zarconite, I tested in the same PC the two GPU's the 6670 and the 660, both did a similar issues, so I'm assuming the drivers got corrupted and maybe effed up the ol' windows install that probably didn't get much update. My buddy is not really computer savvy and I pretty much have to clean it up with ccleaner/mbam/antivirus once per month. It was slow as fuck too, slower than it ever was to me.

I would suspect hardware issues with the new card, but as the old card did the same, I probably didn't do a clean remove of the old amd driver and it causes conflicts.

Key note here is no iGPU, so the monitors works based on the PCI-E Card, and in the device manager it does shows either HD6670 or GTX 660.

So I feel like a clean windows re-instal with fresh drivers for everything should clear the thing. Do you think?

[WolvesSoulZ]

[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;46946050]Yeah if you're up to it.

Also since you're re-installing you might as well download your core apps using [URL="http://www.ninite.com"]ninite.com[/URL] if you don't already[/QUOTE]

Yeah I'll be using that as it's what we use at the shop here too. I'll ask one of the tech if they have some pci or gpu testers laying around too.

Also I'm fairly certain there's no hardware damages, but could there be a chance somehow something effed up, it's far from being my first PC build and everything wen't smooth as butter as usual. Is there a bios update needed for the gtx 660 of some sort or no? (I'm used to just reformating when I do anykind of upgrade on a computer, this was my first time upgrading without reformating and it went to shit :v:)

[Zarconite]

I dont believe you need a bios update for the 660, I know there is for the 7 series. Its worth trying though

[WolvesSoulZ]

I guess it's probably just something wrong with the OS, there couldn't be two wrong cards when one was known to be working.

I highly doubt hardware failure.

[WolvesSoulZ]

Little update here :

I reformated his computer, fresh Win7 64 bits, updated it whole and all. It was pretty fast, worked on 1600x1200 resolution(But it never recognized the second monitor...), plugged on the GPU, it saw it as a Standard GPU Adapter.

Then I installed the nvidia latest drivers from the website this morning. Now same issue, black screen after the windows loading logo.

I'm thinking either it be a deffective GPU or a weak PSU (Logisys 575w cheap thingy.)

Before reformating the PC, the old 6670 seemed to be working as the pc was able to load and play CS:GO smoothly and @ 1080p on two monitors.

[WolvesSoulZ]

[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;46972686]Sounds like a dead GPU if as soon as you're installing the drivers and it's refusing to play ball.
Also unrelated note that psu is trash. :v:[/QUOTE]

GPU works before driver install, black screen after drivers. What I have left to try is to update the bios.

I am well aware that the psu is trash, though I still wonder how it still works 4 years later. Is it even powerful enough for the GTX 660 OC? I think it only have 25A on the 12V rail, even tho it has 2 x 6 pin pcie connectors.

If nothing works today, I'll bring the gpu here at work and test it out on other PC's. If it is really dead, I'll tell my buddy to RMA it through NCIX.

[[EG] Pepper]

my old radeon 5750 had a problem exactly like that.

Have you tried blowing in the PCI-e slot on the board? maybe some dirt got in there and is causing havoc

[WolvesSoulZ]

Of course I did.

After some fiddling around I concluded the GPU was DOA. Reinstalled the old gpu and it works as it should.