Black Screen On Start-Up?

CyberCh1cken · Aug 16, 2013

I just got an msi geforece gtx 660 (non ti) twin frozer oc edition, and along with that, a 500w psu. I put the psu in the pc, run it, it worked like a charm. Then I the grahpics card, by plugging everything in, i know everything is correct, i used a vga-dvi adapter to do so, my monitor only supports vga, but when my graphics card is in my pc, everything runs, fans spin, etc, but there is no display on the monitor, so i cant install drivers or anything, so what do i do?

graphics card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127699

Power Suppy: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171031

Pc Specs: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03673337&prodSeriesId=5330777

CyberCh1cken · Aug 17, 2013

boosted1g :

Yes that is the order, but my bios doesn't let me do that, i doesn't say it anywhere

CyberCh1cken · Aug 17, 2013

boosted1g :

Oh and yes, the order is computer -> Adapter -> cable -> Monitor

CyberCh1cken · Aug 21, 2013

boosted1g :

Ok your motherboard bios does not have the same menu options as normal motherboards have.

Do you see the bios splash screen at all when you boot or is it blank the whole time?

I was reading that your motherboard + windows 8 does not like alot of dedicated graphics cards out of the box.
If you can get into the bios with your card plugged in then go to bios by pressing esc and then f10, go to security menu, secure boot, enable Legacy Support and disable Secure Boot, now go to file menu and hit save changes and exit.

If you can not get to bios (see anything) hooked up with your graphics card try plugging the vga cable into the motherboard port, and if that still does not work then remove your graphics card and plug vga cable into motherboard and then get into the bios that way.

It was blank the entire time

CyberCh1cken · Aug 21, 2013

boosted1g :

when the card is out, the pc works perfectly, even if i have the card in and im using the onboard graphics, it goes black

CyberCh1cken · Aug 21, 2013

boosted1g :

oh and my monitor is vga only, but i tried it on an hdmi monitor, it doesnt work

CyberCh1cken · Aug 21, 2013

boosted1g :

what settings do i have to change?

CyberCh1cken · Aug 21, 2013

boosted1g :

i cant get into the bios without the card out of the system

CyberCh1cken · Aug 21, 2013

boosted1g :

OMG IT WORKED!!! but now the nvidia drivers installer does not detect the card

CyberCh1cken · Aug 21, 2013

boosted1g :

okay the solution is installing the disk the card came with, then install the drivers from the website, then it runs amazingly!!! thanks for your help, everything worked out fine!

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