- Apr 2, 2014
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I decided to build a budget gaming rig in order to play low-power games such as League of Legends, Diablo 3, and maybe WoW.
The parts I bought were:
ASUS P5N-D Motherboard
ASUS Radeon HD 7770 1 GB DDR5 GPU
Rosewill Case with 500W PSU
2 GB DDR2 RAM
When I loaded up my graphics card, I immediately noticed there were distorted green vertical lines going across my monitor. Everything looks good in the bios, however when I load up windows the lines begin to appear.
I thought upgrading the driver would have helped, but sadly it didn't. The drivers fail to recognize that I have a GPU installed (even though they recognize it when it isn't installed) and they won't allow me to tweak any settings for it. And even when I do manage to install everything succesfully (from Safe mode), the screen goes haywire and then completely black when I go back into the regular Windows 7 mode.
I tried the clean OS install. I tried removing my drivers with DDU. I tried several times to reinstall it through safe mode and nothing that I try to do seems to be working. I have been at this for a little over six hours now and my patience is running a little thin. I have never installed a graphics card like this that has taken this much work. I usually plug it in, the drivers are recognized and installed, and away I go.
I am not completely sure if it is a GPU problem or a motherboard problem. Everything looks great in the BIOS screen until I load up Windows.
And yes, my BIOS and my graphic drivers are all up to date.
If anyone could give me some insight on how I could fix this issue, that would be greatly appreciated. As of now, I have filed for a return with the seller and I am planning on returning it (and maybe the motherboard too). I just wanted to see if there were any last minute fixes.
-KittySushi
The parts I bought were:
ASUS P5N-D Motherboard
ASUS Radeon HD 7770 1 GB DDR5 GPU
Rosewill Case with 500W PSU
2 GB DDR2 RAM
When I loaded up my graphics card, I immediately noticed there were distorted green vertical lines going across my monitor. Everything looks good in the bios, however when I load up windows the lines begin to appear.
I thought upgrading the driver would have helped, but sadly it didn't. The drivers fail to recognize that I have a GPU installed (even though they recognize it when it isn't installed) and they won't allow me to tweak any settings for it. And even when I do manage to install everything succesfully (from Safe mode), the screen goes haywire and then completely black when I go back into the regular Windows 7 mode.
I tried the clean OS install. I tried removing my drivers with DDU. I tried several times to reinstall it through safe mode and nothing that I try to do seems to be working. I have been at this for a little over six hours now and my patience is running a little thin. I have never installed a graphics card like this that has taken this much work. I usually plug it in, the drivers are recognized and installed, and away I go.
I am not completely sure if it is a GPU problem or a motherboard problem. Everything looks great in the BIOS screen until I load up Windows.
And yes, my BIOS and my graphic drivers are all up to date.
If anyone could give me some insight on how I could fix this issue, that would be greatly appreciated. As of now, I have filed for a return with the seller and I am planning on returning it (and maybe the motherboard too). I just wanted to see if there were any last minute fixes.
-KittySushi
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