r9 270x black screen after driver install.

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brayvinn

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I have recently RMA'd a radeon 7870 (Powercolor's vortex ii PCS+ edition) due to artifacting and they sent back an r9 270x. I thought "wonderful, back to gaming!" and threw it into my computer, figuratively of course.

At first the card was not detected in device manager, it was described by device manager as a standard VGA graphics adapter. After I installed AMD's latest drivers the card is detected in device manager and everything is smooth at that point.

After the system reboot for the drivers to take effect is when I face a more difficult issue, I get a black screen after the "starting windows" screen. What do I do now?.. I have tried wiping the drivers and re-installing countless times. I get the same results as posted above.

edit: For the sake of you all having extra information, I have found out through my motherboard's board exploring option that my motherboard also sees my graphics card as a VGA compatible adapter.

Also, the card is detected in safe mode after driver install and it will even give me a display on the desktop. Just in safe mode though.

Recent update: Now getting artifacts with and without drivers installed.
 
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Safe mode uses 256 colors only, and no hardware acceleration. What you are experiencing used to be a very common issue when XP first came out. It's always the driver or ghosted devices.

Make sure all drivers are uninstalled, and remove any folders leftover from them.

Then, run a DOS prompt 'as administrator', and type this in:

set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
start devmgmt.msc

Device manager will open, goto the top and click 'show hidden devices', now a list of 'ghosted' devices will be shown in device manager as well. You can tell which ones they are, as they will be half-faded out. Remove any and all of them, including extra monitors (except under non-plug and play drivers) Once all these 'old hardware installs' are gone, try booting to normal mode, windows should install standard VGA adapter again, then reinstall your drivers.

Hope this works!
 
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brayvinn

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I have done what you said! Every "ghosted" component was uninstalled. In fact, this post was made from "normal" windows mode! :D I have yet to reinstall AMD drivers. I'll edit this post with what happens when I do.. be right back!

edit: Same problem, black screen after the windows startup screen after I install drivers.
 
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Well, valiant effort on your part. Try am older version of the drivers instead.

Also see if your drivers install or need .NetFramework, in case that's not installed.

Just something else to check....make sure your not using dual-monitor, in case it thinks your main display is your secondary, and not enabled thus black screen.
 
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brayvinn

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I've just installed .net framework but I am having trouble locating a reputable location for older drivers.
Oh, by the way, after I install drivers (before I reboot) my graphics card is detected in device manager.

update: artifacts all over my screen.
 
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brayvinn

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I've already put my r9 270x into my friend's computer and it was having identical problems in his machine.
 
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